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So here goes with the questions:
1) What is New Mexico's nickname?
2) What other states meet at Four Corners in New Mexico?
3) New Mexico became a state on what date and what number in the union was it?
4) How tall is Wheeler's Peak and where is it located?
5) What is the largest single mountain in the United States and where is it located?
6) What is New Mexico state vegetables?
7) What happened in Roswell and when did it happen?
8) What is the state question?
9) What is the world's largest scouting facility and where is it located?
10) What is the Blue Hole and where is it located?
11) Which New Mexico Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously occupied communities in the United States?
12) What is the Balloon Festival and when did it start?
13) What is the Very Large Array and where is it located?
14) What is the United States's longest and highest narrow gauge railroad and where is it located?
15) What is the oldest capital city in the United States?
16) Where did Norman Petty record his music?
17) Who were the code talkers and what did they do?
18) Who is Smokey Bear and where was he found?
19) What are the three villages where the descendants of Conquistadors still speak 16th century Spanish that is used no where else in the world?
20) What has been identified and preserved at the Clayton Lake State Park?
21) What is the Enchanted Circle and where is it located?
22) What is White Sands?
23) What is the Palace of the Governors and where is it located?
24) What is the green chili capital of the world?
25) What is the Trinity Site?
Well if you answered the above questions correctly, you know a little bit about New Mexico and what a great state it is. It is steeped in history and is blessed with many natural attractions. Let's all spread the word about what a great place New Mexico is to live in and to visit if you are not fortunate enough to be able to live here.
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1) What is New Mexico's nickname? The land of Enchantment
ReplyDelete2) What other states meet at Four Corners in New Mexico? Utah Colorado Arizona
3) New Mexico became a state on what date and what number in the union was it? 1-06 1912
4) How tall is Wheeler's Peak and where is it located? 13,161 feet Carson National Forest
5) What is the largest single mountain in the United States and where is it located? Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney is located in California ... Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet. The highest peak in NM however is Wheeler Peak!
6) What are New Mexico state vegetables? Beans and Chili
7) What happened in Roswell and when did it happen? UFO Crash 7-2-1947
8) What is the state question? Red or Green
9) What is the world's largest scouting facility and where is it located? Philmont Scout Ranch Cimarron
10) What is the Blue Hole and where is it located? Santa Rosa NM
11) Which New Mexico Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously occupied communities in the United States? Taos or Acoma actually both claim to be the oldest continuously occupied communities in the United States
12) What is the Balloon Festival and when did it start? The balloon festival is called the Albuquerque Balloon it is for hot air balloons it started April 8, 1972
13) What is the Very Large Array and where is it located? Telescope Observatory located close to Datil NM
14) What is the United States’ longest and highest narrow gauge railroad and where is it located? Cumbres and Totlec located close to Chama
15) What is the oldest capital city in the United States? Santa Fe NM
16) Where did Norman Petty record his music? Clovis NM
17) Who were the code talkers and what did they do? Navajos that talked to their native language in 1942-1945 they were considered walking secret code during the war their language code was unbroken.
18) Who is Smokey Bear and where was he found? Grizzly Bear and the mascot for the National Forest to prevent forest fires, found in national forest close to Capitan NM
19) What are the three villages where the descendants of Conquistadors still speak 16th century Spanish that is used nowhere else in the world? Truchas, Chimayo', and Coyote
20) What has been identified and preserved at the Clayton Lake State Park? Dinosaur tracks
21) What is the Enchanted Circle and where is it located? Scenic by-way located in Northern NM that includes the towns of Taos, Red River, Angel Fire
22) What is White Sands? White Gypsum Sand large sand dunes near Alamogordo NM
23) What is the Palace of the Governors and where is it located? Location Santa Fe NM- Oldest government building in the USA. Native American sell their goods their on a daily basis.
24) What is the green chili capital of the world? Hatch NM
25) What is the Trinity Site? The place where the set off the first Atomic bomb
I really enjoyed doing these NM questions however I have a doubt about one of them being correct.
You are the first one to answer the quiz and your name will be put in the drawing for the gift basket. Thanks for taking the time to take the quiz.
Delete1) What is New Mexico's nickname? The Land of Enchantmen.
Delete2) What other states meet at Four Corners in New Mexico? Utah, Colorado and Arizona.
3) New Mexico became a state on what date and what number in the union was it? January, 06, 1912 was the 47th state in the Union.
4) How tall is Wheeler's Peak and where is it located? Wheeler Peak is 13, 167 feet and is located up near Taos
5) What is the largest single mountain in the United States and where is it located? I believe that would be Mount McKinley in Alaska at 20,320 feet. New Mexico would be Wheeler Peak in Taos County.
6) What are New Mexico’s state vegetables? Chile and Frijoles
7) What happened in Roswell and when did it happen? Alien Flying reported in the newspaper on July 8, 1947.
8) What is the state question? Red or Green?
9) What is the world's largest scouting facility and where is it located? Philmont Scout Ranch south of Cimarron.
10) What is the Blue Hole and where is it located? The Blue Hole is a natural pool that is 80 feet deep located in Santa Rosa, NM.
11) Which New Mexico Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously occupied communities in the United States? Acoma Pueblo near Grants, NM although Taos Pueblo in Taos, NM has also been continuously occupied.
12) What is the Balloon Festival and when did it start? It is a Hot Air Balloon festival that started on April 8, 1972 held in Albuquerque.
13) What is the Very Large Array and where is it located? The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located between Magdalena and Datil.
14) What is the United State's longest and highest narrow gauge railroad and where is it located? The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, NM.
15) What is the oldest capital city in the United States? Santa Fe, New Mexico.
16) Where did Norman Petty record his music? Clovis, NM.
17) Who were the code talkers and what did they do? United States soldiers during World War II that spoke their native language or code. Most were Navajo.
18) Who is Smokey Bear and where was he found? Mascot for the United States Forest Service to help educate the public about forest fires found during a fire near Capitan, NM.
19) What are the three villages where the descendants of Conquistadors still speak 16th century Spanish that is used nowhere else in the world? Truchas, Chimayo, and Coyote
20) What has been identified and preserved at the Clayton Lake State Park? Dinosaur footprints
21) What is the Enchanted Circle and where is it located? The Enchanted Circle is an 83 mile loop through Taos, Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, Red River, Taos Ski Valley and Questa.
22) What is White Sands? 275 square mile desert of gleaming white gypsum crystals in Southern NM
23) What is the Palace of the Governors and where is it located? The Palace of the Governors is the oldest occupied public building in the United States.
24) What is the green chili capital of the world? Hatch, New
25) What is the Trinity Site? The Trinity Site is where they detonated the first nuclear device.\/Robert Romero