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50+ Wyoming Trivia Questions

Posted on the 12 June 2022 by Smithonepa

Wyoming is a state in the Mountain West sub-region of the Western United States. The tenth-largest state by area, it is also the least crowded and least thickly populated state in the bordering United States.

Wyoming is lined by Montana toward the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska toward the east, Idaho toward the west, Utah toward the southwest, and Colorado toward the south. Its population was 576,851 in the 2020 United States statistics, making it the least populated U.S. state. The state capital and the most crowded city is Cheyenne, which had an estimated population of 63,957 in 2018.

Wyoming’s western half is covered generally by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is a high-elevation prairie called the High Plains.

Here we have gathered some informative Wyoming trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.

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Wyoming Trivia Questions

1 Of all the states, Wyoming is the least what?

Show AnswerPopulous

2 What is the Wyoming State tree?

Show AnswerPlains Cottonwood

3 What city is the capital of the state of Wyoming?

Show AnswerCheyenne

4 What is the Wyoming State emblem?

Show AnswerBucking Horse and Rider

5 Wyoming has one public four-year institution, the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and how many two-year community colleges ?

Show AnswerSeven

6 Population wise, what is the largest city in Wyoming?

Show AnswerCheyenne

7 Wyoming has borders along only straight latitudinal and longitudinal lines, rather than being defined by what?

Show AnswerNatural landmarks

8 The Wind River Indian Reservation is jointly owned by what two Indian Tribes?

Show AnswerShoshone  and Arapaho

9 What state borders Wyoming on the north?

Show AnswerMontana

10 What is the Wyoming State sport?

Show AnswerRodeo

11 What is the name of the only other state besides Wyoming that is not served by Amtrak?

Show AnswerSouth Dakota

12 What is the Wyoming State song?

Show AnswerWyoming

13 Which 2 US States  border Wyoming on the east?

Show AnswerSouth Dakota and Nebraska

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Wyoming State Trivia

14 What is the name of the biggest airport in the state of Wyoming?

Show AnswerThe Jackson Hole Airport

15 What is the Wyoming State soil?

Show AnswerForkwood

16 On the south, Wyoming is bordered by  what state?

Show AnswerColorado

17 More federal tax dollars per capita in aid flows into Wyoming than any other state except which state?

Show AnswerAlaska

18 What is the Wyoming State seal?

Show AnswerGreat Seal of the State of Wyoming

19 What state borders Wyoming on the southwest ?

Show AnswerUtah

20 What is the Wyoming State dinosaur?

Show AnswerTriceratops

21 Which U.S. State borders the State of Wyoming on the west?

Show AnswerIdaho

22 What is the Wyoming State reptile?

Show AnswerHorned lizard

23 In area, Wyoming  is the 10th biggest state with how many square miles of area?

Show Answer97,814

24 What is the Wyoming State fish?

Show AnswerCutthroat trout

25 How many counties does Wyoming have?

Show Answer23

26 What is the Wyoming State motto?

Show AnswerEqual Rights

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Wyoming trivia quiz

27 What is the distance in miles from Wyoming’s northern border to the southern border?

Show Answer276

28 How wide is the state at its widest east to west point in miles?

Show Answer365

29 What is the Wyoming State gemstone?

Show AnswerWyoming nephrite jade

30 In the state of Wyoming, the Great Plains meet the what?

Show AnswerRocky Mountains

31 What is the highest surface elevation found in the state of Wyoming?

Show AnswerThe summit of Gannett Peak in the Wind River Mountain Range, at 13,804

32 What is the Wyoming State mammal?

Show AnswerAmerican Bison

33 Located in Grand Teton National Park,  what the second highest peak in Wyoming?

Show AnswerThe Grand Teton

34 What is the Wyoming State grass?

Show AnswerWestern Wheatgrass

35 More than 48% How much of the land in the state of Wyoming is owned by the Federal Government?

Show AnswerOver 48%

36 How much of Wyoming’s land is owned by the state government?

Show Answer6%, or another 3,864,800 acres

37 What is the Wyoming State fossil?

Show AnswerKnightia

38 What is the highest recorded temperature for Wyoming?

Show Answer114 °F at Basin on July 12, 1900

39 What is the lowest recorded temperature in the state of Wyoming?

Show Answer−66 °F at Riverside on February 9, 1933

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Wyoming facts trivia

40 Yellowstone National Park became the world’s first national park in what year?

Show Answer1872

41 What is the Wyoming State flag?

Show AnswerFlag of the State of Wyoming

42 Wyoming’s Governor John Allen Campbell extended the right to vote to women, making Wyoming the first U.S. state to grant suffrage to women on what date?

Show AnswerOn December 10, 1869

43 In 1924, Wyoming became the first state to elect a what?

Show AnswerWoman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, who took office in January 1925

44 Wyoming’s state nickname is “The Equality State”, and the official state motto is what?

Show Answer“Equal Rights”

45 Wyoming was admitted into the Union as the 44th state on what date?

Show AnswerJuly 10, 1890

46 The Census Bureau estimates that the population of Wyoming was how many people  on July 1, 2013?

Show Answer582,658

47 The main drivers behind Wyoming’s economy are the mineral industry and the what?

Show AnswerTravel and tourism sector

48 What is the Wyoming State coin?

Show AnswerSacagawea dollar

49 In 2002, how many people visited Wyoming’s national parks and monuments?

Show AnswerMore than six million people

50 How many visitors does Yellowstone National Park receive per annum?

Show AnswerOver three million

51 What is the Wyoming State flower?

Show AnswerWyoming Indian paintbrush

52 As far as energy goes, Wyoming is the largest producer of “what” in the U.S.

Show AnswerCoal

53 Wyoming ranked 2nd nationwide for the production of what in 2007?

Show AnswerNatural gas production

54 Wyoming has the world’s largest known reserve of what mineral?

Show AnswerTrona

55 What is the Wyoming State bird?

Show AnswerWestern Meadowlark

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