Montana is a mountainous, landlocked US state east of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains and south of Canada. The state is arranged in the Northern Rockies and Plains district in the northwestern United States.
It borders the Canadian territories of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan toward the north, the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota toward the east, Wyoming toward the south, and Idaho toward the west and southwest.
Montana was gained from France as a component of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803; it was investigated by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805-06. Montana was confessed to the Union on the eighth of November 1889 as the 41st state.
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Montana Trivia Questions
What is the Montana state slogan?
Show AnswerBig Sky CountryWhat is the origin of the state of Montana’s name?
Show AnswerIt’s derived from the Spanish word montaña (mountain)Where does Montana rank in size in comparison to the other US States?
Show Answer4thWhat is the Montana state flower?
Show AnswerBitterrootMontana is home to the largest ICBM field in the United States covering how many square miles?
Show Answer23,500.Which Montana Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the western United States?
Show AnswerFlathead LakeOn January 15, 1972, what was the location of the most extreme recorded temperature change in a 24-hour period in the United States when a chinook wind blew in and the temperature went from −54 to 49 °F ?
Show AnswerLoma MontanaWarmer weather, attacks by beetles, and mismanagement has led to a substantial increase in what?
Show AnswerThe severity of forest firesIn World War II, Native Americans from the Crow Nation became what?
Show AnswerCode TalkersWhat is the Montana state bird?
Show AnswerWestern MeadowlarkHow many named mountain ranges does Montana have?
Show Answer77Montana's economy is primarily based on what?
Show AnswerAgricultureThe largest mining operations in Montana were located in the city of Butte, which silver deposits and gigantic what?
Show AnswerCopper depositsMontana's Glacier National Park, is commonly known as what?
Show Answer“The Crown of the Continent”How many square miles does Montana have in area?
Show Answer147,040Montana is slightly larger than which Asian country?
Show AnswerJapanAll of the land in Montana east of the continental divide was part of the what?
Show AnswerLouisiana PurchaseWhat is the largest reservoir in Montana?
Show AnswerFort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri riverWhat is the Montana state ballad?
Show AnswerMontana MelodyMontana Trivia Questions quiz
What are the only two cities with populations over 50,000 in Montana?
Show AnswerMissoula and Great FallsWhat is the highest recorded temperature measured in Montana?
Show Answer117 °F at Glendive on July 20, 1893, and Medicine Lake on July 5, 1937The state of Montana is the largest what?
Show AnswerA: Landlocked U.S. stateWhat was the first permanent settlement in what today is Montana?
Show AnswerSt. Mary’s near present day Stevensville in 1841What state borders Montana to the south?
Show AnswerA: WyomingWhat is the Montana state fossil?
Show AnswerDuck-billed DinosaurIn World War II, there were about 30 documented cases of what?
Show AnswerJapanese balloon bombs landingWhat Plateau is the largest contiguous landmass with an elevation of over 10,000 feet high in the U. S.?
Show AnswerBeartooth PlateauThere are how many named lakes and reservoirs in Montana?
Show AnswerOver 3,223What is the highest point in the state?
Show AnswerGranite Peak, at 12,799What is the Montana state butterfly?
Show AnswerMourning CloakFor the war effort in World War I, Montana’s Remount station in Miles City provided 10,000 what?
Show Answercavalry horsesMontana trivia questions and answers
Paleontologist Jack Horner brought the Hell Creek Formation to the world's attention and it is now a major source of what?
Show AnswerDinosaur fossilsMontana 450 miles named rivers and creeks that are known for their "blue-ribbon" what?
Show AnswerTrout fishingWhat is the Montana state mammal?
Show AnswerGrizzly BearMontana's rivers drain into which three major bodies of water
Show AnswerThe Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and Hudson BayGold output in Montana from 1862 through 1876 reached how many dollars?
Show Answer$144 millionWhere do Montana's three watersheds divide?
Show AnswerTriple Divide Peak in Glacier National ParkWhat was it that created Quake Lake in 1959?
Show AnswerA landslide during the 1959 Yellowstone EarthquakeHow many dams are there on the Missouri River?
Show Answer10The Yellowstone River is the longest "what" in the United States?
Show AnswerUndammed riverFort Peck Reservoir is contained by the world's second-largest what?
Show AnswerEarthen damWhat is the Montana state grass?
Show AnswerBluebunch WheatgrassAbout what percentage of Montana is covered in Forests?
Show AnswerApproximately 25 percentWhere was the first gold discovered in Montana?
Show AnswerGold Creek near present day Garrison in 1852Montana has the population of what type of animal in the lower 48 states?
Show Answer Grizzly bearHow many federally endangered species is the state of Montana host to?
Show AnswerFive: Black-footed ferret, Whooping Crane, Least Tern, Pallid sturgeon and White sturgeonMontana trivia quiz
The State of Montana contains portions of Yellowstone National Park including three of the park's what?
Show AnswerFive entrancesWhat is the Montana state fish?
Show Answer Blackspotted Cutthroat TroutHow many acres of wilderness are in the National Wilderness Preservation System established by the Wilderness Act of 1964?
Show Answer3,300,000What is the coldest recorded temperature for Montana?
Show Answer −70 °F near Rogers Pass On January 20, 1954The climate is getting warmer in Montana and the glaciers in Glacier National Park have receded and are predicted to do what in a few decades?
Show AnswerMelt away completelyWhat is the Montana state nickname?
Show AnswerTreasure StateWinters are warmer, and have fewer cold spells that used to kill off the what?
Show AnswerBark beetles, are now attacking the forests of western MontanaWhere was the richest gold placer digging discovered?
Show Answer Alder Gulch, where the town of Virginia City was establishedThe Homestead Act of 1862 provided what to settlers?
Show AnswerFree land up to 160 acresThe Desert Land Act of 1877 allowed settlement of arid lands in the west and gave 640 acres to settlers for $.25 per acre and a promise to what?
Show AnswerIrrigate the landIn World War, I, how many Montanans died?
Show Answer1500In Montana, the 1918 Influenza epidemic killed how many people?
Show Answerover 5,000Montana was the only one of the 48 US States during World War II to not have a " what" named after it?
Show AnswerBattleshipWhat is the only city in Montana with a population over 100,000?
Show AnswerBillingsWhat is the Montana state tree?
Show Answer Ponderosa PineMontana trivia facts
Henry Plummer was the 'outlaw' sheriff of which Montana town?
Show Answer BannackWhat year was Henry Plummer elected as sheriff?
Show Answer1863How many 'outlaws' did the Vigilantes hang in January and February of 1864?
Show Answer22Long John Franck and Erastus Yeager did what?
Show AnswerSupplied the Vigilantes with names of other supposed gang membersThe death of Nicholas Tbalt is the catalyst that started the Vigilante killing spree. Who is said to have killed him?
Show AnswerGeorge IvesIn 1865 what town became the territorial capitol of Montana?
Show Answer Virginia CityWho was the original owner of the Anaconda Mining Co?
Show AnswerMarcus Daly- What company did Anaconda merge with in 1899 to become the Amalgamated Copper Mining Co.?
168 men were killed in a Butte mine fire in which year?
Show Answer 1917Which ethnic group makes up the majority of Butte's population to this day?
Show AnswerIrishWho owned the Copper King Mansion?
Show Answer William ClarkWho found the first gold at Last Chance Gulch?
Show Answer The Four GeorgiansIn what year did Montana achieve statehood?
Show Answer1889Name the trading company that first established a post at what was to become Ft. Benton.
Show Answer The American Fur Co.What year was General George Armstrong Custer's last stand?
Show Answer1876The first female in congress was from Montana. What was her name?
Show AnswerJeannette RankinA Jesuit priest opened a mission in what valley in 1841?
Show Answer The Bitterroot ValleyWhat three numbers can be found on the patch worn by the Montana Highway Patrol?
Show Answer3-7-77
