Colorado is the 38th state of the U.S admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876. The state is nicknamed ‘The Centennial State’. Moreover, Denver is the capital and most populous city of the state. Did you know that the residents of the state are called ‘Coloradans’ and their official language is English? Furthermore, you will be surprised to know that Colorado is the state to turn down the Olympics due to the cost, pollution, and population expected to boom in the state. Learn more amazing facts about the state in the given 60+ Colorado trivia questions.
Colorado Trivia Questions
1. What is the nickname of the U.S state Colorado?
Show AnswerThe Centennial State2. What is the motto of the state?
Show AnswerNothing without Providence3. Which is the capital city of the state?
Show AnswerDenver4. What do the residents of the state called?
Show AnswerColoradans5. Which state is to the north of the state?
Show AnswerWyoming6. Which is the most populous city in Colorado?
Show AnswerDenver7. When the state admitted to the Union?
Show AnswerAugust 1, 18768. What was the rank of Colorado joining the Union?
Show Answer38th9. What is the total area of the state?
Show Answer269,837 square kilometer10. What percent of the area is covered with water?
Show Answer0.36 percent11. What is the rank of the state depending on the total area?
Show Answer8th12. What is the highest peak point in Colorado?
Show AnswerMount Elbert13. How much is the height of Mount Elbert?
Show Answer14,440 ft.14. What is the lowest point of the state?
Show AnswerArikaree River15. What is the rank of the state based on population?
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16. What is the official language of the state?
Show AnswerEnglish17. What is the state bird?
Show AnswerLark Bunting18. What is Colorado’s state flower?
Show AnswerRocky Mountain Columbine19. What does the word ‘Colorado’ mean?
Show AnswerColored Red20. Which is the only place in the U.S where the corners of four states meet?
Show AnswerColorado
21. How much land in Colorado is owned by the U.S federal government?
Show Answer1/3rd22. How many state wildlife areas are there in Colorado?
Show Answer22223. Which is the longest continuous street in America?
Show AnswerColfax Avenue, Denver24. Which is the only state to turn down the Olympics?
Show AnswerColorado25. Which Olympic Games were planned to held in Colorado?
Show AnswerThe 1976 Winter Olympics26. What percent of the state voters choose not to host the Olympics?
Show Answer62 percent27. Why the state refused to host the Olympics?
Show AnswerBecause of the cost, pollution and population boom expected to have in the state.28. Where is the world’s largest flattop mountain?
Show AnswerIn Grand-Mesa29. Which is the tallest building in Colorado?
Show AnswerThe Republic Plaza, Denver30. How many stories are there in the building?
Show Answer57Colorado History Trivia
31. Which is the world’s largest Rodeo hosted by Denver every year?
Show AnswerThe Western Stock show32. How many living recipients of Medal of Honors does Pueblo have?
Show AnswerFour33. When the world’s first Rodeo held?
Show AnswerOn July 4, 186934. Where the world’s first Rodeo held?
Show AnswerIn Deer Trail35. What is Colorado’s state gemstone?
Show AnswerAquamarine36. What is the state tree of Colorado?
Show AnswerColorado blue spruce37. Where is the world’s largest natural hot spring swimming pool?
Show AnswerIn Colorado38. Which is the highest paved road in Colorado?
Show AnswerThe Mount Evans Scenic Byway39. Which is the highest incorporated city in the United State?
Show AnswerLeadville, Colorado40. Which is the tallest sand dune in America?
Show AnswerThe Star Dune
41. Where it is located?
Show AnswerIn the San Luis Valley of Colorado.42. Which city of Colorado is known as ‘the sweet melon capital of the world’?
Show AnswerRocky Ford43. How many cities of Colorado are located at the Front Range of the Rockies?
Show AnswerTen44. What percent of the total population of the state lives at the Front Range?
Show Answer70 percent45. What is the anthem of the state?
Show Answer‘Where the Columbines Grow’ and ‘Rocky Mountain High’Colorado Rockies Trivia
46. Which is the largest metro in the state?
Show AnswerDenver Metropolitan area47. What is Colorado’s state mammal?
Show AnswerRocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep48. What is the state fish?
Show AnswerGreenback Cutthroat Trout49. What is Colorado’s state grass?
Show AnswerBlue Grama Grass50. What is the major source of water in Colorado?
Show AnswerSnow51. The word ‘Colorado’ is from which language?
Show AnswerSpanish52. How many gambling towns are there in Colorado?
Show AnswerThree53. What are the gambling towns in Colorado?
Show AnswerCentral City, Cripple Creek, and Black Hawk54. In which year gambling became legal in these areas?
Show Answer199155. Which city of Colorado is famous for its peaches?
Show AnswerPalisade56. Where the great corn festival happens every year?
Show AnswerOlathe57. From which Colorado’s city the best green chilies come?
Show AnswerPueblo58. What annual sports event happens in Grand Junction?
Show AnswerJunior College World Series59. Where is Colorado’s geographic center?
Show AnswerPark Count60. Where the Jolly Rancher Candy Company originated?
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