Can you I.D. this bird? Well to see it, you’ll have to travel to south-eastern Arizona where it breeds. Before you go take this quiz to test your knowledge of Arizona. (Answers next time.)
The name Arizona comes from:
A A Tohono O’odham word Ali-Shonak, meaning "place of the small spring"
B Aztec's arizuma meaning "silver-bearing"
C Spanish zona arida, translated as “arid zone.” Thus Arizona
D Basque term arizonac, translated as the “good oak trees.”
E All of the above
The famous “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” took place:
A In the O.K. Corral
B Next to the O.K. Corral
C At a photographic studio
D Main Street Tombstone
The state animal is the:
A Coyote
B Ringtail Cat
C Sonoran Pronghorn (Antelope)
D The Thing
The state reptile is:
A Arizona Diamondback
B Ridgenose Rattlesnake
C Gila Monster
D State reptile?
Arizonans believe in:
A Hoodoos
B Haboobs
C Havasupais
D All of the above
Arizona is home to: [Choose any that apply]
A The San Francisco Peaks
B The London Bridge
C The Colorado River
D The California Condor
E A town Called Arizona
AZ Garnets are mined:
A In open pit mines
B In Utah
C In Silver Mines
D By ants
When on Navajo or Hopi reservations don’t:
A Make a sketch
B Sit next to your wife
C Have a beer
D Stand beside a drum
E Do any of the above
Geronimo after eluding as many as 5000 troops died:
A From gunshot wounds
B Of starvation
C At the hand of fellow Apaches
D By falling off his horse
Who discovered Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff?
A Percival Lowell
B Clyde W. Tombaugh
C Walt Disney
