Montana Quiz
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1. Using the 2000 census, what is Montana's population?
608,205
502,285
1,185,025
902,195
2. Geographically, what is Montana's rank in the United States?
2nd
5th
3rd
4th
3. Montana was admitted to the Union in what year?
1889
1895
1893
1891
4. Who was Montana's first Governor?
Robert B. Smith
Joseph K. Toole
Thomas H. Daly
Wilber F. Sanders
5. What city hosts the annual Bucking Horse Sale?
Big Timber
Great Falls
Miles City
Bozeman
6. What city has the largest population?
Great Falls
Kalispell
Billings
Missoula
7. What is the highest point in Montana at 12,799 feet?
Emigrant Peak
Koch Peak
Mount Douglas
Granite Peak
8. What town had some 50 millionaires in the 1880's, more per capita than any other community in the country?
Helena
Butte
Virginia City
Billings
9. What man-made construction was featured on the cover of the very first issue of "Life" magazine in 1936?
Anaconda Stack
Fort Peck Dam
Berkeley Pit
Going to the Sun road
10. Cows outnumber humans by what margin in Montana? (approximately)
3 to 1
1.5 to 1
6 to 1
12 to 1
11. In what town can you see the water of Spring Creek running under the Montana Tavern through a hole in the floor
Glendive
Bozeman
Missoula
Lewistown
12. What is the state bird?
Golden Eagle
Western Meadowlark
Robin
Mountain Bluebird
13. What is the state animal?
Grizzly Bear
Bobcat
Bison
Elk
14. How many counties are in the state?
52
56
70
62
15. What movie was NOT made in Montana?
A River Runs Through It
Far and Away
Mystic River
Horse Whisperer
16. What is the state fish?
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Cutthroat trout
Walleye
17. How many Indian reservations reside in Montana?
6
7
5
11
18. Montana holds a record in the Guiness Book for having the shortest what?
River
Highway
Airport Runway
Hunting Season
19. What year was General George Armstrong Custer's last stand?
1874
1876
1882
1891
20. What 3 numbers can be found on the patch worn by the Montana Highway Patrol?
101~10~1
4~4~44
1~1~11
3~7~77
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