| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Despite that nickname, Nevada produces 73% of what valuable metal in the U.S.? | Gold | 100%
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| What massive dam of the Colorado River is located on the Nevada-Arizona border? | Hoover Dam | 100%
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| What large lake does Nevada share with California? | Lake Tahoe | 100%
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| What desert is located in southern Nevada? | Mojave | 95%
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| What is the largest city in Nevada outside of the Las Vegas area? | Reno | 95%
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| What is the most common nickname for Las Vegas? | {Sin} City | 95%
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| What is the official nickname of Nevada? | The {Silver} State | 95%
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| What remote military installation is the subject of alien conspiracy theories? | Area 51 | 91%
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| What is the state capital of Nevada? | Carson City | 91%
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| What is the largest city in the Las Vegas metro, besides Las Vegas itself? | Henderson | 86%
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| What are bristlecones and pinyons? | Pine Trees | 77%
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| What reservoir was created by that dam? | Lake Mead | 73%
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| What casino is shaped like an Egyptian pyramid? | The {Luxor} | 73%
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| What large county contains the Las Vegas metro area? | Clark | 64%
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| What is Nevada's sole national park, named for a vast region of no ocean outflows? | Great Basin | 59%
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| What casino is known for a musical fountain show? | The {Bellagio} | 55%
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| What government agency controls 48 million acres in Nevada, or 63% of the state's area? | BLM | 50%
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| What unincorporated place is home to the above airport, as well as most of the casinos? | Paradise | 45%
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| What is the home stadium of the Las Vegas Raiders? (hint: cheap airline) | {Allegiant} Stadium | 36%
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| What is Nevada's highest point, at 13,147 feet tall? (hint: border) | {Boundary} Peak | 27%
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| What is the largest national forest in the United States outside of Alaska? | {Humboldt}-Toiyabe | 23%
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| What was the former name of Harry Reid International Airport? | McCarran | 14%
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