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Geography of Nevada

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