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State Quiz - Colorado

Can you guess these facts about the U.S. state of Colorado?
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Capital of Colorado
Denver
Nickname of the above
The Mile High City
Official state song
Rocky Mountain High
River that starts in Colorado and runs through the Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Based in Colorado Springs, this joint US/Canada command protects North American
airspace and also tracks the position of Santa Claus
NORAD
Stephen King book about the winter caretaker of a mountain resort
The Shining
The other state, besides Colorado, that is nearly a perfect rectangle on maps
Wyoming
Highest mountain in Colorado
Mount Elbert
Movie about two morons who traveled to Colorado to return a briefcase
Dumb & Dumber
Summit at 14,114 feet that can be visited by car or rail
Pike's Peak
Name the famous ski resort starting with
each of these letters
A
Aspen
B
Breckenridge
T
Telluride
V
Vail
Colorado's state nickname (Hint: 1876)
The Centennial State
Best-selling brand of beer that is brewed in Colorado
Coors
City home to the University of Colorado
Boulder
In 2012, Colorado became the first state in the U.S. to legalize ...
Recreational marijuana
Animated TV show created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone
South Park
State flower of Colorado
Columbine
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36 Comments
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Level 96
Oct 13, 2013
Welcome to the Motherland!
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Level 92
Nov 8, 2018
Fun fact: the northern border of Colorado is about 21 miles shorter than the southern border
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Level 75
Nov 9, 2018
It's a round world.
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Level 72
Feb 5, 2021
Because lines of longitude aren't parallel.
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Level 68
Nov 12, 2018
Woo hoo! My home! I would have had to hang my head in shame if I hadn't gotten 100%.
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Level 73
Dec 28, 2018
Why doesn't it accept "devil's lettuce"?
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Level 35
Dec 28, 2018
I totally agree. Some other possible answers from Monk, the TV show: Monk: Okay, what's back there? Let me guess. Fields of reefer. You know what I mean: Ditchweed. Boo. The old Ali Baba. Magic Dragon. Bambalachi. Yellow Submarine. Black Bart. Doctor Giggles. Kentucky Blue. You know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Railroad Weed! That's right. The Devil's Parsley. Skunk, Splim, Splam, Mooster. Side Salad.
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Level 74
Dec 28, 2018
I fell in love with Colorado at a young age when we would take my grandmother to visit her brother there each summer, and we'd explore all around the state until she was ready to go home. Such an awesome place.
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Level 85
Feb 28, 2020
I moved to Boulder, Colorado 9 years ago and I am still impressed by some things
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Level 68
Sep 6, 2020
I promise you won’t stop being impressed, even after 20 or 30 or 40 years!
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Level 70
Feb 8, 2021
But after 41 years, you're basically over it.
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Level 51
May 25, 2020
Kept trying Beaver Creek for ski resort with B until I realized this is part of Vail. *facepalm*
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Level 72
Feb 5, 2021
Beaver Creek is not part of Vail, it's about a 20 minute drive away. It is owned by Vail Resorts but so is the actual B answer.
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Level 63
Feb 5, 2021
beaver creek is what I cam up with :/
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Level 85
Jul 15, 2025
Same, I tried Beaver Creek three times thinking I must have misspelled it
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Level 90
Sep 4, 2020
I confused myself on the "highest mountain" question by trying to put in "Elbrus", then thinking "no, Elbrus isn't in Colorado, it's in Georgia... wait..."
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Level 86
Sep 4, 2020
The peak is fully in Russia, more than 10 km from Georgia.
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Level 87
Sep 5, 2020
Mt. Elbert....I bet all the other mountains made fun of him in Jr. High.
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Level 82
Jan 17, 2021
I want to kick myself for forgetting Colorado Springs.
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Level 66
Nov 30, 2021
I want to kick myself for not knowing Colorado was named after a river.
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Level 93
Feb 5, 2021
For a second I thought it said Mt. Ebert.
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Level 90
Jul 14, 2025
Hovering over the Siskel Valley.
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Level 78
Jul 14, 2025
2 thumbs up on this reply.
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Level 67
Feb 5, 2021
I think Marijuana should be accepted
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Level 91
Feb 5, 2021
Worked for me.
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Level 73
Feb 23, 2021
There's absolutely nothing wrong with the question, but I'd like to note for the record that "Where the Columbines Grow" is also our state song, and is quite good as ballad-style state anthems go
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Level 90
Jul 14, 2025
But maybe not the school song for Columbine High.
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Level 70
Mar 18, 2022
I swear I thought that question said "mormons"
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Level 88
Nov 20, 2023
Telluride sounds like some sort of nasty chemical.
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Level 88
Jul 14, 2025
Could be a word for Tellurium fluoride
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Level 85
Jun 11, 2025
It's interesting how Mt. Elbert is so overshadowed by all of Colorado's other mountains even though it's the highest. Most well-known mountains are usually the highest ones in their countries or states.
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Level 72
Oct 27, 2025
It's not a particularly striking mountain. It's only barely taller than various other peaks in the Sawatch range, which rises above an already pretty high mountain valley, so it doesn't look very tall. And it's not really a notable climb either, as it's one of the easier 14ers in the state, basically just a walk-up. Pikes Peak and Longs Peak are much more impressive-looking mountains.
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Level 88
Jul 15, 2025
I don’t remember this quiz being so annoyingly formatted for phones before.
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Level ∞
Jul 15, 2025
Fixed
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Level 66
Aug 1, 2025
I feel like Breck should be accepted for Breckenridge. I almost never call it by its full name and especially people from Colorado and those who ski generally refer to it as Breck.
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Level 43
Aug 11, 2025
I agree.