How Much Do You Know About New Mexico?

Test Your Knowledge Of This Beautiful State!
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Question 1/12

gxrg.org
Each year, this New Mexico city is host to the largest hot air balloon festival in the world:
Taos
Albuquerque
Santa Fe

Question 2/12

mnartists.org
The city of Truth or Consequences was originally named:
Hot Springs
Desert Bloom
Dusty

Question 3/12

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Which New Mexico city is known as the "Indian capital of the world"?
Santa Fe
Cimarron
Gallup

Question 4/12

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The atomic bomb was designed and tested at:
Los Alamos
Santa Fe
Gallup

Question 5/12

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New Mexico has more of these per capita than any other state in the Union:
Artists
Video games
PhDs

Question 6/12

nationalgeographic.com
New Mexico's Governor's Palace is the oldest government building in the US. In what city is it located?
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces

Question 7/12

wikimedia.org
On average, there are about 1,000 of these every year in New Mexico:
Small earthquakes
Lightning-related fatalities
Reports of UFO sightings

Question 8/12

deviantart.net
Which famous artist was known for painting the New Mexico landscape?
Juan Gris
Giacomo Balla
Georgia O'Keefe

Question 9/12

mimishim.com
Santa Fe has the distinction of being which of the following?
The highest state capital in the US
The most densely populated capital in the US
The US capital with the smallest population

Question 10/12

newmexico.org
The first town in New Mexico was:
Santa Fe
Elizabethtown
Cimarron

Question 11/12

treasuretroveblog.com
What is New Mexico's nickname?
Land of Enchantment
Desert State
Balloon State

Question 12/12

blogspot.com
What is the state bird of New Mexico?
Mockingbird
Roadrunner
Hawk
There should be a mushroom cloud over this quiz, just like the one at Los Alamos. That's how badly you bombed it!

C+, Bombed It

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Right!
You're not quite an expert on New Mexico, but you're close!

B+, Smarty Pants

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Right!
From Georgia O'Keefe to aliens, you know just about everything there is to know about The Land of Enchantment!

A+, New Mexico Know-It-All

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Right!
1
Each year, this New Mexico city is host to the largest hot air balloon festival in the world:
Taos
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
2
The city of Truth or Consequences was originally named:
Hot Springs
Desert Bloom
Dusty
3
Which New Mexico city is known as the "Indian capital of the world"?
Santa Fe
Cimarron
Gallup
4
The atomic bomb was designed and tested at:
Los Alamos
Santa Fe
Gallup
5
New Mexico has more of these per capita than any other state in the Union:
Artists
Video games
PhDs
6
New Mexico's Governor's Palace is the oldest government building in the US. In what city is it located?
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
7
On average, there are about 1,000 of these every year in New Mexico:
Small earthquakes
Lightning-related fatalities
Reports of UFO sightings
8
Which famous artist was known for painting the New Mexico landscape?
Juan Gris
Giacomo Balla
Georgia O'Keefe
9
Santa Fe has the distinction of being which of the following?
The highest state capital in the US
The most densely populated capital in the US
The US capital with the smallest population
10
The first town in New Mexico was:
Santa Fe
Elizabethtown
Cimarron
11
What is New Mexico's nickname?
Land of Enchantment
Desert State
Balloon State
12
What is the state bird of New Mexico?
Mockingbird
Roadrunner
Hawk