New Mexico Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers
New Mexico has the highest percentage of what race of
people of all of the states?
A: Hispanics.
New Mexico has the second-highest percentage of Native
Americans after what other state?
A: Alaska.
The Mimbres Indians were know for their stunning black and
white pottery which can be easily mistaken for what?
A: Modern art.
What are the three major tribes represented in New Mexico?
A: Navajo, Pueblo and Apache.
New Mexico got its name in 1563, and again in 1581, by who?
A: Spanish explorers.
How big is New Mexico in square miles?
A: 121,412.
In what New Mexico city does a large artistic community
thrive and has included such people as Bruce Nauman, Richard Tuttle, John
Connell and Steina Vasulka?
A: Santa Fe.
The hottest ever temperature recorded in the state was
what?
A: 122 °F near Loving on June 27, 1994.
What city hosts the famed annual Albuquerque
International
Balloon Fiesta every fall?
A: Albuquerque.
What was the lowest ever recorded temperature in New
Mexico?
A: −50 °F at Gavilan on February 1,
1951.
New Mexico's first
inhabitants are believed to have been members of what culture?
A: Clovis.
What Spanish explorer assembled a huge expedition at
Compostela in 1540–1542 to find the mystical Seven Golden Cities of Cibola?
A: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado .
At about the year 1608, Santa Fe was established at the
foot of what mountains?
A: Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
New Mexico was the 47th state admitted to the Union by
congress on what date?
A: January 6, 1912.
In 1928 the discovery of what substance brought prosperity
to the state?
A: Oil.
The Midwest State No. 1 well, begun in late
1927 was
drilled to 4,330 feet and the well until what year?
A: 2002.
What type of bombs were designed and manufactured at Los
Alamos during World War II?
A: Atomic bombs.
Where was the first atomic bomb tested?
A: On on the White Sands Proving Grounds .
New Mexico is home to how many Air Force bases?
A: Three, Kirtland Air Force Base, Holloman Air Force Base, and Cannon Air Force
Base.
Where does New Mexico rank among the states in production
of crude oil and natural gas?
A: Third.
New Mexico provides a number of economic incentives to
businesses operating in the state, with most of the incentives based on what?
A: Job creation.
What is the area of New Mexico in square miles?
A: 121,412.
How much water area does New Mexico have in square miles?
A: About 250 square miles.
Tourists also visit native pueblos of New Mexico and thus
bring significant what to the state?
A: Money.
Upham, is the location of the world's first operational
commercial what?
A: Spaceport.
The reservation of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and
Arizona is the largest in the United States with how many acres?
A: 16 million.
The earliest New Mexico artists whose work survives today
are the what people?
A: Mimbres Indians.
Every August, Santa Fe hosts the oldest and largest Native
American art showcase in the world, the annual what?
A: Santa Fe Indian Market.
What is New Mexico's largest city?
A: Albuquerque.
The National Hispanic Cultural Center has held hundreds of
performing arts events, art showcases, and other events related to what?
A: Spanish culture.
Silver City, in the southwestern mountains, was originally
a mining town but it is better known as the center for a large number of what?
A: Artists.
