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100
What is the state grass?
What is blue bunch Wheat grass?
100
What is the state flower?
What is Bitterroot.
100
If you put all the states in America in order from largest to smallest, where does Montana rank?
What is 4th largest state in America.
100
What two national parks are either in, or pass through, Montana?
What is Glacier and Yellowstone National Park.
100
What famous explorers traveled through Montana and met natives as they searched for a water route to connect the east and west coast?
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
100
True or False...It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
What is True?
200
What is the state fish?
What is blackspotted cutthroat trout.
200
What is the state fossil?
What is the Duck Billed Dinosaur?
200
What is the largest city in Montana?
What is Billings?
200
Name at least two agricultural crops/products that Montana is well known for.
What is wheat, barley, sugar beets, cattle, sheep, and hogs. **Animals are referred to as livestock, but they are still a crop as farmers raise and care for them.
200
Why were the buffalo important to the Montana Native Americans?
What is they provided food, clothes, utensils, weapons, etc.
200
True or False... Having a sheep in a truck cab requires a chaperone.
What is True? This law is likely a relic of Montana's agricultural history, when ensuring the safety of valuable livestock was a high priority.
300
What is the state bird?
What is the western meadowlark?
300
What is the state tree?
What is the ponderosa pine.
300
What is the full date of when Montana became a state (month, day, and year)?
What is November 8, 1889?
300
What are the names of the 3 Rivers that feed into the Missouri river in Montana?
What are the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallitan Rivers?
300
What are three of the largest cities in Montana?
What is Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Butte, and Bozeman?
300
True or False? It is legal to honk your horn outside of a sandwich shop after 9 p.m.:
What is false. This is an old law, but is technically still on the books.
400
What is the state nickname for Montana?
What is "The Treasure State" or "Big Sky Country"?
400
What is the state animal?
What is the Grizzly Bear?
400
If all the states in America were placed in order from the 1st to 50th state as they became states, where does Montana rank?
What is 41st state in the union.
400
What major western mountain range runs through Montana?
What are the Rocky Mountains.
400
What major US Army and Native American Battle took place in Montana?
What is the Battle of Little Big Horn.
400
True or False? Operating a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels legal.
What is false. Montana has a few driving laws that might seem a little over the top. For instance, operating a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels is strictly prohibited. While this might seem unnecessary, ice picks can have the potential to cause dangerous driving conditions, making this law a practical one.
500
What is the state motto, in Spanish and English?
What is "Oro y Plata," which means "gold and silver."
500
What are the two state gem stones?
What is the sapphire and agate.
500
What state borders Montana to the south?
What is Wyoming?
500
What is the largest peak in Montana?
What is Granite Peak / 12,799 ft
500
What are three of the Native American Tribes in Montana?
What is the Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Cree, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kootenai, Little Shell Chippewa, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d'Oreille, Salish and Sioux.
500
True or False? In Montana, it is legal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays?
What is False
In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, AND illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
600
The Morning Cloak is the Montana State _______.
What is Butterfly?
600
Name One element on the Montana State Seal and what it represents.
- A plow and a miner's pick and shovel: These tools represent Montana's significant agricultural and mineral resources.
- Mountain scenery: This depicts the state's rugged and diverse natural landscapes.
- The Great Falls of the Missouri River: This natural landmark is a key feature of the state.
- A rising sun: This symbolizes hope for the new state.
- "Oro y Plata": This Spanish phrase translates to "Gold and Silver" and serves as the state motto, reflecting the state's rich mining history.
600
True or False? Montana is the only place in the U.S. where water flows into three oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, and the Arctic
What is true.
600
True or False? Montana has more cows than people
What is True.
600
What is the Montana state berry?
What is the huckleberry?
The Montana State Berry is the huckleberry, designated as the official state fruit in May 2023
600
Using a lasso to catch a fish is illegal in Montana.
What is true.
This is illegal to protect fish populations.