Spanish explorers named this area El Malpais, which literally translates to this.
What is "the badlands"?
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first Indigenous person to hold that office, is an enrolled member of this Pueblo nation.
What is Laguna Pueblo?
The mural on Milan's Village Hall is a tribute to the farming of this crop.
What are carrots?
Smith's: 700 _______ Ave.
What is Roosevelt?
In 2017, this city where Blake’s was first founded officially proclaimed July 9th as Blake’s Lotaburger Day.
What is Albuquerque?
Grants High School
Who are the Pirates?
You can hike across the main lava flow on a 7 ½ mile trail, named for these two Pueblo nations on opposite sides of El Malpais – and opposite ends of the alphabet.
What are Acoma and Zuni?
She currently represents Grants's congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Yvette Herrell?
This dining spot with checker-patterned floors has a palindromic name.
What is the WOW Diner?
NMSU Grants: 1500 N _______ St.
What is Third?
Blake’s is credited as being the first restaurant to offer hamburgers with this condiment.
What is green chile?
Mesa View Elementary School
Who are the Vikings?
The bill to create El Malpais National Monument passed Congress in 1987, and was then signed into law by this President.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
In 2018, she congratulated her soon-to-be successor Michelle Lujan Grisham, saying, "It is a momentous day when two Latina women are able to stand together, having been elected to the highest office of this wonderful state."
Who is Susana Martinez?
Chevron, Love’s, and Petro are all conveniently located at this I-40 exit.
What is Exit 79?
Continental Divide Electric Cooperative: 200 E _______ St.
What is High?
Blake’s distinctive takeout bags made occasional cameos throughout this hit AMC crime drama.
What is Breaking Bad?
Laguna-Acoma Junior/Senior High School
Who are the Hawks?
Phacelia serrata, or cinder phacelia, is a purple-flowered plant found only in two locations on earth. One is El Malpais; the second is Sunset Crater in this state.
What is Arizona?
This former governor received over 3% of the national popular vote in the 2016 presidential election.
Who is Gary Johnson?
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The Cibola County Correctional Center is privately owned by this prison company, formerly known as CCA.
What is CoreCivic?
New Mexico Mining Museum: 100 _______ Ave.
What is Iron?
The 2 states besides New Mexico that have Blake’s Lotaburger locations.
What are Arizona and Texas?
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Los Alamitos Middle School
Who are the Buccaneers?
During WWII, the Manhattan Project considered El Malpais as a possible location for the first atomic bomb test. They eventually chose this other New Mexico site instead.
What is Trinity site?
New Mexico’s first state governor William C. McDonald began his term on January 6 of this year.
What is 1912?
It’s not as busy as LAX or ABQ, but the International Air Transport Association has assigned the Grants-Milan Municipal Airport this 3-letter airport code.
What is GNT?
Surf Shack Pizza: 320 E _______ St.
What is Stephens?
The original price of a Lotaburger in 1952, needing just two coins.
What is 35 cents?
San Rafael Elementary School
Who are the 76ers?