Food and Cooking
A dish of cheesy, creamy baked potatoes with corn flake crust that may nearly be the last potatoes you'll ever eat!
What are 'funeral potatoes'?
The most popular tourist spot in downtown Salt Lake City, attracting more annual visitors than the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone National Park, this location was originally referred to as a 'block' rather than its current and more accurate name.
What is Temple Square?
This Grey's Anatomy and Roswell actress has recently decided to sell her Oakley, Utah ranch for $4 million.
Who is Katherine Heigl?
This Utah state bird is named for another state and is often found scavenging in parking lots and garbage dumps.
What is the California Gull?
These hunter-gatherers were frequently found in the territory that eventually became the state of Utah and were fond of eating seeds, berries, insects and small animals but found the idea of eating eggs repulsive. Their name was the origin of the states name.
Who are the Ute Native American tribe?
The state cooking pot of Utah, but named for a foreign nationality. A 'heavy metal' cooking tool!
What is the dutch oven?
According to 'The Advocate' magazine, this Utah city is the 'gayest city in America'.
What is Salt Lake City?
This founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints never actually made it to Utah but we all hope he would have liked it very much.
Who is Joseph Smith?
Called “Ainkai Painkwi” or “Red Fish” by the Goshute tribe, this Utah state fish is considered sacred to them and is descended from fish that inhabited Bonneville Lake.
What is the Bonneville Cutthroat Trout?
Numbered XIX, this international sporting event took place in Utah in 2002 and remains featured on many roads and overpasses and buildings.
What are the 2002 Winter Olympic Games?
What is 'fry sauce'?
The United States' biggest manufacturer of this fowl novelty comedy accessory is headquartered right here in Utah.
What is the rubber chicken?
This father of 10 children (9 daughters), Korean war vet, and Harvard Medical trained surgeon became a doctor at 22 years old, is fluent in Mandarin, has perfect pitch and is now the leader of the LDS faith.
Who is President Russel M. Nelson?
This state animal weighs between 300 and 1100 pounds and is famous for its bugling which is played mainly through its nostrils.
What is the Rocky Mountain Elk?
The United States' biggest manufacturer of this fowl novelty comedy accessory is headquartered right here in Utah.
What is the rubber chicken?
The official Utah State dessert, simply because Utahns consume more of it than any other state. Fortunately, there is always room for it.
What is Jell-o brand gelatin?
Back in 1868, Salt Lake City witnessed the foundation of the nation's first department store. It had a long name but became more commonly known as this acronym.
What is ZCMI? (Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution)
After finishing second place on American Idol in 2008, in 2012 this Utah native singer starred in a TV series in the Philippines. He also released an album of traditional songs in the Philippines but served an LDS mission in Chile and claims Basque heritage.
Who is David Archuleta?
This Utah state insect has 5 eyes, six legs, lives in a hive and makes all kinds of food sweeter through its hard work and 'industry'.
What is the honey bee?
This original name for the capitol city of Utah seems pretty great to me but for some reason, they changed it. Maybe it was too long.
What is Great Salt Lake City?
The world's first location of this top favorite fast food franchise is found here in Utah and was founded by Pete Harman (brother to the founder of Harmon's Grocery stores).
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)?
This local university features the largest collegiate ballroom dance program in the world.
What is BYU?
Sharing a birthplace with the inventor of television, this Beaver, Utah native began his life of crime when he tried to pay for a pair of jeans with an IOU. Despite his fame as a wild west outlaw, many claim he avoided violence and never killed a single person.
Who is Butch Cassidy?
This Utah state fossil grew from 10 to 40 feet in length and was the dominant predator of North America during the Late Jurassic period. It is featured in the movies Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
What is the Allosaurus?
In this year, the supreme court upheld the concept of Racial Segregation, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index was created and John Philips Sousa composed 'Stars and Stripes Forever'. Oh, and Utah received statehood.
What is the year 1896?