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This yellow mineral is often called “fool’s gold” because it resembles real gold.
What is pyrite?
Colorado earned the nickname “The Centennial State” when it was admitted to the Union in this year.
What is 1876?
This spirit is used to make a cosmopolitan.
What is vodka?
This is the film festival coming to Boulder in 2027.
What is Sundance?
This famous candy was founded in Golden.
What is Jolly Ranchers?
Sometimes called “the Christmas rock” because of its green pyroxene and red garnet, this rare, dense metamorphic rock forms under extreme pressure.
What is a eclogite?
The national park in Colorado that contains cliff dwellings, some of which are over 1,500 years old.
What is Mesa Verde?
Vodka and orange juice are the two ingredients of this cocktail.
What is a screwdriver?
Founded in 1969, this herbal tea company operates a well-known factory in Boulder, Colorado.
What is Celestial Seasonings?
This famous American showman, soldier, and buffalo hunter died in Golden, Colorado, in 1917.
Who is Buffalo Bill?
This mineral, composed of aluminum silicate, is the primary component of most clay and forms from the chemical weathering of feldspar.
What is kaolinite?
At 14,440 feet, this is the highest peak in Colorado.
What is Mt. Elbert?
Whiskey, angostura bitters, and sugar are the ingredients of this cocktail.
What is an old fashioned?
The rock that the University of Colorado Boulder’s buildings are made out of.
What is Red sandstone?
This bar in Golden is the oldest in Colorado.
What is the Buffalo rose?
Who is considered the father of modern geology and proposed uniformitarianism?
Who is James Hutton?
Known as “fourteeners,” Colorado has this many peaks exceeding 14,000 feet.
What is 58?
The cocktail Mai Tai literally means this in Tahitian.
What is good or excellent?
The Flatirons got their name from this group, who thought the rock formations looked like old-fashioned pressing irons.
Who were the pioneer women?
This mountain overlooking Golden, Colorado, is the burial site of a famous American showman, soldier, and buffalo hunter.
What is Lookout Mountain?
Graded bedding is a result of this type of depositional flow, where coarses material settles before finer sediment.
What is a turbidity current?
This is the highest unincorporated city in the world is Colorado.
What is Leadville?
This cocktail mixes whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters and is usually garnished with a cherry.
What is a Manhattan?
The "sister city" of Boulder that donated an ornate tea house in downtown Boulder.
What is Dushanbe, Tajikistan?
The person who Golden is named after.
Who is Thomas L. Golden?