Critters and Crops
Unique Landforms
Sights and Sounds
Celebrity Cameos
History
100
This foraging crop covers 250,000 acres of Nevada's arid desert valleys and comprises the single largest cash crop produced in the state.
What is alfalfa? 
100
Standing at 10,776 feet and with over 3,500 feet of prominence, Mt. Rose is the highest peak in the northern section of this mountain range.
What is the Carson Range?
100
Although rebuilt, redesigned and relocated multiple times throughout its existence, this iconic landmark is the pride of the Biggest Little City's downtown streetscape.
What is the Reno Arch?
100
In character, this actress meets a group of "Misfit" cowboys and a landlady while on a trip to Reno to get a quickie divorce.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
100
This rich deposit of gold and silver ore turned over tens of millions dollars in revenue annually and justified the admission of Nevada to the Union.
What is the Comstock Lode?
200
This reptile adapted to the high desert by sipping and storing water from sand through its feet.
What is the horned lizard?
200
This conical granitic peak rises 300 feet above Spanish Springs Valley and is capped with basalt.
What is the Sugarloaf?
200
This venue is (arguably) the best place in town to catch a band you've likely never heard of and is completely run by young volunteers.
What is the Holland Project?
200
This 13-year NBA veteran and 3x champion played two seasons for the Nevada Wolf Pack, leading the team to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances.
Who is JaVale McGee?
200
This one-day sporting event brought tens of thousands of spectators across the country to Reno and forever changed the history of representation in sports.
What is the Johnson-Jeffries fight? What is the Fight of the Century?
300
This notorious insect arrives in swarms every few years, razes crops to stubble, and are not afraid to eat their fellow travelers.
What is a Mormon cricket?
300
Seasoned locals refuse to plant their garden until all of the snow has melted off of this mountain.
What is Peavine Peak?
300
This popular park in downtown was once the site of a dance hall, skating rink, and a 700-seat open air theater.
What is Wingfield Park?
300
Drummer Bud Gaugh of this band divides his time between the Biggest Little City and the Long Beach surf.
What is Sublime?
300
The City of Reno traditionally celebrates the anniversary of its founding on this date.
What is May 9?
400
This diurnal insect commonly found in the grasslands of Nevada can travel at speeds up to 35-40 mph.
What is the skipper?
400
This prehistoric lake covered what is now most of northwestern Nevada, as well as northeastern California and southern Oregon, until it dried up 9,000 years ago.
What is Lake Lahontan?
400
For over 50 years, tourists could drive up to this house off West 4th Street/U.S. Route 40 and exchange vows... on a budget.
What is the Chapel of the Bells?
400
This Reed High School alum and Nevada football walk-on started and won the most recent Super Bowl, and inked a 3-year contract with the Carolina Panthers this offseason.
Who is Austin Corbett?
400
After a couple of temporary names, the townspeople selected the present name after this career Army officer.
Who is Lt. General Jesse L. Reno?
500
This wildflower may look like onion at first glance, but the steroidal alkaloids in its leaves and stem are poisonous to livestock and humans alike.
What is the deathcamas?
500
This volcanic feature is formed when viscous lava extrudes to the surface during brief eruptive events and can be found in the Virginia Range and Steamboat Hills.
What is a rhyolite dome?
500
Although this long-gone venue was dismantled in 2008, it could seat 8,500 people and was a tour stop for the Beach Boys, Ween, and INXS.
What is the Hilton Amphitheater?
500
This late Reno native and acclaimed director used movie magic to tell the stories of three LAPD cops and a "dope rapper."
Who is Curtis Hanson?
500
The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Reno's most famous pet, who measured 48.5 inches long from head to tail.
Who is Stewie the cat?