Utah Beehive State
What is Utah’s state mammal?
Rocky Mountain Elk
Which mountain range contains the highest point in Utah?
Uinta Mountains
The Aggies are the mascot of one of Utah’s major universities located in which city?
Logan
In 1919, which park was established as Utah’s first National Park?
Zion National Park
What Great Lake used to cover Northern Utah?
Lake Bonneville
What is Utah’s state fish?
Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
Over 80% of the states population resides along this mountain side in northern Utah, Can you name it?
Wasatch Front
Which city is home to the Utah State Prison?
Salt Lake City
Formerly Draper
Which Utah national park is named, in part, for a geologic feature thought to resemble a Washington D.C. landmark?
Capitol Reef National. Park
The state of Utah is work-renowned for its snow; but which resort hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics Men’s and Women’s Downhill Compitition?
Snowbasin
What is the state insect?
Honeybee
Moab has many creeks and washes but only one river. What is its name?
Colorado River
The Brigham Young Academy originated in which city?
Also known as BYU
Provo
Spanning 291 feet, the world’s longest natural arch can be found in Arches National Park. What is it called?
Landscape Arch
This arch from Arches National Park is an unofficial symbol for Utah and appeared on the Utah centennial automobile license plates.
Delicate Arch
What is the Utah State tree?
Quaking Aspen
Salt Lake City is bounded on both the west and the east by mountain ranges. The world famous Wasatch mountains are situated at the east, but what smaller range limits the Salt Lake Valley to the west?
Oquirrh Mountains
Which northern Utah City was founded by Perrigrine Session on 27 September 1847?
Bountiful
Which two national parks surround Moab?
Arches and Canyonlands
When did Mormon Pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley?
1847
What language did the name Utah come from?
Ute
What is the name of the geological feature that runs north-south through Capital Reef National Park?
The Waterpocket Fold
Which is home to the University of Utah Medical Center?
Salt Lake City
The three “districts” of Canyonlands National Park are Island in the Sky, The Needles and ___________?
The Maze
Had the Mormon Pioneers gotten their way, the State of Utah would have been much bigger and called the State of ___________.
Deseret