Wyoming Basics #2

Wildlife

100

Large dinosaur fossil commonly found in Wyoming - theorized to have roamed the Wyoming Land

What is...Triceratops

200

Big Horn Sheep have pupils of this shape to allow them to see predators coming from their peripheral vision

What is...Rectangular.

300

The only species of trout native to Wyoming

What is... Cutthroat Trout

400

Animal considered extinct until re-discovered in Meeteetse, Wyoming in 1981

What is ... Black-footed Ferret

500

Amphibian that can only be found in Wyoming at the Mortinson Lake National Wildlife Refuge between Laramie and Woods Landing. This is also the Wyoming State Amphibian.

Wyoming Toad 

AKA Baxter's Toad

State Symbols

100

The Wyoming State Flower

What is...Indian Paintbrush

Adopted 01/31/1917

(the oldest state symbol)

200

The Wyoming State Mammal

What is...Buffalo

Adopted Feb 23, 1985

300

The Wyoming State Bird

What is...Meadowlark

Adopted Feb 5, 1927

400

Wyoming State Fish

What is...Cutthroat Trout

Adopted Feb 18, 1987

500

Wyoming State Gem

Jade (Nephrite)

Adopted January 25, 1967

People

100

American Country Music singer/songwriter and hall of fame rodeo champion who lived in Kaycee, Wyoming.

Who is...Chris Ledoux

200

Bandits who frequently hid out in their hole-in-the-wall caves before fleeing to Argentina

Butch Cassidy 

Sundance Kid

300

Ranch family that created the first dude ranch in Wyoming near Wolf, Wyoming. They also came up with the term "dude."

What/Who is...The Eatons

400

Painter from Cody, Wyoming famous for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto his canvases before his untimely demise at 44 years old in an alcohol-related car collision.

Hint: most expensive painting is titled "Number 5 (1948), auctioned for $140 million.

Who is...Jackson Pollock

500

American Sports Caster from Green River, Wyoming famous for covering 9 super bowls, 13 world series, and eight olympic games. He was also the Yankee's and Red Sox's main man who called some of the greatest sports moments in history. 

Will provide additional hint for half points.

Who is...Curt Gowdy

Geography

100

This was the first national park in the nation

What is...Yellowstone National Park

200

Highest Peak in Wyoming

Double points for correct elevation (within 50ft)

Gannet Peak

13,804

300

The First National Monument in the United States

What is...Devils Tower

400

The amount of Counties in Wyoming 

10 extra points for each named

What is 23...

1. Natrona 2. Laramie 3. Sheridan 4. Sweetwater 5. Albany 6. Carbon 7. Goshen 8. Platte  9. Big Horn 10. Fremont 11. Park 12. Lincoln 13. Converse 14. Niobrara 15. Hot Springs 16. Johnson 17. Campbell18. Crook 19. Uinta 20. Washakie 21. Weston 22. Teton  23. Sublette  

500

This was the first ever national forest in the USA, declared in 1891 by President Benjamin Harrision.

Double Points: how many national forests does Wyoming have?

What is ...Shoshone National Forest

9

MISC (hard)

100

This is the bucking bronco on the Wyoming license plate

What is... Old Steamboat

200

The name of the worlds second-largest traveling sand dunes located outside of Rock Springs Wyoming.

What is... Killpecker Dunes

300

One of the only places to get a license to hunt this animal is in Douglas, Wyoming.

What is...Jackalope

400

The 4 commodities on the Great Seal of the State of Wyoming.

100 points for each named.

What is:

Oil, livestock, grain, mines

500

This unique Wyoming livestock law to protect bovine citizens may result in a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $750

What is...Neglect to close fences