Arizona Fun Facts

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1. What movie actor was killed in a car accident in Florence, Arizona, in October 1940? James Dean Tom Mix Will Rogers John Wayne

2. Which Arizona city is home to the largest flowering rose bush in the world? Tombstone Phoenix Flagstaff Mesa

3. What river flows through the Grand Canyon? Snake Arizona Columbia Colorado

4. The Morenci Mine in eastern Arizona is the largest ______ mine in the United States. gold copper silver coal

5. What hotel, an Arizona landmark, is nicknamed the 'Jewel of the Desert'? Phoenix Hotel Sun Valley Grand Tucson Inn Arizona Biltmore

6. These prehistoric people, known for their red-on-buff pottery, inhabited south and central Arizona from about 1 to 1450. Hopi Anasazi Hohokam Navajo

7. What city was the capital of Arizona Territory before it became a state? Jerome Yuma Tucson Prescott

8. Which of these cities is NOT in the Valley of the Sun? Tempe Phoenix Yuma Mesa

9. In what Arizona city can you visit Standin' on the Corner Park? Tucson Glendale Phoenix Winslow

10. Winfield Scott, for whom the town of Scottsdale was named, was a noted _______. miner Army chaplain explorer artist