Montana Trivia

1. In northeast Montana lies one of the biggest artificial lakes in the whole of the USA, Fort Peck Lake. Which major river does this reservoir form part of?

From Quiz A Tour of the Big Sky Country

Answer: Missouri

The Missouri rises at Brower's Spring in western Montana. It flows first north and then generally westward across the state before crossing the state border with North Dakota on its long journey to its confluence with the Mississippi near St. Louis. Fort Peck Lake and its associated dam were built in the 1930s/40s by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The lake stretches for 134 miles inside the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.

From Quiz Montana: Big Sky Country

Answer: 40%

The western part of Montana is very mountainous, but the eastern part of the state is covered by the Great Plains. Montana owes its name to Congressman James Ashley, who served as chairman of the Committee on Territories. Ashley later served as Territorial Governor of Montana from 1869 to 1870. Colorado is actually more mountainous than Montana.

From Quiz The Montana Quiz

Answer: Triple Divide Peak

Triple Divide Peak is the only triple divide in the world. This peak is located in Glacier National Park. The two divides that meet at this point are the Great Divide and Laurentian Divide.

From Quiz Montana, the Best State

Answer: Elk

Elk come out of Yellowstone like flood water. There are about 30,000 elk living in the park and there should only be about 4,000 because they are destroying the aspen stands.

From Quiz Montana History

Answer: Bannack

Recent research suggests that Henry Plummer (originally spelled Plumer) was not an outlaw at all, but an unfortunate victim of over zealous Vigilantes. It is speculated that one reason for fingering Plummer as the 'ringleader' of a now questionable gang of outlaws is that Plummer spoke out against the Vigilantes and in favor of trials and due process.

From Quiz A Tour of the Big Sky Country

Answer: Little Bighorn

Also known as Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of the Little Bighorn took place in 1876 and resulted in the massacre of George Custer and the 7th cavalry by Native Americans led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. The site of the battle is now a National Monument, located in Big Horn County, just to the north of the state line with Wyoming.

From Quiz Montana: Big Sky Country

Answer: 4th largest

The area of Montana is 147,042 square miles. This is larger than many countries - including Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy! If Montana were a country, it would be the 62nd largest in the world by area.

From Quiz The Montana Quiz

Answer: Bitterroot Mountains

The main character of the movie hiked through the Bitterroots from a ranger station to Missoula. The Bitterroots are along the south-western border of Montana and Idaho.

From Quiz Montana, the Best State

Answer: Bluebunch Wheatgrass

Bluebunch wheatgrass is a decreaser when it comes to grazing. A decreaser grass is a grass that decreases in population when it is grazed by cattle. Before cattle were introduced to Montana, bluebunch wheatgrass covered about 70% of Montana's grassland. Now it covers less than 3%.

From Quiz Montana--The Treasure State

Answer: Western Meadowlark

The western meadowlark is speckled with a bright yellow "vest" and a black V-shaped "necklace". Montana's schoolchildren chose it as the state bird in 1930 and it became official the following year.

From Quiz Montana

Answer: Toole

It was Toole, who now has a county named after him. In Montana, the first two digits of a licence plate designate the county the vehicle is registered in. Also, the lower the number, the larger the population at the time of assignment. Toole County is county 21.

From Quiz Montana History

Answer: 1863

He was elected in 1863 and hanged in 1864. He was ill at the time of his death, however, and would have eventually died from T.B. if he hadn't been lynched.

From Quiz A Tour of the Big Sky Country

Answer: Arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad

The Northern Pacific Railroad arrived in the area in 1882, with Billings being the western railhead. The city was named after Frederick H. Billings, the railroad's president. In the 21st century, Billings has been the major trade center for not only much of Montana but also for parts of neighboring states, such as Wyoming and North Dakota.

From Quiz The Montana Quiz

Answer: Bannack

Bannack was a boom town starting in 1862 when gold was discovered in the area. Bannack is located in Beaverhead County along Grasshopper Creek. At its peak population in the 19th century, Bannack had around 10,000 residents.

From Quiz Montana, the Best State

Answer: Garnet

Garnet was a booming gold town in the late 1800s with nearly 1000 settlers, but by the early 1900s the gold was running low. In 1912 there was a fire that made a lot of people leave their homes. There was a slight boom again in Garnet in the 1930s, but now the town is Montana's most intact ghost town.

From Quiz Montana--The Treasure State

Answer: Bitterroot

The bitterroot has pink daisylike blossoms. It was the first state symbol chosen for Montana in 1895.

From Quiz Montana

Answer: Flathead Lake

Flathead Lake is named after the Flathead Indians.

From Quiz Montana History

Answer: 22

Some of the 'outlaws' who were hanged were guilty simply of speaking out against the Vigilantes. This was enough to prove the suspect guilty of being involved in criminal activity.

From Quiz A Tour of the Big Sky Country

Answer: Bozeman

Bozeman was founded in 1864 by John Bozeman, who established the Bozeman Trail, linking the gold rush settlement of Virginia City to the Oregon Trail in Wyoming. Montana State University opened there in 1893 under its original name of the Agricultural College of the State of Montana.

From Quiz Montana: Big Sky Country

Answer: Granite Peak

These are all mountains in Montana, but Granite Peak is the highest, at 12,807 ft. (3904m). It is located in Park County, about 10 miles north of the Wyoming border. It was not climbed until 1923. Although there are thousands of mountains in Montana, none rank among the 50 tallest in the United States.

From Quiz The Montana Quiz

Answer: Butte

One reason for the parties is that Butte has traditionally had the highest population of Irish-American descendants in Montana. Butte is the location of a large mine where gold, silver, and finally copper was mined.

From Quiz Montana, the Best State

Answer: University of Montana vs. Montana State University - Bozeman

This match, first played in 1900, has been meeting for over 100 years. Go Cats Go. Grizzlies Suck.

From Quiz Montana--The Treasure State

Answer: Ponderosa pine

The ponderosa pine was officially made the state tree in 1949 after a year-long campaign by the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs.

From Quiz Montana

Answer: Glacier National Park & Glacier & Glacier Park

Glacier Park is considered to be the Crown Jewel of North America. It joins with the Canadian Waterton National Park and together they make up the first International Peace Park.

From Quiz Montana History

Answer: Supplied the Vigilantes with names of other supposed gang members

Long John Franck and Erastus Yeager revealed the names of other supposed gang members. The method of encouragement used by the Vigilantes was to tie a noose about their necks and string it tight enough to scare them into naming names.

From Quiz A Tour of the Big Sky Country

Answer: Glacier

Glacier National Park comprises over 1,000,000 acres in northern Montana, on the border with the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. Yellowstone has a small part of its territory in Montana and Idaho, but the vast majority of it is in Wyoming. Grand Teton is entirely within Wyoming and Rocky Mountain National Park can be found in Colorado.

From Quiz The Montana Quiz

Answer: Crown Jewel of the Continent

Glacier National Park is a beautiful, vibrant place to hike and camp. There are over 700 miles of hiking trails within the park. Going-to-the-Sun Road, which cuts through the park, is on America's list for being one of the most scenic drives. Source: articlesnatch.com

From Quiz Montana--The Treasure State

Answer: Grizzly bear

There are only about 1,000 grizzlies left in the American West. There were once as many as 50,000 and ranged as far east as the Mississippi River. They are federally protected by the Endangered Species Act. A grizzly can weigh up to 800 pounds.

From Quiz Montana

Answer: Jefferson

From Quiz Montana History

Answer: George Ives

Joe Pizanthea was the only Mexican in the town and was probably singled out simply for that reason. He was lynched by the Vigilantes.

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