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Arizona - The Grand Canyon State.

Arizona

Arizona becme the 48th state to join the Union on Valentine's Day (February the 14th) 1912.

The city of Tombstone, Arizona., was the site of the Wild-West's most famous shoot-out - the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Arizona is the sixth largest state in the USA, covering an area of 113,990 square miles or 295,234 square km - that's roughly the same size as Italy!.

Adopted in 1986, Arizona's state amphibian is, appropriately, the Arizona tree frog.

Arizona has a larger percentage of its land (almost 25%) designated Indian Land than any other state.

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1 .

This is a picture of Arizona's capital city, named after which mythical creature?

A Unicorn

A Centaur

A Dragon

A Phoenix

As well as being Arizona's capital, Phoenix is also its largest city, the largest of all the state capitals and the sixth most populous city in the USA

2 .

The official state mammal of Arizona is the ring-tailed... what?

Photograph courtesy of Robertbody at en.wikipedia

The Ring-tailed Squirrel

The Ring-tailed Cat

The Ring-tailed Monkey

The Ring-tailed Dog

The ring-tailed cat is actually a member of the raccoon family and not a cat at all. It is also called a miner's cat or a marv cat and is often mistaken for a civet cat (which is native to Africa and Asia) or a Cacomistle (which is found in Central America)

3 .

Arizona is the home of the Grand Canyon. The canyon was carved by which river?

The Colorado River

The Rio Grande

The Mississippi River

The Arkansas River

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, 18 miles (29 km) wide at its broadest, and up to 6,000 feet (1,829 m) deep. Despite these impressive measurements, the Grand Canyon is not actually the world's largest. There is a canyon in Greenland which is longer (466 miles or 750 km) and one in the Himalayas which is deeper (19,714 feet or 6,009 m)

4 .

The flag of Arizona was designed by Colonel Charles Wilfred Harris for the Arizona National Guard Rifle Team. In what year was it adopted by the state?

In 1877

In 1917

In 1957

In 1987

The copper star on the flag represents the state's place as the USA's largest producer of copper, the blue stands for both liberty and the Colorado River, and the setting sun marks Arizona's western position. The rays of the sun represent the original 13 colonies which formed the United States and are in the same colours as the flag of Spain, perhaps because the land where Arizona sits was once a part of the Spanish Empire

5 .

The picture shows a piece of tree trunk in which Arizonian national park?

The Joshua Tree National Park

The Everglades National Park

The Petrified Forest National Park

The Redwood National Park

The word 'petrified' literally means turned to stone. Trees in the park became fossilised through the process of permineralisation in which all organic material is replaced by minerals

6 .

What is the name of Arizona's official state bird which is pictured?

The Roadrunner

The Western Meadowlark

The Cactus Wren

The Wood Duck

The cactus wren (or campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) was adopted as Arizona's state bird in 1973

7 .

This is the official state gemstone of Arizona. What is its name?

Turquoise

Sapphire

Jade

Emerald

Although turquoise is Arizona's official state gem, its state mineral is copper - of which it is a major producer. Turquoise is also the state gemstone of New Mexico and the semiprecious gemstone of Nevada

8 .

The town of Fountain Hills in Arizona is home to the world's fifth highest fountain. How high does its water reach?

Photograph courtesy of Big Tall

261 feet 80 m

361 feet or 110 m

461 feet or 141 m

561 feet or 171 m

The fountain usually runs at 300 feet or 91 m but can reach 561 feet when all of its pumps are running. The tallest fountain in the USA is in St. Louis and can shoot water 630 feet (192 m) up, whilst the tallest in the world is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Its waters can reach a height of 853 feet or 260 m

9 .

The Great Seal of the State of Arizona bears the state motto Ditat Deus. What does this translate into English as?

God Judges

God Saves

God Gives

God Enriches

The seal also shows the Sun rising behind a range of mountains and symbols of Arizona's economy - cattle (represented by a cow), cotton (by the irrigated fields), copper (the miner), citrus (the orchard) and climate (the clouds)

10 .

This bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, once stood in which European city?

Dublin

Paris

London

Berlin

The bridge was originally built in 1831 to span the River Thames in England's capital city. It was not strong enough to support modern traffic and so it was dismantled in 1967. It was then bought by the entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch and reconstructed at its present location. It is rumoured that McCulloch believed he was buying the more recognisable Tower Bridge, but both he and the man he bought the bridge from (Ivan Luckin) denied this

Author: Graeme Haw