DENVER — If you're staring at your computer all day anyway during self-quarantine, why not learn a little bit about your home state in the process?
There's a lot of fascinating history about Colorado ... and a lot of interesting distinctions in our unique, crazy, beautiful and weird state.
We put together a trivia quiz with nine questions about the Centennial State (Colorado's nickname is not in the quiz). Can you get a perfect score? Do you have any ideas for other quizzes we can create in the coming weeks? Email us at webteam@9news.com!
Also after the quiz, keep scrolling for some bulletpoints that explain some of the facts (don't cheat though!).
Can't see the quiz? Click or tap here.
- Colorado resident Bill Harmsen invented Jolly Ranchers in 1949. The Teddy Bear was invented at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs in honor of Teddy Roosevelt. And for better or for worse, Colorado’s also behind the car boot.
- The Royal Gorge has the highest suspension bridge in the U.S., Mt. Evans has the highest paved road, and Pagosa Springs has the deepest hot spring.
- It only took 30 minutes on Pikes Peak for Katherine Lee Bates to write one of the most quintessentially American songs there is.
- Back in 1893, folks suggested using the cool pink stone found in the Beulah Red Marble Quarry instead of hardwood at the state Capitol. The idea was so well-received that the construction of the Capitol building literally used all of this precious stone.
- In 1887, Doc Holliday hoped to get help from the healing waters of Glenwood Springs. He would have no such luck, and died at the Hotel Glenwood. His last words were reportedly, “This is funny" because he thought he'd die doing something more exciting than laying in bed.
- John Long Routt served as Colorado’s last territorial governor AND its first state governor. He left office in 1879.
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