Hope and Luck Quiz

Objective: answer 7 questions correctly. JavaScript required!

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1. What famous mining camp followed Tonopah and Goldfield?

Belmont
Delamar
Bullfrog
Austin

2. What railroad company founded the city of Las Vegas?

San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Tonopah & Tidewater
Western Pacific
Tonopah-Las Vegas

3. Approximately how many people lived in Las Vegas in 1900?

400
25
100
10

4. What prevented the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District from becoming an immediate and enormous success?

seed shortage and bad weather
inadequate water and poor soil
railroad construction and rain
overgrazing and drought

5. Among the leading politicians that emerged from Tonopah and Goldfield, one was a native of Washoe County. Which one?

Tasker Oddie
William Stewart
Key Pitman
Pat McCarran

6. One after the other, Jim Butler, Tasker Oddie, and Pat McCarran all held the same political office. What was it?

Tonopah sherrif
Esmerelda County Clerk
Nye County District Attorney
Nye County Grand Jury Foreman

7. Which mining industry has been most profitable in Nevada?

Silver
Gold
Copper
Aluminum

8. What northern Nevada city did the Central Pacific Railroad establish in 1903?

Fallon
Belmont
Wadsworth
Sparks

9. Who was the University of Nevada president who fought for social reform in the early part of the 20th century?

Francis Newlands
George Wingfield
Tasker Oddie
Joseph Stubbs

10. What replaced mining in Nevada as the 20th century mining boom played out?

Gambling
High tech industry
Railroading
Warehousing