Quiz: New Mexico Facts

Quiz: New Mexico

Instructions: Type the correct word or words in the blanks to complete the facts about New Mexico. If you type a space after your answer, it will look like it is correct, but it will be marked wrong. Use the tab key to move from space to space.

The capital of New Mexico is ⁽¹⁾.
New Mexico's nickname is ^{(2) "}.^"
New Mexico has more sheep and cattle than ⁽³⁾.
It also boasts more PhD's ⁽⁴⁾ than any other state.
In 1947, the Air Force issued a press release saying that they had recovered debris from a flying saucer near the town of ⁽⁵⁾.
The town of Truth or Consequences used to be called ⁽⁶⁾, but it agreed to change its name for publicity from a game show.
The New Mexican ⁽⁷⁾ adds a distinctive flavor to New Mexico's cuisine.
New Mexico is the third largest ⁽⁸⁾ market in the nation, after New York and Los Angeles.
One of America's most prominent artists, painter ⁽⁹⁾ moved to the remote village of Abiquiu in 1949, where she captured images of New Mexico.
Dating back centuries, New Mexico's native peoples have exhibited unparalleled skills in crafts such as pottery, jewelry making, and ⁽¹⁰⁾ (making things like rugs and baskets).
The pueblo of Acoma sits high atop a ⁽¹¹⁾ in northern New Mexico. This is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the nation.
In 1872, the Santa Fe railroad brought an influx of settlers and opened up eastern markets to western beef. Cattle barons hired professional gunslingers, one of whom was William McCarty, aka ⁽¹²⁾.
New Mexico was the site for the ⁽¹³⁾ Project, the building of the atomic bomb during WWII.
Robert Oppenheimer, the project's director, chose a remote place called the ⁽¹⁴⁾ Ranch School.
Every fall, the people of Santa Fe commemorate the Spanish quelling of an Indian pueblo uprising in 1712 with a festival where there is a giant flaming marionette called ⁽¹⁵⁾ or Old Man Gloom.
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