Arizona Trivia

Crank up the AC, it's getting hot. Hey gang. This is your host Brian Rollins and I've got episode 198 the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast this week. We've got Arizona, trivia, 30 questions about the southwestern States history, geography, and a little pop culture surrounding it. If you're new, welcome to the show this season. We're doing a new state every week. We're more than halfway done. So if you don't see your home state yet on dorky geeky nerdy.com, just stay tuned. And I've got a shout out to our newest sponsor, Melissa Joy, thanks for helping keep the show running. I really appreciated with that. Let's start the show. The dorky room. Number one, what is the capital of Arizona? Phoenix, it's also the largest city. Number 2, what actress from Tucson starred as the title character in. I Dream of Jeannie. Barbara Eden. Number three. What actress from Scottsdale? Arizona has had hits with Easy, A lala land, and Cruella, Emma Stone. Number for Arizona, gets its official nickname from what geological feature. The Grand Canyon. Number 5, what singer from Arizona? Had both solo hits like edge of 17 and hits with the band. Fleetwood Mac. Stevie Nicks, Number six. What 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie begins with that wrist in a Phoenix Hotel. Psycho. number seven, what 1983 sci-fi film had its First Act finale, filmed in The Yuma desert, Star Wars, Return of the Jedi. Number 8, what 1986 movie filmed in Arizona starred, Steve, Martin, Chevy, Chase and Martin Short. Three Amigos. Number 9, NASA used meteor crater to train astronauts during what program. The Apollo program, the crater stood in for the lunar surface. Number 10. Gila monsters are the largest what that are native to the US. Lizards. The geeky round number one. What senator from Arizona was the Republican nominee for president in 1964? Barry Goldwater. He lost to Lyndon Johnson. Number two. What river makes up most of the Western border of Arizona and is what carved the Grand Canyon. The Colorado River. Number three, founded in 1877. What mining town has been called the town too. Tough to die. Tombstone. Number four. What Arizona senator was eulogized by President George W, bush and Barack Obama in 2018. John McCain. Number 5. What u.s. representative was the target of an assassination attempt in 2011 in Tucson? Gabby Giffords. Number 6, speaking of Representative Giffords, what u.s. Senator and former NASA astronaut is married to her. Mark Kelly. Number seven, which of the Jonas. Brothers was born in Arizona, hint. He's the one that married Sophie Turner in 2019. Joe Jonas. Number 8, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman starred in what 1987 Coen Brothers film. Raising Arizona. Number 9, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford starred in what 2011 adaptation of a graphic novel. Cowboys & Aliens. Number 10, cutting down. What plant in Arizona can land you up to 25 years in jail? The saguaro cactus they can take 150 to 200 years to grow. 50 feet tall. The nerdy round number one, what city served as the capitol from 1867 to 1877 and was the largest city in Arizona until 1920? Tucson. Number 2, from 1988 to 1994, the Arizona Cardinals football. Team was known as what. The Phoenix Cardinals though. The team has never played in Phoenix proper Number three, which is the only major sports team in Arizona to win a National Title. The Arizona Diamondbacks, they won the World Series in 2001. Number four, what labor leader and civil rights activist born in Yuma. In 1927 currently has his bust on display in President Biden's Oval Office. Cesar, Chavez. Number five. What World War One fighter? Ace was the first Airman to receive the Medal of Honor. He also has an Air Force Base named after him in Arizona. Frank Luke from Phoenix with 19. Aerial victories. He was second only to the infamous Red Baron. Number six. What is the largest Native American reservation in the US? The Navajo Nation, it's over 17 million acres in size. Number seven. What 1957 Western was remade. 50 years later with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. 3:10 to Yuma. number 8, what movie studio and theme park was built in 1939 for the movie Arizona, Old Tucson Studios. You can spot the Spanish mission set in films, like Tombstone, Rio Bravo, and El Dorado. Number nine. The state capitol building is topped with what metal, it's something mind for decades from the state. Copper. Number 10. What Arizona town on? The Mexico border has a town with the same name on the opposite side. Nogales Arizona. And that's it for Arizona wants some bonus facts. Arizona is the 48th state and the last of the contiguous us to join the union. Its sixth in size and 14th in population. Phoenix is the fifth largest city in the u.s. and the largest capital city. Pluto was discovered from an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. As I mentioned last week, I was once a resident of Arizona, I lived in Phoenix, technically, the suburb of Peoria and Tucson where I attended the University of Arizona, go Wildcats, it's a gorgeous State and I recommend visiting it, just not the summer unless you're North where it's nice and cool. If you're into nature in geology it's a treasure Trove sites. Arizonans give me A shout out. Let me know if I missed anything about the Grand Canyon State. We have the season finale coming up in February so I'll need more material. I'll be back next week with another episode. Here's a clue. In what state would you find the mountain? The Lakota named six grandfathers? We're running out of states of these should get easier. Also, if you figure it out, the order of these episodes. I know a few of you have good luck and I'll see you back here next Wednesday. This has been episode 198 the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. Our theme music is by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. This show is written produced and hosted by me. Brian Rollins you could find me at the voices in my head.com. Thanks for listening.