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These Nevada trivia questions come in four rounds: trails, forts and the Comstock; statehood, names and mining booms; basin, range and desert; and counties, parks and roads.
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Trivia questions for Nevada, round by round
Trails, forts and the Comstock runs from the first explorers to the silver of 1859. Statehood, names and mining booms asks how the state constitution reached Washington in 1864. Basin, range and desert is the map. Counties, parks and roads has the county that lasted two years.
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Tap a choice to see the right answer, a short reason and the article it was read in. The pack pauses after every ten answers, so a family can stop there or go on to the next ten.
Questions and answers
Are these Nevada trivia questions and answers checked?
Yes: every answer is in the Wikipedia article Nevada, read on October 3, 2026 and linked under its question. The question on Hoover Dam's older name was reworded after a second article gave different dates for it.
What is left out of the Nevada pack?
Casinos and gambling, the state's marriage and vice laws, weapons testing, population counts, office-holders and weather records. The pack keeps to history, the land, counties, parks and roads.
What are some easy Nevada trivia questions?
Which state lies on Nevada's northwest border? Which desert holds Las Vegas? Which of four national parks lies inside Nevada? The answers are Oregon, the Mojave Desert and Great Basin National Park.
When did Nevada become a state?
On October 31, 1864, as the 36th state, the second of two states added during the Civil War. The full text of its constitution went to Washington by telegraph.