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Denver, the capital of Colorado and the 19th-largest city in the United States, is known for its beautiful natural setting, vibrant culture, and iconic landmarks such as the Denver Botanic Gardens and the Denver Art Museum. The city is also a major center for business, finance, and technology, as well as being a hub for outdoor enthusiasts, with access to natural attractions such as the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains.
Denver was founded in 1858 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and was named after James W. Denver, the Governor of Kansas Territory. The city quickly developed into a major center of trade, with the growth of the mining, agriculture, and transportation industries. Denver is also home to several major universities and research institutions, making it a major center for education and innovation.
Denver is also known for its diverse population, with a large number of immigrants from Mexico and Vietnam, as well as African American and Native American communities. This diversity is reflected in the city's food, music, and art, making it a vibrant and exciting place to visit or live. The city's museums, gardens, and festivals also attract visitors from around the world. Denver is also known for its 300 days of sunshine, which makes it an ideal location for outdoor activities such as hiking, skiing, and biking.
1. Nikola Jokic helped which Colorado city to its first NBA Championship when their team beat the Miami Heat in the 2023 Finals?
Answer: Denver
2. There’s a strange conspiracy theory that which Colorado city’s airport, the third busiest airport in the country, stands above an underground city that serves as a headquarters of the New World Order?
Answer: Denver
3. What “J” cybersecurity company based out of Denver offers an automated server management tool? Its name is a compound word, which kind of sounds like it’s commanding a cumulonimbus to leap.
Answer: JumpCloud
4. Long before he became “The Tool Man Taylor” or Santa, what actor was born in Denver in 1953?
Answer: Tim Allen
5. Tim Tebow appears in ads for the Athlete's Choice mattress by a brand named for what oxygen-starved U.S. state capital?
Answer: Denver
6. Which west of Denver tunnel with a presidential name is not only the longest mountain tunnel but the highest point in the Interstate Highway System?
Answer: Eisenhower
7. The classic Colorado dish known as a "Denver omelet" is typically filled with onions, red and green peppers, and what meat?
Answer: (Diced) Ham
8. What rock band, formed in Denver in 2002, had a Grammy-nominated hit in 2006 with the song "How to Save a Life?":
Answer: The Fray
9. Denver's International Airport features a giant statue that famously fell and killed its sculptor, Luis Jimenez, during construction. With glowing red eyes and a blue exterior, it's a definitely exaggerated depiction of what animal?
Answer: Mustang (Horse)
10. Headquartered in Denver, what real estate franchise boasts the largest hot air balloon fleet in the world?
Answer: Remax
11. Once the tallest building between San Francisco and the Mississippi, Denver's Daniels & Fisher Tower was modeled on the Campanile of the Piazza San Marco in what Italian city that's way less arid?
Answer: Venice
12. What Hall of Fame NFL quarterback spent 16 years playing for the Denver Broncos, ending his career with back-to-back Super Bowl wins in 1998 and 1999? As a Denver executive, he helped Peyton Manning’s Broncos win the Super Bowl in 2016.
Answer: John Elway
13. Although outside linebacker Von Miller won a Super Bowl with the NFC West’s Los Angeles Rams in 2022, he was much longer tenured with what AFC West team based out of Colorado? Their franchise name makes them sound like a bunch of wild horses.
Answer: Denver Broncos
14. Which startup based in Denver with a saliferous name lets people borrow against their crypto investments if they need a loan?
Answer: Salty
15. What U.S. airport has the largest airport baggage conveyor system in the world? It has six miles of conveyor belts, 22 miles of track, and 14 million feet of wiring.
Answer: Denver International Airport
16. What is the name of the Denver sports stadium that existed from 1948 to 2001, serving as the home of the Broncos from 1960 to 2000 and of the Rockies in the 1993 and 1994 seasons?
Answer: Mile High Stadium
17. After its interior was painted in bright colors by artist Okuda San Miguel, an abandoned Lutheran church on Denver's Logan Street was transformed in 2017 into the "International Church of" what substance?
Answer: Cannabis
18. A house on Denver's Pennsylvania St. was once home to what "Unsinkable" heroine, famous for assisting other survivors during the sinking of the Titanic?
Answer: Molly Brown
19. Which former Denver Broncos guard was born in Anchorage, Alaska on December 19, 1982?
Answer: Chris Kuper
20. In 1859, gold was discovered in a Colorado creek with what "fruity" name, whose confluence with the Platte River is now in Denver's downtown district?
Answer: Cherry Creek
21. What one-time resident of Denver who attended East High School became the first African-American to win an Academy Award?
Answer: Hattie McDaniel
22. A chorus line on Broadway and, in her later years, the picturesque town of Stars Hollow must have felt far from home for which Denver-raised Tony Award-winning actress?
Answer: Kelly Bishop
23. A nature sanctuary on the Roaring Fork River in Aspen, Colorado is named for what singer-songwriter, who settled there in the 1970s?
Answer: John Denver
24. In 2002, Denver classmates Isaac Slade and Joe King started jamming together and ultimately added more musicians to form what group you’ll associate with the lyrics “And I would have stayed up with you all night/Had I known how to save a life” and “And everyone knows I'm in over my head?”
Answer: The Fray
25. What historic mansion in Denver's Montclair neighborhood is named for its first owner, a German immigrant related to the World War I flying ace known as the "Red Baron?"
Answer: Richtofen Castle
26. Ho! Hey! What Denver-based alt-folk band with a bright name was founded by Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, who had been jamming together around NYC under various names, including “Free Beer?” Neyla Pekarek joined as a vocalist and cellist but left the group in 2018 to go solo.
Answer: The Lumineers
27. What Denver-based tech company, often criticized for its surveillance and "predictive policing" programs, takes its name from magical "seeing stones" in the Lord of the Rings novels?
Answer: Palantir
28. Although Lockheed Martin's headquarters are located in Bethesda, Maryland, its space HQ is found in what city approximately 1,600 miles west of Bethesda?
Answer: Denver
29. Although the true origin of the cheeseburger is up for debate, Denverite Louis Ballast can lay claim to receiving a trademark for the term in 1935. He served cheeseburgers at his Drive-In restaurant, named after which wobbly nursery rhyme character (who coincidentally could also be added to a cheeseburger)?
Answer: Humpty Dumpty
30. What city has a downtown grid system designed to be parallel to the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek? These streets run northeast-southwest and northwest-southeast which benefits the city as this allows all streets to receive sunlight for melting snow whereas a standard N–S/E–W grid would only have half of the streets receive ample sunlight.
Answer: Denver
31. What 2010 Disney show follows the Denver family as they adjust to the addition of two little ones, Charlotte and Toby, and starred Bridgit Mendler as a wise older sister?
Answer: Good Luck Charlie
32. What equine portmanteau is the name of a Colorado intercity bus system that began in 2015 with service between Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Glenwood Springs?
Answer: Bustang
33. The University of Denver holds a record 24 NCAA championship team titles in what sport, earning 10 since 2000?
Answer: Skiing
34. Though the consolidated city and county of Denver boasts 716,000 residents according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the most populated county in Colorado is actually what county that shares its name with a city in Texas?
Answer: El Paso County
35. Which member of the Ku Klux Klan was also Denver’s longest serving mayor, serving for five four-year terms in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s?
Answer: Benjamin F. Stapleton
36. Denver won a bid to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but eventually declined to host, causing the games to be moved to what town in Austria?
Answer: Innsbruck
37. Which company that deals with databases was started by George Fraser and Taylor Brown in 2012 and is based in Denver?
Answer: Fivetran
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