Question 1

Union Pacific and _________ Pacific were the main two railroads.

Accepted Answer

Central

Answer

Express

Answer

Promontory

Answer

Midway

Question 2

Where did the Transcontinental Railroad finish?

Accepted Answer

Promontory Point

Answer

Progressive Summit

Answer

Ogden

Answer

Corinne

Question 3

The first schools in Utah were __________ schools.

Accepted Answer

LDS Church

Answer

Universities

Answer

Academies

Answer

Free Public Elementary

Question 4

What invention changed mining forever?

Accepted Answer

Dynamite

Answer

Trains

Answer

Jackhammers

Answer

Cars

Question 5

What famous president was assassinated in 1865?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Answer

Joseph Smith

Answer

John F. Kennedy

Answer

Brigham Young

Question 6

How much did it cost to send a letter by Pony Express?

Accepted Answer

$3

Answer

Too much

Answer

$0.30

Answer

$30

Question 7

How many miles apart were Pony Express stations?

Accepted Answer

10 miles

Answer

10 yards

Answer

It was always different

Answer

20 miles

Question 8

Where was the first successful sugar factory?

Accepted Answer

Lehi

Answer

Ogden

Answer

Bluffdale

Answer

Sugar House

Question 9

In Utah they passed the ___________ so everyone could go to school.

Accepted Answer

Free Public School Act

Answer

Education Opportunity Act

Answer

Civil Rights Act

Answer

Learning Ordinance

Question 10

The only real export from Utah Territory at first was ________ and ________.

Accepted Answer

Sheep & Cattle

Answer

Minerals & Sugar

Answer

Sugar & Trains

Answer

Sheep & Horses

Question 11

What was Utah's first newspaper called?

Accepted Answer

Deseret News

Answer

Utah Times

Answer

Salt Lake Tribune

Answer

Deseret Post

Question 12

What was Utah's first university called?

Accepted Answer

University of Deseret

Answer

Deseret Academy

Answer

Brigham Young Academy

Answer

University of Utah

Question 13

What killed off the Pony Express?

Accepted Answer

Telegraph

Answer

The horses

Answer

Telephone

Answer

An earthquake

Question 14

What is the practice of plural marriage called?

Accepted Answer

Polygamy

Answer

Kidnapping

Answer

Monogamy

Answer

Political

Question 15

What became known as the "opposition voice"?

Accepted Answer

Salt Lake Tribune

Answer

Missourians

Answer

Deseret News

Answer

Anti-Mormons

Question 16

What is an abandoned mining town called?

Accepted Answer

Ghost Town

Answer

Former Miners

Answer

Empty Town

Answer

Haunted Town

Question 17

What was driven into the railroad at the Wedding of the Rails?

Accepted Answer

Golden Spike

Answer

Pink Floyd

Answer

Yellow Nail

Answer

Orange Hook

Question 18

When did Utah become a state?

Accepted Answer

January 4, 1896

Answer

July 24, 1847

Answer

July 4, 1776

Answer

September 14, 1878

Question 19

What plant provided sugar for Utah?

Accepted Answer

Sugar beets

Answer

Sugar Cane

Answer

Sugar trees

Answer

Sugar berries

Question 20

What was the original name of the Utah Territory?

Accepted Answer

Deseret

Answer

New Jerusalem

Answer

Zarahemla

Answer

Sahara

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