Albuquerque is the most populous city in New Mexico. The city covers a total area of 491 square kilometers. There are numerous activities to do while in the city, from attending the world’s largest International Ballon Fiesta to visiting the diverse zoos and even learning its unique history.
If you are a tech-savvy person you will be impressed to learn that Microsoft is not only associated with the Greater Seattle area but was mainly started in Albuquerque, between 1975 and 1979. Also, the country’s first bitcoin machine has its tech hub here.
Albuquerque Facts Trivia Questions and Answers – 2022 – 2023
If you follow sports keenly, have you ever wondered where the baseball team, Albuquerque Isotopes got its name from? They got their mascot name from an episode of the “Simpsons show” where Springfield’s minor league baseball team plans to move to Albuquerque.
Below are little-known facts about Duke City. Take this Albuquerque trivia to test your knowledge of the city.
1. In which US state is Albuquerque?
2. What is the approximate population of Albuquerque?
3. Which Interstate runs east/west through Albuquerque?
4. Headquartered in Albuquerque, what is the team name of the University of New Mexico athletic teams?
5. In what year was Albuquerque founded?
6. What is the name of the public commercial airport in Albuquerque?
7. Which major river runs through the western side of Albuquerque?
8. Albuquerque is known as the City of Lights during which holiday?
9. How many counties does Albuquerque and all of its suburbs reach into?
10. Albuquerque is home to the New Mexico State fair each year during which month?
11. Located in Albuquerque, what is the name of the sixth-largest Air Force Base in the USA?
12. Which 2012 movie’s studio filming was in Albuquerque?
13. When your waiter asks you, “red or green?” what are they asking?
14. Where would you be able to get an authentic taste of Native American cuisine?
15. What is the cuisine in Albuquerque known as?
16. Albuquerque has a cookie that is special to them. What is it called?
17. What famous state route had many songs sung about it?
18. Where can you find some of the best restaurants?
19. Albuquerque is a top 10 arts destination! True or False?
20. What gemstone is popular in Albuquerque?
21. Albuquerque is the ballooning capital of the world. True or False?
22. Where can you see a large collection of hot air balloons?
23. How many balloons can you see in the air at one time?
24. What is the 9-week celebration from December 16th – December 24th called?
25. What does the celebration of Las Posadas represent?
26. The current design of Civic Plaza was built on two city blocks in what year?
27. Albuquerque’s traditional center before Civic Plaza was built was ________, developed in __________.
28. Route 66 once traveled through what is now Civic Plaza. True or False?
29. Nationally renowned urban planner Jeff Speck studied Albuquerque last year and his suggestion for Civic Plaza is to:
30. Some of the current ideas for bringing more life to Civic Plaza include:
31. What is known as the Albuquerque Isotopes?
32. Albuquerque lies in the Chihuahuan Desert, in a broad valley that stretches about 30 miles (48 km) east-west. The valley is bounded for most of its length by what features?
33. What is Albuquerque’s climate?
34. What is Albuquerque’s average annual temperature?
35. Due to Albuquerque’s distant outpost of the Spanish empire, its residents were mostly from which ethnic groups?
36. What was Albuquerque’s economy like before and after the arrival of the Spanish?
37. Tourism is an important adjunct to the economy. Where is the original Spanish settlement that still attracts many visitors?
38. Albuquerque is governed by a mayor and a nine-member city council. Like many cities in the West, the elected council’s power is secondary to that of the?
39. Who operates clinics and hospitals in Albuquerque?
40. What affected Albuquerque’s public education system in the early 21st century?
41. Albuquerque’s most popular annual events are:
42. Archaeological evidence indicates that humans have lived in the area of what is now Albuquerque for how long?
43. At the end of the Cold War, Albuquerque’s economy began to diversify, especially in the development of?
44. The American International Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque Old Town is home to?
45. Albuquerque is the highest metropolitan city in the US. What is the elevation point?
46. Albuquerque is the home of Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman and the late Maxie Anderson, the three pilots of?
47. At 150 miles south of Albuquerque is the largest state lake. What is the name of this lake?
48. The Albuquerque Biological Park or Albuquerque BioPark contains four main facilities?
49. Albuquerque is the center of the New Mexico Technology Corridor, a concentration of high-tech institutions, including?
50. The KiMo Theatre is a theatre and historic landmark located on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Fifth Street. When was it built?