90+ Idaho Trivia Questions and Answers

Idaho, the Gem State, is famous for its vast mountainous landscapes, multiple swaths of protected wilderness, and eye-catching outdoor relaxation spaces. The Capital, Boise, sits in the Rocky Mountains foothills and is bisected by the River Boise, primarily renowned for rafting and fishing.

Idaho, one of the freezing and coldest places in the United States, experiences low temperatures of up to −60 °F. The climate in Boise is changeable, with mostly clear, hot, and dry summers. The winters are icy, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Idaho Facts Trivia Questions and Answers

Idaho delivers an unmatched quality of life not found in another State. It is well known to be home to the highest navigable river in the world.

Boise capital is packed with extraordinary business, affordable cost of living, four mild, friendly environments, and unique seasons. Not to forget, the urban metropolitan economic and education base also has enormous public wilderness that offers a lifetime of weekend adventures.

Read on for some long and fun trivia questions to enrich your knowledge about Idaho State.

 

1. What is the Idaho state tree?

The Western White Pine.

 

2. What is the Idaho state raptor?

Peregrine falcon

 

3. Idaho shares a border with what Canadian province?

British Columbia

 

4. Where does Idaho rank in size among the states?

It is the 14th largest

 

5. What is the capital of Idaho?

Boise

 

6. What is special about Hells Canyon?

It’s the deepest gorge in the United States

 

7. Where does Idaho get most of the energy that it consumes?

Imported from other states

 

8. From 1990 to 2010, Idaho’s population increased by how much?

55%

 

9. What is the Idaho state bird?

The Mountain Bluebird

 

10. What is the Idaho state song?

Here We Have Idaho

 

11. What is the Idaho State Flower?

Syringa (Philadelphus lewisii).

 

12. In Idaho, Shoshone Falls is a waterfall that is taller than what?

 

13. Where does Idaho rank in terms of land area with other states?

It’s the 13th largest state in terms of land area at 83,570 sq. miles.

 

14. How does Idaho rank as far as a population with the other states?

It’s the 39th most populous

 

15. The Port of Lewiston is the farthest inland seaport on the West Coast at how many river miles from the Pacific ocean?

465

 

16. What are the residents of Idaho called?

Idahoans

 

17. Idaho has the world’s largest factory for “what”, with a capacity of 120,000 metric tons per year?

Barrel cheese

 

18. What is the Idaho state fish?

The Cutthroat trout

 

19. Where is the home of Idaho State University?

Pocatello

 

20. What was the first university in Idaho, founded in 1889?

University of Idaho in Moscow

 

21. When did Idaho State University in Pocatello open?

In 1901 as the Academy of Idaho

 

22. What was the first university in Idaho, founded in 1889?

University of Idaho in Moscow

 

23. What are Idaho’s two major airports?

Boise Airport, and the Spokane International Airport

 

24. What is the Idaho state insect?

The Monarch butterfly

 

25. Where are the main offices of the Idaho National Laboratory?

Idaho Falls

 

26. Beginning in the 70s, Boise has emerged as a center of what kind of manufacturing?

Semiconductor

 

27. What is Idaho’s highest point?

Borah Peak at 12,662 ft

 

28. Sometimes Idaho is referred to as the what?

Potato State

 

29. On what date was Idaho admitted to the Union?

On July 3, 1890

 

30. How many counties does Idaho have?

44

 

31. What is the state motto for Idaho?

Esto Perpetua (Latin for “Let it be forever”).

 

32. What is the Idaho state fruit?

The Huckleberry

 

33. What is the Idaho State Gem?

Idaho star garnet

 

34. How many US states does Idaho border?

Six

 

35. Idaho is mountainous and is bigger than what region?

New England

 

36. Where is the state of Idaho’s lowest point?

In Lewiston at 710 ft

 

37. Which two states are to the west of Idaho?

Washington and Oregon

 

38. What is Idaho’s nickname?

The Gem State

 

39. The largest industry in Idaho, the science and technology sector, accounts for over 70% of Idaho’s what?

Exports

 

40. What two states are to the south of Idaho?

Nevada and Utah

 

41. There are only two places on earth where significant quantities of the gem star garnets can be found, Idaho and where?

India

 

42. Which mountain range is usually considered to be Idaho’s most?

The Sawtooth Range

 

43. What is the Idaho state horse?

The Appaloosa.

 

44. Who supplies most of the natural gas used in Idaho?

 

45. What is the largest lake in Idaho?

Lake Pend Oreille

 

46. What is the Idaho state fossil?

Hagerman Horse (Equus simplicidens).

 

47. Who designed Idaho’s seal?

Emma Edwards Green

 

48. How many time zones does Idaho have?

Two

 

49. Idah shares a border with what Colombia province?

British Columbia

50. What separates Idaho from Canada?

49th parallel north

 

51. Where is Idaho’s lowest point at  710 ft?

Snake River near Lewiston town

 

52. How far is Idaho’s western border from the Pacific Ocean?

350 miles

 

53. What is Idaho’s all-time highest temperature? 

118 °F

 

54. How long ago might there have been Humans in Idaho?

14,500 years ago

 

55. Idaho’s second-largest city?

Meridian

 

56. Where is the home of Northwest Nazarene University?

Nampa

 

57. Where in Idaho was the world’s first chairlift installed in 1936?

Proctor Mountain two miles from Sun Valley

 

58. Excavations at Wilson Butte Cave near in 1959 showed evidence of “what”  including the oldest dated artifacts in North America?

Human activity

 

59. In what year did the Lewis and Clark expedition cross Idaho on its way to the Pacific Ocean?

In 1806

 

60. What is Idaho’s all-time lowest temperature?

−60 °F

 

61. What is the Idaho state dance?

The Square Dance

 

62. Which town in Idaho was the first permanent settlement in April 14, 1860?

Town of Franklin

 

63. The first non-indigenous settlement was Kullyspell House, located on the shore of what lake?

Lake Pend Oreille

 

64. Idaho produces what percent of potatoes in the United States?

30%

 

65. During the Great Depression prices plummeted for Idaho’s what?

Major crops

 

66. The Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area is the largest contiguous area of protected wilderness in the continental United States with how big of an area in acres?

2.3 million

 

67. What has become the largest single economic center in Idaho with over 25% of the state’s total revenue?

Science and technology

 

68. How big is the state of Idaho in square miles?

83,570 sq. mi

 

69. Idaho produces about how much of the potatoes grown in the US?

Almost one-third

 

70. According to the Census Bureau the population of Idaho was how many people on July 1, 2013?

1,612,136

 

71. Idaho is home to three of Anheuser-Busch facilities that provide the what for breweries located across the nation?

Malt

 

72. Which were the two most prominent Native American tribes in Idaho?

Nez Perce and Shoshone

 

73. Boise is the home of Micron Technology, the only U.S. manufacturer of what?

Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips.

 

74. Which famous performer attempted a nationally-publicized stunt in Twin Falls Idaho, involving the Snake River?

Evel Knievel

 

75. Prior to 1846 Idaho, as part of the Oregon Country, was claimed by both the United States and which country?

Great Britain

 

76. Imports account for how much of Idaho’s total energy consumption?

More than 80%.

 

77. Which natural resource discovered on the Clearwater River brought a large number of people to Idaho after 1860?

Gold

 

78. How much of the electricity consumed in Idaho in 2005 came from hydroelectricity?

48%

 

79. What is Idaho’s state fossil?

Hagerman horse

 

80. The largest community in Boise in the US?

Basque

 

81. Which explorers put Idaho territory “on the map”?

Lewis and Clark

 

82. Idaho is one of the few states without a major freeway linking its two what?

Largest metropolitan areas

 

83. Which famous route brought settlers to Idaho?

The Oregon Trail

 

84. Idaho is served by how many transcontinental railroads?

Three

 

85. What is the longest river in Idaho?

Salmon River

 

86. During the Gold Rush of the 1800s which minority group comprised 1/4 of Idaho’s total population?

Chinese

 

87. What is the Idaho state amphibian?

Eastern Tiger Salamander

 

88. What is the Source of Salmon River?

Sawtooth Range

 

89. What is Idaho’s state Animal?

Appaloosa

 

90. Idaho is known as what state in the US?

 

91. What is the length of the Salmon River?

648km

 

92. What is special about Hells Canyon?

It’s the deepest gorge in the United States

 

 

 

 

 

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