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Desert Magazine Quiz - September 1943

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Nevada Black Diamonds are...

  • Low grade native diamonds
  • Obsidian
  • Smoky quartz crystals
  • Perlite


Flint and obsidian implements of the desert Indians usually were made by...

  • Applying pressure to edge of rough flint with point of deer antler
  • Headting the flint and touching the edge with cold water
  • Grinding edge on a flat stone
  • Using a crude stone tool as a chisel


The Colorado River tributary which Powell named the Dirty Devil River is now (1943) known as...(*note: The Dirty Devil originates at the junction of two rivers northeast of Hanksville; J. W. Powell made no distinction how far upriver the name would apply, so the name Dirty Devil has stuck to the reach of the river below the junction.)

  • Fremont
  • Henry
  • Hassayampa
  • Bill Williams


Acoma, the Sky City, is located on...

  • The Zuņi Indian Reservation
  • The Navajo Reservation
  • The Laguna Reservation
  • The Isleta Reservation


If you were traveling through Arizona on Highway 66, you would pass through which of these towns...

  • Phoenix
  • Holbrook
  • Prescott
  • Nogales


The age of Chetro Ketl ruins in Chaco Canyon, NM, is estimated by scientists as approximately...

  • 300 years old
  • 900 years old
  • 1500 years old
  • 2000 years old


Rainbow Bridge, Utah, was first seen by white men in...

  • 1908
  • 1899
  • 1913
  • 1922


Fortification Hill may be seen from...

  • Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
  • Phoenix
  • Las Cruces
  • Randsburg


Gypsum Cave in Southern Nevada is famous for its...

  • Unusual gypsum crystals
  • Ground sloth remains
  • Outlaw hideout
  • Hieroglyphs


Geologists believe the age of the fossil oyster beds in the Yuha Basin in Imperial Valley, is at least...

  • One million years old
  • Nine million years old
  • 17 million years old
  • Ten thousand years old


The Gadsden Purchase of 1853...

  • Added territory to Arizona and New Mexico
  • Formed the northern section of Lower California
  • Represented a government settlement with Navajo Indians in New Mexico
  • Included Southeast New Mexico oil lands


An arrastra is...

  • A primitive club-like weapon for hunting rabbits
  • A device to crush ore
  • A type of Spanish mill for grinding grain
  • A Spanish unit of land measure


Mukuntuweap is...

  • The name of a Ute Indian chief
  • A river in New Mexico
  • Former name of Zion National Park
  • Ceremonial god of the Hopi Indians


According to legend the Lost Dutchman mine of Arizona is located in the ...

  • Harquahala Range
  • Superstition Mountains
  • Castle Dome Mountains
  • Santa Catalina Mountains


Most complete study of Death Valley flora (as of Sept. 1943) was written by...

  • Edmund C. Jaeger
  • Frederick V. Colville
  • W. A. Chalfant
  • George Wharton James


If you owned a cinnabar mine with a mill for processing the ore you would ship your product to market in...

  • Ingots
  • Flasks
  • Bags
  • Bales


The mescal plant which grows in the desert region is...

  • Yucca
  • Barrel cactus
  • Ocotillo
  • Agave


_Children of God_ by Vardis Fisher, is the story of...

  • Navajo creation legends
  • Mormons
  • Pioneers in the Apache country of New Mexico
  • Indian children in Southwest missionary schools


Walls of ancient cliff dwellings found in the Southwest usually are built of...

  • Rough hewn logs
  • Stone
  • Adobe bricks
  • Sticks plastered with mud


One of these is an artist...

  • Edwin Corle
  • Mary Kidder Rak
  • Charles Keetsie Shirley
  • Frank Hamilton Cushing

 

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