Colorado Trivia on the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Podcast

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177 | Colorado Trivia

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Episode Intro

We’re coming home this week! Well, my home, at least.

Hey everyone, this is episode 177 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast. I’m your host, Brian Rollins, and this week, we’re visiting Colorful Colorado. Colorado has a varied climate, history, and geography. I should know as I live here now and I’ve spent most of my life here.

As always, it’s three rounds of ten questions each. If you need rules or score cards, visit the show’s website: DorkyGeekyNerdy.com.

That’s enough chit-chat, let’s get started with the show.

The Dorky Round

1. What Colorado team has tied with the New England Patriots for most Super Bowl losses?

The Denver Broncos. They’ve been to the Super Bowl 8 times and lost 5 times.

2. What famous gunfighter and dentist is buried in Glenwood Springs, CO?

Doc Holiday. He went to the sanitarium there for his tuberculosis. He would eventually die there.

3. What actor was born in Colorado before he found his Tool Time and went To Infinity and Beyond?

Tim Allen

4. Prussian immigrants created what brewing company in Golden, CO in 1873?

Coors Brewing Company. It’s still there today.

5. What US military academy is located in Colorado Springs?

The US Air Force Academy

6. Stephen King usually sticks to Maine for his books, but occasionally Colorado is his setting of choice, including what 1977 novel about the Torrence family and the Overlook Hotel?

The Shining

7. What Quentin Tarantino movie was filmed near Telluride and featured the final film score of Ennio Morricone?

The Hateful Eight

8. What military complex is located under Cheyenne Mountain and has been featured in WarGames as well as Stargate SG-1?

NORAD

9. What Robin Williams sitcom was based out of Boulder, CO?

Mork & Mindy

10. What is the capital of Colorado?

Denver

The Geeky Round

1. What is the official altitude of Denver, CO?

5,280 feet above sea level or one mile. Thus, the its nickname, The Mile High City.

2. What is the official state nickname for Colorado?

The Centennial State. It is so named because it became a state in 1876.

3. What actor starred as Zorro in the 1920 film, The Mark of Zorro?

Douglas Fairbanks from Denver. That film was what the Waynes saw before they were killed in the Batman comics.

4. What creator of South Park and co-writer of The Book of Mormon was born in Conifer, CO?

Trey Parker. Matt Stone went to high school and college in Colorado, but wasn’t born there.

5. Though sadly commonplace now, what Colorado school shooting horrified America in 1999?

Columbine High School

6. Who is the first open gay man to become governor of a US state?

Jared Polis, the current governor of Colorado.

7. What inventor created an experimental lab and helped power the town of Colorado Springs in 1899?

Nikola Tesla. He said the thin mountain air was easier to ionize and was experimenting on transmitting power wirelessly.

8. What athletic group moved its headquarters from New York to Colorado Springs in 1978?

The US Olympic Committee.

9. What 1984 movie featured Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Gray and the town of Calumet, CO?

Red Dawn

10. Centennial, a 1974 novel about the history in Colorado, was written by who?

James A. Michener

The Nerdy Round

1. What Colorado Mexican restaurant was featured in a seventh season episode of South Park?

Casa Bonita. Yes it’s real. Yes, it’s all that.

2. What National Park, located in Southwestern Colorado, is home to over 600 Native American cliff dwellings?

Mesa Verde National Park

3. Born in Denver, CO, who has the most voice acting credits according to IMDb?

Frank Welker. He has over 850 credits with his most memorable being Fred from Scooby Doo.

4. What actor was a silent film star, playing the title character in 1925 film, The Phantom of the Opera?

Lon Chaney. He was born in Colorado Springs in 1883

5. The US Army slaughtered women and children on November 29, 1864 in what event?

The Sand Creek Massacre. The warriors were lured away and the army came in to wipe out dozens of unarmed people.

6. What astronaut from Colorado was the command module pilot for Apollo 13 and was elected to Congress?

Jack Swigert. While he was elected, Swigert died before taking office.

7. What screenwriter, born in Montrose, CO, was blacklisted as a member of the Hollywood 10, but would later be given public credit for his work with Exodus and Spartacus?

Dalton Trumbo. His uncredited work won two Oscars, one for Roman Holiday and another for The Brave One.

8. Katharine Lee Bates wrote the lyrics for what song inspired by the view from atop Pikes Peak?

America the Beautiful

9. What are the Colorado Fourteeners?

Mountains. Specifically, they are the 53 mountains that reach over 14,000 feet in altitude.

10. 1994's Dumb and Dumber featured what Colorado ski resort?

Aspen, CO

Episode Conclusion

And that’s it for Colorado Trivia. I hope you have fun. It’s really wonderful living here in Colorado. I graduated high school here, got married here, and both my kids were born here.

Here are some bonus facts about Colorado:

In land mass, Colorado is the 8th largest state.
Just like our neighbor to the north, Wyoming, Colorado is a rectangle.
In terms of population, Colorado is 20th, but growing. It added one US Representative and an electoral college vote in the 2020 census.
Colorado was the first state to legalize marijuana. Technically Washington did it the same year, but Colorado’s law went into effect one hour before giving it a slight edge.
The state was named after the river, not the other way around. The name means “colored red” in Spanish.

I could go on and on, so I’ll self-regulate and cut myself off. If you haven’t visited here, please consider doing so. If you’re the outdoorsy type, we’ve got literally everything you could imagine.

Before anyone asks, no I don’t host trivia games here, but if you know a venue that might like to host a live show of Dork Geeky Nerdy, let me know. Now that stuff is getting back to normal, the idea appeals to me.

We’ll be back again next week with another episode and another state. Here’s a clue to to whet your appetite.

What is the only US State to begin with two vowels?

That should be an easy one to puzzle out in the meantime. I’ll see you back here, next Wednesday.

This has been episode 177 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast. The music has been from Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com. I’m your Colorado host, Brian Rollins. Come say hi to me TheVoicesInMyHead.com.

Thanks for listening.