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1. Nevada is America's driest state receiving only __ inches of rain a year?
2
4
9

2. __% of NV is public land?
20%
50%
85%

3. The largest vein of silver ever uncovered in the US was at __?
the Klondike
the Golden Gulch
Comstock

4. NV was the 1st state to legalize divorce in __?
1889
1909
1931

5. NV is ranked __ in silver production?
1st
2nd
3rd

6. NV city with more hotel rooms than any city in the world?
Carson City
Virginia City
Las Vegas

7. NV was the 1st state to legalize gambling in __?
1889
1909
1931

8. After Virginia City lost most of its residents after the silver was depleted in the 1880s this became the largest city in NV in 1910 with 25,000 people?
Hamilton
Gabbs
Goldfield

9. The capital of Nevada?
Carson City
Virginia City
Las Vegas

10. The "loneliest highway in the world"?
US 441
US 27
US 50

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