Happy Birthday!!!

Today is Arizona's 100th Birthday!  That's right!  Arizona's Statehood Day is also Valentine's Day.  My friends and I started celebrating Statehood Day in high school as Valentine's Day would come and we would not have a Valentine to share the day with....but all of these cute obnoxious girls through out school would be walking around with their roses and teddy bears and such.  So, we decided to celebrate the grand state we lived in and made a big deal of Statehood Day.

My mother, God Bless Her, even played along one year.  My freshman year of college, I happened to be down in the Valley the weekend of Valentine's Day....chaperoning with my best friend the high school kids from my church at YPC (Young People's Convention).  Valentine's Day/ Statehood Day fell on a Sunday and not only did I not have a Valentine....but my ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend were also at this convention and were not shy about celebrating Valentine's Day with flowers and presents and the such.  Yuck!  Enter my mom....  :)  She delivered sugar cookies to the church and I found that half were heart shaped....and the other half were the state of Arizona.  :)  The envelope of my card from her said that it was from the Office of the Governor (Hull, at the time) and all of the Valentine's Day references on the card were crossed out and replaced with "Statehood Day".  And it was signed by Jane Dee Hull...and my mom.  :)  I about died from delight!  I have never nor will I ever forget that day!!!!  :)

And while I now have ample reasons to celebrate Valentine's Day....I still hold Statehood Day close to my heart.  So.....here is a little quiz I have drawn up in honor of Arizona's 100th Birthday.  Even if you're not from AZ, feel free to take it....and I'll give you the answers if you do.  :)

1. True or False:

Legend has it that the delicious Tequila Sunrise drink (popular amongst NAU lumberjacks during Homecoming Weekend) was created at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in the 1930's or 1940's.

True

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the "5 'C's of Arizona"?

a. Cattle

b. Cotton

c. Cactus

d. Copper

e. Citrus

f. Climate

C - Cactus

3. The first capital of Arizona was:

a. Flagstaff

b. Yuma

c. Phoenix

d. Prescott

e. Tucson

D - Prescott

4. Arizona became the ____ state to join the United States of America.

a. 47th

b. 50th

c. 40th

d. 1st

e. 48th

E - 48th

5. True or False:

At one time, camels were used to transport goods across Arizona and it is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.

True

6. True or False:

Upon its completion in 1927, the Mesa Mormon Temple was considered to be the largest Mormon Temple outside of Utah.

True

7. The Detroit Tigers held the first ever Spring Training Camp in Arizona in what year?

a. 1919

b. 1952

c. 1929

d. 1945

e. 1900

C - 1929

8. True or False:

The former Planet of Pluto (poor Pluto) was discovered at Kitt Peak outside Tucson, AZ.

False.  Pluto was discovered at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ.

9. True or False:

Arizona was home to several internment/concentration camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II.

True

10. True or False:

Arizona has never had a governor impeached nor had one convicted of a felony.

False.  Governor Mecham was impeached in 1988 and Governor Symington was convicted of a felony in 1997.

11. Arizona's official neckwear is:

a. Ascot

b. Bandana

c. Bolo Tie

d. Scarves

e. Feather boas

C - Bolo Tie

12. Which of the following flags has NOT flown over the land we now know as Arizona.

a. Castillian flag of Spain

b. Confederate Flag

c. Mexican flag

d. French flag

e. Burgundian flag of Spain

D - French Flag

13. The largest Native American reservation in the U.S., with the majority of its lands being in Arizona, belongs to which tribe?

a. Salt River Pima

b. Hopi

c. Navajo

d. Havasupai

e. White Mountain Apaches

C - Navajo

14. True or False:

At one time, the town of Bisbee, AZ (home of the Copper Queen Mine) was the largest city between St. Louis, MO and San Francisco, CA

True

15.True or False:

The westernmost battle of the Civil War was fought in Arizona.

True

16. The term "snow bird" refers to:

a. Birds who migrate to Arizona from the Arctic Circle

b. Older people who live in northern states or Canada and come to Arizona to live during the winter months

c. People who move from Arizona to northern states where they must deal with snow

d. The elusive Snow Sparrow that is pure white and lives in the White Mountains of Arizona

e. Birds that collect prickly pear blossom pollen on their back that turns their feathers white

B - Older people who live in northern states and come to AZ for the winter months

17. The person buried in the pyramid that overlooks the Phoenix Zoo is:

a. Bruce Babbitt - former governor

b. Zane Grey - noted author

c. Frank Lloyd Wright - famous architect

d. George W.P. Hunt - first governor of AZ

e. Geronimo - leader of the Apache

D - George W.P. Hunt

18.  After the song "Blue Shadows (Arizona Moon)" from "The Three Amigos", who is the last one to wish Ned "good night"?

a. The turtle

b. The coyote

c. The horses

d. Dusty

e. Lucky

A - the turtle

19. True or False

The 19th century built London Bridge currently stands in Lake Havasu, AZ.

True

20. True or False:

Wild donkeys freely roam throughout the town of Oatman, AZ (the town where Clark Gable and Carole Lombard honeymooned).

True

So....Arizona Moon, keep shining.....  :)