What state is known as the Centennial State?
Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State because it entered the union in 1876, 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Besides being famous for the historical event, the state is also known as being rich with natural resources, especially with hydrocarbon.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
45 Comments
Burleigh Grimes
It never fails... Someone will always criticize quiz club for something, and most of the time that person is embarrassingly wrong. It's like a lot of you have no clue google exists.
bobw
Colorado does not mean Red. Rojo is Red, Colorado is Colored.
Marianela Moran
Sorry, but "colorado" does mean "red" or "red-colored".
Fernando Cortiñas
Marianela Moran you are right. Sorry, Bob, "Colorado" is also "Red"
Ed Bona
I'm Hispanic and the word most often used for red was Colorado.
John W Shreve
I don't know how common it was, but at least one baby born in 1876 was given a middle name of "Centennial."
It was Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, who became a hall of fame pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. Brown was nicknamed "Three-Finger" Brown because he lost part of his right index finger in a mining incident as a child.
marijohnross
Burleigh Grimes, something I have been saying the same since I started playing Quizz Club. But, I have discovered that a lot of people say Google has incorrect information and they use other alternative sources to get information. My personal spin on that is, those people search until they find information that is MORE pleasing to them. It boils down to what we learned in our education: we were taught from different sources in different levels of school and/or college. Thus, we got varying opinions and views. It doesn't mean one view is wrong and the other is right, just different perspectives of the same subject.
Lisa G
Sean Case, Gateway to the West is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Sean Case
When I was a kid we were taught that Colorado is the home of the mile high city , the centennial state , gateway to the West AND the queen city! Not sure which 1 I like the most!
Char
John W Shreve, thanks I didn't know that
Char
Hopefully I remember next time as now I have why
earlepg
Christy Jarrett, Ninas post (above) is marked as 5 years ago. I've been waiting to see her comments return. In the past she mentioned taking trips. Maybe she's on a long trip now. ;>)
Thor Johnson
my home state so I better get it right
Christy Jarrett
Nina Kamwene, Hi Nina, haven’t seen your comments for a while. Glad to see you again.
Elsy O. Stromberg
bobw, Wrong! They both mean red.
Johnny Rock
Burleigh Grimes, Yes you're correct as long as you google after the question and not before.
Barbara Greer
I had no clue that Colorado meant red as well as rojo, which is what I was taught in school. I knew the answer to the question, though, since I lived near Denver for 9 years. It gets really cold, but a different kind of cold than it is where I'm at now where the humidity turns the cold into some monster than can go right through your clothes. It also gets really hot, but again, less humidity so it's a dry heat. Still very uncomfortable.
Chris Braun
35 average high in the coldest month in San Luis. So t-shirt weather you're saying? That's above freezing!
Chris Braun
Come up to Minnesota in January. You've never felt cold lol
Abbey Downton Katiejane
I moved from MI to CO and I thought I was in a heat wave. Miss that state
dvdeaton
I know this is one of the nicknames of Colorado, but so is the nickname Rocky Mountain State; although some states only have one nickname, some states use more than one..