What's Tonapah all about?

What's Tonapah all about?

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Assessment

Created by

Garret Gamble

History, Fun, Social Studies

KG - 5th Grade

Hard

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Tonopah is located on US 95 in Nevada. Where is it located between Reno and Las Vegas.

2.

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30 sec • 1 pt

What made Tonapah a boomtown in the eartly 1900's?

3.

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30 sec • 1 pt

What nearby cities also became boomtowns?

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Who discovered the deposit of metal in Tonapah?

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Where were the Tonopah two red-light districts?

6.

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30 sec • 1 pt

The Big Casino opened in late 1904 or early 1905 as a restaurant, saloon, betting parlor, dance hall, and hurdy-gurdy house. What else did it offer?

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

In 1913, the federal government found itself in the odd position of operating a hurdy-gurdy house in Tonopah. 25-30 Big Casino prostitutes got paid how?

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Shortly after the Fed Govt takeover, the big Casino was ruined, how?

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

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Joe Andre worked as a musician at the Big Casino from April 1, 1921, until it burned down on Aug. 23, 1922 then opted to work no where else . . . why?

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why go to Tonapah in 2021?

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