Las Vegas Quiz

Las Vegas Quiz Questions

1. What phrase did the marketing company R&R Partners come up with in 2003 which became one of the most successful marketing campaigns in tourism history?
2. Las Vegas is situated within which desert?
3. What is the name of the theatre that is the main entertainment venue for Caesars Palace?
4. Construction on which nearby dam started in 1931?
5. The name Las Vegas is Spanish for what?








6. Who wrote the novel Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas'?
7. What name is given to a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South known for its concentration of casinos and resort hotels?
8. In which 1964 film did the character Lucky Jackson go to Las Vegas to participate in the city's first annual Grand Prix Race?
9. Which famous hotel is named after a city in Egypt?
10. Elvis Presley had a UK number one hit with his 1970 live version of which song recorded in Las Vegas?
11. In 1967, Sands became the first of several Las Vegas hotels to be purchased by which businessman?
12. What is the artificial primary attraction of The Mirage, a Polynesian-themed casino resort?
13. Which hotel and casino is known for featuring trapeze acts, as well as carnival games?
14. Which professional American football team relocated from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020?
15. What is the common name of the highly classified air force base 83 miles north-northwest of Las Vegas?
16. The Bellagio's hotel's water shooting fountains features at the end of which 2001 film?
17. Which religious and cultural group erected the first permanent settlement in Las Vegas in 1855?
18. Which hotel and casino includes the tallest observation tower in the United States?
19. Which hotel originally built in 1946, displays The Hand of Faith, which was found by Kevin Hillier near Kingower, Australia, in 1980?
20. Which singer performed in Las Vegas for the first time in 1967, at the Flamingo?

Answers

1. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
2. Mojave Desert
3. The Colosseum (The Colosseum at Caesars Palace)
4. Hoover Dam
5. The meadows
6. Hunter Thompson
7. The Strip
8. Viva Las Vegas (Lucky Jackson was played by Elvis Presley)
9. Luxor (Luxor Las Vegas)
10. The Wonder of You
11. Howard Hughes
12. Artificial volcano (that erupts nightly)
13. Circus Circus
14. Raiders
15. Area 51
16. Oceans Eleven
17. Mormons
18. The Strat
19. The Golden Nugget (The Hand of Faith is the second largest gold nugget found in Australia during the 20th century)
20. Tom Jones