Results: Montana (USA)
Published on 07/09/2016
The Last Best Place
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1.
1.
Have you ever vacationed in the State of Montana?
Yes
13%
259 votes
No
80%
1663 votes
Undecided
2%
37 votes
Not Applicable
5%
112 votes
2.
2.
What facts are you familiar with about Montana (pictured: Glacier National Park)?
The state's name is derived from the Spanish word montaña (mountain).
13%
262 votes
Montana has several nicknames, although none official, including Big Sky Country and The Treasure State, and slogans that include Land of the Shining Mountains and more recently The Last Best Place.
21%
429 votes
Montana is ranked 4th in size, but 44th in population, and 48th in population density out of the 50 states.
9%
191 votes
The capital of Montana is a town called Helena.
31%
640 votes
The economy is primarily based on agriculture, ranching and cereal grain farming. Other economic activities include oil, gas, coal and hard rock mining, lumber and tourism.
14%
297 votes
With a total area of 147,040 square miles, Montana is slightly larger than Japan.
4%
84 votes
Montana is a large state with considerable variation in geography, and the climate is, therefore, equally varied.
17%
360 votes
N/A
49%
1023 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
10 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.12% | 4 | |
| Cold place | 0.03% | 1 |
| Montana has wonderful Cherry Orchards that produce large red juicy cherries, better than the B.C. Bing. | 0.03% | 1 |
| F | 0.03% | 1 |
| Your surveys are too long and complicated. | 0.03% | 1 |
| none of these options | 0.03% | 1 |
| you can see the stars more clearly | 0.03% | 1 |
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3.
What historic Montana facts are you familiar with (pictured: the Assinniboine family)?
Historic tribes encountered by Europeans and settlers from the United States included the Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, Assinniboine, Gros Ventres, Kootenaim Salish, Pend d'Oreille and Kalispel tribes.
12%
252 votes
The land in Montana east of the continental divide was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
13%
269 votes
Subsequent to and particularly in the decades following the Lewis and Clark Expedition, American, British and French traders operated a fur trade.
14%
284 votes
The first gold discovered in Montana was at Gold Creek (present-day) near Garrison in 1852.
8%
174 votes
A series of major mining discoveries in the western third of the state starting in 1862 found gold, silver, copper, lead, coal (and oil) that attracted tens of thousands of miners to the area.
9%
177 votes
A number of smaller spur lines operated in Montana from 1881 into the 20th century including the Oregon Short Line, Montana Railroad and Milwaukee Road.
5%
99 votes
N/A
68%
1406 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
8 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.19% | 5 | |
| Cold! | 0.04% | 1 |
| Your surveys are too long and complicated. | 0.04% | 1 |
| none | 0.04% | 1 |
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4.
Tourist attractions in Montana. What tourist attractions are you familiar with (pictured: Montana Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center)?
Glacier National Park
36%
746 votes
Yellowstone National Park (can be accessed from the North and Northeast Entrances in southern Montana)
44%
915 votes
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
23%
477 votes
Museum of the Rockies
6%
117 votes
Skiing in Big Sky Montana
12%
239 votes
The C.M. Russell Museum Complex
3%
65 votes
The Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center
5%
94 votes
The World Museum of Mining in Butte, Montana
4%
90 votes
N/A
41%
847 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
7 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.14% | 5 | |
| Your surveys are too long and complicated. | 0.03% | 1 |
| none | 0.03% | 1 |
5.
5.
Here is a small list of famous Montana folks. What famous people are you familiar with that are from Montana (pictured: Gary Cooper in the movie Poison Whiskey)?
Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961 movie actor)
42%
865 votes
Myrna Loy (1905 - 1993 movie actress)
22%
460 votes
Evel Knievel (1938 - 2007 daredevil)
41%
849 votes
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (TV actor)
12%
241 votes
Dana Carvey (movie actor)
32%
663 votes
Patrick Duffy (TV actor)
38%
789 votes
Tanner Hall (skier)
2%
41 votes
Isaac Brock (rock singer)
2%
41 votes
N/A
40%
825 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
5 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.06% | 3 | |
| Your surveys are too long and complicated. | 0.02% | 1 |
| heard of them but not very familiar | 0.02% | 1 |
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