The first comprehensively themed casino was:
a. Circus Circus
b. Caesars Palace
c. Mirage
d. Monte Carlo
e. Bellagio
The first strictly casino company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange was:
a. Harrah's
b. The Flamingo
c. Bally's
d. Caesar's
e. MGM Grand
The most important agency that publicly traded companies must answer to is:
a. The Federal Trade Commission
b. The Gaming Commission
c. The Gaming Control Board
d. The Dow Jones
e. The Securities and Exchange Commission
In what decade was the Nevada Gaming Control Board created to match the increased volume of Las Vegas casinos?
a. The 1930's
b. The 1940's
c. The 1950's
d. The 1960's
e. The 1970's
In 1950, which US Senator chaired the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, which tried to establish that all gambling operations throughout the nation were run by a single crime group.
a. Richard Nixon
b. Robert Kennedy
c. Joseph McCarthy
d. Estes Kefauver
e. Lyndon Johnson
The Flamingo casino got its name from:
a. Harrah's mascot
b. The site's original owner Johnny Flamingo
c. The nickname of Bugsy Siegal's girlfriend Virginia Hill
d. The pink colored granite mined at the site
e. Escaped flamingos from the aviary that once stood near the site.
Which of the following was the first casino to open on what would later be called the Las Vegas Strip in 1941?
a. The Flamingo
b. El Rancho Vegas
c. Caesar's Palace.
d. The Last Frontier
e. Harrah's
Which of the following is not a reason that Reno was the main tourist destination in the early days of Nevada's history as a state?
a. It was only 200 miles from San Francisco
b. The climate was more hospitable than in southern Nevada
c. Bugsy Siegal used his mob connections to financially back the casinos there.
d. Nearby Lake Tahoe was also a popular destination
e. None of the above they are all reasons.
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