Trivia answers

Answer to Jan. 12, 2024 trivia: There are nine major roadways in Lakewood that are plowed by the Colorado Department of Transportation because they are state highways. These are Kipling Parkway, Wadsworth Boulevard, West Colfax Avenue, Sheridan Boulevard, Morrison Road, U.S. 6/West Sixth Avenue, Interstate 70, U.S. Highway 285 (Hampden Avenue), C-470.

Answer to the Dec. 15 2023, trivia question: Seventy-nine percent of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic that humans have produced so far still remain in the environment, according to a July 19, 2017 article in Science Advances. 

Answer to Dec. 8, 2023, trivia: The graduation rate for high schools in Lakewood was 89 percent during the last school year. 

Answer to Dec. 1, 2023, trivia: Lakewood uses 600 poinsettias to decorate the city's facilities during the holiday season. Watch this video as the plants are arranged in the atrium at the Civic Center, 480 S. Allison Parkway. 

Answer to Nov. 17, 2023, trivia: Lakewood has 18 gulches running west to east through the city, serving as the main channels for carrying runoff from rain and snowstorms.

Answer to Nov. 10, 2023, trivia: Lakewood received the HIRE Vets Medallion Program Demonstration Award for its efforts to hire and retain veterans. 

Answer to Nov. 3, 2023, trivia: The 40 West ArtLine is the name of the four-mile long outdoor experience in Lakewood.

Answer to Oct. 20, 2023, trivia: Lakewood's public art program includes more than 50 pieces throughout the city. Learn more about them on the city's website.