Puzzles
Word games made from Albuquerque’s neighborhoods, balloons, chile, mountains, pueblos and history. The word search changes every day.
Word search
Today’s word search
Find every word in the grid. Drag across the letters, or tap the first and last. Stuck? A hint lights up where a word starts. A new grid every day.
Find these words:
- Old Town
- Plaza
- La Placita
- Bandstand
- Howitzers
- Luminarias
- Fiesta
- Balloon
- Dawn Patrol
- Glowdeo
- Zebras
- Key Grab
- Sandia Crest
- Tramway
- La Luz Trail
- Bien Mur
- Manzano
- Watermelon
- Nob Hill
- Barelas
- Downtown
- Martineztown
- Uptown
Anagram
Local anagrams
Unscramble names you will find around Albuquerque. Stuck? Read the hint.
- The square the Spanish villa was built around in 1706
- The adobe church on the north side of the plaza, built in 1793
- The Central Avenue district named for a San Francisco hill
- The oldest neighbourhood, home of the National Hispanic Cultural Center
- The 1927 Pueblo Deco theatre on Central Avenue named for a mountain lion
- The October event that began with 13 balloons in 1972
- At 10,678 feet, the high point above the city
- The river that flows north to south through the middle of the city
- A carving in the basalt of the West Mesa
- The old Route 66 main street that divides the city’s quadrants
- The BioPark’s fishing ponds, named for a governor
- The 1902 hotel beside the railroad depot, razed in 1970
Word scramble
Quote scramble
Unscramble the words and the quote completes itself.
In Albuquerque, we take our chile seriously.
Quiz
How well do you know Albuquerque?
12 questions on the city’s history, places, chile and balloons.
In what year was Albuquerque founded as La Villa de Alburquerque?
- 1706
- 1598
- 1821
- 1880
Whom was Albuquerque named for?
- The founder of the railroad
- A Franciscan friar
- A Pueblo governor
- The 10th Duke of Alburquerque, a viceroy of New Spain
What does the Spanish word sandía mean?
- Sunset
- Granite
- Mountain
- Watermelon
What do the people of Sandia Pueblo call the mountain?
- Green Reed Place
- Where the Wind Blows Dust
- Turtle Mountain
- Bien Mur, “Big Mountain”
What is the highest point in the Albuquerque metropolitan area?
- Tijeras Peak
- Nine Mile Hill
- Mount Taylor
- Sandia Crest
In what year did the Sandia Peak Tramway open?
- 1976
- 1956
- 1966
- 1986
How is the Sandia Peak Tramway described among aerial trams?
- The longest in the Americas
- The fastest in North America
- The oldest in the United States
- The steepest in the world
In what year did the Balloon Fiesta first take place?
- 1972
- 1992
- 1982
- 1962
Which radio station’s 50th birthday started the Balloon Fiesta?
- KOB
- KUNM
- KKOB
- KANW
What is the “Albuquerque box”?
- A traditional New Mexican gift
- A pattern of winds that lets balloons fly out and come back
- A kind of adobe house
- A box seat at the launch field
What are the Balloon Fiesta’s launch directors, in black-and-white stripes, nicknamed?
- Dawn Patrol
- Zebras
- Roadrunners
- Coyotes
Which Balloon Fiesta event sends pilots up before sunrise?
- Flight of the Nations
- Dawn Patrol
- Special Shape Rodeo
- Key Grab