NATIONAL AND STATE PARK TRIVIA - Quiz #1
Test your knowledge of nature, history, and geography by taking a quiz on National and State Parks. Each quiz includes 15 questions, with the answers listed below. This is quiz #1. Have fun with it.
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1. Can you name the world's first and oldest national park, established by Act of Congress in 1872?
2. What state includes the most National Park Service units?
3. What state has the fewest National Park Service units?
4. Where would you find the deepest lake in the United States?
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6. Can you name the tallest mountain in North America? (That's a pretty easy question, but two bonus points if you can name the national park where it is located.)
7. Speaking of mountains, what is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states and in which national park can it be found?
8. The famous American pictured below was born in Milan Ohio, though the national historic site named in his honor is located in West Orange, New Jersey. Who is this famous person?
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9. Where would you find the longest recorded cave system in the world?
10. Can you name a park that once served as a World War II internment camp? (If it's any help, it's mentioned in the movie Karate Kid.)
11. Where would you find the "Niagara of the South"?
12. Can you name the largest unit of the National Park System?
13. In what state would you find a park that commemorates the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?
14. The Kalaupapa National Historical Park in Hawaii was the site of a leprosy settlement from 1886-1969. For two points: on what island is it located and by what other name is leprosy often referred to?
15. Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?
Answers:
1. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
2. California leads the way with 23.
3. Delaware has none.
4. At 1,932 feet, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States. It is the centerpiece of Crater Lake National Park, which is located in southern Oregon.
5. While the name Devils Tower may not be a household word, millions can recognize its shape from the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It is also our country's first national monument.
6. Denali National Park & Preserve features North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot Mount McKinley.
7. Mount Whitney in California stands 14,494 feet and is located in Sequoia National Park.
8. Thomas Alva Edison.
9. Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky includes more than 336 miles of explored and mapped caves.
10. Located in California's Owens Valley, Manzanar National Historic Site preserves one of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.
11. Cumberland Falls, the largest waterfall east of the Rockies (except Niagara) is known as the "Niagara of the South". Clear water pours over rocks in a fall of more than 60 feet and 125 feet wide. The waterfall is the centerpiece of Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky.
12. The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska covers 13.2 million acres, including 8.7 million acres of wilderness area.
13. In Utah. The Golden Spike National Historic Site marks the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1869.
14. The Island of Molokai and Hansen's Disease.
15. Clara Barton. Her home in Glen Echo, MD served as headquarters for the American Red Cross from 1897-1904 and was established as a unit of the National Park Service in 1975.
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TEST KEY: Now add up the total number of answers you got right.
12-15 - You're definitely park ranger material.
8-11 - You might never make it to park ranger, but may be a candidate for
summer volunteer.
4-7 - You spend too much time in front of the computer taking park quizzes and
not enough time enjoying the outdoors.
0-3 - You probably fell off a park swing when you were very young and never visited
another park.
