Q 01/05

Alaska is bigger than the next three largest states combined: Texas, California and which other?

A) Arizona

B) Montana

C) New Mexico

D) Nevada

Answer · why

B) Montana

Montana, about 147,000 square miles, is the fourth-largest state; add Texas and California and the three still fall short of Alaska, which could be cu...

Q 02/05

What is the capital city of Alaska?

A) Anchorage

B) Fairbanks

C) Juneau

D) Nome

Answer · why

C) Juneau

Juneau has no road link to the rest of Alaska or North America, so every car and crate arrives by boat or plane; the seat of government moved there fr...

Q 03/05

Which animal, the largest member of the deer family, often wanders through Alaska's towns and suburbs?

A) Caribou

B) Elk

C) Moose

D) Reindeer

Answer · why

C) Moose

Moose look placid, but Alaska's wildlife agency says they injure more people in the state each year than bears do, usually when a cow with a calf or a...

Q 04/05

What is the highest peak in North America, located in Alaska?

A) Denali

B) Mount Elbert

C) Mount Logan

D) Mount Rainier

Answer · why

A) Denali

Denali is the Koyukon name, which the state of Alaska has pressed since 1975; Washington called the peak Mount McKinley until 2015, adopted Denali, th...

Q 05/05

What sled dog race, held every March since 1973, covers roughly 1,000 miles across Alaska?

A) Iditarod

B) Beargrease Marathon

C) Yukon Quest

D) Copper Basin 300

Answer · why

A) Iditarod

The Iditarod's architects, Dorothy Page and musher Joe Redington Sr., are remembered as the mother and father of the race; Redington went on to enter ...