Q 01/05

About two in five Alaskans live in Anchorage; which far smaller city is the state capital?

A) Fairbanks

B) Ketchikan

C) Sitka

D) Juneau

Answer · why

D) Juneau

Juneau. It has about a ninth of Anchorage's population, which is why Alaskans voted in the 1970s to build a new capital nearer the big city, then refu...

Q 02/05

About how many people lived in Anchorage at the 2020 census?

A) 30,000

B) 90,000

C) 290,000

D) 900,000

Answer · why

C) 290,000

About 290,000. The count of 291,247 was slightly below 2010's after decades of growth, and estimates in the years after ran a few thousand lower.

Q 03/05

Anchorage sits at the head of which body of water?

A) Bristol Bay

B) Norton Sound

C) Cook Inlet

D) Prince William Sound

Answer · why

C) Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet. Its tidal range is so large that the incoming tide can arrive as a wall of water up to six feet high, which a few local surfers ride for m...

Q 04/05

Which arm of water lies to the north of Anchorage?

A) Turnagain Arm

B) Kachemak Arm

C) Resurrection Arm

D) Knik Arm

Answer · why

D) Knik Arm

Knik Arm. A glacier of the same name feeds it, and the city's port sits on its shore, so nearly every container ship bound for Anchorage sails up it.

Q 05/05

Anchorage began in 1915 as a tent city beside which waterway?

A) Rabbit Creek

B) Ship Creek

C) Chester Creek

D) Campbell Creek

Answer · why

B) Ship Creek

Ship Creek. King and silver salmon still run up it past the industrial yards each summer, so anglers cast for them within sight of downtown offices.