Q 01/05

The lowest point on the Appalachian Trail, just 124 feet above sea level, lies inside what kind of attraction?

A) A spa

B) A farm

C) A zoo

D) A mill

Answer · why

C) A zoo

A zoo at Bear Mountain in New York holds the trail's low point, right in front of the bear enclosure. The zoo itself began as a single bear den in 192...

Q 02/05

A full walk of the Appalachian Trail involves climbing equal to scaling which mountain about 16 times over?

A) Everest

B) Denali

C) Mont Blanc

D) Kilimanjaro

Answer · why

A) Everest

Everest, 16 times: that is the total ascent the trail's conservancy counts along the route's endless ups and downs. Yet the highest summit on the path...

Q 03/05

Hikers reaching the Appalachian Trail's midpoint at Pine Grove Furnace traditionally try to eat a half-gallon of what?

A) Baked beans

B) Pancakes

C) Apple pie

D) Ice cream

Answer · why

D) Ice cream

Ice cream by the half-gallon is the midpoint ritual at the park's general store, and finishers win a commemorative wooden spoon. The official halfway ...

Q 04/05

In 2009, which governor's staff said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail while he was really visiting Argentina?

A) Eliot Spitzer

B) Mark Sanford

C) Jim McGreevey

D) Rod Blagojevich

Answer · why

B) Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford of South Carolina had flown to see his mistress, and a reporter met him at Atlanta's airport on the way back. He admitted the affair at a...

Q 05/05

Hikers crossing Grayson Highlands on the Appalachian Trail often meet which animals, introduced in the 1970s?

A) Wild ponies

B) Mountain goats

C) Feral hogs

D) Bison herds

Answer · why

A) Wild ponies

Wild ponies graze the open ridges there and are so used to people that they rarely stop eating as hikers pass. The herd is rounded up each year, and s...