Q 01/05

Canyonlands lies just outside which Utah town, also the base for visiting Arches?

A) Moab

B) Kanab

C) St. George

D) Vernal

Answer · why

A) Moab

It is the largest national park in Utah, sprawling across the southeast corner of the state.

Q 02/05

Which two rivers meet inside the park and divide it into districts?

A) The San Juan and the Colorado

B) The Green and the Colorado

C) The Green and the Dolores

D) The Virgin and the Colorado

Answer · why

B) The Green and the Colorado

Their confluence splits the land into three: Island in the Sky to the north, the Needles to the east and the Maze to the west.

Q 03/05

Which president signed the law creating Canyonlands National Park in September 1964?

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Richard Nixon

C) Lyndon B. Johnson

D) Dwight Eisenhower

Answer · why

C) Lyndon B. Johnson

A Utah senator's bill was struck down, revised and reintroduced many times over four years before it passed.

Q 04/05

Which Arches superintendent lobbied for Canyonlands and became its first superintendent?

A) Stephen Mather

B) Horace Albright

C) Frank Pinkley

D) Bates Wilson

Answer · why

D) Bates Wilson

He is often called the 'Father of Canyonlands'; his explorations expanded the plan to include the Confluence, the Maze and Horseshoe Canyon.

Q 05/05

What reportedly sparked Interior Secretary Stewart Udall's interest in the park in 1961?

A) A Sierra Club coffee-table photo book

B) Flying over the Confluence en route to a talk

C) A letter from Edward Abbey

D) A rafting trip through the rapids

Answer · why

B) Flying over the Confluence en route to a talk

He was en route to speak at Grand Canyon National Park; the view from the plane turned him into the proposal's champion.