Q 01/05

Channel Islands National Park lies off the coast of which US state?

A) California

B) Washington

C) Florida

D) Hawaii

Answer · why

A) California

The islands stretch along the Southern California coast from Point Conception to San Pedro; headquarters and the visitor center are in Ventura.

Q 02/05

How many of the eight Channel Islands are in the national park?

A) Eight

B) Five

C) Three

D) Two

Answer · why

B) Five

Anacapa, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Miguel and Santa Rosa; Catalina, San Nicolas and San Clemente are not.

Q 03/05

What is the highest point on Santa Cruz Island, the largest island in the park?

A) Vail Peak

B) Signal Hill

C) Devils Peak

D) Vela Peak

Answer · why

C) Devils Peak

It rises 2,429 feet on an island 22 miles long; the 2000 census counted a population of two.

Q 04/05

What share of Santa Cruz Island is owned by The Nature Conservancy, not the Park Service?

A) The eastern 24 percent

B) Exactly half

C) None; it is all federal

D) The western 76 percent

Answer · why

D) The western 76 percent

The Conservancy inherited the ranch lands when Carey Stanton died in 1987 and quickly ended the cattle era.

Q 05/05

Which two islands were first protected as a national monument in 1938?

A) Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa

B) Anacapa and Santa Barbara

C) San Miguel and Santa Rosa

D) Santa Cruz and Anacapa

Answer · why

B) Anacapa and Santa Barbara

The other three joined them when the national park was created; UNESCO had made all eight islands a biosphere reserve in 1976.