Q 01/05

Denali is the highest mountain on which continent?

A) North America

B) South America

C) Central Asia

D) Antarctica

Answer · why

A) North America

The park sits in Interior Alaska, and the park and preserve together cover more than six million acres.

Q 02/05

How high is Denali's summit, according to the 2015 survey?

A) 21,500 feet

B) 20,310 feet

C) 22,310 feet

D) 23,000 feet

Answer · why

B) 20,310 feet

Its base-to-summit rise of about 18,000 feet is greater than Everest's, and the mountain is still rising about a millimetre a year.

Q 03/05

What name did the park carry from 1917 until 1980?

A) Alaska Range

B) Sheldon

C) Mount McKinley

D) Great One

Answer · why

C) Mount McKinley

The 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act merged it with the surrounding Denali National Monument and renamed the unit.

Q 04/05

What does 'Denali' mean in the Athabaskan language?

A) White mountain

B) Home of the sun

C) Father of storms

D) The high one

Answer · why

D) The high one

Prospector William Dickey named the peak after president-elect William McKinley in 1897; Alaska switched back to Denali in 1980, but Washington did no...

Q 05/05

Which president directed the Interior Secretary to officially rename the mountain Denali in August 2015?

A) Bill Clinton

B) Barack Obama

C) George W. Bush

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

B) Barack Obama

He used statutory authority to act when the Board on Geographic Names had stalled for 35 years; a 2025 executive order reverted the peak's name to McK...