Q 01/05

Which 1991 film ends with two friends driving a convertible off the edge of the Grand Canyon?

A) Point Break

B) Thelma & Louise

C) Wild at Heart

D) My Own Private Idaho

Answer · why

B) Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise never filmed at the canyon: the cliff-edge finale was shot near Dead Horse Point in Utah, at a spot Moab now promotes as Thelma and Lo...

Q 02/05

The Colorado River's Spanish name describes its silt-laden water as which colour?

A) Green

B) Red

C) Yellow

D) Silver

Answer · why

B) Red

Red: colorado is Spanish for red or ruddy, after the silt the river carried; today most of that mud settles out upstream, so the river enters the Gran...

Q 03/05

Approximately how long is the Grand Canyon from its eastern to western end?

A) 69 miles (111 km)

B) 138 miles (222 km)

C) 277 miles (446 km)

D) 554 miles (892 km)

Answer · why

C) 277 miles (446 km)

277 miles (446 km) by river, the canyon is such a barrier that the drive from the South Rim round to the North Rim takes about four and a half hours.

Q 04/05

Which president signed the Grand Canyon into a national park?

A) William Howard Taft

B) Woodrow Wilson

C) Warren G. Harding

D) Calvin Coolidge

Answer · why

B) Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson signed the act on February 26, 1919, some 37 years after the first bill to make the canyon a national park had failed in Congress.

Q 05/05

Roughly how deep is the Grand Canyon from rim to river?

A) A quarter of a mile

B) Half a mile

C) One mile

D) Two miles

Answer · why

C) One mile

One mile is the average, so reaching the river on foot takes about 7 miles of switchbacks down the South Kaibab Trail; the deepest point is 6,093 feet...