Q 01/05

Grand Teton National Park is in the northwest corner of which US state?

A) Wyoming

B) Montana

C) Idaho

D) Colorado

Answer · why

A) Wyoming

It sits just 10 miles south of Yellowstone, and together with the surrounding forests the two parks anchor the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Q 02/05

How tall is Grand Teton, the peak the park is named for?

A) 11,240 feet

B) 13,775 feet

C) 12,605 feet

D) 13,200 feet

Answer · why

B) 13,775 feet

It rises more than 7,000 feet above the valley floor and is the second-highest peak in its state after Gannett Peak.

Q 03/05

In which year was the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway added to the park system?

A) 1950

B) 1958

C) 1972

D) 1965

Answer · why

C) 1972

The 24,000-acre strip honours the man who quietly bought up much of Jackson Hole for the park; the road runs from the park's south boundary to West Th...

Q 04/05

French-speaking trappers called the range's peaks les trois tétons, which translates as what?

A) The three teeth

B) The three breasts

C) The three towers

D) The three tents

Answer · why

B) The three breasts

Earlier parties had called the peaks the Pilot Knobs; the more colourful name was later shortened to the Tetons.

Q 05/05

Which president signed the executive order creating Grand Teton National Park on February 26, 1929?

A) Calvin Coolidge

B) Herbert Hoover

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) Warren G. Harding

Answer · why

A) Calvin Coolidge

That first park was just 96,000 acres, covering the peaks and six lakes at their base; the valley floor stayed in private hands.