Q 01/05

Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the border between which two states?

A) Tennessee and Georgia

B) North Carolina and Virginia

C) Kentucky and Tennessee

D) Tennessee and North Carolina

Answer · why

D) Tennessee and North Carolina

The state line runs northeast to southwest right through the middle, and the park is split roughly evenly between the two.

Q 02/05

Among US national parks, the Great Smoky Mountains holds which record?

A) Largest area

B) Oldest

C) Highest peak

D) Most visited

Answer · why

D) Most visited

It drew over 11 million visitors in 2025 and has topped the visitation table for years, helped by being free of an entrance fee and within a day's dri...

Q 03/05

What is the highest peak in the park, at 6,643 feet?

A) Mount Le Conte

B) Kuwohi

C) Mount Guyot

D) Mount Mitchell

Answer · why

B) Kuwohi

Formerly Clingmans Dome, it is also the highest point in Tennessee and on the whole Appalachian Trail; a 45-foot concrete tower with a spiral ramp top...

Q 04/05

The park's highest peak officially got its Cherokee name back in which year?

A) 2015

B) 2024

C) 2019

D) 2021

Answer · why

B) 2024

The Cherokee name means mulberry place; the tribe led the application and the Park Service strongly supported it.

Q 05/05

The name Clingmans Dome honoured Thomas Clingman, who later became what?

A) A US president

B) A railroad tycoon

C) A Confederate general

D) A Cherokee chief

Answer · why

C) A Confederate general

Geographer Arnold Guyot named it for him in 1859 after Clingman's feud with Elisha Mitchell over which peak was the region's highest.