Q 01/05

Hot Springs National Park is in which US state?

A) Colorado

B) Wyoming

C) Arkansas

D) Virginia

Answer · why

C) Arkansas

Arkansas was still a territory when its legislature asked Congress, in 1820, to set the springs aside for public use; Congress acted twelve years late...

Q 02/05

Which president signed the 1832 law protecting Hot Springs?

A) John Quincy Adams

B) Andrew Jackson

C) Martin Van Buren

D) James Polk

Answer · why

B) Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson signed it on April 20, 1832, but Congress gave no one the job of managing the land, so settlers went on building businesses right over ...

Q 03/05

Before becoming a national park in 1921, Hot Springs was a federal what?

A) Monument

B) Reservation

C) Battlefield

D) Memorial

Answer · why

B) Reservation

Reservation: in 1832 Congress 'reserved' four sections of land around the springs for the United States, and the word stuck as the site's name for 89 ...

Q 04/05

Until Gateway Arch was redesignated in 2018, Hot Springs held what distinction among national parks?

A) Least visited

B) Highest entry fee

C) Only one closed in winter

D) Smallest by area

Answer · why

D) Smallest by area

Smallest by area: the park guards only the springs and the wooded slopes that feed them, about 5,500 acres pressed against a city, yet the St. Louis a...

Q 05/05

Why did Hot Springs get the first America the Beautiful quarter in 2010?

A) It was set aside earliest

B) It draws the most visitors

C) Its state won a public vote

D) The Mint drew sites by lot

Answer · why

A) It was set aside earliest

It was set aside earliest: the Mint issued the coins in the order their sites first gained federal protection, and the springs' 1832 law is four decad...