Q 01/05

Katmai's headquarters town lies about 290 miles southwest of which Alaskan city?

A) Fairbanks

B) Ketchikan

C) Homer

D) Anchorage

Answer · why

D) Anchorage

The park's headquarters town sits about 290 air miles southwest of Anchorage and has no road link to Alaska's main highway system.

Q 02/05

Russian fur traders in the Katmai area mainly sought the pelts of which animal?

A) Beavers

B) Minks

C) Sea otters

D) Wolverines

Answer · why

C) Sea otters

Sea otters were the backbone of Russia's Alaska fur trade, and as they grew scarce around Katmai, the trade there dried up.

Q 03/05

What colour do the bodies of Katmai's sockeye salmon turn as they return upriver to spawn?

A) Silvery blue

B) Jet black

C) Bright red

D) Pale yellow

Answer · why

C) Bright red

Sockeye bodies turn bright red and their heads green as they near their spawning grounds, which is why Alaskans call them red salmon.

Q 04/05

At which waterfall, a mile and a half from Naknek Lake, do bears famously catch leaping salmon?

A) Naknek Falls

B) Savonoski Falls

C) Brooks Falls

D) Alagnak Falls

Answer · why

C) Brooks Falls

Brooks Falls, on the short Brooks River between Brooks Lake and Naknek Lake, is where bears line the lip to snatch leaping sockeye; a dozen or more ma...

Q 05/05

About how tall is the famous waterfall where Katmai's bears catch leaping salmon?

A) About 6 feet

B) About 20 feet

C) About 60 feet

D) About 200 feet

Answer · why

A) About 6 feet

The falls drop only about 6 feet, just enough to make sockeye leap on their way to spawning grounds upstream while bears wait on the lip.