Q 01/05

Which national park surrounds the deepest lake in the United States, at 1,949 feet?

A) Crater Lake

B) Lake Clark

C) Voyageurs

D) Glacier

Answer · why

A) Crater Lake

Crater Lake in Oregon is 1,949 feet deep, filling the basin left when a volcano collapsed about 7,700 years ago; it is fed only by rain and snow.

Q 02/05

In what year was the first U.S. national park established?

A) 1872

B) 1852

C) 1892

D) 1912

Answer · why

A) 1872

The first national park was established in 1872, when the 42nd Congress set aside about two million acres in the Wyoming Territory as a public pleasur...

Q 03/05

Which is the smallest U.S. national park by area?

A) Gateway Arch

B) Cuyahoga Valley

C) Indiana Dunes

D) Hot Springs

Answer · why

A) Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch, at about 91 acres in St. Louis, was the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial until its 2018 redesignation and is far smaller than the n...

Q 04/05

In what year did Congress create the National Park Service?

A) 1872

B) 1906

C) 1916

D) 1933

Answer · why

C) 1916

Congress created the National Park Service through the Organic Act of August 25, 1916, putting the growing roster of parks and monuments under one age...

Q 05/05

Which area was established as the first national park in the United States?

A) Yosemite

B) Yellowstone

C) Grand Canyon

D) Rocky Mountain

Answer · why

B) Yellowstone

It is also widely regarded as the first national park in the world, and sits mostly in Wyoming with slivers in Montana and Idaho.