Q 01/05

Olympic National Park sits on a peninsula in which U.S. state?

A) Oregon

B) California

C) Washington

D) Alaska

Answer · why

C) Washington

It drew more than 3.7 million visitors in 2024, ranking 25th among all U.S. park units.

Q 02/05

Which of these is NOT one of the park's four regions?

A) Pacific coastline

B) Temperate rainforest

C) High desert

D) Alpine areas

Answer · why

C) High desert

The drier east-side forests are the fourth, sitting in the rain shadow of the western peaks.

Q 03/05

Which president first protected the area as a national monument in 1909?

A) William Taft

B) Woodrow Wilson

C) Grover Cleveland

D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer · why

D) Theodore Roosevelt

His main goal was to protect the calving grounds and summer range of the elk herds that already carried his name.

Q 04/05

In what year did Congress and FDR make it a national park?

A) 1938

B) 1948

C) 1958

D) 1968

Answer · why

A) 1938

FDR had toured the peninsula the year before and seen the elk named after his distant cousin.

Q 05/05

Which animal, the biggest elk subspecies by body mass, was the park's founding reason for protection?

A) Roosevelt elk

B) Tule elk

C) Rocky Mountain elk

D) Manitoban elk

Answer · why

A) Roosevelt elk

C. Hart Merriam named the subspecies for his friend, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, in December 1897.