Q 01/05

Which blue-and-white wildflower of Rocky Mountain National Park's meadows is also the official state flower?

A) Bluebonnet

B) Columbine

C) Indian paintbrush

D) Sego lily

Answer · why

B) Columbine

The columbine has been protected since 1925: state law forbids digging it up on public land and limits anyone to picking 25 stems, buds or blossoms in...

Q 02/05

Which bird of Rocky Mountain National Park's high country turns pure white each winter?

A) Nutcracker

B) Magpie

C) Bluebird

D) Ptarmigan

Answer · why

D) Ptarmigan

The white-tailed ptarmigan trades streaked brown for pure white as camouflage, and through the winter it walks rather than flies, probably to save ene...

Q 03/05

Which president signed the 1915 act that created Rocky Mountain National Park?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) William Taft

D) Calvin Coolidge

Answer · why

A) Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson signed it over the objections of mining, logging and farming interests; the park is older than the National Park Service itself, which ...

Q 04/05

Which naturalist and lodge owner is remembered as the 'father of Rocky Mountain National Park'?

A) Joel Estes

B) Stephen Mather

C) Isabella Bird

D) Enos Mills

Answer · why

D) Enos Mills

Enos Mills spent years lecturing across the country, writing thousands of letters and articles and lobbying Congress until the park was created in 191...

Q 05/05

What is the highest point in Rocky Mountain National Park, at 14,259 feet?

A) Longs Peak

B) Mount Meeker

C) Hallett Peak

D) Ypsilon Mountain

Answer · why

A) Longs Peak

Longs Peak is named for Major Stephen Long, an explorer who never set foot on it: his expedition kept to the plains and only sighted the mountain from...