Q 01/05

Saguaro National Park is in which U.S. state?

A) Arizona

B) New Mexico

C) Texas

D) Nevada

Answer · why

A) Arizona

Saguaro National Park is in southern Arizona; its two districts lie on either side of the city of Tucson.

Q 02/05

In which Arizona county do both districts of Saguaro National Park lie?

A) Pima

B) Maricopa

C) Pinal

D) Cochise

Answer · why

A) Pima

Both districts are in Pima County, whose seat is Tucson; the county's own Tucson Mountain Park adjoins the western district.

Q 03/05

Which desert do both districts of the park preserve?

A) Sonoran

B) Mojave

C) Chihuahuan

D) Great Basin

Answer · why

A) Sonoran

Both districts protect stretches of the Sonoran Desert, the only place on Earth where the saguaro cactus grows naturally.

Q 04/05

Which president proclaimed Saguaro National Monument?

A) Herbert Hoover

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Calvin Coolidge

D) Woodrow Wilson

Answer · why

A) Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover proclaimed Saguaro National Monument on March 1, 1933, three days before leaving office, after lobbying by Tucson Citizen publisher and...

Q 05/05

Which president added the Tucson Mountain District to Saguaro National Monument?

A) Dwight Eisenhower

B) John F. Kennedy

C) Lyndon Johnson

D) Harry Truman

Answer · why

B) John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy's 1961 proclamation added the Tucson Mountain District, about 15,000 acres carved from Pima County's Tucson Mountain Park, urged on by...