Q 01/05

Sequoia National Park is in the southern part of which mountain range?

A) Cascade Range

B) Sierra Nevada

C) Coast Ranges

D) Rocky Mountains

Answer · why

B) Sierra Nevada

It lies east of Visalia and is run jointly with the national park to its north.

Q 02/05

Which national park adjoins Sequoia to the north and is administered together with it?

A) Yosemite

B) Kings Canyon

C) Death Valley

D) Pinnacles

Answer · why

B) Kings Canyon

UNESCO named the pair the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Biosphere Reserve in 1976.

Q 03/05

In what year was Sequoia National Park established, making it the second national park in the U.S.?

A) 1890

B) 1899

C) 1906

D) 1916

Answer · why

A) 1890

Yellowstone came first, in 1872; Yosemite followed Sequoia by a matter of days.

Q 04/05

Which president signed the law creating Sequoia National Park?

A) Benjamin Harrison

B) Grover Cleveland

C) Theodore Roosevelt

D) William McKinley

Answer · why

A) Benjamin Harrison

The act ended logging in the big-tree grove, where thousands of trees had already been felled.

Q 05/05

What is the name of the largest known living tree on Earth by volume, which grows in the park?

A) General Sherman

B) General Grant

C) General Lee

D) President

Answer · why

A) General Sherman

It is about 275 feet tall and 25 feet across, with an estimated 52,500 cubic feet of trunk.