Q 01/05

Which rock formation from the climax of Close Encounters of the Third Kind was the first US national monument?

A) Shiprock

B) Devils Tower

C) Chimney Rock

D) El Capitan

Answer · why

B) Devils Tower

Devils Tower was proclaimed the first national monument on September 24, 1906. Its name has no apostrophe because a geographic naming standard leaves ...

Q 02/05

Which former immigration station, once America's busiest, was added to Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965?

A) Ellis Island

B) Governors Island

C) Castle Garden

D) Angel Island

Answer · why

A) Ellis Island

Ellis Island processed about 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954. By one estimate, two-fifths of Americans may descend from someone who passed...

Q 03/05

Which Baltimore landmark, whose 1814 defense inspired the US anthem, is the only National Monument and Historic Shrine?

A) Fort Sumter

B) Fort Monroe

C) Fort McHenry

D) Fort Ticonderoga

Answer · why

C) Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry was a national park from 1925 until 1939, when it was given its unique double title. Francis Scott Key wrote the anthem's words after its...

Q 04/05

Which Cascade volcano's deadly 1980 eruption led Congress to create a National Volcanic Monument around it?

A) Mount Rainier

B) Newberry Volcano

C) Lassen Peak

D) Mount St. Helens

Answer · why

D) Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens killed 57 people and destroyed 200 homes when it erupted. The monument around it is run by the US Forest Service, not the National Pa...

Q 05/05

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana marks the 1876 defeat of which US Army officer?

A) William Tecumseh Sherman

B) George Armstrong Custer

C) Philip Sheridan

D) George Crook

Answer · why

B) George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer died there along with every soldier of the five companies riding with him. The site was called Custer Battlefield National Mon...