Q 01/05

Which U.S. President signed the act establishing the first national park in the United States?

A) Theodore Roosevelt

B) Abraham Lincoln

C) Ulysses S. Grant

D) Benjamin Harrison

Answer · why

C) Ulysses S. Grant

The park's first superintendent, Nathaniel Langford, was appointed the same year but Congress denied him any salary, funding or staff.

Q 02/05

In what year was the first national park in the United States officially established?

A) 1864

B) 1916

C) 1890

D) 1872

Answer · why

D) 1872

The Act of Dedication set the land apart as a 'public park or pleasuring ground'; visits grew from about 300 that first year to 5,000 once the railroa...

Q 03/05

What was the 1832 Arkansas thermal-water reserve officially called before it became a national park in 1921?

A) Hot Springs Reservation

B) Hot Springs Preserve

C) Arkansas Thermal Sanctuary

D) Ouachita Springs Reserve

Answer · why

A) Hot Springs Reservation

Set aside on April 20, 1832, it is the oldest area managed by the National Park Service, decades before the concept of a national park existed.

Q 04/05

Which is the largest national park in the contiguous US, also its hottest and lowest?

A) Death Valley

B) Big Bend

C) Glacier

D) Olympic

Answer · why

A) Death Valley

Its floor at Badwater Basin sits 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in North America.

Q 05/05

What is the summit elevation of Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America?

A) 14,505 feet

B) 16,050 feet

C) 18,491 feet

D) 20,310 feet

Answer · why

D) 20,310 feet

The US Geological Survey remeasured the peak in 2015, trimming ten feet from the 20,320-foot figure obtained by photogrammetry in 1952.