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

Ulysses S. Grant signed the act creating Yellowstone National Park; its first superintendent, Nathaniel Langford, was appointed the same year but Cong...

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

Yellowstone was established in 1872 by the Act of Dedication, which set the land apart as a 'public park or pleasuring-ground'; about 300 people visit...

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

Congress set aside Hot Springs Reservation on April 20, 1832, the oldest federally protected land in the park system; it was redesignated Hot Springs ...

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

Death Valley covers about 3.4 million acres, the largest national park outside Alaska; its floor at Badwater Basin lies 282 feet below sea level, the ...

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

A 2015 US Geological Survey GPS survey put Denali's summit at 20,310 feet, ten feet below the 20,320-foot figure obtained by photogrammetry in 1952.