Q 01/05

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

A) Minnesota

B) Wisconsin

C) Michigan

D) North Dakota

Answer · why

A) Minnesota

Minnesota's only national park is nearly 40 percent water, because Ice Age glaciers gouged hollows in the bedrock here and their meltwater filled them...

Q 02/05

Which aviator publicly backed the 1960s campaign to create Voyageurs National Park?

A) Howard Hughes

B) Charles Lindbergh

C) Jimmy Doolittle

D) Eddie Rickenbacker

Answer · why

B) Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh spent his last years as a conservationist. He endorsed the park proposal in 1969, helping to bring it national attention, and also c...

Q 03/05

Voyageurs National Park lies on the border with which Canadian province?

A) Manitoba

B) Ontario

C) Quebec

D) Saskatchewan

Answer · why

B) Ontario

Ontario: the border here follows the route the fur traders paddled, so it runs down the middle of three of the park's four big lakes rather than along...

Q 04/05

Which president signed the 1971 law authorising Voyageurs National Park?

A) Lyndon Johnson

B) Gerald Ford

C) Richard Nixon

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

C) Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon signed it in January 1971, but the park could not be formally established until 1975, after state and local governments had donated the ...

Q 05/05

Which animal 'island hops' around Voyageurs National Park, swimming out to campsites in search of food?

A) Raccoon

B) Black bear

C) Red fox

D) Porcupine

Answer · why

B) Black bear

Black bear: its sense of smell is keener than a dog's and open water is no barrier to it, which is why the park's campsites come with metal food locke...