Q 01/05

In which year did Yellowstone become the world's first national park?

A) 1872

B) 1882

C) 1892

D) 1893

Answer · why

A) 1872

An act of the 42nd Congress created it on March 1, 1872; it is widely understood to be the first national park anywhere.

Q 02/05

Which U.S. President signed the act that established Yellowstone as a national park?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Andrew Johnson

C) Ulysses S. Grant

D) Rutherford B. Hayes

Answer · why

C) Ulysses S. Grant

President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law on March 1, 1872, creating the world's first national park.

Q 03/05

Approximately 96 percent of Yellowstone National Park's land area lies within which US state?

A) Montana

B) Wyoming

C) Idaho

D) Colorado

Answer · why

B) Wyoming

Wyoming has the 96 percent; smaller portions extend into Montana and Idaho.

Q 04/05

What is the name of Yellowstone's most famous geyser, christened by the 1870 Washburn Expedition?

A) Steamboat Geyser

B) Old Faithful

C) Grand Geyser

D) Excelsior Geyser

Answer · why

B) Old Faithful

Old Faithful earned its name because the expedition noticed it went off on a dependable schedule; the Old Faithful Inn beside it, built in 1904, is a ...

Q 05/05

What kind of volcanic system underlies Yellowstone National Park?

A) Shield volcano

B) Composite volcano

C) Supervolcano

D) Cinder cone

Answer · why

C) Supervolcano

Yellowstone sits on a supervolcano: an active volcanic system whose vast caldera was formed by explosive eruptions that ejected hundreds of cubic mile...