Q 01/05

Which US president signed the 1872 act creating Yellowstone, the world's first national park?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Rutherford B. Hayes

C) Theodore Roosevelt

D) Ulysses S. Grant

Answer · why

D) Ulysses S. Grant

The act set the land apart 'as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people', words later carved into the Roosevelt ...

Q 02/05

Yellowstone lies mostly in which US state?

A) Montana

B) Idaho

C) Wyoming

D) Colorado

Answer · why

C) Wyoming

Small slices of the park spill over into Montana and Idaho, and its only year-round road entrance is at Gardiner, Montana.

Q 03/05

Roughly what share of the world's geysers and hydrothermal features are found inside Yellowstone?

A) About a tenth

B) About a quarter

C) Well over half

D) Nearly all

Answer · why

C) Well over half

They are powered by the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent, which has erupted with tremendous force twice in the last two ...

Q 04/05

Old Faithful got its name from an 1870 expedition that noticed the geyser did what?

A) Never stopped steaming

B) Erupted only at dawn

C) Erupted at regular intervals

D) Erupted every time it rained

Answer · why

C) Erupted at regular intervals

Nathaniel Langford's party watched it spout nine times during their stay; today it goes off on average every 92 minutes.

Q 05/05

Which feature in Yellowstone's Norris Basin is the world's tallest active geyser?

A) Castle

B) Steamboat

C) Grand

D) Beehive

Answer · why

B) Steamboat

Its major eruptions can throw water more than 300 feet into the air, but the wait between them has ranged from three days to fifty years.