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RECFEST Day 3 - National Park Trivia Challenge.
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1
Which park is known for its world-renowned concentration of turtles?
North Cascades
Pinnacles
Dry Tortugas National Park
White Sands
2
The National Park Service protects over x million acres of wild landscapes and historic sites.
60
84
30
70
3
How many acres does Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska (the largest national park) span?
13.2 million
10,000
365
50 million
4
Which president signed the National Park Service into being in 1916?
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Rossevelt
William Taft
Franklin Roosevelt
5
California and Alaska each have how many national parks?
10
15
8
6
6
What is the University of the Pacific’s mascot named?
Tommy the Tiger
Powercat
Tyler the Tiger
Nutricat
7
What are the official colors of Pacific?
Black & Orange
Black & White
Black & Burnt Orange
Dark Grey & Yellow
8
Badwater Basin boasts the lowest point in the western hemisphere. How deep is it?
565 ft below sea level
3,000 ft below sea level
90 ft below sea level
282 ft below sea level
9
On its hottest recorded temperature, how hot has Death Valley been?
200 degrees
158 degrees
121 degrees
134 degrees
10
What was the first national park?
Yosemite (California)
Grand Canyon (Arizona)
Theodore Roosevelt (North Dakota)
Yellowstone (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho)
11
Which park claims the largest concentration of stone arches in the world.
Voyageurs
Arches National Park
Rocky Mountain
Wrangell-St. Elias
12
Which national park was the 2nd ever created, but today has been returned to state park status?
Olympic
Canyonlands
Mackinac
Mesa Verde
13
What tree-formation can you travel through in Sequoia national park?
Waterslide
Tunnel
Door
Bridge
14
Which two national parks are only 10 miles away from one another?
Biscayne & Dry Tortugas
Zion & Canyonlands
Yellowstone & Yosemite
Yellowstone & Grand Teton
15
Which is the largest national park in the lower 48 states (excludes Hawaii & Alaska)?
Badlands
Death Valley national park
Big Bend
Acadia
16
Which state’s national parks house some of the best whitewater rafting?
Missouri
Montana
Utah
Minnesota
17
If you have questions about LiT, which Pacific Recreation staff duo should you go to?
Enzo & Bam
Enzo & Laura
Bam & Laura
Laura & Amber K.
18
When was the University of the Pacific founded?
1951
1851
1968
1880
19
Which is the least visited of all 62 national parks?
Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska
Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska
20
How much taller is Ribbon Falls in Yosemite than Niagra Falls?
They are roughly the same height
9 times
4 times
12 times
21
Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch hid out in the canyons of which national park?
Grand Canyon (Arizona)
Rocky Mountain (Colorado)
Great Basin (Nevada)
Canyonlands (Utah)
22
What causes the blue haze for which Great Smoky Mountains National Park is named?
Fires
Animals
Plants
Cars
23
“all the adversity of hell without the inconveniences” describes what park?
Death Valley (California and Nevada)
Joshua Tree (California)
Arches (Utah)
Mojave National Preserve (California)
24
Which national park has the smallest in acreage?
Saguaro national park
Lassen Volcanic
Hot Springs national park
Petrified Forest national park
25
Which national park has the deepest lake in the U.S.?
Lake Clark (Alaska)
Grand Teton (Wyoming)
Crater Lake (Oregon)
Shenandoah (Virginia)
26
What is the most visited national park, per year?
Great Smoky Mountains
Bryce Canyon
Cuyahoga Valley
White Sands
27
Carbon Glacier in X has the greatest thickness & volume of any glacier domestically.
Glacier (Montana)
Zion (Utah)
Mount Rainier (Washington)
Denali (Alaska)
28
Which of the following national parks is the newest?
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Pinnacles National Park, California
Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana
Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri
29
Which national park has hosted spring training for some U.S. baseball teams?
Mesa Verde (Colorado)
Hot Springs (Arkansas)
Biscayne (Florida)
Everglades (Florida)
30
Which national park includes the largest wilderness area east of the Mississippi River?
Everglades (Florida)
Cuyahoga Valley (Ohio)
Acadia (Maine)
Isle Royale (Michigan)
31
National parks house some of the world’s largest carnivores, what animal is that?
Alaskan Bull Worms
Tasmanian Devils
Alaskan Brown Bears
Yogi Bears
32
Recently, HBO aired a documentary on Stockton featuring our current mayor, what is his name?
Gavin Newsom
Ann Johnston
Anthony Silva
Michael Tubbs
33
Which national park founded in 1872, is the oldest U.S. national park to date?
Yellowstone
Zion
Biscayne
Grand Canyon
34
How tall is General Sherman, the world's largest living single-stem tree ?
275 ft
180 ft
700 ft
694 ft
35
The most massive single mountain on Earth is located in which national park?
Guadalupe Mountains (Texas)
Rocky Mountain (Colorado)
Hawaii Volcanoes (Hawaii)
Yosemite (California)
36
University of the Pacific is home to 140+ student clubs and organizations?
False
True
37
Which national park houses one of the seven natural wonders of the world?
Great Sand Dunes
Kenji Fjords
Dry Tortugas
Grand Canyon
38
Which national park has the widest range of elevation (200 ft - 20,000 ft)?
Everglades
Denali national park
Congaree
Wind Cave
39
Which state houses the national park with the highest point?
Florida
Alaska
Colorado
New York
40
Which national park houses 3 of the highest waterfalls in the world?
Rocky Mountain
Yosemite
Glacier
Crater Lake