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US National Parks Quiz: 15 Questions From Yellowstone to the Everglades
National parks are some of the most common subjects of the Bing homepage photo, and the quiz that goes with them usually asks where the park is and what makes it special. This quiz has 15 questions on America's best-known parks.
Each answer has a short explanation. For individual parks, try our Utah Quiz (home of the 'Mighty 5') and the Everglades Quiz.
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Pick A, B or C for each question. The right answer turns green and a short fact explains it.
All 15 questions and answers
Every question with its answer and explanation. Open “Show answer” after you guess.
1 Which was the first national park in the United States, and in the world?
- A Yosemite
- B Yellowstone
- C Grand Canyon
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✓ Answer: B. Yellowstone
Did you know? Yellowstone was established in 1872 and spreads across Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
2 Old Faithful geyser is in which national park?
- A Glacier
- B Yellowstone
- C Grand Teton
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✓ Answer: B. Yellowstone
Did you know? It erupts roughly every 60 to 110 minutes.
3 Half Dome and El Capitan are in which national park?
- A Sequoia
- B Zion
- C Yosemite
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✓ Answer: C. Yosemite
Did you know? El Capitan is a famous challenge for rock climbers.
4 Which is the most visited U.S. national park?
- A Zion
- B Great Smoky Mountains
- C Grand Canyon
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✓ Answer: B. Great Smoky Mountains
Did you know? Great Smoky Mountains, on the Tennessee–North Carolina border, has more than 10 million visits a year and charges no entrance fee.
5 In which state is Zion National Park?
- A Colorado
- B Nevada
- C Utah
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✓ Answer: C. Utah
Did you know? Utah has five national parks: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef.
6 Which national park contains the lowest point in North America?
- A Joshua Tree
- B Big Bend
- C Death Valley
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✓ Answer: C. Death Valley
Did you know? Badwater Basin in Death Valley is 86 m (282 ft) below sea level.
7 Denali (Mount McKinley), North America's highest peak, is in which state?
- A Alaska
- B Washington
- C Montana
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✓ Answer: A. Alaska
Did you know? It rises to 6,190 m (20,310 ft) in Denali National Park.
8 Which national park protects the world's largest trees by volume?
- A Olympic
- B Redwood
- C Sequoia
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✓ Answer: C. Sequoia
Did you know? The General Sherman giant sequoia is the largest known living single-stem tree.
9 Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the U.S., is in which state?
- A California
- B Oregon
- C Idaho
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✓ Answer: B. Oregon
Did you know? It fills the collapsed crater of a volcano, Mount Mazama, and is about 594 m deep.
10 Which park is famous for more than 2,000 natural stone arches?
- A Arches
- B Canyonlands
- C Bryce Canyon
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✓ Answer: A. Arches
Did you know? Delicate Arch appears on Utah's license plates.
11 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park includes which active volcano?
- A Mauna Kea
- B Kīlauea
- C Haleakalā
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✓ Answer: B. Kīlauea
Did you know? Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
12 Which national park in Florida is the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S.?
- A Dry Tortugas
- B Biscayne
- C Everglades
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✓ Answer: C. Everglades
Did you know? It is home to both alligators and American crocodiles.
13 Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world, is in which state?
- A Kentucky
- B Missouri
- C Tennessee
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✓ Answer: A. Kentucky
Did you know? More than 680 km (420 miles) of passages have been mapped.
14 Which national park is known for its orange hoodoos, rock spires in a natural amphitheater?
- A Petrified Forest
- B Arches
- C Bryce Canyon
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✓ Answer: C. Bryce Canyon
Did you know? Despite its name, Bryce Canyon is not a canyon but a series of amphitheaters.
15 Glacier National Park borders which country?
- A Canada
- B Mexico
- C Neither
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✓ Answer: A. Canada
Did you know? Together with Canada's Waterton Lakes, it forms the world's first international peace park, created in 1932.
Tips for national park questions
Most national park questions come down to three things: which state the park is in, the one feature it is famous for, and a record (the deepest, the oldest, the most visited). The National Park Service has official pages on every park.
US National Parks Quiz FAQ
Which was the first national park in the world?
Yellowstone, established by the U.S. Congress on March 1, 1872.
Is this quiz free?
Yes. It is free, needs no sign-up and works on phones and computers.
Can I play against the clock?
Yes. Tick 'Timed mode' before you start to get 15 seconds per question.
Is this the official Bing quiz?
No. BingQuiz.net is independent and not affiliated with Microsoft. This is our own quiz on U.S. national parks. For the official daily quiz, see today's Bing Homepage Quiz answers.