Alaska Quiz

1. Mt. McKinley,also know as "Denali" is the highest point in North America.
How high is it?
a.) 1,487 feet
b.) 18,978 feet
c.) 20,320 feet
d.) 26,762 feet

2. The capital of Alaska is..........
a.) Anchorage
b.) Juneau
c.) Fairbanks
d.) Alaska City

3. The Alaska Marine Highway is........
a.) A series of bridges connecting the small towns and villages along Alaska's coast.
b.) The road that runs along the Alaskan coast
c.) A fleet of ferries that transports people and their vehicles from town to town in coastal Alaska
d.) The flight path bush pilots must travel when they fly near alaska's coast

4. The Klondike gold rush started in what year?
a.) 1776
b.) 1849
c.) 1897
d.) 1969

5. In Barrow, a town in Alaska's Far North, the sun does not go down
(it stays daylight) for how many days in a row?
a.) 7
b.) 32
c.) 48
d.) 84

6. Alaska's State flower is ....
a.) Daisy
b.) Forget Me Not
c.) Fireweed
d.) Snow lilly

7. Alaska's Aleutian Islands......
a.) Have very few trees
b.) Are made up of over 80 islands
c.) Were attacked by Japan in WWII
d.) All of the above

8. The Alaska Highway(not to be confused with the Alaska Marine Highway)
is how long.?
a.) 350 miles
b.) 1,422 miles
c.) 3,488 miles
d.) 5,383 miles

9. How many square miles does Denali Park cover?
a.) 689
b.) 4,351
c.) 9,300
d.)  No one ever measured it

10. Which Native American tribe below is NOT from Alaska?
a.) Eskimo
b.) Algonquin
c.) Tlingit
d.) Athabaskan