106 (D-25) Yosemite Quiz. First, a photo of El Capitan** in Yosemite National Park.
What do you remember? Here is an EASY quiz on Yosemite National Park.
1. Yosemite National Park is in the state of
a. Arizona
b. Nevada
c. California
2. The largest, tallest and oldest trees on earth found in Yosemite are
a. Joshua trees
b. bristlecone pine trees
c. Sequoia trees
3. Yosemite became a State Park in 1864 and then, in _______, a National Park, after Yellowstone which was the first National Park.
a. 1890
b. 1900
c. 1904
4. There are ___ waterfalls in Yosemite. Bridalveil Falls is one of them.
a. 8
b. 10
c. 13
5. The Scottish man who loved Yosemite and worked relentlessly to protect the park was
a. John Muir.
b. Shelton Johnson.
c. Henry David Thoreau.
6. Buffalo Soldiers
a. were American soldiers who killed the buffalo.
b. were American soldiers who were born in Buffalo, New York.
c. is the name given by the Indians to the "Negro cavalry".
7. When the O'Shaughnessy Dam was completed in 1923, Hetch Hetchy Valley became
a. San Francisco's source of water and electricity.
b. a big tourist attraction.
c. John Muir's victory.
8. Complete the quotation: "When one tugs at a single thing in _________, he finds that it is attached to the rest of the world."
a. America
b. the park
c. Nature
9. A chipmunk is
a. smaller than a marmot.
b. bigger than a groundhog.
c. as big as a prairie dog.
10. Which is not a giant rock in Yosemite?
a. The Half Dome
b. Delicate Arch
c. El Capitan
Now, was that EASY?? Look back at Posts 98 -105 if you need a little help...or do a little googling!
Work (?) and pleasure: For mountain climbers and for those who would like to take a closer look into Yosemite, you can follow this 8-day hike in Yosemite National Park.
The Yosemite Grand Traverse: http://www.symg.com/trips/backpacking/yosemite_traverse.php
Fabulous! Click "play video", Featured video, the virtual trip.
For interested hikers:
The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevad mountain range of California, running 211 miles (340 km) between the nothern terminus at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and the southern terminus located on the summit of Mount Whitney. The only other points where the trail passes near a road is in Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park and at Red's Meadow at Devil's Postpile National Monument. For about 160 miles (260 km), the trail, named for naturalist John Muir, follows the same footpath as the longer Pacific Crest Trail. It also passes through Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park.
**PS My friend David adds this comment:
"Half Dome and Yosemite Falls are the most impressive features of Yosemite Valley at first glance. But El Capitan may be the most unusual. It is the largest piece of exposed granite on the face of the earth, almost twice as high as Gibraltar, with five times Gibraltar's mass. In photos, or viewing directly but from a distance, it is difficult to comprehend how immense El Capitan is, because there are no reference points nearby that enable one to guage its scale. The trees on the valley floor are very tall, so they lead to the illusion that El Capitan is not as tall and wide as it actually is. In fact, El Capitan rises 3,593 feet straight up from the valley floor, just over one kilometer. The Eiffel Tower is 986 feet tall. So, from the valley floor it would take more than three and one half Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other to reach the top of El Capitan. To get the full sense of how immense El Capitan is, one must climb its sheer face. The next best way is to stand at the very base of El Capitan and look straight up to the top, just over a kilometer above. The distance is so great that the eye creates an optical illusion, making it appear that El Capitan is actually leaning out toward you."
VOCABULARY:
bridal veil = "voile de mariée"
relentlessly = "d'arrache-pied"
hike = a long walk, for pleasure and exercise
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