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National Park System Quiz 63: Pools
Pool n.
1. A small body of still water.
2. An accumulation of standing liquid.
3. A deep or still place in a stream.
4. A swimming pool.
5. An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.
6. A game of chance, resembling a lottery
7. A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.
8. A grouping of resources for the common advantage of the participants.
9. An available supply, the use of which is shared by a group.
10. A group of journalists who share their event reports with participating news media.
11. A mutual fund established by stockholders for speculating in securities.
12. A mutual profits agreement for establishing controls over production, market, and prices.
13. Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table.
1. True or false? Grand Canyon National Park visitors must travel outside the park if they want to see the renowned blue-green pools below the waterfalls near Supai.
2. True or false? The vernal pools at Cape Cod National Seashore contain more than twice as many fish species as most other water bodies of their size.
3. True of false? The water in cave pools usually contains more nutrients than water in surface pools.
4. True or false? People have died of burns after jumping into scalding-hot pools at Yellowstone National Park.
5. True or false? By the 1920s, Yosemite National Park’s Camp Curry had both a swimming pool and a pool hall.
6. The Park Service had workers drain and clean the ______ during the summer of 2008 after finding two dozen ducks that had apparently succumbed to avian botulism, a disease that is commonly worse during the warmer months.
a. Capitol Reflecting Pool
b. Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
c. World War II Memorial Pool
d. Rainbow Pool
7. The Lower Emerald Pool Trail, the Middle Emerald Pools Trail, and the Upper Emerald Pool Trail are hiking options available to visitors in
a. Zion National Park
b. Shenandoah National Park
c. Rocky Mountain National Park
d. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
8. Strong currents and vicious undertow make it extremely hazardous to swim in the pool below Abrams Falls in
a. Yosemite National Park
b. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
c. Acadia National Park
d. Olympic National Park
9. If you and your hard working spouse decide to pool your resources for a stay at the Ahwahnee Hotel this September, you’ll need to dig down deep, because the room rates at Yosemite’s most expensive hotel begin at about ______ a night during the month of September.
a. $250
b. $350
c. $450
d. $650
10. Author James Lawrence Powell’s new book Dead Pool is a nonfiction account of a lake that was only about half full in 2005 and had “bathtub rings” over ten stories tall encircling it. Which of the following NPS units had a lake of that description within its borders in 2005?
a. Ross Lake National Recreation Area
b. Chickasaw National Recreation Area
c. Amistad National Recreation Area
d. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Extra Credit Question:
11. An office pool you’ve decided to enter pays $500 bucks to the person who comes closest to guessing the exact date when the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road will be cleared of snow and reopened to visitor traffic after the upcoming winter of 2009-2010. Which of the following dates would make the most logical choice for the reopening of the entire Sun Road?
a. May 15
b. May 23
c. June 27
d. July 11
Super Bonus Question:
12. In what sort of pool would a Park Service field biologist search if she were looking for some common periwinkles?
Answers at:
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...-quiz-63-pools
1. A small body of still water.
2. An accumulation of standing liquid.
3. A deep or still place in a stream.
4. A swimming pool.
5. An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.
6. A game of chance, resembling a lottery
7. A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.
8. A grouping of resources for the common advantage of the participants.
9. An available supply, the use of which is shared by a group.
10. A group of journalists who share their event reports with participating news media.
11. A mutual fund established by stockholders for speculating in securities.
12. A mutual profits agreement for establishing controls over production, market, and prices.
13. Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table.
1. True or false? Grand Canyon National Park visitors must travel outside the park if they want to see the renowned blue-green pools below the waterfalls near Supai.
2. True or false? The vernal pools at Cape Cod National Seashore contain more than twice as many fish species as most other water bodies of their size.
3. True of false? The water in cave pools usually contains more nutrients than water in surface pools.
4. True or false? People have died of burns after jumping into scalding-hot pools at Yellowstone National Park.
5. True or false? By the 1920s, Yosemite National Park’s Camp Curry had both a swimming pool and a pool hall.
6. The Park Service had workers drain and clean the ______ during the summer of 2008 after finding two dozen ducks that had apparently succumbed to avian botulism, a disease that is commonly worse during the warmer months.
a. Capitol Reflecting Pool
b. Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
c. World War II Memorial Pool
d. Rainbow Pool
7. The Lower Emerald Pool Trail, the Middle Emerald Pools Trail, and the Upper Emerald Pool Trail are hiking options available to visitors in
a. Zion National Park
b. Shenandoah National Park
c. Rocky Mountain National Park
d. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
8. Strong currents and vicious undertow make it extremely hazardous to swim in the pool below Abrams Falls in
a. Yosemite National Park
b. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
c. Acadia National Park
d. Olympic National Park
9. If you and your hard working spouse decide to pool your resources for a stay at the Ahwahnee Hotel this September, you’ll need to dig down deep, because the room rates at Yosemite’s most expensive hotel begin at about ______ a night during the month of September.
a. $250
b. $350
c. $450
d. $650
10. Author James Lawrence Powell’s new book Dead Pool is a nonfiction account of a lake that was only about half full in 2005 and had “bathtub rings” over ten stories tall encircling it. Which of the following NPS units had a lake of that description within its borders in 2005?
a. Ross Lake National Recreation Area
b. Chickasaw National Recreation Area
c. Amistad National Recreation Area
d. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Extra Credit Question:
11. An office pool you’ve decided to enter pays $500 bucks to the person who comes closest to guessing the exact date when the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road will be cleared of snow and reopened to visitor traffic after the upcoming winter of 2009-2010. Which of the following dates would make the most logical choice for the reopening of the entire Sun Road?
a. May 15
b. May 23
c. June 27
d. July 11
Super Bonus Question:
12. In what sort of pool would a Park Service field biologist search if she were looking for some common periwinkles?
Answers at:
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...-quiz-63-pools