1
What's the name of California's mountain range?
Sierra Nevada
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Range
Rocky Mountains
43% got this right
The Sierra Nevada lies between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.
2
What's the name of this kind of tree which has given name to a national park?
Joshua Tree
Desert Willow
Redwood
Sequoia
25% got this right
Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California, east of San Bernardino and Los Angeles.
3
What's the name of this famous mountain in Yosemite?
El Capitan
El General
El Mayor
El Sargento
37% got this right
The granite monolith is about 3,000 feet (914 m) from base to summit along its tallest face.
4
Where is the Death Valley National Park?
9% got this right
During summer, it is one of the hottest places on Earth.
5
What indigenous people has given name to a desert in southeastern California?
Mojave
Cahuilleno
Karok
Maidu
67% got this right
6
What's this national park, which gained its status in 2013?
Pinnacles
Death Valley
Kings Canyon
Point Reyes
12% got this right
Pinnacles National Park is an American national park protecting a mountainous area located east of the Salinas Valley.
7
In Sequoia NP stands the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. What's its name?
General Sherman
General Grant
General Lee
The President
42% got this right
8
Where is Lake Tahoe?
28% got this right
Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America.
9
What's the name of this famous region along the Pacific Coast Highway?
Big Sur
Muir Woods
Napa Valley
Zabriskie Point
37% got this right
Big Sur is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of California between Carmel and San Simeon.
10
What mountain lends its name to this Volcanic National Parkin northeastern California?
Lassen Peak
Mount San Jacinto
Mount Shasta
Mount Whitney
15% got this right
The area surrounding Lassen Peak is active with boiling mud pots, fumaroles, and hot springs.
