| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Scott P
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
Posts: 1799
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: Utah Quiz |
|
|
I’m a Coloradoan, so I think I’ll see how good the Utahns know their state.
UTAH QUIZ
Beginner
1. What mountain range is the highest in Utah?
A. Wasatch
B. Uinta
C. La Sal
2. What is the Utah State Bird?
A. Dodo
B. Flamingo
C. Sea Gull
D. Larry
3. What is the Dirty Devil?
A. River
B. A beer drinker
C. Satan after he plays in the mud
Intermediate
4. Which is the only location on the list to record temperatures of -40 or lower?
A. Alta
B. Park City
C. Ogden
D. Moab
E. Green River
5. Utah’s highest road is in what mountain range?
A. La Sal
B. Tushar
C. Uinta
D. Wasatch
E. Abajo
6. Which are older the Wasatch or Uintas (you can tell just by looking at a map)?
A. Wasatch
B. Uintas
7. How many peaks in Utah are both over 12,000 feet and have 200 feet of prominence (elevation of rise above the connecting saddle)?
A. 1-20
B. 21-50
C. 51-100
D. 100+
Experts Only
8. Where is the longest natural span in the world?
9. Where is the world’s longest slot canyon?
10. Which state is mentioned in Mormon scripture as being Zion?
Bonus/extra credit: Which mountain range receives more snow, the Wasatch or Uintas? |
|
| Back to top |
|
rockgremlin
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 4198
Location: Alcatraz
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I'm pretty sure I got all of the beginner and expert ones correct, including the extra credit. I'm not sure about a few of the intermediate ones though. Where do I go for the answers?
I didn't post my answers so that others could participate with no bias.
Maybe I'll PM you my answers... |
|
| Back to top |
|
Scott P
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
Posts: 1799
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Quote: Where do I go for the answers?
I'll post them in a while, but if you choose, you can post them too, or at least a few of them. You have all of them? |
|
| Back to top |
|
rock_ski_cowboy
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 442
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Utah Quiz |
|
|
Scott Patterson wrote: I’m a Coloradoan, so I think I’ll see how good the Utahns know their state.
So you not only live in Colorado, but now you're a Coloradoan? :haha: If I lived in Colorado, I would still be a Utahn, methinks.
Scott Patterson wrote:
UTAH QUIZ
I found the advanced questions to be easier than the intermediate ones...
I'm guessing that you don't want us to post our answers so that the quiz stays interesting for everyone? |
|
| Back to top |
|
Scott P
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
Posts: 1799
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Quote: So you not only live in Colorado, but now you're a Coloradoan?
Maybe not. I've lived in Utah 75% of my life, so I'm really still a Utahn. I'm trying to move back as well.
Quote: I found the advanced questions to be easier than the intermediate ones...
Really. I didn't think they would be very easy. Lets see your answers for the advanced questions. I labeled them advanced, because many, or most Utahns seem to get them wrong quite often.
Quote: I'm guessing that you don't want us to post our answers so that the quiz stays interesting for everyone?
Go ahead and post if you would like. Other's can fill in the blanks, or I can just post more. |
|
| Back to top |
|
rockgremlin
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 4198
Location: Alcatraz
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
OK, here are my guesses:
1. Uintah
2. Sea Gull
3. River
4. Alta
5. Dirt Roads included? hmmm...Wasatch?
6. Uintahs
7. 51-100
8. Landscape Arch - Arches National Park
9. Buckskin Gulch - Kane County - Near the Ar. - Ut. Border
10. Missouri
Extra Credit: Wasatch |
|
| Back to top |
|
rock_ski_cowboy
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Posts: 442
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
My guesses (before I saw your guesses rock g.)
1. Highest range: B. Uinta
2. What is the Utah State Bird? C. Sea Gull
3. What is the Dirty Devil? A. River
Intermediate (most of these are educated guesses)
4. Which is the only location on the list to record temperatures of -40 or lower?
E. Green River
5. Utah’s highest road is in what mountain range? TOUGH!
C. Wasatch (skyline drive?)
6. Which are older the Wasatch or Uintas (you can tell just by looking at a map)?
B. Uintas
7. How many peaks in Utah are both over 12,000 feet and have 200 feet of prominence (elevation of rise above the connecting saddle)?
A. 1-20
Experts Only
8. Where is the longest natural span in the world?
Rainbow Bridge
9. Where is the world’s longest slot canyon?
Buckskin Gulch/Paria River
10. Which state is mentioned in Mormon scripture as being Zion?
Missouri
Bonus/extra credit: Which mountain range receives more snow, the Wasatch or Uintas? Wasatch I would guess |
|
| Back to top |
|
Scott P
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
Posts: 1799
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Correct answers in bold. Nice job. See if anyone can get the other ones.
1. Highest range: B. Uinta
Correct
2. What is the Utah State Bird? C. Sea Gull
Correct
3. What is the Dirty Devil? A. River
Correct
4. Which is the only location on the list to record temperatures of -40 or lower? E. Green River
Correct
5. Utah’s highest road is in what mountain range? TOUGH!
C. Wasatch (skyline drive?)
Quote: Dirt Roads included?
Yes, but its not the Wasatch.
6. Which are older the Wasatch or Uintas (you can tell just by looking at a map)? B. Uintas
Correct
7. How many peaks in Utah are both over 12,000 feet and have 200 feet of prominence (elevation of rise above the connecting saddle)?
A. 1-20 C. 51-100
Both are incorrect.
8. Where is the longest natural span in the world?
Rainbow Bridge
Landscape Arch
Both are incorrect.
9. Where is the world’s longest slot canyon?
Buckskin Gulch/Paria River
Incorrect
10. Which state is mentioned in Mormon scripture as being Zion?
Missouri
Correct
Bonus/extra credit: Which mountain range receives more snow, the Wasatch or Uintas? Wasatch I would guess
Correct
Hint for expert questions: All share a common theme. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Scott P
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
Posts: 1799
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Have to go for the weekend. Will post aswers later. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Scott P
Joined: 14 Dec 2005
Posts: 1799
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject: Anwers |
|
|
Here are the answers:
5. Utah’s highest road is in what mountain range?
B. Tushars. See the map link below. There are higher un-used mining tracks in the LaSals and Tushars, but they are not driveable and are not roads any more, and either way, the answer is still the Tushars.
The main road across the mountains between Beaver and Marysvale is over 11,500 feet in the map link below:
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=12&n=4249589.00009965&e=377926.999998341&datum=nad83
7. How many peaks in Utah are both over 12,000 feet and have 200 feet of prominence (elevation of rise above the connecting saddle)?
The answer is D. 100+
If anyone is interested, I have compiled a list of all the 12,000 foot peaks in Utah with over 200 feet prominence. (I have climbed most of the peaks). The list is in the link below:
http://www.summitpost.org/mountains/trip_report.pl?trip_report_id=1859&mountain_id=3009
Advanced questions:
The reason that the below are advanced is because each answer to the question is often incorrectly stated as a location in Utah. The answer to all the below are all outside Utah. I won't give away the answers on the forum, but you may want to play with them a bit (you could email me if you really want the answers). Also, I actually don't know the answer to #9 (but do the others), since I haven't seen the entire world, but I do know, and have seen slot canyons that are longer than 20 miles, so it's not Buckskin Gulch. I'll leave it to your own imagination.
8. Where is the longest natural span in the world?
9. Where is the world’s longest slot canyon?
10. Which state is mentioned in Mormon scripture as being Zion? |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
