U.S. Landmark & Landform Trivia

Question 1

What is Old Faithful and where is it located?

Answer 1

A famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Question 2

Where is Niagara Falls located?

Answer 2

Niagara Falls makes up part of the international border between the U.S. state of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario.

Question 3

Which state is the home of the famous Carlsbad Cavern?

Answer 3

New Mexico

Question 4

What 10 states border on the Mississippi River?

Answer 4

1. Minnesota
2. Wisconsin
3. Iowa
4. Illinois
5. Missouri
6. Kentucky
7. Arkansas
8. Tennessee
9. Mississippi
10. Louisiana

Question 5

In which state can one visit Mount Rushmore?

Answer 5

South Dakota

Question 6

Whose are the four faces on Mt. Rushmore?

Answer 6

1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. Abraham Lincoln

Question 7

The Grand Canyon is in which state and was carved by what river?

Answer 7

It is in Arizona, and was carved by the Colorado River.

Question 8

What are the names of the eight main Hawaiian islands?

Answer 8

In order of largest to smallest:

1. Hawai’i
2. Maui
3. O’ahu
4. Kaua’i
5. Moloka’i
6. Lana’i
7. Ni’ihau
8. Kaho’olawe

Question 9

What are the two most active volcanoes on the island of Hawai’i?

Answer 9

Kilauea and Mauna Loa

Question 10

What city is the home of the Gateway Arch?

Answer 10

St. Louis, Missouri

Question 11

What and where is Monticello?

Answer 11

The estate of Thomas Jefferson, just outside Charlottesville, Virginia

Question 12

What are the three tallest buildings in America and where are they located?

Answer 12

1. One world Trade Center in New York City, 1,776 ft (541 m)
2. Central Park Tower in New York City, 1,550 ft (472 m)
3. Willis Tower (a.k.a. Sears Tower) in Chicago, 1,451 ft (442 m)

Question 13

Where and what is the Alamo?

Answer 13

• A fort located in San Antonio, Texas
• Site of a pivotal battle between Texan settlers and Mexicans during the Texas Revolution in 1836

Question 14

Where and what is the USS Arizona Memorial?

Answer 14

The USS Arizona Memorial is located at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawai’i. It commemorates the bombing of the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and is built directly above the sunken remains of the ship.

Question 15

What is the address of the White House?

Answer 15

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Question 16

What and where is the Continental Divide?

Answer 16

The boundary between watersheds that drain to the Pacific Ocean and those that drain to the Atlantic Ocean.

It begins in northern Alaska, continues through western Canada, follows along the peaks of the Rockies in the United States, and extends all the way through Mexico.

Question 17

Where is the Mason-Dixon Line and why is it significant?

Answer 17

The Mason-Dixon Line forms the north-south border of Delaware and Maryland, and most of Pennsylvania’s southern border. The result of an 80-year border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania, it came to represent a cultural boundary between the northern and southern United States.

Question 18

What mountain range dominates the eastern United States?

Answer 18

The Appalachian Mountains

Question 19

Name some of the major mountain ranges within the Appalachians.

Answer 19

• The Green Mountains in Vermont
• The White Mountains in New Hampshire
• The Catskills in New York
• The Alleghenies in Pennsylvania
• The Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia
• The Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee

Question 19

Name some of the major mountain ranges in the western United States, and the states through which they run.

Answer 19

• The Rocky Mountains (from British Columbia in Canada, though Idaho, Montana, and Colorado, to New Mexico)
• The Sierra Nevada (California and Nevada)
• The Cascades (from British Columbia, through Washington and Oregon, to northern California)
• The Coast Ranges (California)

Question 20

What and where is the highest mountain peak in America? (It has two names.)

Answer 20

Mt. Denali a.k.a. Mt. McKinley in Alaska; 20,322 ft (6,194 m) above sea level

Question 21

What and where is the lowest point in America?

Answer 21

Death Valley in eastern California; 282 ft (86 m) below sea level

Question 22

Where is the Hoover Dam located?

Answer 22

In the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between Arizona and Nevada

Question 23

Name some of the major rivers in western America.

Answer 23

• Columbia River (Washington and Oregon)
• Snake River (Washington to Wyoming)
• Colorado River (from Colorado to southern California)
• Rio Grande (originates in Colorado, forms border between Texas and Mexico)
• Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers (California)

Question 24

What is the longest river in America, and through which states does it run?

Answer 24

* The Missouri River (2500 mi) * Runs through Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri

Question 25

Name some of the major rivers in the eastern United States.

Answer 25

* Mississippi River * Ohio River (western Pennsylvania to southern Illinois) * Susquehanna River (New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland) * Delaware River (forms western border of New Jersey with Delaware and Pennsylvania)