General Awareness: Scenic Gems Quiz (Set-1)

1. The Devil's Tower National Monument near Sundance, Wyoming is located near what river?

a) Colorado River
b) Snake River
c) Belle Fourche River
d) Missouri River

The correct answer is c) Belle Fourche River

2. How 'grand' is the Grand Canyon?

a) 55 miles long
b) 277 miles long
c) 342 miles long
d) 117 miles long

The correct answer is b) 277 miles long

3. What kind of tree is the oldest tree which has been discovered in the United States?

a) A California sequoia
b) A bristlecone pine
c) A giant redwood
d) An oak tree

The correct answer is b) A bristlecone pine

4. Where is the Petrified Forest National Park in the United States located?

a) California
b) Montana
c) Utah
d) Arizona

The correct answer is d) Arizona

5. Which of the world's rivers has more tributaries than any other?

a) Nile
b) Volga
c) Yangtze
d) Amazon

The correct answer is d) Amazon

6. True or False: Nothing can live in the Dead Sea because of its super-salty nature.

a) True
b) False

The correct answer is b) False

7. What is the lowest point on the earth's land surface?

a) The Sahara desert
b) Death Valley
c) The shore of the Dead Sea.
d) The polar ice cap

The correct answer is c) The shore of the Dead Sea.

8. What is the largest mass of exposed granite in North America?

a) Iliamna, Alaska
b) Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
c) Stone Mountain, Georgia
d) Mount St. Helens, Washington

The correct answer is c) Stone Mountain, Georgia

9. Who are the Presidents carved into the face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?

a) Washington, Adams, Roosevelt, Truman
b) Washington, Lincoln, Monroe, McKinley
c) Washington, Monroe, Grant, Lincoln
d) Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln

The correct answer is d) Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln

10. Who are the giant figures carved into the granite face of Stone Mountain in Georgia?

a) Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, George Wallace
b) Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
c) Robert E. Lee, Andrew Johnson, General George Meade
d) General Braxton Bragg, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman

The correct answer is b) Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson