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[Narrator:] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conserves thousands of cultural,
historic and ancient resources on national wildlife refuges.
Take this quiz to see how much you know about those resources.
Let’s get started.
01 Question: Which national wildlife refuge features a lighthouse that aided mariners
from Asia early last century and whose original lens was designed by French physicist Augustin-Jean
Fresnel?
[chime] 01 Answer: The Daniel K. Inouye Lighthouse
at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on Kauai in Hawaii aided mariners from Asia
early last century.
Its original lens was designed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
02 Question: Which three national wildlife refuges does the 1,000-mile Iditarod sled
dog race often run through or adjacent to in Alaska?
[chime] 02 Answer: The 1,000-mile Iditarod sled dog
race often runs through or adjacent to Innoko, Nowitna and Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuges.
There are 16 national wildlife refuges in Alaska.
03 Question: Which national wildlife refuge in the Southwest derives its name from a prominent
gold mine that was established near the turn of the 20th century?
[chime] 03 Answer: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in
Arizona derives its name from a prominent gold mine that was established near the turn
of the 20th century – the King of Arizona (KofA) mine.
04 Question: Which national wildlife refuge features a restored 19th-century stone cabin
built above an underground spring by a Wild West gunslinger?
[chime] 04 Answer: The Longstreet Cabin at Ash Meadows
National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada was built by late-19th-century gunslinger Jack Longstreet.
Because he built it into a mound over an underground spring, the cabin kept cool and was used for
food storage.
05 Question: On which national wildlife refuge was a sunken Civil War-era cargo steamboat
found with its provisions remarkably intact?
[chime] 05 Answer: In 1865, the Steamboat Bertrand
sank in the Missouri River.
In 1968, it was found buried on DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge along the Iowa-Nebraska border.
Remarkably well-preserved artifacts from the sunken boat are on permanent display at the
refuge’s visitor center.
06 Question: Which national wildlife refuge was the site of a federal marine quarantine
station for yellow fever from 1880 to 1910? [chime]
06 Answer: What is now Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia was a federal marine
quarantine station for yellow fever from 1880 to 1910.
Ships bound for U.S. southern Atlantic ports were required to report to the island for
inspection and, if necessary, disinfection.
07 Question: Which national wildlife refuge was the site of a U.S. military installation
designed to keep peace between settlers and the Sioux tribe from 1879 to 1906?
[chime] 07 Answer: What is now Fort Niobrara National
Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska was a U.S. military installation from 1879 to 1906.
It was established to keep peace between settlers and the Sioux tribe and to control cattle
rustlers and horse thieves.
08 Question: Which national wildlife refuge was the site of the U.S. Strategic Air Command
during the Cold War with the Soviet Union?
[chime] 08 Answer: Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
in Maine is situated partly on the former Loring Air Force Base.
The U.S. Strategic Air Command was stationed there from 1950 to 1994, flying long-range
bombers capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
09 Question: Which national wildlife refuge features a swamp that, in the decades before
the Civil War, was home to thousands of people who escaped slavery?
[chime] 09 Answer: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife
Refuge in Virginia was home to thousands of people who escaped slavery and built self-sufficient
communities in the inhospitable swamp in the decades before the Civil War.
After the war, many of them settled nearby.
10 Question: Which national wildlife refuge features a replica of a Native American plankhouse
that would have been familiar to explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the
early 1800s?
[chime] 10 Answer: The Cathlapotle plankhouse at Ridgefield
National Wildlife Refuge along the Columbia River in Washington is a full-scale Chinookan-style
cedar plankhouse that links visitors to the culture of the region.
Meriwether Lewis mentioned houses of this type in his 1805 journal.
11 Question: At what national wildlife refuge did a U.S. Marine receive a Medal of Honor
for his actions on December 7, 1941?
[Hint: It’s not Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge.]
[chime] 11Answer: For his bravery during the December
7, 1941 bombing of what is now Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Marine Corps 1st
Lt. George H. Cannon received a Medal of Honor.
Six months later, the Battle of Midway was fought.
It was a turning point in World War II.
12 Question: President Theodore Roosevelt hunted black bears on what are now two national
wildlife refuges.
One hunt led to the creation of the Teddy Bear.
What are the two refuges?
[chime] 12Answer: In 1902, Theodore Roosevelt hunted
black bears at what is today Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi.
That hunt led to the creation of the Teddy Bear.
In 1907, Roosevelt hunted at what is today Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana.
To learn more: www.fws.gov/refuge