National Parks
People on the Annual Course
San Francisco
Riddles
History of USCAF
100

Yosemite Falls is not one continuous waterfall, but a series of how many interconnected falls?

Three: Upper Yosemite Falls, Middles Cascades, and Lower Yosemite Falls.

100

Who was the last women standing in the name game? 

Eli

100

Established in 1852, this manufacturer is famous for its chocolate, and its historic square marketplace near Fisherman's Wharf. 

Ghirardelli

100

What has hands but cannot clap? 

A Clock 

100

What year did the women's section of Opus Dei come to the region? 

1950 - Chicago

200

Redwood National Park is located along the California coast, so it is susceptible to tsunamis, which are most frequently caused by what? 

Earthquakes

200

Who "whips it real good"? 

Paty

200

San Francisco is famous for what historic moving vehicles?

Cable Cars 

200

I shave several times a day, but I still have a beard, who am I? 

A barber. 

200

Who were the first Canadian and the first American numerary assistants? 

Jacinthe and Judy

300

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park to contain a section of what famous road? 

Historic Route 66

300

Who on the course is at Trumbull for the first time? 

Mihae, Stefania, Michelle, Lauren

300

Alcatraz provided this amenity to prisoners, solely to prevent them from getting acclimated to the freezing waters of the bay. 

Hot Water

300

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 

Footsteps 

300

How many women centers are there in Canada? 

12 

400

What is the most common type of rock in Yosemite, making up almost all of the parks iconic vistas? 

Granite. 

400

What countries has Mihae lived in?

Korea, Canada, Italy, Vietnam, Australia, Philippines.... any more? 

400

Unlike NYC's Central Park, this massive West Coast urban park stretches all the way to the ocean and is actually about 170 acres larger. 

Golden Gate Park

400

What do you buy to eat, but never consume? 

Cutlery

400

What year did USCAF become a region? 

March 19, 2024

500

Yellowstone National Park is the place in the United States where __________ have lived continuously since prehistoric times?

BISON! 

Elsewhere in the country they were deliberately hunted to extinction in an effort to decimate the Indigenous peoples. 

500

Birthdays we are celebrating on this course (and on what days)

What is Eli (7th), Dorothy (15th), Moira (18th) and Tracy (27th)!

500

Known locally as "the crookedest street in the world".

Lombard Street

500

A woman has four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many children does the woman have? 

5 Children (4 Daughters and 1 Son)

500

When the Father came to our region in 2019, through which two cities in our region did he cross the US/Canada border?

San Francisco to Vancouver on August 8th

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