This 1989 oil tanker created the largest oil spill in U.S. history and caused major damage to the environment
What is the Exxon Valdez?
100
Territorial governor who worked to advance Alaska's economic development by promoting natural resource enterprises
Who was B. Frank Heintzleman?
100
Student who went to court in 1976 to fight for the right to continue her high school education in her own village (she won)
Who is Holly Hootch?
100
Another translation of Alaska is this Aleut name which means "the object toward which the action of the sea is directed."
What is Alaxsxag?
100
When a scale map of Alaska is laid on top of a scale map of this part of the United States, Alaska extends from one coast to the other
What is the lower 48?
200
A Tlingit born in Petersburg, Alaska, who, along with husband Roy, fought for equal rights for Native Alaskans and worked to secure passage of the Anti-Discrimination Act.
Who was Elizabeth Peratrovich?
200
William Henry Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia and the United States bought Alaska for $7.2 million in this year
What was 1867?
200
Home of the Aleuts and Eskimos
What is the northwest coast and the Aleutian Islands?
200
Organizers of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Who are Joe Redington, Sr. and Dorothy Page?
200
Where any student from kindergarten through 12th grade may choose to study through state-operated correspondence school
What is home?
300
The gold rush of 1898 is remembered by a visit to the historic park in Skagway
What is the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park?
300
The state government branch that is made up of the governor, lieutenant governor, and department leads
What is executive branch?
300
Gold was discovered near Sitka in this year
What was 1872?
300
The state government branch that is made up of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Superior Court, District Courts, and Magistrates
What is the judicial branch?
300
13 year old student who designed Alaska's state flag in 1926
Who is Benny Benson?
400
The state government branch that is made up of the 20-member Senate and the 40-member House of Representatives
What is legislative branch?
400
Painter and prospector whose paintings captured beauty and splendor of Alaskan wilderness and often featured Mount McKinley
Who was Sydney Lawrence?
400
Educator and missionary who came to Alaska in 1884 to create a Presbyterian mission, worked to improve declining native conditions, and founded a college
Who was Sheldon Jackson?
400
Actor and cameraman whose Eskimo name was Ach-Nach-Chiak and who appeared in a number of films
What was Ray Mala?
400
First Alaskan-born player in the U.S. National Football League
Who is Mark Schlereth?
500
Author whose love of her native language led her to collect, translate, and preserve stories passed down by word of mouth through generations of Tlingits
Who was Nora M. Dauenhauer?
500
Found in southeastern and central Alaska, the state tree that, along with the western hemlock, provides most of the timber harvest
What is the Sitka spruce?
500
Alaska got its name from this Aleut word meaning "the great land."
What is Alyeska?
500
The best known woolly mammoth that was found near Fairbanks is on display at the University of Alaska Museum
What is "Blue Babe"?
500
Inventor of cable television who installed Alaska's first cable system allowing residents in some areas to watch TV for the first time