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100

This National Park Service site preserves the administrative and commercial center of a former Danish Caribbean colony transferred to the United States in 1917.

What is Christiansted National Historic Site?

100

From sold-out arenas to outdoor festivals, this music lover is always ready for the next live show experience.

Who is Grace?

100

Passport stamps from France and Italy are just part of the story for this world traveler.

Who is Sawyer?

100

This hummingbird appears on several Environment for the Americas Merch and Branding Products

What is a Rufous Hummingbird?

100

This bird is the smallest bird in the world.

What is the Bee Hummingbird?

100

How many known fish species are there in the world? (hint: over 25,000)

~ 34,000

200

This park is so high up that its highest road, Trail Ridge Road, is often called the “Highway to the Sky.”

What is Rocky Mountain National Park?

200

This intern once met Hayden Christensen, proving they are only one degree away from the Dark Side.

Who is Kat A?

200

Armed with a beekeeper suit and plenty of patience, this person once cared for thousands of buzzing honey bees.

Who is Marcus?

200

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was previously known with a different name.

What IMBD International Bird Day?

200

This bird is the Colorado State Birds

What is Lark Bunting?

200

What is the most abundant fish species?

Bristlemouths
300

Designated in 1966, this site’s name comes not from Cambrian sandstone cliffs rising above the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore?

300

Whether it’s funk, rock, or a backyard jam session, this bass player is always ready to groove with friends.

Who is Enoc!

300

Broadcasting live from the student union and probably taking requests between classes, this college DJ hosts their very own campus radio show.

Who is Althea?

300

This iconic migratory insect has an Environment for the Americas internship program focused on surveys and conservation data collection.

What is Monarch Butterflies?

300

Like a murder of crows or a gaggle of geese, a group of these birds is called a parliament.

What are Owls?

300

What fish is this? 

Brook trout

400

Known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," this seashore has witnessed over 3,000 shipwrecks along its treacherous coast

What is Cape Cod National Seashore?

400

Sharing birthdays, milestones, and probably a lifetime of mistaken identities, this person is one-half of a twin duo.

Who is Anika?

400

Long before their rise to fame… okay, maybe not fame yet… this person shared the screen with Peter Dinklage in a movie appearance.

Who is Everett?

400

The year Environment for the Americas was established?

What is 2007

400

Like Billy Madison says, “Peeing your pants is cool”—but these birds take it further by pooping on their legs to stay cool through evaporative cooling.

What are Vultures?

400

This species of fish can swim as fast as a car travels on the highway.

What is the Sailfish?

500

The Slater Mill, located within this park, was the site of the first factory strike in the United States, led by young women workers in 1824.

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

500

Fig trees beware, this gardening enthusiast has a talent for keeping plants thriving and turning any space into a mini oasis.

Who is Gabriel?

500

After meeting renowned shark expert Dr. Greg Skomal, this inter can officially say they’re only one handshake away from great white shark research.

Who is Sarah?
500

The best day to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day.

What is every day? But also second Saturday in May and again on the second Saturday in October.

500

This songbird has perching feet but a predator’s appetite—it impales its prey on thorns or barbed wire to help tear it apart.

What are Shrikes?

500

What fish is considered the most endangered?

Atlantic halibut

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