National Parks
A historic lodge, built in the 1920's out of native Kaibab limestone and ponderosa pines, located in the North Rim of this national park burned down this week.
What is Grand Canyon National Park?
This rodent is more closely related to squirrels than its name suggests. There are seven different subspecies along the west coast, one specifically found in Point Reyes.
What is a mountain beaver?
A poet from Ancient Greece. Her name has been used as an umbrella term for women loving women.
Who is Sappho?
A deceitful hollow grass, the fastest growing in the world, and favorite of a certain bear. (this is actually not a tree, but grows to sizes of trees!)
What is bamboozled?
While most avoid it, indigenous people used this plant for various purposes including treating wounds and tattooing.
What is poison oak?
Home to the highest paved road in the continent.(14,130 ft!)
What is Rocky Mountain National Park?
What is a nudibranch?
Nicknamed 'Moses', she was the first woman to lead an armed military operation (Combahee River Raid in 1863) in the United States.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
There was a nightmare on this street, and it was too much to handle.
What is overwhelmed?
What is Venus Fly trap?
This state, the United States' first official state, does not have a national park or national monument.
Nicknamed 'El Jefe', he was the only recorded individual of this species to be in the United States between 2011-2015. Before the sighting, it was thought that this species was extirpated in the United States.
What is a jaguar?
Who is Frida Kahlo?
I want those acorns, calls the toad.
What is a croaked?
This brand, named after the German-Jewish immigrant that founded invented and patented the use of metal rivets in work pants in San Francisco in 1853.
What is Levi's?
This national park, named after the sea turtles that nest there, is 99% water, with access only by boat or seaplane. There are 7 main keys.
What is Dry Tortugas National Park?
What is a pangolin?
Who is Cleopatra?
They change color in the fall, embarassingly and guiltily.
What is ashamed? or abashed
This popular snack cake was initially filled with banana cream. Due to WWII rations, the filling was switched the vanilla and has stayed that way ever since.
What is a Twinkie?
This National Park consistently has the highest visitor count, and is known as the salamander capital of the world, with 30 species. Fun fact: salamanders represent the majority of vertebrate (backboned) animals by weight in the park, including human visitors.
This sea creature can strike with such a speed that it causes the water around the claw to boil at a temperature as hot as the sun (about 6200C)
What is a mantis shrimp?
During the Hundred Years War, this woman wore soldier's clothing, leading to charges of cross-dressing, saying god had told her to. To avoid execution, she agreed to cease wearing men's clothing. However, she resumed, which was seen as a 'relapse to heresy' and she was sentenced to death
Who is Joan of Arc?
Standing tall all over Point Reyes, reinforcing those in an idea or opinion.
What is confirmed? (reaffirmed also works.)
What is Oreo?