CANE Trivia
What year was Camp Nelson established?
1863
What month and year was Camp Nelson National Monument founded?
October 2018
Which president signed the "Organic Act" in 1916, creating the National Park Service?
Woodrow Wilson
Who is the only US president to have been an NPS ranger?
Gerald Ford
What Kentucky's state Wild Game Animal?
The gray squirrel. Yum!
On July 25th, 1864 was the single largest USCT recruitment day - how many African American men enlisted that day?
322
How many acres in Camp Nelson National Monument?
465
Which is taller, the Statue of Liberty or the Gateway Arch?
Gateway Arch (630ft)
Statue of Liberty (305ft)
Which national park regularly flies the British flag (Union Jack)?
San Juan Islands National Historical Park in Washington state - site of a British camp established in 1846
How many bourbon barrels are currently aging in the state?
Over 11 million (more than twice the population of Kentucky itself!)
What year was the White House built?
1855
Camp Nelson Limestone dates to the Middle Ordovician era, and is the (oldest or youngest?) rock exposed at the surface in the state of Kentucky.
Oldest! Dates back approximately 400 million years ago
This national park site protects both a prison, and the West's first lighthouse
Alcatraz Island - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Yellowstone National Park includes which three states?
Wyoming, Montana, and IDAHO
Louisville is named for which French monarch?
Louis XVI
Which 4 Camp Nelson employees have March birthdays?
Fred, Justin, Luke and Chris
Which Texas National Park includes Shumard Peak named for Camp Nelson surgeon, George Shumard?
Guadalupe Mountains National Park! Shumard Peak is the 3rd tallest mountain in Texas
The largest tree in the world (by volume) is named for which Civil War general?
General Sherman! 275 feet tall and 36 feet in diameter
There are 8 NPS units named for 2 US Presidents - who are they?
Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt!
Lincoln Birthplace NHS
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Boyhood Home NHS
Lincoln Home NHS
Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Birthplace NHS
Roosevelt Inaugural NHS
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Put these Kentucky Derby winners in chronological order:
American Pharoah
Rich Strike
Secretariat
Secretariat (1973)
American Pharoah (2015)
Rich Strike (2022)
"Robert of Lincoln", is a classic poem by William Cullen Bryant immortalized the name of this Camp Nelson creature. It's Latin species name, oryzivorus, means "rice eating".
Bobolink!
Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife,
Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings,
Passing at home a patient life,
Broods in the grass while her husband sings:
Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link
Spink, spank, spink;
Brood, kind creature; you need not fear
Thieves and robbers while I am here.
Chee, chee, chee
Name the 6 forts on Camp Nelson property!
(excludes Bramlette, Hatch, Nelson, and Stone Forts 1 & 2)
Jackson
Putnam
Pope
Taylor
McKee
Jones
Which National Park unit has the longest name?
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
In 2021, which was the most visited National Park site in the country?
Blue Ridge Parkway at 15.9 million!
Which baseball player used the 50 oz bat - the heaviest Louisville Slugger model ever manufactured?
Babe Ruth