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100

What refuge hosts the Holy City of the Wichitas, the site of the longest running Passion Play in the US.?

The Wichita Mts. Wildlife Refuge

100

What was the name of the club that hatched the plan to create the refuge service?

Boone and Crocket Club

100

A federal waterfowl stamp is required of all waterfowl hunters except whom?

Those under age 16.

100

What type of habitat is populated by big bluestem, the little bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass?

Tallgrass prairie

100

What is the common name of Branta canadensis?

Canada goose

200

What is the only National Wildlife refuge that contains a World Heritage site?

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

200

What former president was a member of the Boone and Crocket club?

Theodore Roosevelt

200

What is the term used to describe illegally moving deer to within firearm range of one or more hunters?

To “drive deer” or “deer drive”

200

What term is used to describe plants like purple loosestrife, that are non-native, spread prolifically, and displace native species?

Invasive

200

My name is Tom.  My son is Jake.  When I am excited, my snood expands. What am I?

Turkey

300

What state contains 51% of the total refuge system in acres?

Alaska

300

In 1864, Abraham Lincoln signed a Land Grant Law to protect what area? It was the first federal action to protect wildlife resources.

Yosemite Valley

300

How much is a fishing license for an Illinois resident 75 years old or over?

50 cents

300

I am a small tree with greenish-yellow flowers in clusters, with each flower surrounded by four large, white bracts. In the fall, the upper part of the leaves turns scarlet or orange. I am the state tree of Missouri.  What am I?

Flowering Dogwood

300

What midwestern state claims the Tully Monster as its state fossil?

Illinois

400

What is the name of the largest refuge with 19.6 million acres?

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

400

This unit of land, along Florida’s coast, was the first unit of the present Fish and Wildlife Service.

Pelican Island

400

What is the minimum age a person can operate a boat with adult supervision in Illinois?

10 years old

400

What is dendrochronology?

The study of tree rings.

400

Species names like leucostoma and leucocephalus describe widely different animals.  What does "leuco" mean?

White

500

Where on Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge can you find the world’s largest Fish and Wildlife emblem?

On the water tower.

500

Who was the first president to set aside land specifically for wildlife?

Ulysses S. Grant

500

If you see a boat displaying a bright orange flag, what is the boater doing?

Towing a skier

500

According to a study in Florida, what type of tree is struck most often by lightning?

Oak tree

500

What type of duck is featured on the 2022-2023 U.S. Dept of the Interior duck stamp?

Redhead