Questions from October's
Newsletter
The following were taken from the book,
"Yellowstone Trivia" by Janet Spencer
and reprinted by permission.
1 - How fast can a bison run when motivated?
a) 20 mph b) 35 mph c) 45 mph d) 50 mph
A
bison can run 45 miles per hour,
which is a lot faster than a tourist can run.
2 - Upper Geyser Basin (home to Old Faithful)
contains the densest concentration of geysers in the
world. What percentof the world's geysers are
located in this two square mile area?
a) 10 % b) 25% c) 40%
25%
Upper Geyser Basin has about 140 geysers
in a single square mile.
3 - Name the only place in the United States that
has more earthquakes than Yellowstone.
a) Alaska b) Hawaii c) California
California
4 - What percentage of the Park is forested?
a) 20% b) 40% c)80%
80%
5 - How many pounds of food will a grizzly eat in a
typical day?
a) ten pounds b) 35 pounds c) 50 pounds
35
pounds
Bears may spend 20 out of every 24 hours eating,
consume 20,000 calories daily,
and gain 40 pounds of weight a week.
That would be like a human eating 40 hamburgers
and 40 ice cream sundaes every day.
Bears can weigh twice as much in the fall
as they did in the spring.
How
did you do?
If
you like trivia, be sure and visit Janet Spencer's
website, TriviaQueen.com
and buy
her books,
"Yellowstone Trivia" and
"Montana Trivia"
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