National Parks of the World

What this quiz asks

• Which US park, created in 1872, is widely regarded as the world's first national park?
• Kruger National Park is in which country?
• Gir National Park is the last wild home of the Asiatic subspecies of this big cat. Which country is it in?
• Serengeti National Park, whose name comes from a Maasai word for 'endless plains', is in which country?
• Chobe National Park in Botswana is especially famous for huge herds of which animal?
• Select ALL of these animals that belong to Africa's 'Big Five'.
• El Capitan, the huge rock wall in Yosemite National Park, is made of granite.
• Banff, Canada's first national park, lies in which mountain range?
• Torres del Paine National Park, named after its famous granite towers, is in which country?
• Is the lowest point in North America inside Death Valley National Park?
• Sagarmatha National Park, which covers the southern slopes of Mount Everest, is in which country?
• Select ALL of these national parks that are in the United States.
• Which is Portugal's only national park, created in 1971?
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the border between Tennessee and North Carolina.
• Kakadu National Park, known for its ancient rock art and saltwater crocodiles, is in which part of Australia?
• England's Lake District National Park contains the country's highest mountain. Which one?
• Triglav National Park is named after the highest mountain of which country?
• Which Icelandic national park is the site of the ancient open-air parliament, the Althing?
• Order these national parks by the year they were established, earliest first.
• General Sherman, the giant sequoia in California's Sequoia National Park, is roughly how tall?