This land is our land ...
The documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a special knack for tapping into the American experience, whether it's baseball, jazz or the Civil War.
His latest film focuses on National Parks, calling them "America's Best Idea."
Last week's upset winner, Zach Baker, faces a new challenger this week in Sophie Reed, who works in day care.
QUESTIONS
1. What is the oldest national park in the U.S.?
2. In what state is Yosemite?
3. The Sierra Club was founded by this early naturalist.
4. Name the only state that doesn't have a national park.
5. Which national park is mostly underwater?
6. Which U.S. mountain is known as Denali?
7. This national park includes Cadillac Mountain, which is the first place to see the sunrise on the east coast for part of the year..
8. What national park includes the longest recorded cave system in the world?
9. Where is the deepest lake in the U.S. located (name the park and state)?
10. Where is Big Bend National Park ?
ZACH'S ANSWERS
1. It's a "Y" one. Yellowstone?
2. I think California.
3. I don't know.
4. Hawaii.
5. Everglades.
6. Isn't that McKinley?
7. First place to see the sunrise, huh? I got nothing.
8. What's that place in Kentucky, Mammoth Cave?
9. Um, pass and pass.
10. Montana.
SOPHIE'S ANSWERS
1. Hey, I've actually caught a couple of these episodes. This is definitely Yellowstone.
2. Northern California.
3. John Muir.
4. Rhode Island?
5. I know it's in Florida, and it might be Biscayne National Park.
6. Alaska's McKinley.
7. Mount Desert Isle in Maine, but I guess the park's called Arcadia.
8. Shoot, I don't know this one.
9. Um, it's in Oregon. Crater Lake, I think.
10. Texas. That was in the documentary too.
CONCLUSION
Reed won by a landslide although she admitted it would've been tough going if she hadn't seen the National Parks documentary on PBS recently. So Head2Head has a new trivia champ for the second week in a row. You can still catch the latest from Ken Burns on PBS, which has been airing the documentary repeatedly.
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Yellowstone
2. California
3. John Muir
4. Delaware
5. Biscayne National Park
6. Mt. McKinley in Alaska
7. Arcadia National Park
8. Mammoth Cave National Park
9. Crater Lake National Park in Oregon
10. Texas
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