Alaska Trivia

Front 1

Kodiak Alaska was named what by the Russians?

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Pavlovsk.

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T or F: Alaska is about 1/5 the size of the US.

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True.

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The Alaska Highway took ___ months and ___ days to construct during WWII.

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9 Months, 6 Days.

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The Permanent Fund was primarily enforced by Alaska's Governor ______ _______.

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Jay Hammond.

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______ and _____ were killed in a plane crash outside Barrow in 1935.

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Will Rogers and Wiley E. Post.

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Skagway's ______ was killed by _______ on July 8, 1898.

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Soapy Smith and Frank Reid.

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Alaska's first airplane flight occurred in ______ on July 3, 1913.

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Fairbanks.

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The ___ ____ company discovered oil at Prudhoe Bay in ___.

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Atlantic Richfield in 1968.

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_____ whales are the most common in Alaska.

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Beluga.

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____ holds the oldest Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska.

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Kenai.

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____ is the most abundant resource in Alaska.

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Coal.

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T or F: Alaska's parks make up more than two-thirds of all U.S. national parks.

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True.

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Alaska's first railway was built from ___ to ___________ between 1898 and 1900.

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Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

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President ___ _ ___ proclaimed Alaska the 49th state of the union on _____, 1959.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jan 3.

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"Woodrow" is the previous name of what city?

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Anchorage.

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Sidney Laurence's favorite subject to paint was ___ _______.

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Mt. Mckinley.

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The sun rises on May 9th and doesn't set until August 2nd in _______.

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Barrow.

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_____ was the territorial capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1912.

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Sitka.

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People new to Alaska were called _______ by Alaska Natives.

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Cheechako.

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When ice chunks fall from a glacier, it is referred to as "_____"

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Calving.

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During WWII, the Japanese invaded the Aleutian islands of ____ and ____.

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Kiske and Attu.

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The Northern Lights are also known as the _____ ______.

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Aurora Borealis.

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Every year of the 4th of July, ____ hosts the Mt. Marathon foot race.

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Seward.

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____ ____ led a Russian expedition that first sighted Alaska on July 17, 1741.

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Vitus Bering.

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Winter snowfall averages 25 feet in _______, Alaska.

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Valdez.

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T or F: The city of Juneau is not connected by road to the est of Alaska.

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True.

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It is estimated that about ____ steamboats aperated on the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.

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300.

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There are about ___ active volcanoes in Alaska.

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40.

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Alaska's flag was designed by _____ ______ in ___.

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Benny Benson in 1926.

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______ is Alaska's southernmost city.

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Ketchikan.

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A full-grown Alaskan moose may weigh as much as _____ pounds.

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1500.

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Early ancestors of Alaska's Natives crossed a ____ ____ from Siberia to Alaska over 29,000 years ago.

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Land Bridge.

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The "Bard of the Yukon: was a nickname given to ____ _____.

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Robert Service.

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The largest caribou herd in Alaska is the _____ herd.

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Porcupine.

Front 35

The Alaska Pipeline is ___ inches in diameter and about ___ miles long.

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48 inches, 800 miles.

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The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in ____ for about $________.

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1867, 7,200,000.

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Captain Cook was looking for the "_____ ______" on his voyage to Alaska in 1788.

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Northwest Passage.

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T or F: The Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964 was the strongest ever recorded in North America.

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True.

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The largest gold nugget ever discovered in Alaska was found near ______.

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Nome.

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_____ ______ was the first person known to reach the summit of Mt. Mckinley.

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William A. Dickey.