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Questions and Answers for Week Ending 11/15/96.

1. The Battle of Gettysburg, commemorated at a national military park, took place on what dates?

ANSWER: July 1, 2, 3, 1863.


2. The mountain for which this national monument is named last erupted in 1931. It is part of a 30-square-mile tract of land in the volcanically active Aleutian Mountains. Name the mountain, park and state.

ANSWER: Aniakchak; Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska



3. One of America's oldest rivers is in West Virginia. Fifty miles of it have been designated a "national river." Name this site.

ANSWER: New River Gorge National River.


4. Two miles from the Hyde Park home of Franklin D. Roosevelt is the 180-acre estate of Eleanor Roosevelt, where the president's wife entertained friends and dignitaries. Name the estate where F.D.R. built a stone cottage for Eleanor in 1925, now open to the public as the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site.

ANSWER: Val-Kill


5. Name the national monument on the edge of Flagstaff, Arizona, where about 800 years ago Sinagua Indians lived in shallow cave-cliff dwellings in a spectacular canyon.

ANSWER: Walnut Canyon National Monument

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