National Park Week Quiz #3: Hidden Parks

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 3:59am

Welcome to National Park Week Quiz #3! When correctly interpreted, each of the following phrases reveals the identity of a National Park System unit. Identify any 10 of these 13 national parks before 12:00 midnight EST today and you will be eligible for Traveler’s National Park Week prize drawing and a chance to win a National Geographic Trails Illustrated Map for the national park of your choice.

prismatic span

stone brook

howling canine bunker

glittering fastener

large perforation

cattle containers

princess-botherer crest

royal peak

explorer's classic ride

stylized piles

deprivation indication

tube leap

loose garment food fish

Answers and a list of readers who answered correctly will be posted in tomorrow's Traveler.

No cheating!

If we catch you Googling or engaged in other sneakery, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times:

Hadrons, which are composite particles made of quarks held together by the strong force, are categorized as either baryons (three quarks) or mesons (one quark and one antiquark). Scientists suspect that there are other kinds of hadrons, such as tetraquarks (exotic mesons) and pentaquarks (exotic baryons), but there is no conclusive proof.

Comments

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on April 23, 2012 - 8:19am.

Congrats to EEW who first managed to successfully negotiate this time-consuming quiz, and to celbert who checked in 45 minutes later with enough correct answers to join EEW.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 8:42am.

Almost perfect, EEW. I'll forgive you that wayward apostrophe and welcome you to the winners circle. You can use the front entrance.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 8:46am.

Celbert, you can use the front entrance this time.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 8:57am.

Congratulations, OutInTheStiks. Two of your guesses were pretty wide of the mark, but 10 were right on the button.

Incidentally, you're going to feel sheepish when you see the solution for the one you left blank. ;o)

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 10:14am.

Only nine out of ten, toothdoctor. I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave it to you to figure out which one is defective.

Submitted by viewmtn (not verified) on April 23, 2012 - 10:24am.

"princess-botherer"? I can't find that term in my Webster's dictionary....
Oh wait! Are we allowed to use a dictionary? Or is that included in the prohibited "sneakery"?

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 10:53am.

I've never bothered to define "sneakery," viewmtn. I suppose you could say that it's anything that involves an unfair advantage. Anyway, it appears that using a dictionary doesn't provide you with any advantage at all. ;o)

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 11:35am.

Ouch! I'm afraid you only batted .500 on that batch, Connier.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 12:47pm.

Twelve out of 13, tomp2; all but the glittering fastener. I'm impressed. Welcome to the winners circle.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 1:18pm.

Eleven out of 13 is pretty darn good, Eric [Nelson]. Welcome to the winners circle.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 1:27pm.

OK, OK, tomp2; I will admit that "lustrous" might have been a better descriptor than "glittering." Now are you happy? ;o)

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 1:47pm.

That's the cherry on top, OutInTheStiks.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 2:12pm.

Ten on the button, JanetinKY. You're in!

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 2:31pm.

Good job, desk-bound parky. You got 11. Don't tell Kurt that I'm forgiving you for some missing designators (not to mention an errant apostrophe); the EIC says I've been grading too leniently.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 3:54pm.

There are problems with six of those, jcchappell740, including one that's a spelling error of the glaring variety. You need to work back through the list and check very thoroughly. You can do it.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 6:33pm.

I count 11 good ones, viewmtn. Congratulations -- your'e in!

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 8:46pm.

Only nine, jchappell740. Still time to get in under the wire, though.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 8:47pm.

Welcome to the winners circle, toothdoctor. Ten's enough.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on April 23, 2012 - 8:54pm.

Nice going, Eric. You're in.