National Park General Knowledge

Can you answer these questions about the United States National Park Service?

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Which U.S. President established the first national park in the world?	Ulysses S. Grant
What massive supervolcano has a 0.00014% chance of erupting every year?	Yellowstone Caldera
By volume, what is the largest known tree on Earth?	General Sherman
What national park protects Kīlauea and Mauna Loa?	Hawaiʻi Volcanoes
What was the former name of Denali - the tallest mountain in North America?	Mount McKinley
In which state can one visit Hot Springs National Park?	Arkansas
What tall landforms get their name from the Southern Paiute word "oo’doo"?	Hoodoos
What Wyoming national park's name means "large breast" in French?	Grand Teton
What flashy insect is unique to the Great Smoky Mountains?	Synchronous Firefly
Which national park is referenced in John Denver's "Country Roads"?	Shenandoah
Found in Kentucky, what is the longest cave in the world?	Mammoth Cave
What colorful desert stretches from the Grand Canyon to the Petrified Forest?	Painted Desert
What Utah national park has landforms that resemble the Capitol and coral reefs?	Capitol Reef
Who is the only U.S. President to have a national park named after him?	Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Biscayne National Park is centered around what Atlantic archipelago?	Florida Keys
Twice a year, half a million of what large mammal cross Alaska's Kobuk Valley?	Caribou
What is the hottest, lowest, and driest place in the United States?	Death Valley
What is the newest national park, added in late 2020?	New River Gorge
What Mid-Atlantic river's water gap is being proposed to be a national park?	Delaware River