Straight Up Trivia #20: U.S. National Scenic Trails

North Country Trail, 4800 mi. Walker's Cay, part of the North Abaco district, is the northernmost point of what island country?

Continental Divide Trail, 3200 mi. Triple Divide Peak, just off the Continental Divide Trail, divides watersheds that drain to Hudson Bay via the Nelson River, to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mississippi River, and the Pacific Ocean via what river?

Pacific Crest Trail, 2650 mi. Much of the Pacific Crest Trail follows the Sierra Nevada mountain range, named for the Spanish words Sierra, meaning mountain range, and Nevado, meaning what adjective?

Appalachian Trail, 2190 mi. The northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail is at Mount Katahdin in Maine. To get to a higher mountain- Mount Abigail Adams- you would have to first descend 4288 ft. from Mt. Katahdin. What is the term for the vertical distance of descent from a mountain needed to reach a point that rises to a higher mountain?

Florida Trail, 1500 mi. With nearly 70,000 students, what is the largest university in Florida?

Pacific Northwest Trail, 1200 mi. The Pacific Ocean was named by Magellan in 1521, but who was the first European to view the Pacific Ocean from the Americas after crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513?

Ice Age Trail, 1000 mi. What standup comedian voices the character Diego- a Smilodon- in the Ice Age movies? He was the star and co-creator of the TV series Rescue Me.

Arizona Trail, 800 mi. What former astronaut is currently a senator from Arizona?

Potomac Heritage Trail, 710 mi. What strategically important town at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers lost its apostrophe in an 1891 update by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names?

New England Trail, 215 mi. The largest city by population in New England is Boston. What Massachusetts city, named for a city in England, is the second largest?

Natchez Trace Trail, 64 mi. The Natchez Trace served briefly as a major trade route for traders to travel upstream after traveling by river downstream to New Orleans. What city was on the Cumberland River was the northern end of the Natchez Trace?