Smoky Mountain Trivia: Test Your Knowledge Of The Smoky Mountains

1. What is the tallest peak in Tennessee?

Mount Leconte

Clingmans Dome

Roan Mountain

Mount Cammerer

2. What record does the city of Gatlinburg hold in the Guiness Book of World Records?

World's largest pancake

Largest New Years Eve parade

Largest scarecrow display

Most moonshine production

3. What was Pigeon Forge named after?

The old iron forge and abundance of passenger pigeons

It came from the name of the river running through town

Pigeons migrate to the town in the winter

The first settler in the area was named Pigeon Forge

4. The Great Smoky Mountains are home to more than 30 species of what amphibian?

Frog

Salamander

Caecillian

Microsauria

5. What is the Tennessee state reptile?

Copperhead

Alligator

Box Turtle

Komodo Dragon

6. What was the purpose of The Old Mill during the Civil War?

to make flour

Union headquarters

to make ammunition

to make cloth for the military

7. What year was the Great Smoky Mountains National Park established?

1922

1934

1941

1965

8. How many species of bird inhabit the park?

240

107

65

204

9. How many miles of hiking trails are in the national park?

More than 850

More than 540

More than 1200

More than 375

10. What is the world's longest continuous walking route?

John Muir Trail

North Carolina Trail

Mountains To Sea Trail

Appalachian Trail

11. What Pigeon Forge park has a replica of the Liberty Bell and a missile that was used in the 1st Gulf War?

Wear Farm City Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Patriot Park

Pigeon Forge City Park

12. Why are they called the Smoky Mountains?

the blue haze that lingers over them

campfire smoke

pollution

light refraction