Bing Homepage Quiz Answers (6/17/2022): 17 June 2022
1: What president signed the executive order to establish Grand Teton National Park in 1929?
A Calvin Coolidge
B Abraham Lincoln
C Millard Fillmore
President Coolidge signed the executive order establishing the 96,000-acre Grand Teton National Park on February 26, 1929. The park expanded significantly when financier John D. Rockefeller Jr. led efforts to purchase adjacent private land around Jackson Hole. That land was initially designated a national monument, but was added to the park in 1950.
The correct answer is Calvin Coolidge.
2: John Colter, the first known person of European descent to explore the Teton region, was previously part of what mission of discovery?
A Hunt for the Northwest Passage
B Hunt for the Wilderpeople
C Lewis and Clark Expedition
Colter is sometimes called the first ‘mountain man,’ a term used to describe explorers who lived in the wilderness of the American West during the 19th century. The mountain men were instrumental in establishing trade routes, forging communications with Native Americans, and mapping unknown areas.
The correct answer is Lewis and Clark Expedition.
3: What tribe lived in the area that is now Wyoming when Europeans and their descendants arrived in the 1800s?
A Shoshone
B Lakota
C Shawnee
Bands of Eastern Shoshone lived and traveled through the area that is now Grand Teton National Park and had a close spiritual relationship with the Teton Range. In the 19th century, some mountain-dwelling Shoshone were known as ‘Sheepeaters’ or ‘Tukudeka,’ as bighorn sheep were a staple of their diet. Today, most of the Eastern Shoshone have settled in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
The correct answer is Shoshone.