Grenada Lake - Quiz
  • 1. On which river is Grenada Lake located?
A) Arkansas River
B) Yalobusha River
C) Yazoo River
D) Mississippi River
  • 2. In which U.S. state is Grenada Lake situated?
A) Mississippi
B) Arkansas
C) Louisiana
D) Alabama
  • 3. Which organization constructed Grenada Lake?
A) U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
B) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
C) Environmental Protection Agency
D) National Park Service
  • 4. What is the primary purpose of Grenada Lake?
A) Drinking water supply
B) Flood control
C) Hydroelectric power
D) Commercial shipping
  • 5. How many flood control lakes in North Mississippi were constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including Grenada Lake?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
  • 6. Grenada Lake was constructed to help control flooding along which river basin?
A) Arkansas River Basin
B) Yalobusha River Basin
C) Mississippi River Basin
D) Yazoo River Basin
  • 7. Where is the dam located relative to Grenada, Mississippi?
A) Approximately 10 miles north
B) Approximately 3 miles northeast
C) Approximately 3 miles southwest
D) Directly south
  • 8. In what year did the operation of Grenada Lake begin?
A) 1945
B) 1927
C) 1965
D) 1954
  • 9. What was the total construction cost of Grenada Lake?
A) $100 million
B) $12 million
C) $54 million
D) $32 million
  • 10. What is the elevation of the top of the earthen-filled dam?
A) 256 feet NGVD
B) 300 feet NGVD
C) 150 feet NGVD
D) 215 feet NGVD
  • 11. What is the total acreage encompassed by the Grenada Project?
A) 120,000 acres
B) 90,427 acres
C) 50,000 acres
D) 35,000 acres
  • 12. How many acres of the Grenada Project are in water during the recreation season?
A) 15,000 acres
B) 90,427 acres
C) 48,000 acres
D) 35,000 acres
  • 13. What is the elevation of the lake during the recreation season?
A) 256 NGVD
B) 180 NGVD
C) 215 NGVD
D) 230 NGVD
  • 14. Approximately how much shoreline does the lake have at the recreation season elevation?
A) 12 miles
B) 35 miles
C) 48 miles
D) 90 miles
  • 15. Which historic flood was the direct cause of the Mississippi River Basin Flood Control Project?
A) The Flood of 1954
B) The Great Flood of 1937
C) The Flood of 1913
D) The Great Flood of 1927
  • 16. Before the flood control projects, what was the only protection against flooding along the rivers?
A) Levees
B) Dams
C) Seawalls
D) Reservoirs
  • 17. Which rivers had levees that broke during the Great Flood of 1927, swamping thousands of acres?
A) Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers
B) Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
C) Missouri and Arkansas Rivers
D) Yalobusha and Yazoo Rivers
  • 18. Besides flood control, what other activities are called for on Corps of Engineers lands by Federal Legislation?
A) Residential housing
B) Industrial development
C) Commercial agriculture
D) Outdoor recreational activities
  • 19. What type of annual events does Grenada Lake host in addition to recreation?
A) Swimming championships
B) Boating races
C) Fishing tournaments
D) Sailing regattas
  • 20. What state park is located at Grenada Lake?
A) Hugh White State Park
B) Natchez State Park
C) Tishomingo State Park
D) Le Fleur's Bluff State Park
  • 21. What is the name of the group camp associated with Hugh White State Park?
A) Yalobusha Group Camp
B) Carver Point Group Camp
C) Piney Woods Group Camp
D) Grenada Point Group Camp
  • 22. What type of dam is the Grenada Lake dam?
A) Concrete gravity dam
B) Steel sheet pile dam
C) Earthen-filled dam
D) Arch dam
  • 23. Which states were mentioned as having land swamped during the Great Flood of 1927?
A) Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee
B) Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi
C) Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas
D) Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky
  • 24. What is the approximate metric area of the Grenada Project in square kilometers?
A) 77 km2
B) 140 km2
C) 366 km2
D) 5 km2
  • 25. What is the approximate metric water area of Grenada Project in square kilometers during recreation season?
A) 35 km2
B) 366 km2
C) 140 km2
D) 77 km2
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