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  • 1. What is the origin of the name 'Alabama Hills'?
A) A famous gold mining company
B) A local Native American tribe
C) An early California pioneer
D) A Confederate warship
  • 2. Which ship sank the CSS Alabama in 1864?
A) CSS Kearsarge
B) USS Normandy
C) USS Confederate
D) USS Kearsarge
  • 3. In what year were the first known movies filmed in the Alabama Hills?
A) 1919
B) 1937
C) 1920
D) 1864
  • 4. What is the oldest surviving film shot in the Alabama Hills?
A) The Round-Up
B) Cupid, the Cowpuncher
C) Gunga Din
D) Water, Water Everywhere
  • 5. Who starred in The Round-Up?
A) Randolph Scott
B) Gene Autry
C) Buster Keaton
D) Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
  • 6. Which town is closest to the Alabama Hills?
A) Lone Pine
B) Black Rock
C) Springfield
D) Normandy
  • 7. What is the Bortle class of the Alabama Hills?
A) Bortle class 1
B) Bortle class 4
C) Bortle class 5
D) Bortle class 2
  • 8. Which museum explores the Alabama Hills' relationship to cinema?
A) The Alabama Hills Cinema Museum
B) Lone Pine Film History Museum
C) The California Film Archive
D) The Western History Museum
  • 9. Which of these films is mentioned as having a prop at the film museum?
A) How the West Was Won
B) The Monolith Monsters
C) Iron Man
D) Django Unchained
  • 10. What time of year is the Lone Pine Film Festival held?
A) Spring
B) Fall
C) Winter
D) Summer
  • 11. What can a visitor see with the unaided eye on a clear, moonless night in the Alabama Hills?
A) The moons of Jupiter
B) The craters of the moon
C) Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies
D) The rings of Saturn
  • 12. Which television show was filmed in the Alabama Hills?
A) Gunsmoke
B) The Twilight Zone
C) Bonanza
D) Rawhide
  • 13. Why is the Lone Pine Film Festival called 'the only film festival on location'?
A) It only screens movies filmed in California
B) It is the only festival held outdoors
C) The actors attend every year
D) Attendees watch films and visit the actual filming sites
  • 14. Which vehicle from the movie 'High Sierra' is housed in the film museum?
A) 1937 Plymouth
B) 1920 Dodge
C) 1937 Ford
D) 1950 Chevrolet
  • 15. What does the Alabama Hills' low light pollution meet or exceed?
A) Central California city parks
B) Joshua Tree National Park
C) Grand Canyon National Park
D) The city of Los Angeles
  • 16. In which county are the Alabama Hills located?
A) Tulare County
B) Inyo County
C) Mono County
D) Kern County
  • 17. What is the location of the Alabama Hills relative to Lone Pine?
A) North
B) West
C) East
D) South
  • 18. When were the Alabama Hills redesignated as a National Scenic Area?
A) May 2019
B) March 2019
C) May 1969
D) March 1972
  • 19. Who managed the area starting in 1969?
A) California State Parks
B) Bureau of Land Management
C) United States Forest Service
D) National Park Service
  • 20. Which major mountain is the Alabama Hills a gateway to?
A) Mount Rainier
B) Mount Whitney
C) Mount Lassen
D) Mount Shasta
  • 21. How are the lands owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power restricted?
A) Camping only
B) Hiking only
C) No access allowed
D) Day use only
  • 22. How old is the metamorphosed volcanic rock found in the Alabama Hills?
A) 10 million years
B) 85 million years
C) 150–200 million years
D) 500 million years
  • 23. What is the age of the biotite monzogranite in the Alabama Hills?
A) 20 million years
B) 300 million years
C) 85 million years
D) 150–200 million years
  • 24. What process causes the monzogranite to form large roundish boulders?
A) Glacial erosion
B) Volcanic cooling
C) Tectonic uplift
D) Spheroidal weathering
  • 25. How high does Mount Whitney tower above the Alabama Hills?
A) Ten thousand feet
B) Five thousand feet
C) Nine thousand feet
D) One thousand feet
  • 26. What is the height of the Alabama Hills above the Owens Valley floor?
A) 500 feet
B) 4,500 feet
C) 3,000 feet
D) 1,500 feet
  • 27. Which of the following is a natural arch found in the Alabama Hills?
A) Rainbow Arch
B) Delicate Arch
C) Landscape Arch
D) Mobius Arch
  • 28. Which road provides access to the natural arches?
A) Pacific Coast Highway
B) Whitney Portal Road
C) Mount Whitney Summit Trail
D) Death Valley Road
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