1. The Appalachians are about (a) 250 billion years old; (b) 250
million years old; or (c) 250 thousand years old? 2. At the
height of the last Ice Age about 18,000 years ago glacial ice
sheets extended as far south in the Appalachians as (a)
northeastern Pennsylvania; (b) Mt. Mitchell; or (c) Clingmans
Dome. 3. There are more than 40 peaks in eastern Tennessee and
WNC that exceed 6000 feet, whereas from the Virginia-NC state
line northward there is only one peak that exceeds 6000 feet:
(a) Mt. Rogers; (b) Mt. Washington; or (c) Mt. Katahdin. 4. The
European wild boar was introduced at the following site in WNC
early in the 20th century: (a) Hooper Bald; (b) Clingmans Dome;
or (c) Mt. Kephart. 5. The following animal is no longer
reported – correctly or not — with regularity in WNC: (a)
cougar; (b) otter; or (c) timber wolf. 6. The following
poisonous snake is not found in WNC: (a) timber rattler; (b)
copperhead; or (c) cottonmouth moccasin. 7. The elusive warbler
that seems to say “teach-er, teach-er, teach-