John Muir Award

When was John Muir born?

• 1837

• 1802

• 1838

• 1937

When did he die?

• 2007

• 1918

• 1894

• 1914

What was the name of the town in Scotland where John Muir was born?

• Edinburgh

• Inverness

• Dunbar

• Dundee

When did John Muir emigrate to America with his family?

• 1834

• 1934

• 1849

• 1842

What was the name of the wilderness that John Muir lived in for 3 years?

• Lake District

• Appalachian Mountains

• Yosemite

• Portelet Common

What was the name of the valley which John Muir tried to stop the building of a dam across?

• Hetchy Hetchy Valley

• Swan Lake Valley

• Yellowstone Valley

• Hatchet Valley

What incident changed John Muir's outlook on life?

• The death of his father

• A file hitting him in the eye

• The destruction of native American forests

• Moving to America

What was the name of the environmental organisation that John Muir founded ?

• The National Trust

• The Forest Foundation

• The Sierra Club

• The World Wildlife Fund

What was the name of the American President John Muir went walking and camping with in 1903?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Richard Nixon

• Abraham Lincoln

• David Cameron

What was the name of the tree that John Muir was famous for trying to save?

• Oak tree

• Giant Redwood

• Oak tree

• Sequoia