Lovella: Quick question to start us off. What is Smokey the Bear's famous catchphrase?
Steve: Oh, um, this is, only you can prevent forest fires.
Lovella: That is correct.
Lovella: Welcome to Kids vs. Parents.
Steve: A family trivia battle where the backseat takes on the front seat.
Steve: I'm Steve.
Lovella: And I'm Lovella.
Steve: Today's episode was suggested to us by Andy and Eleanor from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lovella: Oh, thank you, Andy and Eleanor.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: And today's episode is all about national parks, U.S. national parks.
Lovella: Oh, I love that idea.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: We just came back from a U.S. national park.
Steve: We did.
Lovella: We went to Yosemite this summer.
Steve: That's right.
Steve: We did.
Steve: We often go to Yosemite.
Steve: It's one of our highlights of the year, right?
Steve: Oh, yeah.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: Floating down the river, camping.
Steve: Mm-hmm.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: So today's episodes are all about U.S. national parks.
Steve: This is the time of year where many people go and visit these places.
Steve: Hopefully these questions will be suitable for anybody, even if you haven't visited all of them.
Steve: There should be some sort of general knowledge ones on them, but we'll see how we go, hey?
Steve: Lovella, what is the prize for our winner of the U.S. National Parks episode today?
Lovella: The winner gets to choose the next family outdoor activity, like a walk, a park visit, a picnic spot, kind of that stuff.
Steve: I love that idea. That's great.
Steve: Fun. Okay, let's jump into our U.S. National Parks trivia.
Steve: Shall we?
Steve: Who goes first?
Steve: How about the kids?
Steve: Kids first.
Steve: Great idea.
Steve: All right, kids, get your hiking boots on.
Steve: Here we go.
Steve: Question number one.
Steve: What state is the Grand Canyon located in?
Lovella: Oh.
Steve: So the Grand Canyon National Park, what state is it in?
Steve: It's very close to us.
Lovella: It's, um, it's, is it Nevada?
Lovella: It's either Nevada or Arizona.
Lovella: I think it's Arizona though.
Lovella: I'm going to go with Arizona.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: You're going to go with Arizona?
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: The correct answer is Arizona.
Steve: Yes.
Steve: Well done.
Steve: Let's go.
Steve: Congratulations.
Steve: All right.
Steve: We have been to the Grand Canyon as well, haven't we?
Lovella: Oh yeah.
Lovella: Like a while back.
Steve: It was a long time ago.
Lovella: 2019.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: Very cool place.
Lovella: Very cool place.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: Question number two.
Steve: What is the name of the first national park in the United States?
Steve: This is a tricky one.
Steve: Oh, I don't.
Steve: The first national park in the United States.
Steve: I don't expect you're going to get this one right.
Lovella: No, I'm not even going to get it.
Steve: I don't know what this is.
Steve: Do you know any other national parks other than Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Park?
Lovella: Yosemite, Grand Canyon, that's really it.
Steve: That's all you know?
Lovella: I don't really like…
Steve: You haven't been to any other ones?
Lovella: I haven't been to any other ones, but I've definitely heard about all of them.
Steve: All right.
Steve: So you're not even going to have a guess?
Steve: No, I don't know what it is.
Steve: All right.
Steve: The answer is Yellowstone National Park.
Steve: You've heard of that one, right?
Lovella: Yeah, I have.
Steve: Yes.
Steve: Definitely.
Lovella: I remember that one now.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: It is in Wyoming.
Lovella: Oh, okay.
Steve: So up north a little bit.
Steve: Cool.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Question number three.
Steve: Who is the iconic mascot of the U.S. National Forest Service?
Lovella: Oh, I know this one.
Lovella: It's Smokey the Bear.
Steve: That's correct.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: We had a quote from him at the beginning of the episode.
Lovella: We did.
Steve: Yeah.
Lovella: I've taken a picture with Smokey there before.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: The cardboard cutout version?
Lovella: No, no.
Lovella: The mascot.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: Yeah.
Lovella: Yeah.
Lovella: In 4th of July when we went up to North of Tahoe.
Steve: Yep.
Lovella: And yeah, we saw him there.
Steve: Yes.
Steve: Parade.
Steve: Yep.
Steve: Did he say his famous catchphrase to you?
Lovella: No, he didn't talk.
Steve: He didn't talk.
Lovella: He just smiled.
Steve: He was like Mickey Mouse.
Steve: He was just quiet, was he?
Steve: Yeah.
Lovella: But he was just full of happiness.
Lovella: You could just tell.
Steve: Yep. Love it.
Steve: All right. Last question, Lovella.
Steve: Question number four. Here we go.
Steve: In which national park can you hike the famous Half Dome?
Lovella: Oh, I know this one.
Steve: I hope you know this one.
Lovella: Year 70.
Steve: That's right. We haven't hiked it, but.
Lovella: No, I never will.
Steve: You know where it is.
Steve: You can't say you never will.
Lovella: Well.
Steve: You might get older and be excited about climbing.
Lovella: I don't like hiking.
Lovella: And plus, we've already done like that.
Lovella: What's the other hike that we've done?
Lovella: What's the waterfall called?
Steve: Oh, the Mist Trail?
Lovella: The Mist Trail.
Steve: Yeah.
Lovella: That's hard enough.
Steve: That's big enough for you?
Lovella: I don't need to hike the half day.
Lovella: Okay.
Lovella: But I see it.
Lovella: It's very pretty.
Steve: It is a cool big rock, isn't it?
Lovella: Cool sight to see.
Steve: Cool sight to see.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Well, what was your score then, Lovella?
Steve: What did you get?
Lovella: My score was three out of four.
Steve: Three out of four?
Steve: Oh, yeah.
Steve: Well done.
Steve: You did much better than I thought you were going to do.
Lovella: Uh-huh.
Steve: Did you do much better than you thought you were going to do?
Lovella: I expected I'd get like a two out of four, a three out of four.
Steve: So you did all right then?
Lovella: I don't know too much about national parks, but I know we're not.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Well, it's now time for the parents' turn.
Steve: All right?
Steve: Scary stuff.
Steve: Let's see how you go.
Steve: I'm expecting these questions are going to be a lot harder.
Steve: Are they a lot harder, Lovella?
Lovella: Yeah, definitely.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: All right.
Steve: I'm not looking forward to it.
Lovella: Prepare yourselves, parents.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Prepare yourself.
Steve: Okay.
Lovella: All right, parents.
Lovella: Are you ready?
Steve: I'm ready.
Steve: I've got my sunscreen on and my hat.
Steve: I'm ready for a hike.
Lovella: Uh-huh.
Lovella: Okay.
Steve: Oh, we're not going on a hike.
Steve: Sorry, I forgot.
Steve: Questions.
Lovella: Here we go.
Lovella: Question number one.
Lovella: What year was the first national park established?
Steve: Oh man, this is so hard.
Steve: It was going to be, it's a long time ago.
Steve: It's going to be in the, so America was formed 1776.
Steve: When did they first make national parks?
Steve: 76, 18, was it 100?
Steve: It's got to be 100 and something years.
Steve: 18, it'll be 18 something, 1850s, 18.
Steve: Let's go to the 1850s.
Steve: 1850, do I have to have the actual year?
Lovella: I'll let you have like, it can be, it can be to either way.
Steve: Either side?
Lovella: Yeah, it can be to either side.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: To either side.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: I'm going to say 1858.
Lovella: You are incorrect.
Lovella: It was 1872.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: Well, I was never going to get this one right.
Steve: I don't know if that's common.
Steve: I don't know if that's common knowledge to Americans out there.
Steve: I hope it is.
Steve: Who knows?
Steve: I don't know.
Steve: But that was really hard.
Steve: But I mean, got to have some hard ones for us parents, don't you?
Lovella: Yes, we do.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Give me question number two.
Lovella: All right.
Lovella: Question number two.
Lovella: Which national park features the famous old faithful geyser?
Steve: um oh man this is i think this is yellowstone i'm pretty sure i am 80 confident that this is
Steve: Yellowstone National Park.
Steve: That is my answer, Lovella.
Lovella: You are correct.
Lovella: Yes.
Lovella: Nice.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Nice.
Steve: I haven't been there, but I would like to go.
Lovella: Yeah.
Lovella: Yellowstone looks really pretty.
Steve: It looks really cool.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: I'm finally on the board.
Lovella: All right.
Lovella: Question number three.
Lovella: What is the most visited national park in the United States?
Steve: Oh, what is the most visited national park in the United States?
Steve: Um, I'm going to, I wonder if that's Yosemite.
Steve: I feel like that's got to be Yosemite.
Steve: Who knows?
Steve: I'm going to guess Yosemite National Park.
Steve: Or is it Yellowstone?
Steve: You wouldn't give me Yellowstone twice.
Steve: I'm going to say it is, yeah, I'm going to guess Yosemite National Park.
Lovella: Nope.
Steve: No?
Lovella: It was Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Steve: Oh, okay.
Lovella: I've never even heard of that National Park.
Steve: I have heard of it, but I couldn't tell you where it is.
Lovella: Is that where the Smoky mascot is named after?
Steve: No, I don't think so.
Steve: He's...
Lovella: To prevent wildfires or something?
Steve: Yeah, he's not to do with the National Parks.
Steve: He's everywhere.
Steve: he's in all the forests
Steve: okay
Steve: Great Smoky Mountains
Steve: National Park
Steve: most visited one
Steve: in the United States
Steve: interesting
Steve: maybe we'll have to visit it
Lovella: oh yeah
Steve: okay
Steve: well
Steve: I'm only
Steve: I've got one on the board
Steve: I really need
Lovella: yeah
Steve: you're kind of doing
Lovella: really bad
Steve: okay
Steve: I was hoping to do
Steve: better at this one
Lovella: last question
Lovella: what national park
Lovella: contains the tallest mountain
Lovella: in North America
Steve: um ah man what mount mount has to be something in the over in the appalachian trail i don't know
Steve: a national park that goes through that.
Steve: Exactly.
Steve: I don't really know the answer to this one either.
Steve: You really gave me some hard ones, Lovella.
Steve: Where were all the easy ones like Yosemite National Park and Joshua Tree National Park?
Steve: Sorry.
Steve: Grand Canyon National Park.
Lovella: They're too easy.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: I don't know the answer to this one.
Steve: I'm guessing somewhere over in the Appalachian Trail somewhere.
Steve: But I don't know.
Steve: Again, I don't know if that's got big mountains.
Steve: Maybe it's somewhere in Alaska.
Steve: Alaska has big mountains, doesn't it?
Steve: Could be Alaska.
Steve: I don't know the answer.
Steve: So I'm giving you a roundabout area.
Steve: I'm going to say somewhere, the Appalachian Trail.
Steve: That's all I really know.
Steve: That's my answer.
Steve: What is it?
Steve: What's the answer, LaVilla?
Lovella: The correct answer was Denali National Park in Alaska.
Steve: Oh, okay.
Lovella: The mountain was formerly known as Mount McKinley, but now it's called Mount Denali.
Steve: Right.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: And it's in Alaska.
Lovella: Yep.
Lovella: It's in Alaska.
Steve: So you were kind of there.
Steve: Well, I never, I didn't land there.
Lovella: But you were like, oh, yeah.
Steve: I flew over it for a little bit, but I landed.
Steve: I don't even know where the Appalachian Trail is, to be honest.
Steve: Me neither.
Steve: Somewhere over on the East Coast.
Steve: Yep.
Steve: Something like that.
Steve: But anyway, well, I didn't do very well.
Steve: I only got one.
Steve: Is that right?
Steve: I only got one, right?
Lovella: Yeah, that was sad.
Lovella: Oh, man.
Steve: I really like U.S. National Parks.
Steve: Oh, well.
Steve: You have to study up.
Steve: I do have to study up.
Steve: I don't know them well enough.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Let's go to our tiebreaker or our bonus round then, shall we?
Steve: See if I can claw back some dignity with this one.
Steve: So how this round works is we'll have one question for everyone in the family to answer.
Steve: And first one to buzz in.
Steve: Right, Lovella?
Steve: What do you do?
Steve: Buzz.
Steve: That's right.
Steve: Buzz in.
Steve: You don't have to say the answer yet, but buzz in first.
Steve: And then if you get in first, you can answer.
Steve: And if you get it correct, two points, right?
Steve: Two points.
Steve: Two points for the bonus.
Steve: So I can tie it with you.
Steve: It would give me three points.
Steve: You're already on three.
Steve: So we'd have to have another tiebreaker round, just you and I.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: But, or maybe we can make this one worth three for us.
Steve: If you get it wrong though, the points go to the other person.
Steve: So you've got to get it right.
Steve: If you're falling behind, you really need to jump in and just try and guess this.
Steve: See how you go.
Steve: All right.
Steve: So let's go with our bonus question.
Steve: Lovella, shall I read our bonus question out?
Steve: Yes.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: Our bonus question.
Steve: Bonus tiebreaker question.
Steve: What government agency manages the US national parks?
Steve: Buzz.
Lovella: I don't know.
Steve: You don't know?
Lovella: I don't think so.
Lovella: I probably do know, but I didn't realize it was like a thing.
Steve: I think I know it.
Lovella: All right.
Lovella: What is it?
Steve: I think it's the National Parks Service, the NPS.
Steve: Because I remember seeing the NPS all around Yosemite.
Steve: I see the NPS acronym.
Lovella: That makes sense.
Lovella: And it's just, I thought it would be something way more complicated,
Lovella: but it's just so simple.
Steve: National Park.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: Let me scroll down and see if I'm right.
Steve: I'm pretty confident I'm right.
Steve: National Park Service.
Steve: Yes.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Good job.
Steve: Do I get three points?
Steve: Yes.
Steve: Three points?
Lovella: Yay.
Lovella: But to be fair, technically I did a better job than you
Lovella: because I got three correct and you only got two.
Steve: You did, but I won the episode.
Steve: Yay.
Steve: Congrats.
Steve: Thanks.
Steve: Finally.
Steve: I don't feel like I've won one in a while.
Steve: No, you have not.
Steve: I haven't won one in a while.
Steve: Because I always win.
Steve: You seem to do very well.
Steve: Well, thank you for playing our National Parks episode.
Steve: We hope you visited a national park this summer.
Steve: If you have, leave us a comment.
Lovella: All right.
Steve: Yeah, let us know.
Steve: Let us know in the comments on Spotify.
Lovella: Yeah, let us know where you've been and where you want to go.
Steve: If you've been to a national park, maybe we'll put a poll in on Spotify.
Lovella: Oh, that's a great idea.
Steve: Something like what one national park you really want to visit.
Lovella: Oh, yeah.
Steve: Something like that.
Lovella: So go check that out on Spotify.
Lovella: And if you're not already, would you follow the show?
Steve: Yeah, that's right.
Steve: Tap that follow button because that helps everybody find the show.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: Tells Apple and Spotify to put it up the charts a little bit.
Lovella: And thank you, Andy and Eleanor, for suggesting this.
Lovella: We had so much fun.
Lovella: And because I'm guessing, I'm hoping that both of you guys are kids.
Lovella: So I'm hoping you guys won, unlike me.
Lovella: But anyways, thank you for playing along with us today.
Lovella: And we'll see you next time.
Steve: See you next time.