function LoadEasyQuestions() { easyQuestions.length = 0; //**** #1 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/glacier-point-wide-700w.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"365\""; ans.question = "Where's this?"; ans.hint = "This landmark is named for something that's no longer there." ; ans.moreInfoURL = "../glacier-point-road/glacier-point/glacier-point.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Glacier Point"; ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Glacier Point", "Right! You're about 8,000 years too late to meet any actual glaciers, but you can still see the divots they left behind." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Tuolumne Meadows", "Remember at the beginning of Casablanca, just before Ingrid Bergman arrives, when Humphrey Bogart says, \"I stick my neck out for nobody\"? Well, that's about how wrong your answer was." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Grand Canyon", "It's a little early to stop trying, isn't it?" ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Betelgeuse, Orion constellation", "Sorry, the answer we were looking for was \"" + linkGlacierPoint + "\". You were in the right galaxy, though. And considering the size of the universe, that's an eerily accurate answer. The universe is also, however, a cold and uncaring place, so you're still not getting credit." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #2 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/el-capitan-halo-350w.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"350\" height=\"513\""; ans.question = "This Yosemite Valley landmark, one of the world's best known rock-climbing destinations, is called:"; ans.hint = "Even though it may look a little like one, it's not a dome." ; ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/yosemite-valley-hikes.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Yosemite Valley"; ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Glacier Point", "No, Glacier Point is more of a bus-rider and car-driver destination. This is El Capitan." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "El Capitan", "Right! El Capitan has since lost its halo - hard to imagine what it did - but aside from that detail, you can get the rest of this view from Yosemite's famous Tunnel View overlook." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Mt. Whitney", "Mt. Whitney may be the highest point in California, but it's not fortunate enough to be one of the glamour peaks in Yosemite - it's actually 215 miles south of the top of the " + linkMistTrail + ", according to the trail sign you'll find there. This is El Capitan." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Sentinel Dome", "No. Although " + linkSentinelDome + " is an impressive vantage point to look from, it's not nearly as impressive as this to look at. This is El Capitan." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Mt. Doom", "Nope. And it's lucky for the world's elite rock climbers that Mordor is thousands of miles away in New Zealand, because Gollum would shred them on an El Capitan free climb." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #3 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/bridalveil-fall.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"650\" height=\"439\""; ans.question = "This is:"; ans.hint = "See the mist floating away from the falls? That's how they got their name." ; ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/bridalveil-fall/bridalveil-fall.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Bridalveil Fall"; // ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Yosemite Falls", "With the waterfall itself appearing to form the stem of an immense letter 'Y', it's like Google Maps has dropped a gigantic \"Yosemite Falls\" placemarker here. But they've slipped up - this is actually Bridalveil Fall, on the opposite wall of Yosemite Valley. Google still hasn't said when they're going to fix this." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Fern Spring", "No, this is Bridalveil Fall, 620 feet high. Fern Spring, at about 18 inches high, has the distinction of being Yosemite Valley's shortest waterfall. Were you aware that the images appearing on your monitor are not actual size?" ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Bridalveil Fall", "Right! Bridalveil is 620 feet high, and since it's visible from the Tunnel View, is one of the most photographed waterfalls in the world." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "A plumbing emergency", "Only if the internet really is just a series of tubes. More likely this is Bridalveil Fall." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #4 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/bridalveil-tunnel-winter-700w.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\""; ans.question = "This photo of Bridalveil Fall was taken in the:"; ans.hint = "Really? You really need a hint for this one?" ; ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/yosemite-valley-hikes.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Yosemite Valley"; var ansText = "Yosemite Valley lies at an elevation of only about 4,000 feet (1,200 meters). There can be snow in late spring at high elevations like Tioga Pass, but not in the valley. You only see scenes like this in high winter, and even then only occasionally." ; ans.AddAnswer( 0, "spring", "Nope. " + ansText ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "summer", "Nope. " + ansText ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "fall", "Nope. " + ansText ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "winter", "Right! Your grasp of Yosemite minutiae is staggering." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "nude", "Right! Were you there? If so, then: Hi, Officer Bob! No hard feelings." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #5 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/tuolumne-meadows-sunset.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\""; ans.question = "This is a photo of sunset over:"; ans.hint = "It's not the Kona coast." ; ans.moreInfoURL = "../tioga-road/tuolumne-meadows/tuolumne-meadows.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Tuolumne Meadows"; var ansText = "Right! And how psychic of you to pick the one correct Tuolumne Meadows option! I don't suppose you can tell me what's happened to my cat?" ; ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Tuolumne Meadows", ansText ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Tuolumne Meadows", ansText ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Tuolumne Meadows", ansText ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Tuolumne Meadows", ansText ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Kona Coast", "The Tuolumne River is connected via an unbroken ribbon of wetness to the Pacific Ocean, which also delineates the Kona coast. Bit of a stretch, though." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #6 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/glacier-pt-fluffy-700w.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\""; ans.question = "What's the name of this iconic Yosemite landmark?"; ans.hint = "It kinda of looks like a chunk of it's missing, doesn't it?" ; ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/half-dome/half-dome.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Half Dome"; ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Half Dome", "Right! Clearly your talents are wasted here in the easy section. If you're bored waiting for the hard questions, have you considered passing the time by sending us some money?" ); // ans.AddAnswer( 0, "El Capitan", "No, it's Half Dome. El Capitan has vast crowds at the bottom, looking up at the climbers at the face and wondering why they do it, while Half Dome has vast crowds on top (try looking at this photo through binoculars), looking around at each other and wondering how they're going to get down again." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Whoa Nelly Deli", "The Whoa Nelly Deli is indeed iconic, and well worth visiting if you're east of Tioga Pass and feeling peckish. It doesn't look much like Half Dome, though." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "John Muir", "Although John Muir may also have had chiseled features (because of his beard, we'll never know), this is most likely Half Dome." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Fresno", "Nope. Fresno may be justly celebrated for its well-paved roads, glorious displays of winter fog, and plentiful variety of chain stores - not for nothing do you hear the motto, \"Yosemite: Gateway to Fresno\" so often - but this is in fact Half Dome." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #7 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/sweden-700w.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\""; ans.question = "Where's this?"; ans.hint = "If you walked up to one of the people in this photo and said, \"Vill du åka spela Mario i baksätet i min bil?\", you'd stand a fair chance of getting arrested." ; ans.moreInfoURL = ""; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = ""; ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Yosemite Village", "Sorry. If you're hoping to find scenes like this in Yosemite, disappointment awaits. You might be able to do your Christmas shopping in the park if your needs run to climbing gear and refrigerator magnets, but Yosemite is not generally a shopper's paradise." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Sweden", "Right! You probably don't need to be told that this is Sergels Torg (Swedish for \"Sergel's Torg\") in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm. Or that there's about as much retail space visible here as you'll find in the whole of Yosemite, which, for all its admirable points, is not known as a shopper's himmel." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #8 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/ahwahnee-lodge.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"600\" height=\"435\""; ans.question = "What's this?" ans.hint = "Its initials spell the sound you'll make when you lie down on one of its beds after a day spent climbing Half Dome."; ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-info/lodging/ahwahnee-hotel.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "The Ahwahnee Hotel"; ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The Ahwahnee Hotel", "Right! It's Yosemite's lodging destination for celebrities, royalty, and other rather rich people. Be sure to book months ahead if you want to stay here in the summer." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "El Capitan", "A tricky question, but the absence of climbers abseiling down the walls is the tipoff that this is the Ahwahnee Hotel rather than a famous mountain." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Buckingham Palace", "Although Queen Elizabeth has stayed here, this is actually the Ahwahnee Hotel, not Buckingham. For about $400 (considerably more for the suite the queen slept in), you too can spend the night here." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "a tent cabin at Curry Village", "Nope. The Ahwahnee Hotel can only wish it were as earthy and close to nature as one of Curry Village's tent cabins. This is obviously a poor substitute, but when you're slumming it at the Ahwahnee, you can simulate the tent cabin experience a little by opening the window and sleeping on the floor." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "my summer house", "OK, I guess we'll have to take your word for it. Funny how much your place looks like the Ahwahnee Hotel, though. By the way, feel free to click the \"Feedback\" link at the top of the screen to send us an invitation." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #9 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/bobcat-600w.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"600\" height=\"507\""; ans.question = "What kind of creature is this?"; ans.hint = "It's the mascot of at least one professional sports team." ; ans.moreInfoURL = ""; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = ""; ans.AddAnswer( 0, "A mountain lion", "No, it's a bobcat. Mountain lions are larger, have longer tails, and are a more even tan color. Also, a mountain lion would be staring straight at the tasty photographer instead of gazing into the distance." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "A bobcat", "Right! Visiting Yosemite Valley in the winter is probably your best chance to see one." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "A bobolink", "No, it's too large and flightless. This is a bobcat." ); ans.AddAnswer( 0, "A moo cow", "No, it's a bobcat. A sure way to tell them apart, if you've got a tongue depressor and flashlight handy, is that a cow has four stomachs and a bobcat only one." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; //**** #10 ans = new liyQuestion; ans.image = "../images/upper-yosemite-falls-700w.jpg"; ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\""; ans.question = "What's this?"; ans.hint = "I just have this feeling that whatever answer you choose will be right." ; ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/upper-yosemite-falls/upper-yosemite-falls.htm"; ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Upper Yosemite Falls"; ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Yosemite Falls", "Right! At 2,245 feet tall, it's the highest waterfall in Yosemite Park." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The tallest waterfall in Yosemite", "Right! Yosemite Falls is 2,425 feet high, unsurpassed by any other fall in the park." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The moment Yosemite Creek lives for", "Right! Better known as Yosemite Falls, the most fun a drop of water can have." ); ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The reason Niagara's afraid to come out west", "Right! At 2,425 feet tall, Yosemite Falls is more than 10 times higher than Niagara. In fact, this photo shows only the upper falls; if you brought Niagara to Yosemite, it wouldn't even reach as high as the bottom of this photograph." ); easyQuestions[ easyQuestions.length ] = ans; }