function LoadMediumQuestions()
{
mediumQuestions.length = 0;
//**** #1
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/top-of-vernal-fall-700w.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\"";
ans.question = "What's this?";
ans.hint = "It's part of the Mist Trail." ;
ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/mist-trail/mist-trail.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "The Mist Trail";
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Illilouette Falls", "Nope, it's Vernal Fall, the first waterfall along the Mist Trail. If you got this close to Illilouette Falls it definitely would be the last thing you saw. You can see Illilouette Falls off to your right in the early stages of this trail, though." );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The overlook above Vernal Fall", "Right! Have your fingers, too, once held an iron grip on the guardrail here?" );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The last thing the photographer ever saw", "Nope. And too bad, because if the photographer had plunged to his death, this website wouldn't exist, and instead of wasting your time playing this pointless game, you'd be doing something productive and fun, like working or playing solitaire. Or playing solitaire at work." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #2
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/olmsted-pt-clouds-rest-half-dome-720w.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"720\" height=\"385\"";
ans.question = "This view looking west to Clouds Rest and Half Dome is from:";
ans.hint = "Do you see thousands of people? No? Then it's not Yosemite Valley.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../tioga-road/olmstead-point/olmstead-point.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Olmsted Point";
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Olmsted Point", "Right! Olmsted Point, along the Tioga Road, is one of Yosemite's shortest hikes - well worth the almost total absence of effort." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Yosemite Valley", "Nope. Yosemite Valley is just beyond Half Dome. This is Olmsted Point." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The western edge of Nevada's Great Basin Range", "No, it's Olmsted Point. The Great Basin, if we can get all pedantic, is not a mountain range, but a depression or valley - a basin, if you will." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Russia with Love", "The spirit of Ian Fleming salutes you, but the scorekeeper is unimpressed." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #3
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/panorama-point-700w.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"448\"";
ans.question = "What's that giant thumb sticking up out of this photo?";
ans.hint = "It's arguably Yosemite's most famous landmark.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../glacier-point-road/panorama-trail/panorama-trail.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "The Panorama Trail";
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Half Dome - the back side", "Right! There's a short detour trail from the Panorama Trail that leads to this viewpoint. It's well worth taking, although you really, really don't want to lean too far over the edge here." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "El Capitan without its makeup", "No, it's the back of Half Dome, as seen from the southwest, along the Panorama Trail. It's not actually possible to see the back of El Capitan, so it can eat whatever it wants." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Umm... didn't you already say it was a giant thumb?", "Yes, but by now you should know better than to trust this game. It's actually Half Dome as seen from the backside, along the Panorama Trail." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #4
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/hetch-hetchy-700w.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\"";
ans.question = "What's this?";
ans.hint = "It reportedly led to John Muir's demise.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../hetch-hetchy/hetch-hetchy.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Hetch Hetchy";
var ansString = "The city of San Francisco despoiled this valley in the early 1900's in order to get cheap drinking water, and refuses to allow it to be restored despite their putative environmental principles. So if you visit Hetch Hetchy, whatever you do, don't pee in it. That would be wrong.";
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Lake Tahoe", "No, it's Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. " + ansString );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Hetch Hetchy Reservoir", "Right! " + ansString );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Tenaya Lake", "No, it's Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. " + ansString );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The residue of the darkest episode in national park history", "Right! Also known as Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. " + ansString );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #5
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/olmsted-pt-tenaya-lake-720w.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"720\" height=\"486\"";
ans.question = "This body of water is:";
ans.hint = "Like Geronimo, Oklahoma and Brussels, Belgium, it was named for a famous Indian chief.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../tioga-road/tenaya-lake/tenaya-lake.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Tenaya Lake";
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "May Lake", "No. May Lake is nearby, and is also nestled at the base of an impressive peak (Mt. Hoffman), but this is Tenaya Lake." );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Tenaya Lake", "Right! This is probably Yosemite's most beautiful lake, and it's even more impressive close up (this view is from Olmsted Point)." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Adriatic Sea", "Nope, it's Tenaya Lake. Tough luck - it's all too easy to get those Northern Hemisphere bodies of water mixed up." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Too sexy for Yosemite", "Nope. Milan, New York, and Japan, maybe. But no one, not even Tenaya Lake, is too sexy for Yosemite." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #6
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/tuolumne-bridge-700w.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\"";
ans.question = "What's this?";
ans.hint = "This is one meadow in Yosemite that hasn't been turned into a golf course.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../tioga-road/tuolumne-meadows/tuolumne-meadows.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Tuolumne Meadows";
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Grand Tetons", "No, although they'd make a nice addition to the scene. This is Tuolumne Meadows, in the eastern end of the park along Tioga Road." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Wawona Meadow", "No, the peaks ringing Wawona Meadow aren't nearly so dangerous to passing dirigibles. This is Tuolumne Meadows." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Top of Half Dome", "The top of Half Dome is certainly going to be a surprise when you get there. This scene is Tuolumne Meadows." );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Tuolumne Meadows", "Right! Maybe this one should have been in the easy category instead." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Solis Planum region of Mars, 1.2 billion years ago", "Could be; we weren't there. Until you can produce a passport stamp, though, we're calling it Tuolumne Meadows." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #7
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/bachelor-three-graces-650w.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"650\" height=\"464\"";
ans.question = "What are these giant sequoias called?";
ans.hint = "It's not a trick question.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../southern-yosemite/mariposa-grove/mariposa-grove.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "The Mariposa Grove";
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The Bachelor and Three Graces", "Right! Impressive as they are, you'll forget all about them once you reach the Grizzly Giant a short ways farther up the trail. If they look bitter, that's why." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves", "No. That was certainly an appalling guess, though. It's actually the Bachelor and Three Graces, residents of the lower Mariposa Grove." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Gladys Knight and the Pips", "No, although that was a close runner up when these trees were named. They're actually called the Bachelor and Three Graces, and you can find them in the lower Mariposa Grove." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Fangorn, Finglas, Fladrif, and Treebeard", "Nope. If you were a botanist, you'd know that Fangorn and Treebeard are actually two names for the same tree. These are the Bachelor and Three Graces, found in the lower Mariposa Grove." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Giant sequoias. What is this, a trick question?", "Apparently so. If you thought the only living things that got proper names were pets, human beings, and certain parts of their bodies, you were mistaken. These trees are called the Bachelor and Three Graces, and they're found in the lower Mariposa Grove." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #8
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/nevada-fall.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"650\" height=\"439\"";
ans.question = "What's this?";
ans.hint = "One of the features in this photo is extraordinarily famous, but isn't usually seen from this angle.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/mist-trail/mist-trail.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "The Mist Trail";
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Bridalveil Fall, Mt. Hood, and Mt. Diablo", "No, No, and No, respectively. At least you were in the right park with one of your answers, though. This scene is actually Nevada Fall (the top of the Mist Trail), Liberty Cap, and the back of Half Dome." );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Nevada Fall, Liberty Cap, and Half Dome", "Right! If you hike to the top of Nevada Fall via the John Muir Trail instead of the Mist Trail, you'll pass this viewpoint. (The Mist Trail is just to the left of the waterfall.)" );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "Vernal Fall, El Capitan, and some clouds", "Wrong, except for the bit about the clouds. Kudos for that. This scene is actually Nevada Fall, Liberty Cap, and the back of Half Dome." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "The Canada/Mexico border", "While technically accurate, that answer is a bit vague and could get you beaten up in lots of rural American bars. The actual highlights of this photo are Nevada Fall, Liberty Cap, and the back of Half Dome. You can find this view on the John Muir branch of the Mist Trail." );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "The most sublime photograph I've ever seen", "Close enough! This game is highly susceptible to flattery." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #9
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/glacier-point-mist-trail.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"473\"";
ans.question = "What's the official combined drop of the Mist Trail's Vernal and Nevada Falls (seen here from Glacier Point)?";
ans.hint = "Vernal Fall, the lower fall, is roughly two miles away from this viewpoint.";
ans.moreInfoURL = "../yosemite-valley/mist-trail/mist-trail.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "The Mist Trail";
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "180 feet (55 meters)", "Sorry, you're way underestimating the wonders of Yosemite. Nevada falls 594 feet and Vernal 317, for a combined 911. Maybe you need a larger monitor." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "594 feet (13,506 meters)", "Nope, although 594 feet is how far Nevada Fall falls. The two actually fall a combined 911 feet. " )
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "911 feet (277 meters)", "Right! Nevada falls 594 feet and Vernal another 317. At roughly 20 mph, it takes a thrill-seeking water droplet 30 seconds to fall over both cascades." );
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "30 seconds (30 seconds)", "Right! At about 20 mph, it takes a kamikaze water droplet 30 seconds to fall the combined 911 feet of the two cascades." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "25 quarts (9 parsecs)", "As long as you're just passing through this universe, would you mind picking up Larry the Cable Guy on your way out?" );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
//**** #10
ans = new liyQuestion;
ans.image = "../images/sentinel-dome-looking-west.jpg";
ans.imageSize = "width=\"700\" height=\"367\"";
ans.question = "This is the view looking west from:";
ans.hint = "It is a dome." ;
ans.moreInfoURL = "../glacier-point-road/sentinel-dome/sentinel-dome.htm";
ans.moreInfoAnchorText = "Sentinel Dome";
ans.AddAnswer( 1, "Sentinel Dome", "Right! The views looking east from here are substantially more impressive, but this is still probably better than wherever you spent sunset last night. You can see El Capitan along the right side of the valley and Cathedral Rocks, which shelters Bridalveil Fall, along the left side." );
ans.AddAnswer( 0, "I'm not sure, but it definitely isn't Sentinel Dome", "Nope! And you had a fifty-fifty chance, too. Don't buy any lottery tickets today. The views looking east from here are more impressive, but this still isn't bad. You can see El Capitan along the right side of the valley and Cathedral Rocks, which shelters Bridalveil Fall, along the left side." );
mediumQuestions[ mediumQuestions.length ] = ans;
}