1. In 1837, a law was passed by the United States Congress that every seagoing ship must carry a life preserver for every passenger. True False

2. The biggest known volcano in the solar system is on Mars. True False

3. Wilbur Wright died in 1908 of injuries he suffered when the protoype airplane, that he and his brother Orville had developed for the United States Army, crashed near Ft. Meyers, Virginia. True False

4. The macaroni penguin of Antarctica gets its name from the old American Revolutionary war song 'Yankee Doodle'. True False

5. During the American Civil War, one of Confederate Gen. Kirby's Smith's officers received a coded message so complex, he had to ride around Union lines to ask the sender what in the heck he was saying. True False

6. Found among Robert Louis Stevenson's effects after his death, was the original manuscript of 'Treasure Island' (rejected by his publisher) in which Stevenson reveals that Jim Hawkins's real father was Long John Silver. True False

7. On July 20, 1969, American astronaut Alan Shepherd made the first footsteps ever on the surface of the moon. True False

8. Florence Nightingale was known as the 'angel of mercy' for her ministrations to Union soldiers in the American Civil War, and for her tremendous efforts in founding the American Red Cross. True False

9. If you sneeze when suddenly exposed to intensely bright light, you have photosynthesis. True False

10. The oldest rock on Earth was found by geologists in the outback of Australia in January, 2001. True False