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A multiple-choice quiz by LindaC007. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
LindaC007

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,807

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
9027

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Question 1 of 10

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

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Question 2 of 10

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

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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.

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Question 4 of 10

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

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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.

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Question 6 of 10

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.

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

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Question 8 of 10

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.

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Question 9 of 10

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

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Question 10 of 10

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

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

Answer: True

Yes, after 90 people lost their lives when the steamship 'Home' sank off the coast of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina during a hurricane in 1837, the US Congress passed a law that all seagoing ships must carry a life preserver for every passenger.

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

Answer: True

Olympus Mons, on Mars, is the tallest and widest known volcano. The peak is nearly three times taller than Mt. Everest's. It is entirely out of Mars's atmosphere, and the base is about the size of Missouri. This is a very big volcano!

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.

Answer: False

Orville Wright did crash a plane he was testing for the US Army in 1908 near Ft. Myers, and the Army officer on board, as a passenger, was killed. Wilbur Wright died on May 29, 1912 of typhoid fever when he was 45. Orville died on Jan. 30, 1948.

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

Answer: True

Remember the old song's words 'stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni'? The macaroni penguin has orange feathers on its head, so its name comes from this line of the song.

Answer: True

Yes, indeed! After poring 12 long hours over the cypher, Major Cunningham hopped his horse, rode completely around Union lines and asked the sender 'What does this say?' The Major probably had a few choice words to say that history doesn't record, I bet.

Answer: False

I just made this up off the top of my head. To my knowledge, no such manuscript ever turned up. It would have made interesting reading, yes?

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

Answer: False

It was Neil Armstrong who made the first footprints on the lunar surface. Remember this, 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'?

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.

Answer: False

No, it was Miss Clara Barton who did such wonderful work for Union soldiers in the Civil War, and who founded the American Red Cross. Florence Nightingale was certainly an 'angel of mercy' but not for her work in the American Civil War, but for her work with English soldiers during the Crimean War (1853-1856).

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

Answer: False

You have photic sneeze reflex. Photosynthesis is the way plants make food from sunlight.

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

Answer: True

A crystal of zicron found by Simon Wilde, geologist at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia, was dated at 4.4 billion years old. The Earth itself was only 160 million years old when the crystal was formed. His discovery was made in the outback of Australia.

Source: Author LindaC007

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