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Lewis & Clark- Quirky Jerky Trivia Quiz

This is the funny stuff that they don't tell you in History class. If you really know the story-you'll do well.

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

Author
Elanorthefair

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
149,137

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
3 / 5

Plays
1280

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 5

1. Many members of the 'Corps of Discovery' had to be flogged during the expedition for stealing this abusable substance from food stores on board. Hint

Penicillin

Tobacco

Alcohol

Wacky Tabacky

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Question 2 of 5

2. William Clark was manic-depressive.

True

False

3. When Lewis and Clark stayed at their fort on the banks of the Columbia River, the Corps experienced diarrhoea from eating what, according to "The Conquest: The true story of Lewis and Clark" (1902)? Hint

meat

bark

roots

grass

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Question 4 of 5

4. Except for Native Americans, Lewis and Clark were the first to discover this frontier animal. Hint

Grizzly Bear

Prairie Dog

Skunk

Raccoon

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Question 5 of 5

5. If it was not for the quick reaction of this person, Lewis and Clark's journals as well as their instrumentation would have been lost in a canoeing accident. Hint

York

Sacagawea

Clark

the Mandan Chief

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Many members of the 'Corps of Discovery' had to be flogged during the expedition for stealing this abusable substance from food stores on board.

Answer: Alcohol

Members would steal stores of alcohol while on night watch as others were sleeping. Even though it wasn't likely that anyone would try to attack the expedition while on the river, it was a major problem for Lewis and Clark, as they had been in the Army together and conducted the Corps as such.

2. William Clark was manic-depressive.

Answer: False

Actually, Lewis was the manic-depressive. Historians believe that his depressive periods on the journey were marked by long absences of writing in his journal. After he returned from the expedition, he committed suicide. He went out on his porch, said he was waiting for Clark (who was far away and not expected), laid down inside and shot himself through the head and side.

Answer: roots

Most of them stayed in bed for almost a week. Although they were going down the Columbia, with the best salmon in the world, they preferred to eat dog and even their horses. When the Native Americans offered them boiled Camas root, which acts as a laxative, they gorged themselves on it and got wretchedly sick.

4. Except for Native Americans, Lewis and Clark were the first to discover this frontier animal.

Answer: Prairie Dog

They spent almost a day trying to catch one coming out of its hole. Once captured, they sent it back live with Jefferson. It ran around the grounds of Monticello for the remainder of its life.

5. If it was not for the quick reaction of this person, Lewis and Clark's journals as well as their instrumentation would have been lost in a canoeing accident.

Answer: Sacagawea

It's true -- Sacagawea saved the legacy of Lewis and Clark. On the wild river one of the canoes with all of Lewis and Clarks's journals and scientific instruments capsized. Had it not been for Sacagawea's lucidness, it all would have been lost.

Source: Author Elanorthefair

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