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    Question 1: The first military submarine (Turtle) could accommodate this number of people.
    A. 3
    B. 1
    C. 2
    D. 0 as it was unmanned
    Question 2: In 1807, Robert Fulton used a steam engine to power the first commercially successful one of these.
    A. Steam ship
    B. Steam car
    C. Steam locomotive
    D. Steam factory
    Question 3: The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel invented in 1764 in this country.
    A. France
    B. England
    C. Germany
    D. The US
    Question 4: Charlie Chaplins movie The Gold Rush, which took in more than $4,250,000 at the box office in 1925, was set in his city.
    A. Denver
    B. Otago
    C. Klondike
    D. Transvaal
    Question 5: Most gold rushes began with the discovery of placer gold by a single man or a party of people. Which one of these statements about placer mining is wrong?
    A. Placer mining is not used any more
    B. Placer gold is mined without tunneling
    C. Hydrostatic pressure is used whenever possible
    D. Placer gold deposits are usually found near big rivers and mountain streams
    Question 6: Which one of these famous writers took part in the Klondike Gold Rush?
    A. Ernest Hemingway
    B. Jack London
    C. Maine Reed
    D. Mark Twain
    Question 7: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 was followed by a silver boom (a period of great silver mining).
    A. False
    B. True
    Question 8: One man who made a fortune out of gold rushes was Levi Strauss. He developed the concept of this.
    A. Electric lamp
    B. Mattock
    C. Denim
    D. Explosives
    Question 9: This technique for extracting gold was discovered by chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1783, and was later developed in 1887 by John Seward MacArthur.
    A. Gold cyanidation
    B. Gold zincanization
    C. Hydraulic mining
    D. Gold panning
    Question 10: Many people seeking an easy fortune emigrated to California, USA during the California Gold Rush (1848-1858). The gold rush was sparked by the discovery of gold near this city.
    A. San Francisco
    B. San Diego
    C. Los Angeles
    D. Sacramento
    Question 11: The San Francisco 49ers are an NFL team named after the prospectors that took part in the California Gold Rush.
    A. True
    B. False
    Question 12: One of the earliest gold rushes was probably the Spanish search for the mythical city of El Dorado. According to early legends, the King of the Muiscas would do this as part of a religious ceremony.
    A. Drink liquid gold
    B. Give away gold to everybody
    C. Cover himself with gold dust
    D. Turn whatever he touches into gold
    Question 13: The nickname of Wisconsin, “Badger State�, was given to it in irony, because no gold rushes occurred in the region.
    A. False
    B. True
    Question 14: Which of the following was NOT an Egyptian pharaoh?
    A. Akhenaten
    B. Imhotep
    C. Seti
    D. Ramses I
    Question 15: Which was the first Egyptian pyramid?
    A. The Red pyramid
    B. The Great pyramid
    C. The Bent Pyramid
    D. The Step Pyramid