Reading, writing and arithmetic – school is back in session! This puzzle has a bit of geography, science, and history. See how much you remember!
1. Sometimes, I have to look on a map to see the country in which some cities are located. Bern, Davos, and Basel are cities in what country? Switzerland; Russia; Ukraine; Norway.
2. Eugenics is the study of what? The study of the hereditary improvement of the human species; the study of European ancestry; the study of speech pathology; none of the above.
3. Which one of the following men was famous for saying, “Damn the torpedoes Full speed ahead?”: Captain John Paul Jones; Admiral David G. Farragut; Captain James Lawrence; Lieutenant Howell Maurice Forgy, USN.
4. Which is a plastic strip that can be fastened around a person’s wrists as a restraint? Plasticuff; Restrainasol; Strapstriant; Flex-cuff.
5. Which is a style of Southern rap featuring repetitive chants and rapid dance rhythms? Street; Gangster; Crunk; Ranger?
6. What is Ozone? A gas related to oxygen; a pollutant; a layer of the atmosphere; all of the above.
7. What does not contribute to the Greenhouse Effect? Methane from livestock; a hole in the ozone layer; industrial pollutants; auto emissions.
8. How strong was Hurricane Katrina when it made landfall near New Orleans? Category 2; Category 3; Category 5; Category 7.
9. Which President took nude early morning swims in the Potomac River? Washington; John Quincy Adams; James Madison; James Garfield.
10. A Bob Marley song and a brand of liquor immortalized this pirate: Sir Francis Drake; Sir Henry Morgan; Calico Jack Rackham; Black Bart Bartholomew Roberts.
ANSWERS:
1. Switzerland. 2. The study of the hereditary improvement of the human species. 3. Farragut entered Mobile Bay in Alabama aboard the Hartford on August 5, 1864. His fleet was arranged into two columns, with armored monitors leading and a fleet of wooden ships following. When the lead monitor, the Tecumseh, was demolished by a mine, a wooden ship, the Brooklyn, stopped, and the line drifted in confusion toward Fort Morgan. As disaster seemed imminent, Farragut gave the orders, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” Captain John Paul Jones is noted as saying, “I have not yet begun to fight.” Captain James Lawrence said, “Don’t give up the ship!” And Lieutenant Howell Maurice Forgy, USN, was quoted as saying, “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!” 4. Flex-cuff. 5. Crunk. 6. All of the above. 7. Ozone (O3) high in the atmosphere absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun, thereby protecting living organisms below from this dangerous radiation. The term “ozone hole” refers to recent depletion of this protective layer over Earth’s polar regions. People, plants, and animals living under the ozone hole are harmed by the solar radiation now reaching the Earth’s surface — where it causes health problems ranging from eye damage to skin cancer. The ozone hole, however, is not the mechanism of global warming. 8. Category 3. 9. John Quincy Adams. 10. Sir Henry Morgan.