John Muir Quiz 2019

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* 1. At what age did John Muir emigrate to America?

10

11

6

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* 2. Muir had an accident that changed his life. What happened to him?

He became temporarily blind

He became deaf from working in a noisy factory

He lost two toes in a climbing accident

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* 3. Muir developed ideas of mountain formation that were radical at the time. Did he think the mountains of Yosemite were sculpted by...

Rainfall

Volcanic eruption

Glacial action

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* 4. John Muir was many things in his life, including a shepherd. What did he later call sheep, referring to their habit of overgrazing?

Wooly devils

Hoofed locusts

Little fluffy clouds

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* 5. Muir famously took an American President camping to convince him to protect wild places. Which President was it?

Abraham Lincoln

Donald Trump

Theodore Roosevelt

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* 6. Muir founded a mountaineering and conservation association called?

The American Alpine Association

Mountain Nature Conservation Group

The Sierra Club

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* 7. Muir was also an inventor in his early life. What in particular did he make?

Clocks

Pin hole cameras

Scales for weighing seeds accurately

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* 8. Muir campaigned against a destructive dam project. What was its name?

Glen Canyon

Hoover

Hetch Hetchy

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* 9. Which beaches did John Muir explore as a boy?

California on the American coast

Dunbar on the Lothian coast

Loch Morlich in the Cairngorms

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* 10. What was the ship called that John and his family sailed to America in?

The Jolly Roger

The Intrepid

The Warren