1985 Mexico City earthquake - Quiz
A) Resonance in the lakebed sediments B) Poor quality of construction materials C) The depth of the epicenter D) Lack of emergency services
A) 1 to 5 stories B) Over 40 stories C) 16 to 20 stories D) 6 to 15 stories
A) They were the most stable structures B) They acted as shock absorbers C) They were the only buildings to remain upright D) They tended to collapse after prolonged shaking
A) Its piles were pulled out of the ground B) The roof was too heavy C) It was built on unstable concrete D) It was hit by a nearby skyscraper
A) Structures built between 1976 and 1985 B) Buildings built between 1957 and 1976 C) All buildings built before 1980 D) Buildings built before 1957
A) Two B) Eight C) Four D) Sixteen
A) The Tlatelolco tower B) The Alameda Central palace C) The Zócalo monument D) Torre Latinoamericana
A) The buildings tilted 45 degrees without collapsing B) All windows shattered before the structure fell C) The foundations sank entirely into the earth D) Upper floors collapsed while lower floors remained relatively undamaged
A) 1976 B) 1940 C) 1985 D) 1957
A) It was located far from the lakebed B) It was built with lightweight wood C) Its low height of three stories D) Piles extending into the stable earth stratum
A) Less than one kilometre B) Ten to fifteen kilometres C) Exactly five kilometres D) Two to four kilometres
A) They were withdrawn shortly after being passed B) They were not designed for an event of that intensity C) They were never enforced by the government D) They only applied to houses, not office buildings
A) Flooding from the nearby lake B) Banging against the walls and columns of a neighbor C) Ground liquefaction turning the building into mud D) Weight of snow on the roof
A) A floor built with flexible glass B) A floor constructed with wood instead of steel C) A floor designed as a parking garage or open lobby D) A floor located at the very top of a building
A) Pacific plate B) Cocos plate C) Nazca plate D) Caribbean plate
A) Balsas trench B) Pacific subduction ridge C) Mexico City fault zone D) Michoacán seismic gap
A) 8:00 am B) 7:17 am C) 7:19 am D) 7:21 am
A) 13 seconds B) 10 minutes C) 26 seconds D) 2 minutes
A) One metre B) Three metres C) Five metres D) Ten metres
A) 5.2 B) 8.1 C) 7.5 D) 7.0
A) 2,000 B) 114 C) 1,114 D) 500
A) V B) IX C) X D) VII
A) Ten minutes B) One minute C) Three minutes D) Five minutes
A) Mexico B) United States C) Ecuador D) Chile
A) 12 B) 42 C) 100 D) 5
A) 5.2 B) 8.0 C) 7.0 D) 7.5
A) Aztec ruler B) Miguel de la Madrid C) Desagüe coordinator D) Institutional Revolutionary Party leader
A) Coastal sand dunes B) High mountains C) Ancient lake bed D) Deep ocean trenches
A) Height of the surrounding mountains B) Proximity to a fault line C) Surface geology D) High population density
A) Dense sand and rock B) Hardened basalt lava C) Solid granite D) Soft clay from volcanic ash
A) Resonance stabilization B) Soil liquefaction C) Volcanic eruption D) Hydraulic drainage
A) Venustiano Carranza B) The historic downtown periphery C) Cuauhtémoc D) The residential outer rim
A) 143 B) 258 C) 181 D) 83
A) Over 880,000 B) Over 68,000 C) Over 720,000 D) Over 30,000
A) 31% B) 50% C) 10% D) 13%
A) More than 2,831 B) More than 720,000 C) More than 30,000 D) More than 68,000
A) 1872 B) 1847 C) 1985 D) 1970
A) Metropolitan Hospital B) Juárez Tower C) San Pablo Hospital D) Convent Hospital
A) 258 beds B) 188 beds C) 536 beds D) 720 beds
A) 50% B) 100% C) 80% D) 31%
A) 266 B) 188 C) 44 D) 561
A) 266 B) 188 C) 44 D) 561
A) Othón B) Colonia C) Topeka D) San Antonio
A) Colonia Obrera B) Topeka District C) San Antonio D) Center City
A) By heavy machinery operated by the owners B) By professional rescue teams C) By government emergency services D) By fellow employees using bare hands
A) State-of-the-art building design B) Deplorable working conditions C) Adherence to labor laws D) Excellent safety regulations
A) A government office B) A new factory C) Apartments D) A public park
A) Reinforced with steel B) Sturdy and modern C) Newly renovated D) Decrepit
A) The microwave tower B) The part overlooking Humboldt Street C) The part overlooking Iturbide Street D) The entire building
A) Around 200 B) Around 300 C) Around 120 D) Around 50
A) A hotel B) A museum C) A market D) A park
A) Art Deco B) Neo-Classical C) Modernist D) Baroque
A) A gas leak B) The gourmet restaurant kitchen C) Electrical wiring D) Nearby building debris
A) Museo Mural Diego Rivera B) Mexico City Art Gallery C) Historic Center Museum D) Hotel Regis Museum
A) Guadalajara B) Mexico City C) Monterrey D) Puebla
A) Paseo de la Reforma B) Multifamiliar Juárez C) Nuevo León D) Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco
A) Adolfo López Mateos B) Gustavo Díaz Ordaz C) Miguel de la Madrid D) Luis Echeverría
A) 200 B) 102 C) 50 D) 12
A) 5 B) 102 C) 30 D) 12
A) Three B) Nine C) One hundred D) Twelve
A) Twenty-two B) Fifty C) Seven D) One hundred
A) Primero Noticias B) Hoy Mismo C) 24 Horas D) El Noticiero
A) David Mendoza Córcega B) Juan Dosal C) Ernesto Villanueva D) Guillermo Ochoa
A) Lourdes Guerrero B) Ernesto Villanueva C) Juan Dosal D) Guillermo Ochoa
A) Televisa Chapultepec B) Arena México C) Hilton Mexico City Reforma D) Centro Cultural Telmex
A) Hotel D'Carlo B) Arena México C) Los Televiteatros D) Televicentro
A) 32 B) 1,687 C) 101 D) 137
A) 40% B) 20% C) 50% D) 70%
A) 137 B) 32 C) 163 D) 101
A) Six B) Thirteen C) Twenty-four D) Forty
A) General Hospital of Mexico B) The National Medical Center (IMSS) C) Juárez Hospital D) The ISSSTE hospital
A) All 25 buildings B) Only 6 buildings C) Half of the buildings D) None of the buildings
A) 60 percent B) 36 percent C) 25 percent D) 43 percent
A) 25 percent B) 10 percent C) 43 percent D) 36 percent
A) The soil is mostly sand B) The buildings were constructed of wood C) The region sits on bedrock D) The distance from the ocean
A) 39 hours B) 24 hours C) 10 days D) 4 hours
A) 250,000 B) 5,000 C) 700,000 D) 18 million
A) Ten days B) Two days C) 39 hours D) Four hours
A) PRI B) PAN C) PRD D) Morena
A) Spain B) United States C) France D) Canada
A) Records B) Raw materials C) Machinery D) Cash
A) Severity of injuries B) Standing vis-à-vis the PRI C) Income level D) Geographic location
A) PRI-membership B) Residence in Tlatelolco C) Employment as a seamstress D) Affiliation with CUD
A) The head of the CUD B) A representative from the Sindicato Nacional de Costureras C) Miguel de la Madrid D) Manuel Camacho Solís
A) 25 September B) 21 September C) 20 September D) 19 September
A) John Gavin B) Ronald Reagan C) Miguel de la Madrid D) Nancy Reagan
A) With overwhelming support. B) With silence and mourning. C) With near-reverence. D) With strong heckling.
A) The total collapse of social order. B) The need for a more centralized state. C) A viable civil society existed. D) The strength of the PRI party machine.
A) Spontaneous volunteers B) Military search teams C) International volunteer agencies D) Government emergency training
A) December 1985 B) February 1986 C) January 1987 D) September 1985
A) Drones B) Satellite mapping C) Scent dogs D) Heavy machinery only
A) Indonesia B) Japan C) Chile D) Haiti
A) Five hundred B) Eighty C) Ten D) Two thousand
A) 2005 B) 2017 C) 2020 D) 2010
A) Chihuahua B) Oaxaca C) Veracruz D) Jalisco |
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