Silent Spring - Quiz
A) Amir Attaran B) William Souder C) Roger Bate D) Rob Dunn
A) Competitive Enterprise Institute B) World Health Organization C) Nature Magazine D) Africa Fighting Malaria
A) Government prohibitions B) Lack of funding C) Mosquitoes developed resistance D) The Stockholm Convention
A) A ban on all pesticides B) Mandatory agricultural use C) A total global ban D) An exemption for malaria control
A) Survival of resistant individuals B) Evolution of vaccines C) Chemical adaptation D) Reduction of breeding cycles
A) To support malaria research B) To contest smoking bans C) To promote chemical farming D) To increase pesticide sales
A) It caused millions of deaths B) It is entirely ineffective C) It slows the selection of resistant mosquitoes D) It violates agricultural rights
A) A scientific consensus B) A minor exaggeration C) Worse than irresponsible D) Accurate and necessary
A) Medical laboratory research B) Anti-malarial spraying C) Agricultural use D) All global uses
A) Adam Sarvana B) Bruce Ames C) Anthony Trewavas D) Christopher Leaver
A) Edwin Diamond B) Wilhelm Hueper C) Rachel Carson D) E. B. White
A) August 15, 1958 B) September 27, 1962 C) January 1, 1960 D) December 12, 1961
A) Biological toxins B) DDT C) Aminotriazole D) Fuel oil
A) Audubon Naturalist Society B) National Cancer Institute C) National Institutes of Health D) US Environmental Protection Agency
A) Marjorie Spock B) Dorothy Algire C) Jeanne Davis D) Olga Owens Huckins
A) A letter from a scientist B) A poem by John Keats C) A news article by Edwin Diamond D) A government report on fire ants
A) Paul Brooks B) Wilhelm Hueper C) Edwin Diamond D) Ehrenfried Pfeiffer
A) Fire Ants on Trial B) The Dangers of DDT C) Pesticides and Wildlife D) The Silent Spring
A) Edwin Diamond B) Paul Brooks C) E. B. White D) Louis Darling
A) Aminotriazole B) DDT C) Fuel oil D) Cyst-forming pesticides
A) Severe chemical poisoning B) A heart condition C) Cysts in her left breast D) Lung disease
A) Olga Owens Huckins B) Rachel Carson C) Marie Rodell D) Paul Brooks
A) Organic Farmers Association B) Audubon Naturalist Society C) Department of Agriculture D) National Cancer Institute
A) Herbicides B) Biocides C) Insecticides D) Growth regulators
A) Environmental scientists B) The chemical industry C) The general public D) Farmers
A) Four B) Six C) Ten D) Two
A) A biotic approach B) The banning of all farming C) Total isolation of crops D) An increased reliance on synthetic sprays
A) Yes, but only for residential use B) Yes, but only for agricultural use C) No D) Yes, she demanded an immediate total ban
A) Spray as little as you possibly can B) Spray to the limit of your capacity C) Never use chemical sprays D) Only spray during the night
A) They were considered a top priority by the Department of Agriculture. B) They were the primary focus of federal legislation. C) They were managed by a dedicated environmental cabinet. D) They were excluded from mainstream political conversation.
A) 1950 B) 1963 C) 1957 D) 1962
A) 20,000,000 acres B) 50,000,000 acres C) 5,000,000 acres D) 1,000,000 acres
A) Ezra Benson B) Dwight D. Eisenhower C) William O. Douglas D) John F. Kennedy
A) DDT and 2,4-D B) Chlordane and DDT C) Thalidomide and chlordane D) Heptachlor and dieldrin
A) Tuberculosis B) Severe arthritis C) Heart disease D) Cancer
A) Thalidomide B) Chlordane C) Heptachlor D) DDT
A) The Desolate Year B) The Dark Ages C) The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson D) The Cult of the Balance of Nature
A) Because she worked for a government research laboratory. B) Because she held a doctorate in biochemistry. C) Because she advocated for the total ban of all chemicals. D) Because she was a childless spinster concerned about genetics.
A) The Post Mortem Effect B) The Industrial Backlash C) The Streisand Effect D) The Dark Ages Effect
A) Chemical engineering B) Marine biology C) Biochemistry D) Entomology
A) The Audubon Society Science Panel B) The Department of Agriculture Review Board C) President Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee D) The Velsicol Legal Committee
A) 1964 B) 1962 C) 1965 D) 1963
A) 沈黙の春 B) 春の沈黙 C) 静かな春 D) 生と死の妙薬
A) Helsinki Times B) Helsingin Sanomat C) Finnish Daily D) The Helsinki Post
A) William Ruckelshaus B) H. Patricia Hynes C) Al Gore D) A journalist
A) Gerald Ford B) Lyndon B. Johnson C) Richard Nixon D) John F. Kennedy
A) H. Patricia Hynes B) Al Gore C) Gary Kroll D) William Ruckelshaus
A) Technological B) Subversive C) Irrelevant D) Mainstream
A) Äänetön kevät B) Tyst vår C) Dode lente D) Primavera silenziosa
A) Deep ecology B) Agricultural expansion C) Industrial revolution D) Space exploration
A) Discover Magazine B) Scientific American C) National Review D) Nature
A) University of Pittsburgh B) London Zoo C) Chatham University D) Queen Elizabeth Hall
A) Opera B) Orchestral suite C) Tape composition D) Symphonic poem
A) The Modern Library B) The Three-Body Problem C) Beyond Silent Spring D) On the Origin of Species
A) Steven Stucky B) George Newson C) Manfred Honeck D) Liu Cixin
A) Pittsburgh B) Chatham C) London D) New York
A) 2012 B) 1996 C) 2006 D) 1968
A) Manfred Honeck B) David Peakall C) H. F. van Emden D) George Newson
A) Interviews B) Birdsong C) Chemical formulas D) Orchestral instruments
A) Disney 2025 B) HBO 2022 C) Netflix 2024 D) BBC 2000
A) Fifth B) First C) 25th D) 78th |
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