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