Wreck Raiders Scuba Quiz

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  1. What is the largest Fish in the sea?
    1. Blue Whale
    2. Whale Shark
    3. Sperm Whale
    4. Orca

  2. What docile, aquatic vegetarians were once mistaken for mermaids?
    1. manatee
    2. Sea cow
    3. Dugong
    4. All of the above

  3. What apparatus is often used for shark diving because of its lack of bubbles?
    1. Air recycler
    2. Snorkel
    3. Rebreather
    4. Hydro-breather

  4. What are the names of the ABC islands?
    1. Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao
    2. Antigua, Barbados, Curacao
    3. Aruba, Bermuda, Cuba
    4. None of the above

  5. In 1692 a tidal wave sank this coastal town. It now lies in 15-20ft of water. Do you know its name?
    1. Cape Town, Africa
    2. Atlantis
    3. Melbourne, Australia
    4. Port Royal, Jamaica

  6. What is a bathyscaphe and who was its inventor?
    1. Weather Device, Benjamin Franklin
    2. Deep Exploration Submarine, August Piccard
    3. Mini-sub, Jacques Cousteau
    4. Deep Exploration Submarine, Robert Ballard

  7. Who invented the bathysphere?
    1. August Piccard
    2. Robert Ballard
    3. General William H Horne
    4. William Beebe

  8. What is the name of the submarine used by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution?
    1. Snoopy
    2. Albie
    3. Alvin
    4. None of the Above

  9. Who invented the first SUCCESSFUL dive suit and helmet?
    1. Jacques Coustea
    2. Archibald Lear
    3. August Piccard
    4. Augustus Siebe

  10. Who invented the regulator in 1865?
    1. Benoit Rouquoayrol
    2. Auguste Denayrouze
    3. Both
    4. Neither
  11. Stage Decompression was PROPOSED by J. S. Haldane in what year?
    1. 1923
    2. 1950
    3. 1906
    4. 1917
  12. The venom of a particular sea creature may be useful in treating convulsions because of its strong muscle relaxant properties. Name this creature.
    1. Sea Urchin
    2. Fire Coral
    3. Venomous Cone Snail
    4. None of the above