Lighthouse Trivia III

Well, they keep getting harder, but if you follow this blog regularly, you should know some of the answers. Study up.

1. Which lighthouse can be seen in the 2007 movie Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carroll?

2. Which U.S. lighthouse was the first to be built of iron?

3. Which lighthouse originally sat on a shoal at the mouth of the Patapsco River? (Hint: Answer is in a February posting on this blog.)

4. What was the original name of the Ida Lewis Light?

5. Who was the first female lighthouse keeper in the United States? (Hint: Answer is in a February posting on this blog.)

6. What is the reason behind the design and construction of a skeleton tower lighthouse?

7. Which lightship was the largest lightship ever to be built in the United States? (Hint: Answer is in a March posting on this blog.)

8. Which U.S. Lighthouse is the only one to sit in the middle of a four lane highway?

9. Which lighthouse is used as Castle Rock Entertainment's trademark?

10. What is the namesake of the Wolf Trap Lighthouse in Virginia?



Answers
1. Point Judith Light, Rhode Island
2. Minot's Ledge, Massachusetts
3. Seven Foot Knoll, Maryland
4. Lime Rock Light,
5. Hannah Thomas served as the first female lighthouse keeper from 1776 to 1786 replacing her husband who was away serving in the Revolutionary War. Hannah kept the light at Gurnet Point, Massachusetts.
6. The skeleton tower was designed to withstand severe hurricanes by providing the least amount of obstruction and resistence to the hurricane force winds and rains.
7. The Nantucket. It weighed 1,50 tons and had a length of almost 150 ft.
8. Biloxi Lighthouse, Mississippi
9. Point Arena Light, California
10. Wolf Trap Shoals took their name from the the wreck of the Wolfe a 350-ton British Royal Navy ship that patroled the Chesapeake for pirates and smugglers. The ship ran aground on the shoals in 1691. A lighthouse was built in 1819 to mark the shoals and subsequently took its name from them.