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.

Lighthouse Trivia II

Well, I think it's time for a little more lighthouse trivia. These questions will be a little harder than the first, but I think lighthouse enthusiasts will still get 7 or 8 of them correct.


Questions
1. Which American city claims more lighthouses than any other?
2. In which act of Congress did the United States establish the funding for constructing lighthouses?
3. The Caisson style lighthouse was developed for what reason?
4. Which lighthouse witnessed the first overt act by the colonists of the American Revolution?
5. Which lighthouse was the first lighthouse built by the United States Government?
6. Which lighthouse remains as the only actively manned lighthouse in the United States?
7. How many lighthouses stood on America's coasts when the United States declared its independence in 1776?
8. Which lighthouse was the site of the first Fresnel lens in America?
9. Which lighthouse was the first to use natural gas as its source of light (hint: a picture of this NY lighthouse was posted in this blog on 1-8-09)?
10. Which U.S. Lighthouse was the most expensive to build?

Answers
1. Portland, Maine - 6
2. The 2nd act of Congress under the new Constitution of the United States
3. To protect the lighthouse from damaging ice flows.
4. On the 18th of April in 1775, the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse in New Castle, NH witnessed the midnight ride of Paul Revere. The lighthouse, which no longer stands (it has been replaced another lighthouse), was located at Fort William and Mary. The Fort has been renamed Fort Constitution. Paul Revere was riding to warn citizens that the British were coming to reinforce the fort.
5. (Old) Cape Henry Light, Virginia (1792)
6. Boston Light by order of the United States Congress. Other lighthouses may have caretakers who are referred to as keepers, but these lights are automated. The Boston Light is still manually turned on and off by the lighthouse keeper.
7. 12
8. Navesink, New Jersey
9. Barcelona, New York
10. St. George's Reef, California at a cost of $715,000.00.

Lighthouse Trivia

Since I missed posting for several weeks, I feel I owe everyone a few extra posts. Today, I will test your knowledge of lighthouses with a little trivia. Most lighthouse enthusiasts will find this quiz to be fairly easy, but let's give it a try. Answers follow at the end of this post, so don't peek.

1. Who personally selected the site for the lighthouse at Montauk Point on Long Island?
2. Which state has more lighthouses than any other in the United States?
3. What object served as the first fog signal installed on a United States lighthouse at Little Brewsters Island?
4. What was the first Pacific coast lighthouse in the United States?
5. What is the oldest active lighthouse in America?
6. What is the newest lighthouse in the United States?
7. In 1929, the lighthouse in Vermilion, Ohio was dismantled and unbeknownst to the town's residents, rebuilt where?
8. What was the name given to lighthouse keepers in the days before electricity?
9. Who created the Argand Lamp system, a predecessor to the Fresnel Lens?
10. What was the first U.S. Lighthouse to use electricity?


1. George Washington while he was serving as Commander of the Continental Army thought the location of Montauk Point would make a good site for a lighthouse. As President, he signed the legislation establishing the Montauk Point Lighthouse.
2. Michigan
3. A cannon was installed as a fog signal in 1719.
4. Alcatraz Light in 1854
5. Sandy Hook, NJ was lit for the first time in 1764.
6. Sullivan's Island Lighthouse in Charleston, SC was completed in 1962.
7. The entrance to the St. Lawrence River seaway in New York. The lighthouse is now known as the East Charity Shoals Light.
8. Wickies
9. Aime Argand, a Swiss physicist
10. The Statue of Liberty