LEWIS AND CLARK QUIZ ANSWERS
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33 (they started out with around 45, one died en-route and a party was sent back with materials for Jefferson). |
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Ordway, Pryor, Gass, Shields, Shannon, Howard, Wiser, Collins, Fields, Willard (2 brothers), Potts, Frazier, Bratten, Fields, Thompson, Colter, Hall, Labeech, Crusatte, Depage, Charbonneau, Guterich, Whitehouse, Druillard, McNeal.
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Near Pillar Rock, about 20 miles upriver. They actually were looking at the Columbia River Estuary. |
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He was the only member of the party who died along the way, probably of appendicitis, which would not have been treatable even in a major city at that time. |
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Sacagawea ( pronounced Saw- caw -gaw- wea) was a Lemhi Shoshone who was stolen from her home during a raid by the Mandan tribe. She was kept there in what is now North Dakota where she married a trapper and guide, Toussaint Charbonneau. |
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All of these reasons figured into the decision. |
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As far north as present day Long Beach, WA and as far south as the northern end of Cannon Beach, OR. |
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William Clark really didn’t care, but Meriwether Lewis did. |
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300 pounds of whale blubber and a “fiew gallons of oil.” |
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Youngs Bay south of Astoria, OR. It was named in 1792 by a British Captain, Robert Gray. |
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From November 26, 1805 to March 23, 1806 - 118 days |
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On the current site of Fort Stevens State Park at what is now called Battery Russell, the high point of the area before changes were made through US Civil War battlements and the creation of the South Jetty. |
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Chief Coboway and a Clatsop settlement. |
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Sacagawea’s beaded belt (the blue beads were highly desirable). |
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3 or 4 bushels or about 20 gallons. |
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Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, Sacagawea’s baby. Clark was said to have given him the name. |
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YOUR LEWIS AND CLARK I.Q. IS:
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| 16 Correct Answers |
You’re Captain Material! Congratulations! |
| 13 or more Correct Answers |
You’re Top Dog! Seaman would be proud! |
| 10 or more Correct Answers |
Above average, but nothing to write home about |
| 5 – 10 Correct Answers |
Your I.Q. is Fair |
| 3 – 5 Correct Answers |
Dust off your fourth grade history books and try again! |
| Under 3 Correct Answers |
What? You thought the quiz was about “Lois and Clark?” Put away the Superman magazine and try again! |
100% Correct
(but I looked up the answers first) |
You Get a Gold Star for honesty! But not very Clark-Smart |
