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DAILY QUIZ - 5th October, 2008

(Important:- The asterisk sign ( * ) refers to the detail in Notes at the end of Quiz.)

PANAMA CANAL

  1. When did Vasco Nunez de Balboa* cross the Isthmus* of Panama from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean? [ 1513]

  2. Which Spanish Emperor orderered a survey of a proposed canal route across the Isthmus of Panama. (The survey comes back "impossible )? [ Charles I ]

  3. When did Charles I orderer a survey of a proposed canal route across the Isthmus of Panama ? [ 1534 ]

  4. In 1848 which important discovery in California sparked interest in United States for a shipping route across the Ishtmus of Panama? [ Discovery of Gold ]

  5. When did the U.S. Army Capt. Ulysses S. Grant lead a military detachment of several hundred men and their dependents across Isthmus of Panama en route to California? [ 1852. ( Ulysses S. Grant later becomes President of USA)]

  6. In 1869 which US President ordered survey for a canal in the Darien region of Panama, (then a province of Colombia) ? [Ulysses S. Grant ]

  7. When did the French committee begins study for an Isthmus of Panama canal? [ 1876 ]

  8. In 1878 which French naval officer explored two possible canal routes for company headed by Ferdinand de Lesseps, choosing the one that is now the current route ? [ Lucien Wyse ]

  9. What is Mr. Ferdinand de Lesseps famous for ? [ Being the French developer of Suez Canal, which which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas for the first time in 1869 ]

  10. With which Country Mr. Lucien Wyse signed agreement for French company to build Panama Canal. [ Colombia ]

  11. According to this Treay, signed in 1878, how long the French company was tol use the Panama Canal? [ 99 years ]

  12. When did the French company break ground on canal in Panama? [ 1st January, 1880 ]

  13. How many workers died in the first attempt to construct the Panama Canal? [ Around 21900 ]

  14. What were factors leading to death of thousands of construction workers of Panama Canal? [ Malaria and yellow fever ]

  15. When was the first attempt to construct the Panama Canal abandoned? [ 1888 ]

  16. In 1899 which US President ordered new U.S. canal commission to study canal possibilities in light of French failure? [William McKinley]

  17. In 1902 the US Congress backs an alternate route for Canal. Which was that? [ Nicaragua route ]

  18. Which successor of slain US President McKinley preferred Panama route? [ Theodore Roosevelt ]

  19. USA offered to buy rights to dig Panama Canal. What was Colombia's reaction? [ Colombia Refused ]

  20. How did US help Panamian uprising against Colombian? [ USA stationed warships offshore ]

  21. When did Panama declare Independence? [ November 3, 1903 ]

  22. The United States signed a treaty with Panama in 1903 allowing it to build the canal. The treaty also creates a Canal Zone, a sovereign part of the United States. What was the width of this Canal Zone? [ 10 miles wide that splits Panama in half ]

  23. When did the USA buy the French company which made the first failed attempt? [ in 1904 ]

  24. When did the USA bought company started construction work for digging the Panama Canal? [ May 4, 1904 ]

  25. Who gets the credit for successfully eradicating yellow fever from the Isthmus of Panama? [ Col. William Gorgas ]

  26. When did President Woodrow Wilson pushed the button that relayed, via telegraph, the signal to blow up the center of the dike that was keeping Atlantic waters from Pacific waters? [ October 10, 1913 ]

  27. Which boat completed the first passage through Panama Canal in January 1904? [ French crane boat Alexandre La Valley ]

  28. Which was the official opening day of Panama Canal? [ August 15, 1904 ]

  29. Which was the first offical vessel passing through Panama Canal? [ The U.S.S. Ancon, piloted by Capt. John Constantine ]

  30. How much time was taken by the first offical passage through Panama Canal? [ 9 hours, 40 minutes ]

  31. When did the USA handed over control of the Canal to Panama? [ December 31, 1999 ]

Notes:-

*.Vasco Nunez de Balboa was Spanish explorer and Governor. He was the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.

*. Isthmus:- A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

*. Isthmus of Panama:- The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean linking Central and South America. (It is also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien).



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