Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions

1) Which is the world's largest mountain?

2) Dr. John Gorrie of Appalachicola, Florida invented something back in 1851 which we still use today. He patented his device on May 6th, 1851, and there is a statue honoring him in the Statuary Hall of the Capitol building in Washington, DC. What did he invent?

3) Which bird did Benjamin Franklin want to be the national bird?

4) On July 8th, 1874, the first public zoo in the US opened. In which city was this first American zoo?

Answers

1) The Hawaiian islands are the protruding tops of the biggest mountain range in the world. Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii is the largest mountain on the earth as measured from the ocean floor. It is 4,000 feet taller than Mt. Everest.

2) Mechanical refrigeration. Gorrie is considered the Father of Modern Air Conditioning

3) Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the U.S. feathered symbol. He considered the eagle to be a "bird of bad moral character" because it lives by "sharping and robbing."

4) Philadelphia