Pick out the correct middle name of Jacques Cousteau:
Michael
Yves
Patrick
Cousteau is credited for co-developed the first open-circuit, self-contained underwater breathing apparatus called the ___________.
Aqua-Lung
Apeks
Cressi
Cousteau was a pioneer in marine conservation.
True
False
Cousteau's first book titled "The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure" was published in the year ___________.
1945
1949
1953
The name of the documentary film adaptation of Cousteau's book that was directed by Cousteau himself is _____________.
The Unknow World
The Silent World
Into The Deep
Cousteau is the only person to win a Palme d'Or for a documentary film.
True
False
Cousteau graduated from the French naval academy as a _________ officer.
Gunnery
Naval
Marine
Did Cousteau also belong to the information service of the French Navy?
Yes
No
__________ is the name of the research vessel that Cousteau used as a mobile laboratory for underwater field research.
Casio
Carden
Calypso
Cousteau left the French Navy in the year _____________.
1949
1950
1951
Cousteau leased a ship from Thomas Loel Guinness for ___________ franc a year.
Ten
Seven
One
Cousteau is said to have correctly predicted the existence of the echolocation abilities of ____________.
Turtles
Porpoises
Sharks
Cousteau took over as leader of the Oceanographic Museum of ____________ in 1957.
Germany
Italy
Monaco
Cousteau served as the inaugural president of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques till 1980.
True
False
Cousteau received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President ____________ in 1985.
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
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