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Take This Quiz On Jacques Cousteau

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1 Question
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Pick out the correct middle name of Jacques Cousteau:


Michael

Yves

Patrick

2 Question
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Cousteau is credited for co-developed the first open-circuit, self-contained underwater breathing apparatus called the ___________.


Aqua-Lung

Apeks

Cressi

3 Question
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Cousteau was a pioneer in marine conservation.


True

False

4 Question
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Cousteau's first book titled "The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure" was published in the year ___________.


1945

1949

1953

5 Question
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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

6 Question
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Cousteau is the only person to win a Palme d'Or for a documentary film.


True

False

7 Question
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Cousteau graduated from the French naval academy as a _________ officer.


Gunnery

Naval

Marine

8 Question
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Did Cousteau also belong to the information service of the French Navy?


Yes

No

9 Question
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__________ is the name of the research vessel that Cousteau used as a mobile laboratory for underwater field research.


Casio

Carden

Calypso

10 Question
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Cousteau left the French Navy in the year _____________.


1949

1950

1951

11 Question
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Cousteau leased a ship from Thomas Loel Guinness for ___________ franc a year.


Ten

Seven

One

12 Question
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Cousteau is said to have correctly predicted the existence of the echolocation abilities of ____________.


Turtles

Porpoises

Sharks

13 Question
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Cousteau took over as leader of the Oceanographic Museum of ____________ in 1957.


Germany

Italy

Monaco

14 Question
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Cousteau served as the inaugural president of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques till 1980.


True

False

15 Question
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Cousteau received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President ____________ in 1985.


Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

George H. W. Bush