1. What was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
   a) Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
   b) Pharos of Alexandria
   c) St. Georges Reef Lighthouse
   d) Portland Head Lighthouse

2. In 1719 the first fog signal was installed at Little Brewsters Island lighthouse. What was it?
   a) 1-ton Bell
   b) Fog horn
   c) Cannon
   d) Trumpet

3. In what lighthouse tower did a keeper’s 16 year old son turn the light by hand for four excruciating hours during a hurricane?
   a) Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, Florida
   b) Portland Head Light, Maine
   c) Key West Light, Florida
   d) Cape Hatteras

4. The flashes (1-4-3) from which lighthouse do romantics interpret to signal “I Love You”?
   a) Minot's Ledge Light
   b) Boston Harbor Light
   c) Bass Harbor Head Light
   d) West Quoddy Head Light

5. Which lighthouse was the first to be established in the Western Hemisphere?
   a) West Quoddy Head Light
   b) Boston Harbor Light
   c) Minot's Ledge Light
   d) Ponce de Leon Light

6. Which lighthouse boasts an enormous first-order rotating Fresnel lens fitted with a green light?
   a) Makapuu Point
   b) Twin Lights of Navesink
   c) Cape Hatteras Light
   d) Southern Block Island

7. Which American lighthouse was the most expensive to build?
   a) Minot's Ledge
   b) St. Georges Reef
   c) Cape Hatteras
   d) Boston Harbor Light

8. Which lighthouse was the tallest and largest beacon ever built?
   a) Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
   b) Pharos of Alexandria
   c) St. Georges Reef Lighthouse
   d) Portland Head Lighthouse

9. Which of America’s lighthouses is the tallest?
   a) Minot's Ledge
   b) Cape Hatteras
   c) Boston Harbor
   d) Pharos of Alexandria

10. Which lighthouse is the world’s oldest?
    a) Marblehead Light
    b) Cape Hatteras
    c) Tower of Hercules
    d) Pharos of Alexandria

11. What lighthouse suffered damage to its lens when a flock of geese collided with the lantern?
    a) Cape Lookout
    b) Cape Henry
    c) Bodie Island
    d) Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse

12. Which American lighthouse has the largest lens?
    a) Makapuu Point
    b) Twin Lights of Navesink
    c) Cape Hatteras Light
    d) Southern Block Island

13. Which lighthouse is the oldest, continuously operated lighthouse in the United States?
    a) Cape May
    b) Twin Lights of Navesink
    c) Sandy Hook
    d) Cape Hatteras

14. Which U. S. State has the most lighthouses?
    a) Maine
    b) Michigan
    c) New York
    d) California

15. Which was the first American Lighthouse to use electricity?
    a) Twin Lights of Navesink
    b) Sandy Hook Lighthouse
    c) Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
    d) Statue of Liberty

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