History of Sandy Hook Quiz
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  1. Sandy Hook lighthouse is the oldest, continuously lit lighthouse in America.
    (True or False)
  2. Fort Hancock is named for General Winfield Scott Hancock.
    (True or False)
  3. British and Loyalist troops occupied Sandy Hook and held the lighthouse during the Revolutionary War.
    (True or False)
  4. The Sandy Hook lighthouse is nine stories tall, 103 feet from top to bottom.
    (True or False)
  5. Augustin Fresnel, the French physicist, fashioned the "beehive" lens that lights Sandy Hook lighthouse.
    (True or False)
  6. Sandy Hook lighthouse can be seen 19 miles at sea.
    (True or False)
  7. The homes on Officers' Row are unique because they do not face the parade ground as on other military installations.
    (True or False)
  8. The first garrison of soldiers arrived at Fort Hancock in 1898 at the beginning of the Spanish-American War.
    (True or False)
  9. The last military assignment for Fort Hancock was the placement of Nike anti-aircraft missiles.
    (True or False)
  10. The Rodman gun weighs over 100,000 pounds and is the largest cannon of its type ever built.
    (True or False)
  11. From 1874 through 1919 the Army operated the Sandy Hook Proving Ground as a place to test its new weapons.
    (True or False)
  12. (Extra credit) In 1764, the lighthouse stood 500 feet from the tip of Sandy Hook. By 1864, the lighthouse was about 4,000 feet from the tip. Today, the lighthouse stands about 1 1/2 miles from the tip of Sandy Hook. Calculate the growth rate of Sandy Hook from this information.
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