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Nevil Shutes` "On The Beach" Trivia Quiz

Radiation is sweeping the earth, Australia the last country to be hit is waiting for the final hours of mankind. Written in 1957 this novel is as relevant today as when it was first published.

A multiple-choice quiz by damnsuicidalroos. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
damnsuicidalroos

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
116,196

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
380

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the last manned United States warship? Hint

Centipede

Cobra

Scorpion

Viper

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Question 2 of 10

2. The last car race was the Australian Grand Prix. What make of car was the winner John Osbourne driving? Hint

Maserati

Ferrari

Jaguar

Bugatti

3. The final option for many people in Australia came down to "how sick do you want to be before its time to die"? The government made arrangments to end peoples suffering by making what available? Hint

Cyanide Pills

Rope

Loaded Guns

Arsenic Tablets

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Question 4 of 10

4. The last state of Australia to be affected was? Hint

Western Australia

Victoria

New South Wales

Tasmania

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Question 5 of 10

5. The main female character in the novel had the first name "Moira". What was her last name? Hint

Samualson

Davidson

Harrelson

Donaldson

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Question 6 of 10

6. Commander Towers spent some time buying presents for various people. What was he trying to buy for his dead ten year old daughter? Hint

Teddy Bear

Hula Hoop

Pogo Stick

Yo-Yo

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Question 7 of 10

7. The radiation was caused by the bombs used by Russia and China. What was used in the bombs that made them so poisonous? Hint

Plutonium

Cobalt

Uranium

Radium

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Question 8 of 10

8. Lieutenant-Commander Holmes was speaking with a chemist about what he could expect when he gets sick. What was the first sign of radiation sickness according to the chemist? Hint

Vomiting

Nausea

Diarrhoea

Violent Coughing

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Question 9 of 10

9. The name of the daughter of Peter and Mary Holmes? Hint

Jennifer

Jade

Julie

Joanne

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the young American that jumped ship while the submarine was observing what had happened in the States? Hint

Swain

Stevens

Smith

Scott

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the last manned United States warship?

Answer: Scorpion

Commander Towers was the Captain of the Scorpion,the last nuclear powered warship.The ship was on patrol near Midway when the war started.As Scorpion was a submarine the crew were able to avoid the nuclear strikes and escape the effects of the radiation, for a time.

2. The last car race was the Australian Grand Prix. What make of car was the winner John Osbourne driving?

Answer: Ferrari

As there was seemingly no point to many of the drivers surviving the race only to die days later of radiation sickness they drove hell for leather.The result being that only three drivers finished the race and most of the others were either dead or in hospital.

Answer: Cyanide Pills

The cyanide pills came in a small red box with two pills to a box,they were handed out about a week before the radiation hit the locale.

4. The last state of Australia to be affected was?

Answer: Tasmania

Many people had come down the coastline to try and escape death for a few days,but few chose to cross Bass Strait and spend their last days in Tasmania.

5. The main female character in the novel had the first name "Moira". What was her last name?

Answer: Davidson

6. Commander Towers spent some time buying presents for various people. What was he trying to buy for his dead ten year old daughter?

Answer: Pogo Stick

Whilst it was totally beyond the realms of possibility that anyone was alive in the United States the Commander went about his life as if his wife and children were still alive.

7. The radiation was caused by the bombs used by Russia and China. What was used in the bombs that made them so poisonous?

Answer: Cobalt

The "dirty bombs" used were so deadly that every living creature on the face of the earth was wiped out.

8. Lieutenant-Commander Holmes was speaking with a chemist about what he could expect when he gets sick. What was the first sign of radiation sickness according to the chemist?

Answer: Nausea

There was no cure all that lived were to die,though some may have slightly recovered from the major effects it was only for a short time.

9. The name of the daughter of Peter and Mary Holmes?

Answer: Jennifer

It was decided by most parents that to avoid prolonged suffering of their children in the event that the babies get sick after their parents that the babies should be given their cyanide pills first.

10. What was the name of the young American that jumped ship while the submarine was observing what had happened in the States?

Answer: Swain

Yeoman Swain chose to spend his last days in his home town fishing and in familiar surroundings. He had a gun with him for when he was too sick.

Source: Author damnsuicidalroos

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