The Invention of the Match — Questions and answers

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What is the name of the carnival Tendai and Kaya are visiting?

Choices

  1. The Star Alignment Festival
  2. The Meteor Shower Carnival ✓
  3. The Dazzling Lights Fair
  4. The Impossible Games Circus

Answer: The Meteor Shower Carnival

From page 1

What food item did Kaya want to get from Zaire?

Choices

  1. Meteor Munchies
  2. Meteor Morsels ✓
  3. Star Snacks
  4. Zaire's Specials

Answer: Meteor Morsels

From page 2

What happens when Tendai opens the 'Wonder Inventions Encyclopedia'?

Choices

  1. The room fills with smoke.
  2. Kaya tells him a long story.
  3. He gets pulled back in time. ✓
  4. A new game appears in the caravan.

Answer: He gets pulled back in time.

From page 3

In what year did Tendai and Kaya land in the workshop?

Choices

  1. 1726
  2. 1826 ✓
  3. 1926
  4. 2026

Answer: 1826

From page 4

Why did Tendai tell John Walker they were visiting his workshop?

Choices

  1. To ask for directions to the carnival.
  2. To learn about matches because he saw someone struggling to make fire. ✓
  3. To sell him something from the carnival.
  4. To see his workshop and tell him a secret.

Answer: To learn about matches because he saw someone struggling to make fire.

From page 5

How much did a box of 50 of John Walker's 'friction lights' cost?

Choices

  1. A penny
  2. A pound
  3. A shilling ✓
  4. A farthing

Answer: A shilling

From page 6

How did John Walker finally figure out how to make his friction lights work?

Choices

  1. He read it in an old book.
  2. He got help from a famous scientist.
  3. He accidentally scraped a treated stick on his hearth. ✓
  4. Tendai gave him a new idea.

Answer: He accidentally scraped a treated stick on his hearth.

From page 7

Who did Tendai quote when he told Mr. Walker, "You've taken a big one!"?

Choices

  1. Kaya
  2. Zaire
  3. Lao Tzu ✓
  4. John Walker

Answer: Lao Tzu

From page 8

What is the estimated value of the global matches market by 2027?

Choices

  1. US 1.9 million
  2. US 1.9 billion ✓
  3. US 19 billion
  4. US 19 million

Answer: US 1.9 billion

From page 9

What did Tendai give to Zaire at his stall?

Choices

  1. A flint and steel kit
  2. A box of modern matches ✓
  3. A new stove
  4. Some Meteor Morsels

Answer: A box of modern matches

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