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Oil Spill Disasters Quiz

Test your knowledge of some of the worst oil spills in history.

Posted: May 15, 2010
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Question#1

Which of these oil spills was the largest in tons of oil released?

  • Exxon Valdez, Alaska
  • Gulf War oil spill, Kuwait
  • Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan
  • Amoco Haven tanker disaster, Italy
Question#2

What was the name of the oil rig that caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010?

  • Deep Space
  • New Horizon
  • Deepwater Explorer
  • Deepwater Horizon
Question#3

What US law was written and passed after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill?

  • Oil Pollution Act
  • National Oil Contingency Plan
  • Valdez Pollution Act
  • Environmental Protection Act
Question#4

What company leased the drilling rig to BP in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster?

  • Exxon
  • Halliburton
  • Transocean
  • Blackwater
Question#5

Where did the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurr in 1989?

  • Prince William Sound, Alaska
  • Gulf of Mexico, Lousiana
  • Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
  • Nova Scotia, Canada
Question#6

Which company is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company?

  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • Royal Dutch Shell
  • Chevron Corporation
  • ConocoPhillips
Question#7

What ship split in two after running aground off the coast of Brittany (France) in 1978?

  • Sea Star
  • Odyssey
  • Deepwater Horizon
  • Amoco Cadiz
Question#8

Which oil well created one of the largest accidental oil spills in history in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico?

  • Ixtoc I
  • Urquiola
  • ABT Summer
  • Castillo de Bellver
Question#9

The ship "Torrey Canyon" caused the first major oil spill of a "supertanker" off what country's coast in 1967?

  • United States
  • England
  • Quatar
  • France
Question#10

Which safety equipment failed to operate when the oil rig "Deepwater Horizon" explode and sank in the Gulf of Mexio in 2010?

  • Blowout Preventer
  • Top Hat
  • Containment Dome
  • Siphoning Pipe