The Great Stink: London's Poop Pollution Problem

Who is the author of 'The Great Stink'?

• Simon Kid

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Nancy Carpenter

• Colleen Paff

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What problem does 'The Great Stink' address?

• Water scarcity

• Noise pollution

• Poop pollution

• Air pollution

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Who solved London's poop pollution problem?

• A famous mayor

• A group of scientists

• Joseph Bazalgette

• Queen Victoria

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What year is considered the start of the problem with sewers in London?

• 1500

• 1832

• 1819

• 1858

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What was the original job of sewers in London?

• To carry drinking water

• To dispose of human waste

• To transport goods

• To carry rainwater to rivers

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What did people use before flush toilets became common?

• Compost pits

• Rivers

• Public restrooms

• Cesspools

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What did the 'night soil men' do?

• Cleaned the streets

• Sold poop to farmers

• Built sewers

• Invented flush toilets

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What caused London's serious poop pollution problem?

• Overpopulation

• Lack of rain

• Industrial waste

• Connecting toilets to sewers

What year did Joseph Bazalgette survive his first cholera epidemic?

• 1832

• 1848

• 1853

• 1858

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What did people in 1848-49 believe caused cholera?

• Rats

• Miasmas

• Uncooked food

• Bad water

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