WorksheetsThe Giant and How He Humbugged America Chpt 1-7 review
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 8mins
Where was William Newell's farm?
Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Kansas City, MO
Cardiff, NY
The original conflict that arose around the giant was about whether it was...
petrified person or statue
human or alien
Native American or white American
rock or wood
What is one reason that the Cardiff, Giant was such a popular story in the news?
It was the only thing happening at that time in history
Giants were especially popular in the 1800s
Newell paid a lot to make the Giant headline news
It distracted people from the other depressing news
Who or what was mostly responsible for spreading the word about the Cardiff Giant?
George Hull
newspapers
Newell's employees
The Unnatural History Museum
True or False: Newell kept the giant to himself and never sold any part of it.
True
False
True or False: Cardiff, New York had a long history of previous hoaxes
True
False
Who came up with the idea for the fake giant?
William Newell
Gideon Emmons
George Hull
Henry Nichols
How did George Hull get the giant
He purchased it from a traveling salesman
He hired people to carve it out of gypsum
He made it himself
He stole it from a museum
