Copper Quiz Time

1. What's the most enduring copper icon in U.S. history?

a) The Statue of Liberty
b) The Space Needle
c) The Gateway Arch


2. Philadelphia's Christ Church is the oldest copper-roofed church in America, dating back to when?

a) 1929
b) 1866
c) 1727


3. Copper protects itself from corrosion by forming a distinctive
______.

a) patinant
b) patina
c) pertina


4. Only two naturally occurring metals have distinctive colors. One is copper. What's the other?

a) silver
b) mercury
c) gold


5. What makes copper so environmentally friendly?

a) Because of its inherent value, copper roofing doesn't end up in landfills but is salvaged and recycled.
b) Copper roofing has one of the highest recycling rates of any engineering metal.
c) Copper's recycle value is so great that premium-grade scrap has at least 95 percent of the value of primary copper from newly mined ore.


Answers: 1)A 2)C 3)B 4)C 5)ABC