Sunday 25th October 2026 Photo by Zac Bowling ( Unsplash ) 1. Which city was known as "the city that lit the world" because of the size of its whaling industry? A. New Bedford, Massachusetts B. New London, Connecticut C. Sag Harbor, New York 2. Which species of whale was especially prized by whalers because it was slow-moving, floated when killed and had a large quantity of high-quality blubber, making it an ideal source of ordinary whale oil? 3. What was an unintended consequence of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, which imposed a moratorium on the hunting of marine mammals and use of their products?

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