WONDER #406: How Do You Build a Tunnel Underwater?

Question 1 of 3

Tunnel-boring machines take their nickname from what tunneling animal?

  1. beaver
  2. badger
  3. rat
  4. mole

Question 2 of 3

The first underwater tunnel was located under which body of water?

  1. the Atlantic Ocean
  2. the English Channel
  3. the Mississippi River
  4. the Thames River

Question 3 of 3

Who was the first engineer to invent a device to make underwater tunneling possible?

  1. Thomas Edison
  2. Marc Brunel
  3. Henry Ford
  4. Bill Nye

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