Survival quiz?

Question

You and your companions have just survived the crash of a small plane. Both the pilot and co-pilot didn't make it. It is mid-January , and you are in Northern Canada. The daily temperature is 25 below zero, and the night time temperature is 40 below zero. There is snow on the ground, and the countryside is wooded with with several creeks criss-crossing the area. The nearest town is 20 miles away. You are all dressed in city clothes appropriate for a business meeting. Your group of survivors managed to salvage the following items: Show how you would list them in order of importance.

A ball of steel wool
A small ax
A loaded .45-caliber pistol
Can of Crisco shortening
Newspapers (one per person)
Cigarette lighter (without fluid)
Extra shirt and pants for each survivor
20 x 20 ft. piece of heavy-duty canvas
A sectional air map made of plastic
One quart of 100-proof whiskey
A compass
Family-size chocolate bars (one per person)

Answer 1

In the situation you describe the first thing you need is warmth. If you cannot get warm and maintain warmth, you will die.
So immediately put on the extra shirt and pants is primary.

Next you need to build a fire.
The things you have that are essential for this task are
the ax, (cut down a rotten dead tree and take the inner wood out which will be dry and ready to burn. If no rotten tree is available, cut wood chips from a fir or pine tree)
the newspaper (you need something that burns easily to get the fire a start. Put the wood on top of the paper.
the alcohol (it burns! poor a capful on the paper and bit of wood, which will soak in slightly and provide a very hot flame for a minute)
the 45 pistol (take the ammo out and you can salvage the powder which will provide instant fire starter. Poor the powder from one bullet on the paper.
the lighter (when you flick the lighter you get a spark to start the fire even though it won't light itself. Flick the lighter on the powder, which will cause a flash burn, which will ignite the alcohol which will ignite the paper which will ignite the wood)

OK, we have a fire and now we can survive for at least 7 days without food.

Take the crisco out of the can and place on a board (we can use this for rubbing feet and burning later if we need to, but for now we really need the can to heat snow to melt for drinking water)

The heavy duty canvas will provide a tent/lean-to at night, so we probably should consider it the next important.

The ball of steel wool will be useful if we are going to be here for a while because we can unwrap the steel wool and use it to build some fine twisted wire to make a snare for catching a rabbit.

The chocolate bars will profice sustaining energy but we are not going to eat them for a while.

The compass and the air map will be useful if we decide to walk out, but for now keep the fire going really big and wait for the search planes that will be coming this afternoon.

If we were silly and did not file a flight plan, we are probably going to be here for a few days while they search the grids.

Just remember, DO NOT PANIC. We are going to stay put even though we can walk 20 miles in the summer, but in the winter we will be asking for much trouble if we start walking. The search planes will not find us, we will get wet and cold and perhaps hypothermia, and we will probably die for sure if we leave the crash site. Just stay there, keep warm and dry and for goodness sake, make the fire huge. You are not going to run out of wood, and you need to be noticed from a long way off by airplane.

Answer 2

This is too difficult to answer with the information you provide. But it's interesting and I'll give it a shot.

1. Whiskey
2.lighter
3.newspaper
4.extra clothes
5,canvas
5.chocolate
6.ax
7.loaded pistol
8.compass
9.crisco
10.steel wool

I would change thisdepending on wether or not all the electronics in the plane were disabled. The steel wool could be used as wire. The plastic map is kinda useless. Arial maps are not the same as geographic ones.

Answer 3

A ball of steel wool (9)
A small ax (3)
A loaded .45-caliber pistol (5)
Can of Crisco shortening (8)
Newspapers (one per person) (10)
Cigarette lighter (without fluid) (11)
Extra shirt and pants for each survivor (2)
20 x 20 ft. piece of heavy-duty canvas (4)
A sectional air map made of plastic (7)
One quart of 100-proof whiskey (6)
A compass (1)
Family-size chocolate bars (one per person) (5)

Answer 4

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Answer 5

it's only 20 miles...Put on the second layer of clothing, stuff between layers with crumpled news paper. Use the canvas to cut 4' squares to make knee high boots, also stuff with newspaper. Use remaining canvas to make poncho; rub Crisco into all canvas and exposed clothing. Orientate yourself, head toward town with map and compass. If you are going to run out of daylight quickly, you must first build shelter - using your ax to cut and/or shape any wood you find. You have enough chocolate to sustain you through the night.
BUT...your best chance is to stay with the plane and get drunk off the whiskey...once your transponder signal has activated emergency, they will come find you...it's only 20 miles!

Answer 6

That might be the dumbest question ever asked ( might be )!!
All of the above are wrong!!

A person would lose too much body heat and die before they actully realize there are any supplies.

Creeks would freeze at the temperature of 0 degrees, so how would they be liquid if its an average of -32 degrees.

Answer 7

i have a 80.3% chance of survival. I think I got rated down considerably by my physical incapabilities. I don't think that's fair, since I know that and smart enough to turn things in my favor by engaging from long range/ distance myself until its safe.

Answer 8

compass
ex shirt and pants
steel wool
ax
lighter
newspaper
chocolate
crisco
canvas
.45
air map
whiskey

Answer 9

I did this in two military-related classes... you can trust me or not... the correct answer is as follows...

1. Cigarette lighter (without fluid)
The gravest danger facing the group is exposure to cold. The greatest need is for a source of warmth and the second greatest need is for signaling devices. This makes building a fire the first order of business. Without matches, something is needed to produce sparks, and even without fluid, a
cigarette lighter can do that.

2. Ball of steel wool
To make a fire, the survivors need a means of catching he sparks made by the cigarette lighter. This is the best substance for catching a spark and supporting a flame, even if the steel wool is a little wet.

3. Extra shirt and pants for each survivor
Besides adding warmth to the body, clothes can also be used for shelter, signaling, bedding, bandages, string (when unraveled), and fuel for the fire.


4. Can of Crisco shortening
This has many uses. A mirror-like signaling device can be made from the lid. After shining the lid with steel wool, it will reflect sunlight and generate 5 to 7 million candlepower. This is bright enough to be seen beyond the horizon. While this could be limited somewhat by the trees, a member of the
group could climb a tree and use the mirrored lid to signal search planes. If they had no other means of signaling than this, they would have a better than 80% chance of being rescued within the first day.
There are other uses for this item. It can be rubbed on exposed skin for protection against the cold. When melted into an oil, the shortening is helpful as fuel. When soaked into a piece of cloth, melted shortening will act like a candle. The empty can is useful in melting snow for drinking water. It is much safer to drink warmed water than to eat snow, since warm water will help retain body heat. Water is important because dehydration will affect decision-making. The can is also useful as a cup.

5. 20 x 20 foot piece of canvas
The cold makes shelter necessary, and canvas would protect against wind and snow (canvas is used in making tents). Spread on a frame made of trees, it could be used as a tent or a wind screen. It might also be used as a ground cover to keep the survivors dry. It’s shape, when contrasted with the surrounding terrain, makes it a signaling device.

6. Small ax
Survivors need a constant supply of wood in order to maintain the fire. The ax could be used for this as well as for clearing a sheltered campsite, cutting tree branches for ground insulation, and constructing a frame for the canvas tent.

7. Family size chocolate bars (one per person)
Chocolate will provide some food energy. Since it contains mostly carbohydrates, it supplies the energy without making digestive demands on the body.

8. Newspapers (one per person)
These are useful in starting a fire. They can also be used as insulation under clothing when rolled up and placed around a person’s arms and legs. A newspaper can also be used as a verbal signaling device when rolled up in a megaphone-shape. It could also provide reading material for recreation.

9. Loaded .45-caliber pistol
The pistol provides a sound-signaling device. (The international distress signal is 3 shots fired in rapid succession). There have been numerous cases of survivors going undetected because they were too weak to make a loud enough noise to attract attention. The butt of the pistol could be used as a
hammer, and the powder from the shells will assist in fire building. By placing a small bit of cloth in a cartridge emptied of its bullet, one can start a fire by firing the gun at dry wood on the ground. The pistol also has some serious disadvantages. Anger, frustration, impatience, irritability, and lapses of rationality may increase as the group awaits rescue. The availability of a lethal weapon is a danger to the group under these conditions. Although a pistol could be used in hunting, it would take an expert marksman to kill an animal with it. Then the animal would have to be transported to the crash site, which could prove difficult to impossible depending on its size.

10. Quart of 100 proof whiskey
The only uses of whiskey are as an aid in fire building and as a fuel for a torch (made by soaking a piece of clothing in the whiskey and attaching it to a tree branch). The empty bottle could be used for storing water. The danger of whiskey is that someone might drink it, thinking it would bring
warmth. Alcohol takes on the temperature it is exposed to, and a drink of minus 30 degrees ahrenheit whiskey would freeze a person’s esophagus and stomach. Alcohol also dilates the blood vessels in the skin, resulting in chilled blood belong carried back to the heart, resulting in a rapid loss of
body heat. Thus, a drunk person is more likely to get hypothermia than a sober person is.

11. Compass
Because a compass might encourage someone to try to walk to the nearest town, it is a dangerous item. It’s only redeeming feature is that it could be used as a reflector of sunlight (due to its glass top).

12. Sectional air map made of plastic
This is also among the least desirable of the items because it will encourage individuals to try to walk to the nearest town. It’s only useful feature is as a ground cover to keep someone dry.

someone is going to undoubtedly argue against these... but trust the person who took the survival class... twice

Answer 10

What type of retarted question is this its not like i am goin to take the time to list all of those again!