{"id":12689,"date":"2025-01-02T18:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T12:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=12689"},"modified":"2025-01-02T18:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T12:49:56","slug":"what-tragic-event-is-associated-with-the-donner-pass","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-tragic-event-is-associated-with-the-donner-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"What tragic event is associated with the Donner Pass?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1851,1856],"subject":[1846],"class_list":["post-12689","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-major-mountain-ranges-in-the-united-states","topic-sierra-nevada","subject-geography-of-the-united-states"],"mcq_note":"<strong>The Donner Pass is tragically associated with the starvation and cannibalism of the Donner Party during a severe winter storm in 1846-1847.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Donner Party, a group of pioneers traveling west to California, became stranded in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847. A severe blizzard blocked their path, leaving them trapped and facing starvation.Tragically, some members of the party resorted to cannibalism to survive. The Donner Party tragedy serves as a stark reminder of the harsh realities faced by pioneers crossing the Sierra Nevada and the dangers of winter travel in the mountains.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A massive earthquake"},{"right":"no","answer":"A landslide"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Pioneer starvation"},{"right":"no","answer":"A volcanic eruption"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1851,"title":"Major Mountain Ranges in the United States","slug":"major-mountain-ranges-in-the-united-states"},{"id":1856,"title":"Sierra Nevada","slug":"sierra-nevada"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/12689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=12689"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=12689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}