Natural World Quiz I

Natural World Quiz I

Still really General Knowledge, but this and three more like it will be to a theme. Here are 30 questions to test your knowledge on the Natural World.

1 What is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy more commonly known as ? (Z bonus)
2 How high is an equine hand ? (Ros bonus)
3 What is the Windy City ?
4 What desert separates Egypt and Israel ?
5 What are the aurora borealis also known as ?
6 What are the Southern Lights called ?
7 What natural feature is common to Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and Egypt ?
8 What name was given to the Quaker William Penn’s woods on the American east coast ?
9 What is catgut traditionally made from ?
10 What deer is not actually a deer but a member of the caribou family ? (tommo bonus)
11 What is a shooting star ?
12 What is the world’s longest river ?
13 What is the world’s second-highest mountain ?
14 What are Bailey, Malin and German Bight ?
15 What American state has the nickname ‘ the Lone Star State’ ?
16 What is the capital of Australia ?
17 What is the world’s largest island (excluding the continents) ?
18 What city, which is a country, is the world’s smallest ?
19 What country uses the zloty as currency ?
20 What is the difference between a leopard and a panther ?
21 What makes a humming-bird hum ?
22 Roughly how many species of insect are there in Britain – a)1000 b)10,000 c)20,000 or d)30,000 ?
23 What city could you look down on from Table Mountain ?
24 What would you be doing if you were playing possum ?
25 What is the world’s biggest baby ?
26 What city was previously known as Byzantium and Constantinople ?
27 What country is Kathmandu the capital of ?
28 What is the only man-made object on Earth claimed to be visible from Space ?
29 What country occupied almost one-sixth of the Earth’s surface until 1991, but does not do so now ?
30 What would you be studying if you were a batologist ?


No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !

[specialone]

1 Mad cows disease
3 Chicago
4 Sinui, spelling again
5 Northern lights
11 A meteor or meeorite, burning up as it enters the earth's atmosphere
16 Camberra
18 Vatican
24 pretending to be dead
28 Great wall of China
2 4 inches?

[Lolly]

12 Nile
13 K2
15 Texas
17 Greenland
19 Poland
23 cape Town
26 Istanbul

[Duncan Disorderly]

30. Brambles Or Bushes
29. Russia?
27. Napal
22. 10,000
21. Its Wings Flapping
10. An Elk?
9. Intestines Of Various Animals Including Sheep
7. Desserts?

[H&J]

2. about 4 inches
6. Aurora Australis not sure on spelling
8. Pensylvanian
14. shipping forecast areas
20. they are the same
25. Blue Whale

Jan 9, 2009 15:42:38 GMT specialone said:

1 Mad cows disease
3 Chicago
4 Sinui, spelling again
5 Northern lights
11 A meteor or meeorite, burning up as it enters the earth's atmosphere
16 Camberra
18 Vatican
24 pretending to be dead
28 Great wall of China
2 4 inches?

2pt Speed bonus.
1 correct, 1pt + 1pt Zeds bonus (for our team mascot, as you may find out on Wednesday ! ;D)
3 correct, 1pt
4 Sinui, spelling again 1pt for Sinai, the big promontory between Israel and Egypt - though the answer really is the Negev Desert as Sinai is part of Egypt. But then again, Negev is part of Israel. Who sets these questions? ::) :


5 correct, 1pt
11 correct, max 2pts
16 correct, 1pt
18 correct, 1pt
24 correct, 1pt
28 correct, 1pt
2 correct, 1pt + 1pt Ros bonus.

Leader:
SpecialOne 15pts

Jan 9, 2009 16:00:37 GMT Lolly said:

12 Nile
13 K2
15 Texas
17 Greenland
19 Poland
23 cape Town
26 Istanbul

Quite simply, all correct for 7pts. Plus a 1pt speed bonus.

Leaderboard:
1 SpecialOne 15pts
2 Lolly 8pts

Jan 9, 2009 16:44:53 GMT Duncan Disorderly said:

30. Brambles Or Bushes
29. Russia?
27. Napal
22. 10,000
21. Its Wings Flapping
10. An Elk?
9. Intestines Of Various Animals Including Sheep
7. Desserts?

30. correct, 1.5pts
29. Russia? 0.5pt as technically incorrect (Russia still exists). Correct answer was the U.S.S.R. which before the Communists were overthrown included the Baltic States (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania), the Ukraine, Belarus, and the Balkan states of Kazukstan, Azerbeijan, etc.
27. correct, 1pt
22. incorrect choice. This one will have a Milko bonus for whoever gets it right ;)
21. correct, 1pt
10. An Elk? Not the one, but a concessionary 0.5pt
9. top answer, 2pts
7. Desserts? incorrect but 0.5pt for a good stab at it. I would have said the Great Rift Valley but I would have been wrong too. ;)

Leaderboard:
1 SpecialOne 15pts
2 Lolly 8pts
3 DuncanDisorderly 7pts

Jan 9, 2009 16:57:27 GMT H&J said:

2. about 4 inches
6. Aurora Australis not sure on spelling
8. Pensylvanian
14. shipping forecast areas
20. they are the same
25. Blue Whale

2. about 4 inches - correct, but can't give it as it was awarded to SpecialOne much earlier.
6. correct, 1pt
8. correct, 1pt
14. correct, 1pt
20. they are the same - surprisingly, correct, 1pt. I always thought that Leopards had spots and Panthers were different colours, like black or Pink. A 1pt Zed bonus for our other Team Mascot which may be revealed in all its glory to specialOne at Wednesday night's match.
25. Blue Whale - correct, max 2pts.

Leaderboard:
1 SpecialOne 15pts
2 Lolly 8pts
3= DuncanDisorderly 7pts
3= H&J 7pts

7,10 and 22 to finish off.

[specialone]

7 Nile again?
22 d

[H&J]

10. Rudolf? Reindeer
22. C

The last three answers are indeed:
7 Nile
10 Reindeer
22 c (20k.)

SpecialOne gets 1pt for Nile, and the choice of d) is incorrect.
H&J get the 1pt for reindeer and the tommo bonus (deer and antelopes being a favourite topic for quizzes).
And 20,000 is correct for 22) for 1pt, and hence the Sheardo bonus. ;)

Quiz ended thus:
1 SpecialOne 16pts
2 H&J 11pts
3 Lolly 8pts
4 DuncanDisorderly 7pts