Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 23:02:03 GMT
Natural World Quiz IV
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 century did the common dodo become extinct in ?
2 How much blood is in the average human adult body ?
3 Where is the Great Barrier Reef ?
4 What makes a humming bird hum ?(sure we’ve had this one before – never mind!)
5 What islands did Darwin visit to get evidence in support of his theories of natural selection ?
6 How many chromosomes are in a normal human body cell ?
7 What animal’s name means ‘river horse’ ?
8 How long, to the nearest metre, is the adult human small intestine ?
9 What unit of measurement was King Henry I’s arm used to define ? (H bonus)
10 If diamond is the hardest mineral, what is the softest ?
11 What period of Earth’s history came first – Jurassic or Carboniferous ?
12 At what angle does the Earth tilt towards the Sun ?
13 What is the speed of sound at ground level ?
14 What part of Oliver Cromwell’s body was found at his post-mortem to be almost twice the normal size ?
15 Who swore before the Inquisition that the Earth revolved around the Sun ?
16 What makes the Bolivian city of La Paz virtually fireproof ?
17 What does a hippophile have a particular interest in ?
18 What nature-loving saint is the patron of ecologists ?
19 What mythical undersea land was known as the lost continent ?
20 What function does the human appendix perform ?
21 Name two of the four creatures that the Bible says were sent to plague the Egyptians.
22 What did Peter hear after he had disowned Jesus 3 times ?
23 What is the southernmost point of Great Britain ?
24 What is the biggest lake in Britain ?
25 What is normally the longest-lived animal ?
26 What mammal has webbed feet, a duck-like bill and lays eggs ?
27 What birds eat, sleep and breed on the wing ?
28 How many capitals does South Africa have ?
29 In what modern-day country is the ancient city of Petra ?
30 In which Scottish region would you find John O’Groats ?
No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
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 century did the common dodo become extinct in ?
2 How much blood is in the average human adult body ?
3 Where is the Great Barrier Reef ?
4 What makes a humming bird hum ?(sure we’ve had this one before – never mind!)
5 What islands did Darwin visit to get evidence in support of his theories of natural selection ?
6 How many chromosomes are in a normal human body cell ?
7 What animal’s name means ‘river horse’ ?
8 How long, to the nearest metre, is the adult human small intestine ?
9 What unit of measurement was King Henry I’s arm used to define ? (H bonus)
10 If diamond is the hardest mineral, what is the softest ?
11 What period of Earth’s history came first – Jurassic or Carboniferous ?
12 At what angle does the Earth tilt towards the Sun ?
13 What is the speed of sound at ground level ?
14 What part of Oliver Cromwell’s body was found at his post-mortem to be almost twice the normal size ?
15 Who swore before the Inquisition that the Earth revolved around the Sun ?
16 What makes the Bolivian city of La Paz virtually fireproof ?
17 What does a hippophile have a particular interest in ?
18 What nature-loving saint is the patron of ecologists ?
19 What mythical undersea land was known as the lost continent ?
20 What function does the human appendix perform ?
21 Name two of the four creatures that the Bible says were sent to plague the Egyptians.
22 What did Peter hear after he had disowned Jesus 3 times ?
23 What is the southernmost point of Great Britain ?
24 What is the biggest lake in Britain ?
25 What is normally the longest-lived animal ?
26 What mammal has webbed feet, a duck-like bill and lays eggs ?
27 What birds eat, sleep and breed on the wing ?
28 How many capitals does South Africa have ?
29 In what modern-day country is the ancient city of Petra ?
30 In which Scottish region would you find John O’Groats ?
No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
