Natural World II quiz (Complete)

Natural World II quiz - Normal rules apply

1 The volcano Mount Tarawera is in which country ?
2 What mineral is the main source of aluminium ?
3 Lambert-Fisher, Novaya Zemlya and Nimrod-Lennox-King are examples of which natural phenomenon ?
4 An aiulurophile is a lover of what type of animals ?
5 In which country would you find the Thal desert ?
6 Solanine is a poison found in which common food ?
7 What poisonous plant is also known as belladonna ?
8 The Maine Coon is a breed of what type of animal ?
9 The Lion's Mane is the largest variety of which fish ?
10 What are blusher, morel and Satan's boletus ?
11 An ostentation is a collective noun given to a group of what animal ?
12 What is the main shaft of a feather called ?
13 The sea wasp is another name for which dangerous sea creature ?
14 The sea parrot is another name for which animal ?
15 What name is given to a wind at force 11 on the Beaufort Scale ?
16 A coleopterist is interested in what type of creatures ?
17 What creature has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom ?
18 What is the only bird that can fly backwards ?
19 In the geolithic timescale, what came after the Triassic period ? a)Jurassic b)Cretaceous c)Palaeocene

20 Vredefort, Chicxulub and Manicougan are examples of what ? a)lakes b)meteorite craters c)islands

There you go - much more testing than Nat World I .....

[gandalf the untidy]

9 jellyfish
12 quill
20 b chicxulub was the impact point in mexico which supposedly saw off those pesky dinosaurs 65 million years ago allowing mammals to inherit the earth

[bigtj]

5) India
7) Deadly nightshade

[johnslee]

Hi Clive

Q2 Bauxite. One of Jamaica's main exports

Q14 Puffin family

Q18 Hummingbird

[jordans]

8 - Cat

Apr 4, 2020 23:51:00 GMT gandalf the untidy said:

9 jellyfish
12 quill
20 b chicxulub was the impact point in mexico which supposedly saw off those pesky dinosaurs 65 million years ago allowing mammals to inherit the earth

9 correct, 1pt

12 not the answer I'm looking for: a quill is a complete feather used as a pen.

20 correct 1pt plus 1pt bonus for an instructive answer. Feel a bit sorry for them, what they went through. To quote Wiki :

"The impact would have caused a megatsunami over 100 meters (330 ft) tall that would have reached all the way to what are now Texas and Florida. The height of the tsunami was limited by the relatively shallow sea in the area of the impact; in deep ocean it would have been 4.6 kilometers (2.9 mi) tall. A cloud of hot dust, ash and steam would have spread from the crater as the impactor burrowed underground in less than a second. Excavated material along with pieces of the impactor, ejected out of the atmosphere by the blast, would have been heated to incandescence upon re-entry, broiling the Earth's surface and possibly igniting wildfires; meanwhile, colossal shock waves would have triggered global earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
The emission of dust and particles could have covered the entire surface of the Earth for several years, possibly a decade, creating a harsh environment for living things. The shock production of carbon dioxide caused by the destruction of carbonate rocks would have led to a sudden greenhouse effect. Over a decade or longer, sunlight would have been blocked from reaching the surface of the Earth by the dust particles in the atmosphere, cooling the surface dramatically. Photosynthesis by plants would also have been interrupted, affecting the entire food chain."

Gandalf  3pts

Apr 5, 2020 6:19:10 GMT bigtj said:

5) India
7) Deadly nightshade

5) incorrect but close, so 0.5pt

7) correct, 1pt

Gandalf 3pts

BigTJ 1.5pts

Apr 5, 2020 12:44:16 GMT johnslee said:

Hi Clive

Q2 Bauxite. One of Jamaica's main exports

Q14 Puffin family

Q18 Hummingbird *

All correct, 3pts plus 1 bonus pt for 'extra' on Q2.

JohnSlee 4pts

Gandalf 3pts
BigTJ 1.5pts

* Postscript....recalling Carry On Up The Jungle, there was another 'possibility' that the quizmeister needed to research:

The oozlum bird, also spelled ouzelum, is a legendary creature found in Australian and British folk tales and legends. Some versions have it that, when startled, the bird will take off and fly around in ever-decreasing circles until it manages to fly up its own backside, disappearing completely, which adds to its rarity. Other sources state that the bird flies backwards so that it can admire its own beautiful tail feathers, or because while it does not know where it is going, it likes to know where it has been.

But turns out it's only folklore !

Apr 5, 2020 17:31:44 GMT jordans said:

8 - Cat

Correct, 1pt plus 0.5pt as tommo likes cats. 

Maine Coons are big units....here's one that was caught earlier !

Leaderboard:

JohnSlee 4pts
Gandalf 3pts
BigTJ 1.5pts

Jordans 1.5pts

[gandalf the untidy]

19 a jurassic

Apr 5, 2020 21:12:13 GMT gandalf the untidy said:

19 a jurassic

Correct choice. 1pt

Leaderboard:
JohnSlee 4pts
Gandalf 4pts
BigTJ 1.5pts
Jordans 1.5pts

[jordans]

Oh 1/2 point extra - thank you - yes I like cats too - 2 Bengals (Hazel & Heidi) & 1 Egyptian Mau (Willow) :) Maine Coon bit too big & hairy for me!!

Apr 6, 2020 9:01:03 GMT jordans said:

Oh 1/2 point extra - thank you - yes I like cats too - 2 Bengals (Hazel & Heidi) & 1 Egyptian Mau (Willow) :) Maine Coon bit too big & hairy for me!!

Cats have always shared my life - siamese, then a burmese accompanied me through childhood. Margo and I are now on our fifth cat, first a tiger-tabby, then we looked after daughter's black cat when she split up with her boyfriend (they got back together and have recently celebrated silver wedding !) then we had two black cats (brothers, Sooty and Dusty) and now have a black-and-white (Tammy) to match our black-and-white dog (Duke) !   

[barbelman]

1 sounds like New Zealand

10 are fungis to be with.

6  Solanum is the genus containing spuds, tomatoes, deadly nightshade etc so I'll say spuds or tommies.

Apr 6, 2020 10:33:22 GMT barbelman said:

1 sounds like New Zealand

10 are fungis to be with.

6  Solanum is the genus containing spuds, tomatoes, deadly nightshade etc so I'll say spuds or tommies.

Some good answers there..........

1 Correct, 1pt

10 Correct, 1pt ..... not sure that satan's boletus counts as a fun guy - unless you're playing devil's advocate !  0.5 bonus

6 Correct, 1pt for potato and bonus point for adding the genus.

Leaderboard:

Barbelman 4.5pts

JohnSlee 4pts
Gandalf 4pts
BigTJ 1.5pts
Jordans 1.5pts

[barbelman]

3 are strange names.  I know Novaya Zemlya is an archipelago in Arctic Russia but the other two do not sound like land masses.  Ice fields or glaciers?

11  An ostentation of peacocks, the most ostentatious animal!?

13  Sea wasp sounds like a stinger so a jellyfish?

Three desperate guesses based on a little knowledge!

Apr 7, 2020 10:14:01 GMT barbelman said:

3 are strange names.  I know Novaya Zemlya is an archipelago in Arctic Russia but the other two do not sound like land masses.  Ice fields or glaciers?

11  An ostentation of peacocks, the most ostentatious animal!?

13  Sea wasp sounds like a stinger so a jellyfish?

Three desperate guesses based on a little knowledge!

3 Correct, 1pt plus 0.5 bonus

11 correct, 1pt

13 correct, 1pt. Specifically the box jellyfish. Can grow to 10ft.  Good job these are consigned to the sea, they'd be masters of the universe !

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/box-jellyfish/

3.5pts total

Leaderboard:
Barbelman 8pts
JohnSlee 4pts
Gandalf 4pts
BigTJ 1.5pts
Jordans 1.5pts

[Chris_Sav]

15) Used to be "Severe Storm" when I were a lad and on the 'oggin'

Apr 7, 2020 11:38:32 GMT Chris_Sav said:

15) Used to be "Severe Storm" when I were a lad and on the 'oggin'

would feel happier if you had said Violent Storm but I can't disprove what you claim ! (1pt)

on the Beaufort Scale, 9 = strong or severe gale and 10 = storm or whole gale, whilst 12 = hurricane.

So I suppose Severe Storm counts as 11, the same as Violent Storm.

Leaderboard:
Barbelman 8pts
JohnSlee 4pts
Gandalf 4pts
BigTJ 1.5pts
Jordans 1.5pts

Sav  1pt

[Chris_Sav]

Just googled it and violent appears the correct current definition, but plenty of references to 'severe storm' as well.

It certainly used to be 'severe storm force eleven' on the shipping forecast which I used to listen to whenever the weather was rough.

[bigtj]

4) As your quiz Tommo take a stab at cats!!

Apr 9, 2020 17:56:14 GMT bigtj said:

4) As your quiz Tommo take a stab at cats!!

Correct, TJ, 1pt plus a 0.5pt furry friend bonus

Leaderboard:
Barbelman 8pts
JohnSlee 4pts
Gandalf 4pts
BigTJ 3pts
Jordans 1.5pts
Sav 1pt

[gandalf the untidy]

17 giant squid

[bigtj]

5) As no else taken a stab I will go for Pakistan!!
16) Was going to say Colemans!!! but as Cleopatra sort of in there and that is ancient Egypt and they were symbolic how about beetles???

[daveuk1]

17. I would say the woman who lives oppisite me as she knows everything that is going on, but that could be just because she has big ears. So I'll say the real answer is the giant squid

Aha see Gandalf has beaten me to it

Apr 16, 2020 20:01:58 GMT gandalf the untidy said:

17 giant squid

correct for 1pt

Apr 18, 2020 12:20:41 GMT 1 daveuk1 said:
17. I would say the woman who lives oppisite me as she knows everything that is going on, but that could be just because she has big ears. So I'll say the real answer is the giant squid
Aha see Gandalf has beaten me to it

yes he had. but I can give you a 0.5 bonus for the nosey neighbour......if she has Big Ears, is that because Noddy refuses to pay the ransom ?

Leaderboard:
Barbelman 8pts
JohnSlee 4pts
Gandalf 5pts
BigTJ 3pts
Jordans 1.5pts
Sav 1pt

Daveuk1  0.5pt

Apr 17, 2020 12:31:23 GMT bigtj said:

5) As no else taken a stab I will go for Pakistan!!
16) Was going to say Colemans!!! but as Cleopatra sort of in there and that is ancient Egypt and they were symbolic how about beetles???

5 Correct, 1pt

16  Good logic, correct for 1.5pts

Leaderboard:
Barbelman 8pts
BigTJ 5.5pts

Gandalf 5pts

JohnSlee 4pts

Jordans 1.5pts
Sav 1pt
Daveuk1 0.5pt

Just number 12 left to get...

[gandalf the untidy]

12 rachis

Apr 27, 2020 15:01:40 GMT gandalf the untidy said:

12 rachis

Nailed it at the second attempt !

Correct for 1pt plus 1pt bonus for concluding a quiz.

Final points

Barbelman 8pts

Gandalf 7pts

BigTJ 5.5pts
JohnSlee 4pts
Jordans 1.5pts
Sav 1pt
Daveuk1 0.5pt