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  • 1. 
    Which kingdom do mushrooms belong to?

  • protists
  • animals
  • fungi
  • plants

  • 2. 
    What dinosaur was the Asian relative of the swift North American predator Deinonychus?

  • Velociraptor
  • Tyrannosaurus rex
  • Ornithomimus
  • Herrerasaurus

  • 3. 
    Who was the first to observe “animalcules,” the tiny cells we now call bacteria and protozoans?

  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
  • Louis Pasteur
  • Maria Mitchell
  • Marcello Malpighi

  • 4. 
    What does an undertaker use to seal the eyes and lips of the deceased?

  • nylon thread
  • a cyanoacrylate
  • protein-based adhesive
  • pine oil

  • 5. 
    What is the oldest scientific society in Great Britain, founded in 1660 and chartered by Charles II in 1662?

  • Royal College of Surgeons
  • Geographical Society
  • Royal Society
  • Platonic Academy

  • 6. 
    Which dinosaur was a chicken-size predator?

  • Tyrannosaurus rex
  • Velociraptor
  • Compsognathus
  • Microsaurus

  • 7. 
    What is the basic unit of measurement for volume in the metric system?

  • ounce
  • litre
  • metre
  • kilogram

  • 8. 
    What generic term refers to dinosaurs that were bipedal and carnivorous?

  • cephalopod
  • sauropod
  • megapod
  • theropod

  • 9. 
    What apostle of evolution coined the term agnosticism to denote a science-based view of morality and reality?

  • George Eliot
  • Charles Darwin
  • Alfred Russel Wallace
  • T.H. Huxley

  • 10. 
    Of the various types of light in natural sunlight, which one causes sunburn?

  • yellow
  • infrared
  • ultraviolet
  • X-rays

  • 11. 
    What is the study of animal behaviour called?

  • demography
  • ethology
  • biology
  • zoology

  • 12. 
    The founder of the modern study of animal behaviour quacked at baby ducks to make them think that he was their mother (and they believed him!). Who was this Nobel Prize-winning imposter?

  • Konrad Lorenz
  • Ivan Pavlov
  • Karl von Frisch
  • Nikolaas Tinbergen

  • 13. 
    What is thanatology?

  • the study of grasses
  • the art of self-healing
  • the study of death
  • the study of deep-sea life

  • 14. 
    The skeletal framework of which animal has been used in household chores for centuries but has now been largely replaced by human-made substitutes?

  • barracuda
  • clam
  • jellyfish
  • sponge
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