Nature Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers
What continent's macro zamia tree lives for 7,000 years?
A: Australia's.
What determines the sex of crocodile embryos--temperature, humidity, or
genetics?
A: Temperature.
What do imbibers know as the most prevalent fruit crop in the
world?
A: Grapes.
What color are a
zebra's black stripes during the first six months of life?
A: Brown.
What mollusk was obliged to share its name with the first waterproof watch?
A: The oyster.
What animal's flesh, when sun-dried in the Andes, becomes a
jerky called
charqui?
A: A Llama's.
What two colors are a magpie's feathers?
A: Black and white.
What can mutagens cause?
A:Mutations.
What drug did the University of Pennsylvania animal-behavior clinic prescribe
for depressed dogs?
A: Prozac.
What amphibians do you raise if your run a ranarium?
A: Frogs.
What caused half of all deaths from natural
disasters from 1945 to 1986?
A: Earthquakes.
What mineral accounts for 35 percent of the Earth's composition?
A: Iron.
What did the ancient Greeks believe to be a cross between a tiger and a horse?
A: A zebra.
What does the praying mantis store by the hundreds in oothecas?
A: Eggs.
What elemental event rejuvenates a prairie by causing more plants to grow
taller, flower and produce seed?
A: Fire.
What simple creature is employed to turn organic garbage into "vermicompost"?
A: Worms.
What Greek announced in 420 B.C. that women suffer hysteria due t a "wandering
uterus"?
A: Hippocrates.
How many days can an ant survive under water?
A: Two.
What's the term for an adult male pig?
A: Boar.
What creature's tongue weighs as much as a
full grown elephant?
A: The blue whale's.
What amphibian did Pliny the Elder suggest be tied to the jaw, to make
teeth
firmer?
A: A frog.
What two trees did Ponce de Leon introduce to
Florida in 1513?
A: Orange and lemon.
What creature goes through a period where it gains 10 pounds an hour?
A: A blue whale.
What's the least expensive and most popular fruit?
A: The banana.
How many feet tall are most cattle at the shoulder?
A: Five.
What rodents, believed to have great teeth, did
ancient Romans often place live
on the gums of a toothache sufferer?
A: Mice.
What does a bee larva have no chance of becoming if it stops eating royal jelly
after three days?
A: A queen bee.
What city's streets and sidewalks received 175 tons of daily excrement
deposits before a "Pooper scooper"
law passed in 1978?
A: New York City's.
What people were the first to adopt a solar year, after noticing
spring
holidays
were beginning to occur in winter?
A: The Egyptians.
What type of whale can dive over 2,000 feet?
A: The sperm whale.
What weather phenomenon is measured by the Beaufort scale?
A: Wind.
What European country accounts for most of the 30 percent of the world's prunes
not produced in California?
A: France.
What's the most common trick a
pet
dog can perform?
A: Sit.
What organ's need for oxygen causes angina pectoris pain?
A: The heart's.
What tree-dwelling ape is known to
Malaysians as the "person of the
forest"?
A: The orangutan.
What organ of a buffalo did Plains Indians use to make
yellow paint?
A: The gallbladder.
What characteristic of minerals is described by the Mohs Scale?
A: Hardness.