Carl Linnaeus - Quiz
A) Inventor of the microscope B) Founder of quantum physics C) Father of Taxonomy D) Discoverer of DNA
A) 1707 B) 1807 C) 1907 D) 1607
A) France B) England C) Sweden D) Germany
A) Binomial nomenclature B) Random naming C) Color-based naming D) Hieroglyphic naming
A) Architecture B) Botany C) Nuclear physics D) Economics
A) Mount Everest B) Under the Eiffel Tower C) The Great Wall of China D) Uppsala Cathedral
A) Struck by lightning B) Stroke C) Choking on a grape D) Falling from a tree
A) War and Peace B) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone C) Species Plantarum D) The Lord of the Rings
A) Family B) Kingdom C) Genus D) Species
A) Geology B) Taxonomy C) Astronomy D) Meteorology
A) Sir Carl Linnaeus B) Carl von Linné C) Carl the Great of Sweden D) Carl de Linné
A) Råshult B) Uppsala C) Gothenburg D) Stockholm
A) Brodersonius B) Nilsson C) Lind D) Ingemarsson
A) A historical figure named Linnaeus B) The Latin word for 'tree' C) His favorite flower, a lily D) A giant lime tree on their family homestead
A) Doctor B) Lutheran minister and amateur botanist C) Farmer D) University professor
A) 1740s B) 1730s C) 1750s D) 1760s
A) Linnaeus B) Linnæus C) L. D) Linné
A) The primary researcher B) The type specimen C) The evolutionary ancestor D) The genetic donor
A) Told him jokes B) Played music for him C) Gave him a flower D) Read him a story
A) Maps of Sweden B) Books and manuscripts C) Medical instruments D) Flowers and their names
A) Daniel Lannerus B) Nils C) Johan Telander D) Rothman
A) He admired Telander for his teaching methods. B) He felt Telander was an excellent mentor in botany. C) He found Telander inspiring and motivating. D) He thought Telander was better calculated to extinguish a child's talents than develop them.
A) 1717 B) 1730 C) 1724 D) 1709
A) He rarely studied, often going to the countryside to look for plants. B) He focused solely on Latin and theology. C) He diligently followed all school assignments. D) He was an exemplary student with high grades.
A) An honest cobbler B) A physician C) A botanist D) A schoolteacher
A) Johan Telander B) His father Nils C) A local yeoman D) Daniel Lannerus, his headmaster
A) Medicine B) Theology C) Mathematics D) Cobbling
A) They thought he was already an accomplished scholar. B) They were indifferent to his progress. C) They believed he had great potential. D) They said he would never become a scholar.
A) Nils B) Johan Telander C) Rothman D) Daniel Lannerus
A) Nils Rosén B) Sébastien Vaillant C) Kilian Stobæus D) Olof Celsius
A) 1730 B) 1731 C) 1728 D) 1727
A) Kilian Stobæus B) Lars Roberg C) Olof Celsius D) Nils Rosén
A) Lars Roberg B) Nils Rosén C) Olof Celsius D) Kilian Stobæus
A) Nils Rosén B) Olof Rudbeck C) Lars Roberg D) Kilian Stobæus
A) 400 B) 300 C) 500 D) 200
A) Tournefort's system B) Celsius's system C) Rudbeck's system D) Linnaeus's own system
A) Critica Botanica B) Genera Plantarum C) Praeludia Sponsaliorum Plantarum D) Adonis Uplandicus
A) Nils Rosén B) Lars Roberg C) Olof Rudbeck D) Kilian Stobæus
A) Lars Roberg B) Kilian Stobæus C) Rudbeck D) Celsius
A) Stenbrohult B) Uppsala C) Lund D) Skåne
A) Johann Jacob Dillenius B) George Clifford III C) Sir Hans Sloane D) Herman Boerhaave
A) zoological studies in the winter B) chemical experiments in the laboratory C) astronomical observations at night D) botanical excursions made every Saturday during summer
A) Hammarby B) Uppsala C) Edeby D) Sävja
A) Fifteen days old B) Three years old C) One month old D) Six months old
A) Veni, vidi, vici B) Famam extendere factis C) Ad astra per aspera D) Carpe diem
A) Malaria was a genetic disorder B) Malaria was transmitted through air pollution C) Malaria arose only in areas with clay-rich soils D) Malaria was caused by contaminated water
A) Species Plantarum B) Flora Lapponica C) Systema Naturae D) Genera Plantarum
A) Rose B) Lily C) Daisy D) Twinflower
A) Clay-rich soils B) Weasel jaws C) The Anopheles mosquito D) Snake skins
A) 700 B) 300 C) 561 D) 1000
A) Sophia B) Elisabeth Christina C) Sara Elisabeth Moræa D) Lovisa
A) 25 December 1731 B) 1 January 1732 C) 12 May 1732 D) 15 June 1733
A) May 1738 B) 24 September 1735 C) July 1736 D) 18 October 1737
A) member of the Academy of Sciences B) director of Uppsala University C) professor of botany D) archiater, or chief physician
A) Genera Plantarum B) Hortus Cliffortianus C) Thesaurus Zeylanicus D) Systema Naturae
A) Herman Boerhaave B) Philip Miller C) Johan Frederik Gronovius D) George Clifford III
A) Six months B) Three months C) One year D) Two weeks
A) Linnaea B) Nepenthes C) Dillenia D) Cliffortia
A) 1751 B) 1753 C) 1761 D) 1749
A) 10,000 kilometers B) Over 2,000 kilometers C) 5,000 kilometers D) 500 kilometers
A) George Clifford III B) Herman Boerhaave C) Sir Hans Sloane D) Philip Miller
A) 1758 B) 1770 C) 1752 D) 1766
A) 1736 B) 1732 C) 1740 D) 1734
A) Anders Celsius B) Olof Söderberg C) Adolf Frederick D) Erik Gustaf Lidbeck
A) 1752 B) 1747 C) 1749 D) 1750
A) Scopolia B) Linnæa C) Gärtneria D) Linnaea borealis
A) 1753 B) 1761 C) 1749 D) 1770
A) The Swedes B) The French C) The Lapps D) The Germans
A) Gotland B) Scania C) Västergötland D) Öland
A) 28 June 1741 B) 15 May 1737 C) 12 September 1739 D) 26 June 1739
A) The first edition B) The fifth edition C) The tenth edition D) The twelfth edition
A) Peter Artedi B) Nils Rosén C) The mayor of Hamburg D) Claes Sohlberg
A) About 100 B) 500 C) 200 D) 50
A) Skånska Resa B) Wästgöta-Resa C) Fauna Suecica D) Flora Suecica
A) 28 June 1738 B) 12 September 1739 C) 1 July 1740 D) 15 May 1737
A) Chelsea Physic Garden B) Oxford University Botanic Garden C) Jamaica Botanical Garden D) Hartekamp
A) Sophia B) Sara Magdalena C) Lovisa D) Elisabeth Christina
A) Grasses B) Mosses C) Berries D) Lichens
A) 500 B) 1000 C) 935 D) 750
A) Nepenthes B) Cliffortia C) Linnaea D) Dillenia
A) 186 B) 100 C) 50 D) 250
A) George Clifford III B) Herman Boerhaave C) Philip Miller D) Johann Jacob Dillenius
A) Skånska Resa B) Wästgöta-Resa C) Fauna Suecica D) Flora Suecica
A) Alexander von Humboldt B) Carl Friedrich von Gärtner C) Joseph Banks D) Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
A) Critica Botanica B) Bibliotheca Botanica C) Hortus Cliffortianus D) Genera Plantarum
A) Flora Suecica B) Wästgöta-Resa C) Öländska och Gothländska Resa D) Fauna Suecica
A) Jamaica Botanical Garden B) Oxford University Botanic Garden C) Chelsea Physic Garden D) Hartekamp Botanical Garden
A) Philip Miller B) Johan Frederik Gronovius C) Herman Boerhaave D) George Clifford III
A) Joseph Dalton Hooker B) Augustin Pyramus de Candolle C) Charles Darwin D) Gregor Mendel
A) 1761 B) 1753 C) 1770 D) 1757
A) ferruginous water B) sulfuric water C) alkaline water D) carbonated water
A) Betula pendula B) Rosa canina C) Vaccinium myrtillus D) Campanula serpyllifolia, later known as Linnaea borealis
A) Royal Swedish Academy of Science B) Linnean Society of London C) American Philosophical Society D) Uppsala University
A) 1738 B) 1741 C) 1750 D) 1765
A) Amsterdam B) Oxford C) London D) Paris
A) 1745 B) 1747 C) 1748 D) 1746
A) Hortus Cliffortianus B) Genera Plantarum C) Critica Botanica D) Systema Naturae
A) 1763 B) 1769 C) 1776 D) 1772
A) A rare bird species B) An ancient fossil C) A unique plant specimen D) A seven-headed hydra
A) Stockholm B) Uppsala C) Falun D) Gothenburg |
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