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