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