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