Carl Linnaeus - Test
A) Father of Taxonomy B) Discoverer of DNA C) Inventor of the microscope D) Founder of quantum physics
A) 1707 B) 1907 C) 1607 D) 1807
A) England B) Germany C) France D) Sweden
A) Color-based naming B) Random naming C) Hieroglyphic naming D) Binomial nomenclature
A) Botany B) Nuclear physics C) Architecture D) Economics
A) Under the Eiffel Tower B) Uppsala Cathedral C) Mount Everest D) The Great Wall of China
A) Struck by lightning B) Stroke C) Falling from a tree 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) Species B) Kingdom C) Genus D) Family
A) Meteorology B) Taxonomy C) Geology D) Astronomy
A) Carl de Linné B) Carl the Great of Sweden C) Carl von Linné D) Sir Carl Linnaeus
A) Stockholm B) Uppsala C) Gothenburg D) Råshult
A) Nilsson B) Brodersonius C) Lind D) Ingemarsson
A) His favorite flower, a lily B) A historical figure named Linnaeus C) The Latin word for 'tree' D) A giant lime tree on their family homestead
A) University professor B) Lutheran minister and amateur botanist C) Farmer D) Doctor
A) 1760s B) 1740s C) 1730s D) 1750s
A) Linné B) Linnæus C) L. D) Linnaeus
A) The genetic donor B) The type specimen C) The primary researcher D) The evolutionary ancestor
A) Played music for him B) Told him jokes C) Gave him a flower D) Read him a story
A) Books and manuscripts B) Medical instruments C) Maps of Sweden D) Flowers and their names
A) Johan Telander B) Rothman C) Nils D) Daniel Lannerus
A) He thought Telander was better calculated to extinguish a child's talents than develop them. B) He felt Telander was an excellent mentor in botany. C) He admired Telander for his teaching methods. D) He found Telander inspiring and motivating.
A) 1717 B) 1730 C) 1709 D) 1724
A) He diligently followed all school assignments. B) He was an exemplary student with high grades. C) He focused solely on Latin and theology. D) He rarely studied, often going to the countryside to look for plants.
A) A physician B) A schoolteacher C) A botanist D) An honest cobbler
A) His father Nils B) Johan Telander C) Daniel Lannerus, his headmaster D) A local yeoman
A) Theology B) Medicine C) Cobbling D) Mathematics
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) Rothman B) Johan Telander C) Daniel Lannerus D) Nils
A) Sébastien Vaillant B) Kilian Stobæus C) Nils Rosén D) Olof Celsius
A) 1727 B) 1730 C) 1728 D) 1731
A) Nils Rosén B) Lars Roberg C) Kilian Stobæus D) Olof Celsius
A) Lars Roberg B) Nils Rosén C) Kilian Stobæus D) Olof Celsius
A) Kilian Stobæus B) Lars Roberg C) Nils Rosén D) Olof Rudbeck
A) 200 B) 400 C) 300 D) 500
A) Tournefort's system B) Linnaeus's own system C) Celsius's system D) Rudbeck's system
A) Adonis Uplandicus B) Genera Plantarum C) Critica Botanica D) Praeludia Sponsaliorum Plantarum
A) Kilian Stobæus B) Olof Rudbeck C) Lars Roberg D) Nils Rosén
A) Celsius B) Kilian Stobæus C) Lars Roberg D) Rudbeck
A) Stenbrohult B) Lund C) Uppsala D) Skåne
A) 25 December 1731 B) 1 January 1732 C) 12 May 1732 D) 15 June 1733
A) Rosa canina B) Betula pendula C) Campanula serpyllifolia, later known as Linnaea borealis D) Vaccinium myrtillus
A) Mosses B) Berries C) Lichens D) Grasses
A) Two weeks B) Three months C) Six months D) One year
A) 5,000 kilometers B) 10,000 kilometers C) Over 2,000 kilometers D) 500 kilometers
A) 50 B) 500 C) About 100 D) 200
A) Systema Naturae B) Genera Plantarum C) Species Plantarum D) Flora Lapponica
A) Gregor Mendel B) Joseph Dalton Hooker C) Augustin Pyramus de Candolle D) Charles Darwin
A) 1734 B) 1736 C) 1740 D) 1732
A) Peter Artedi B) Claes Sohlberg C) Nils Rosén D) The mayor of Hamburg
A) An ancient fossil B) A rare bird species C) A unique plant specimen D) A seven-headed hydra
A) Malaria was caused by contaminated water B) Malaria was a genetic disorder C) Malaria arose only in areas with clay-rich soils D) Malaria was transmitted through air pollution
A) The Anopheles mosquito B) Clay-rich soils C) Weasel jaws D) Snake skins
A) Systema Naturae B) Critica Botanica C) Genera Plantarum D) Hortus Cliffortianus
A) George Clifford III B) Johan Frederik Gronovius C) Herman Boerhaave D) Philip Miller
A) Thesaurus Zeylanicus B) Systema Naturae C) Hortus Cliffortianus D) Genera Plantarum
A) George Clifford III B) Philip Miller C) Herman Boerhaave D) Johan Frederik Gronovius
A) Jamaica Botanical Garden B) Chelsea Physic Garden C) Oxford University Botanic Garden D) Hartekamp
A) Critica Botanica B) Hortus Cliffortianus C) Bibliotheca Botanica D) Genera Plantarum
A) Sir Hans Sloane B) George Clifford III C) Johann Jacob Dillenius D) Herman Boerhaave
A) Oxford University Botanic Garden B) Jamaica Botanical Garden C) Chelsea Physic Garden D) Hartekamp Botanical Garden
A) George Clifford III B) Sir Hans Sloane C) Philip Miller D) Herman Boerhaave
A) Herman Boerhaave B) Philip Miller C) Johann Jacob Dillenius D) George Clifford III
A) Dillenia B) Linnaea C) Cliffortia D) Nepenthes
A) 750 B) 500 C) 1000 D) 935
A) Nepenthes B) Dillenia C) Linnaea D) Cliffortia
A) 24 September 1735 B) July 1736 C) May 1738 D) 18 October 1737
A) London B) Oxford C) Amsterdam D) Paris
A) 28 June 1738 B) 15 May 1737 C) 12 September 1739 D) 1 July 1740
A) Elisabeth Christina B) Sara Elisabeth Moræa C) Sophia D) Lovisa
A) Uppsala B) Gothenburg C) Stockholm D) Falun
A) 26 June 1739 B) 12 September 1739 C) 15 May 1737 D) 28 June 1741
A) Sophia B) Elisabeth Christina C) Lovisa D) Sara Magdalena
A) Fifteen days old B) One month old C) Three years old D) Six months old
A) 1750 B) 1738 C) 1765 D) 1741
A) Flora Suecica B) Fauna Suecica C) Wästgöta-Resa D) Öländska och Gothländska Resa
A) 1747 B) 1748 C) 1745 D) 1746
A) Västergötland B) Gotland C) Scania D) Öland
A) Olof Söderberg B) Adolf Frederick C) Anders Celsius D) Erik Gustaf Lidbeck
A) Flora Suecica B) Skånska Resa C) Wästgöta-Resa D) Fauna Suecica
A) archiater, or chief physician B) professor of botany C) director of Uppsala University D) member of the Academy of Sciences
A) ferruginous water B) alkaline water C) sulfuric water D) carbonated water
A) Flora Suecica B) Wästgöta-Resa C) Skånska Resa D) Fauna Suecica
A) 300 B) 561 C) 1000 D) 700
A) 1747 B) 1749 C) 1752 D) 1750
A) astronomical observations at night B) chemical experiments in the laboratory C) zoological studies in the winter D) botanical excursions made every Saturday during summer
A) 1753 B) 1751 C) 1761 D) 1749
A) 1766 B) 1752 C) 1770 D) 1758
A) The Lapps B) The Germans C) The French D) The Swedes
A) 1761 B) 1753 C) 1770 D) 1749
A) Sävja B) Hammarby C) Uppsala D) Edeby
A) The twelfth edition B) The first edition C) The tenth edition D) The fifth edition
A) 1770 B) 1753 C) 1757 D) 1761
A) Ad astra per aspera B) Veni, vidi, vici C) Famam extendere factis D) Carpe diem
A) 100 B) 250 C) 50 D) 186
A) Alexander von Humboldt B) Carl Friedrich von Gärtner C) Giovanni Antonio Scopoli D) Joseph Banks
A) Linnæa B) Linnaea borealis C) Scopolia D) Gärtneria
A) Twinflower B) Lily C) Rose D) Daisy
A) 1776 B) 1763 C) 1772 D) 1769
A) Uppsala University B) Royal Swedish Academy of Science C) Linnean Society of London D) American Philosophical Society |
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