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