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