Camel - Quiz
Camel
  • 1. Which groups use camel hair for tents, yurts, clothing, bedding, and accessories?
A) Spanish officers
B) Roman auxiliary forces
C) Desert tribes and Mongolian nomads
D) Egyptian camel drivers
  • 2. What are the two types of hair found on camels?
A) Coarse wool and fine cotton
B) Short fur and long mane hair
C) Outer guard hairs and soft inner down
D) Curly fleece and straight bristles
  • 3. What are camel guard hairs felted for use as?
A) Waterproof coats for herdsmen
B) Decorative rugs
C) Military tent covers
D) Saddle padding
  • 4. When was pure camel hair first recorded as being used for western garments?
A) 1200 BC
B) 21st century
C) 17th century onwards
D) 19th century
  • 5. When was a mixture of wool and camel hair first used for garments?
A) 17th century
B) 20th century
C) 500 BC
D) 19th century
  • 6. When did the first camel saddles appear?
A) 500 BC
B) 19th century
C) 7th century BC
D) By at least 1200 BC
  • 7. How was control of the Bactrian camel exercised using the very first saddles?
A) By pulling nose rings
B) By reins attached to a bit
C) By means of a stick
D) Using vocal commands
  • 8. When did Bactrian camels come into military use?
A) By at least 1200 BC
B) During World War II
C) Between 500 and 100 BC
D) In the 17th century
  • 9. What feature did the new saddles developed between 500 and 100 BC have?
A) They were inflexible and bent, and were put over the humps
B) They were made entirely of soft wool and down
C) They were designed for a single rider without weights
D) They were positioned exclusively to the back of the camel
  • 10. When did the military Arabian saddle evolve?
A) Seventh century BC
B) 20th century
C) 1200 BC
D) 19th century
  • 11. What is the first documented use of camel cavalries?
A) World War I in 1916
B) The Battle of Thymbra in 547 BC
C) The American Civil War in 1861
D) The Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC
  • 12. Which modern-day military force continues to use camel cavalries?
A) French Armée d'Afrique
B) Border Security Force (BSF) of India
C) United States Army
D) British Army
  • 13. What auxiliary forces did the East Roman Empire use, recruited in desert provinces?
A) Senussi
B) Méhariste
C) Dromedarii
D) Tropas Nómadas
  • 14. Why were camels used mostly in combat by the East Roman Empire?
A) Their natural armor protection against arrows
B) Their ability to carry heavy artillery on their backs
C) Their ability to run faster than horses over long distances
D) Their ability to scare off horses at close range due to their scent
  • 15. Who famously employed camels to scare off horses when fighting Lydia in the Battle of Thymbra?
A) British
B) French
C) Romans
D) Achaemenid Persians
  • 16. In what year was the Battle of Thymbra fought?
A) 547 BC
B) 853 BC
C) 1200 BC
D) 1861
  • 17. Where was the U.S. Camel Corps stationed in the 19th century?
A) Berlin
B) Algeria
C) Texas
D) California
  • 18. Who was the Secretary of War in 1858 who recommended obtaining a thousand more camels?
A) King Abdulaziz
B) Achaemenid Persian leader
C) French military commander
D) John B. Floyd
  • 19. What event led to the end of the U.S. Camel Corps in 1861?
A) The invention of motorized trucks
B) The outbreak of the American Civil War
C) A severe shortage of food for the animals
D) A massive disease outbreak among the camels
  • 20. What happened to most of the camels from the U.S. Camel Corps after Texas became part of the Confederacy?
A) They were left to wander away into the desert
B) They were shipped back to the Middle East
C) They were integrated into the Confederate cavalry
D) They were housed permanently in Benicia stables
  • 21. What building in Benicia, California, still houses stables from the U.S. Camel Corps?
A) Benicia Arsenal
B) Confederate Headquarters
C) Benicia Historical Museum
D) California State Capitol
  • 22. What is the current use of the former U.S. Camel Corps stables at the Benicia Arsenal?
A) They are abandoned ruins
B) They are private residential homes
C) They serve as the Benicia Historical Museum
D) They are used as active military stables
  • 23. Why did France create a méhariste camel corps in 1912 in the Sahara?
A) To exercise greater control over the camel-riding Tuareg and Arab insurgents
B) To transport supplies across the Sinai and Palestine Campaign
C) To fight against Romanian forces in the Caucasian region
D) To participate in the Battle of Thymbra
  • 24. Until what year did camel-mounted units remain in service under French rule in Algeria?
A) 1944
B) 1912
C) 1975
D) 1962
  • 25. When was the British Imperial Camel Corps created?
A) 1942
B) 1912
C) 1916
D) 1853
  • 26. Who were the Imperial Camel Corps originally used to fight?
A) The Tuareg
B) The Senussi
C) The Lydians
D) The Confederate forces
  • 27. How did the Imperial Camel Corps operate during battles?
A) They remained mounted to intimidate enemy horses
B) They fought entirely while riding on the camels
C) They dismounted at battle sites and fought on foot
D) They used the camels strictly as heavy artillery shields
  • 28. In what year was the Imperial Camel Corps formally disbanded?
A) 1975
B) 1919
C) 1944
D) 1918
  • 29. What did the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps consist of?
A) British infantrymen mounted for desert movement
B) Sahrawi tribesmen equipped with small arms
C) Roman auxiliary forces recruited in desert provinces
D) Egyptian camel drivers and their camels
  • 30. Which organization was created by colonial authorities in British Somaliland in 1912 and disbanded in 1944?
A) The Bikaner Camel Corps
B) The Somaliland Camel Corps
C) The Imperial Camel Corps
D) The Tropas Nómadas
  • 31. Which Indian camel corps fought alongside the British Indian Army in World Wars I and II?
A) Bikaner Camel Corps
B) Border Security Force
C) Tropas Nómadas
D) Somaliland Camel Corps
  • 32. Which forces used Bactrian camels during World War II in the Caucasian region?
A) United States Army
B) French forces in Algeria
C) Romanian forces
D) Spanish colonial army
  • 33. Why did Soviet units operating around Astrakhan in 1942 adopt local camels as draft animals?
A) Because camels were faster than all motorized vehicles
B) Due to a shortage of trucks and horses
C) To scare off German cavalry horses
D) Because camel hair was needed for military uniforms
  • 34. How far west did some of the Soviet camels end up during World War II?
A) Berlin itself
B) Rome
C) Paris
D) London
  • 35. What were the Tropas Nómadas?
A) A Roman unit of dromedarii in desert provinces
B) A division of British camel drivers in Egypt
C) An auxiliary regiment of Sahrawi tribesmen serving in the colonial army in Spanish Sahara
D) A brigade of French desert insurgents in the Sahara
  • 36. Until what year was the Tropas Nómadas operational in Spanish Sahara?
A) 1962
B) 1975
C) 1919
D) 1944
  • 37. Where is the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival held?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) California
C) Spanish Sahara
D) India
  • 38. What is the prize money for the camel "beauty pageant" at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival?
A) $100m (£70m)
B) $12m (£8m)
C) $57m (£40m)
D) $1m (£700k)
  • 39. Why were 12 camels disqualified from the beauty contest at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in 2018?
A) They were discovered to be the wrong breed
B) They showed signs of aggressive behavior
C) They were too young to enter the pageant
D) Their owners were found to have injected them with botox
  • 40. How many camels were disqualified in a similar botox incident at the camel festival in 2021?
A) Exactly 12 camels
B) Over 100 camels
C) Only 5 camels
D) Over 40 camels
  • 41. How many pairs of chromosomes do camels have?
A) 74 pairs
B) 37 pairs
C) 41 pairs
D) 32 pairs
  • 42. What is the total diploid chromosome number (2n) of camels?
A) 74
B) 68
C) 37
D) 76
  • 43. How many metacentric autosomes are found in the camel karyotype according to the 2007 study?
A) 37
B) Three
C) 32
D) One
  • 44. How many submetacentric autosomes do camels have?
A) 37
B) 32
C) One
D) Three
  • 45. How many acrocentric autosomes are in the camel karyotype?
A) 3
B) 32
C) 37
D) 1
  • 46. What type of chromosome is the Y chromosome in camels?
A) Large metacentric
B) Acrocentric
C) Submetacentric
D) Small metacentric
  • 47. What type of chromosome is the X chromosome in camels?
A) Acrocentric
B) Large metacentric
C) Submetacentric
D) Small metacentric
  • 48. What is the shoulder height of the hybrid camel?
A) 2.70 m
B) 2.15 m
C) 2.32 m
D) 1.85 m
  • 49. What is the height at the hump of the hybrid camel?
A) 2.50 m
B) 2.32 m
C) 1.90 m
D) 2.15 m
  • 50. What is the average weight of the hybrid camel?
A) 450 kg
B) 500 kg
C) 650 kg
D) 800 kg
  • 51. When did the wild Bactrian camel separate from the domestic Bactrian camel?
A) About 11 million years ago
B) About 1 million years ago
C) About 40 to 50 million years ago
D) About 16 million years ago
  • 52. When did New World and Old World camelids diverge?
A) About 11 million years ago
B) About 16 million years ago
C) About 5 million years ago
D) About 1 million years ago
  • 53. What is a cama?
A) A camel-llama hybrid
B) An extinct camel species
C) The earliest known camel
D) A Bactrian-dromedary hybrid
  • 54. How was ovulation stimulated in the female llama when breeding a cama?
A) Natural light cycles
B) Artificial hormones
C) Temperature changes
D) Gonadotrophin injections
  • 55. What physical feature does a cama lack?
A) Hooves
B) Legs
C) A hump
D) Ears
  • 56. Are camas fertile or sterile?
A) Sterile
B) Varies by gender
C) Fertile
D) Sometimes fertile
  • 57. What is the name of the earliest known camel?
A) Paracamelus
B) Stenomylus
C) Poebrotherium
D) Protylopus
  • 58. During which geological epoch did Protylopus live?
A) Pleistocene
B) Miocene
C) Pliocene
D) Eocene
  • 59. What animal was Protylopus about the size of?
A) A goat
B) A rabbit
C) A horse
D) A dog
  • 60. Where did Protylopus live?
A) South Dakota
B) Africa
C) Asia
D) South America
  • 61. Which ancient camel walked on the tips of its toes?
A) Aepycamelus
B) Stenomylus
C) Paracamelus
D) Protylopus
  • 62. During which epoch did the long-necked Aepycamelus evolve?
A) Miocene
B) Eocene
C) Holocene
D) Pleistocene
  • 63. What tribe contains modern camels?
A) Camelini
B) Camelidae
C) Lamini
D) Protylopus
  • 64. What tribe contains modern llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos?
A) Camelini
B) Lamini
C) Paracamelus
D) Stenomylus
  • 65. What was the ancestor of modern camels?
A) Protylopus
B) Paracamelus
C) Poebrotherium
D) Camelops hesternus
  • 66. How did Paracamelus migrate into Eurasia?
A) Via South America
B) Via Africa
C) Via Beringia
D) Via the Isthmus of Panama
  • 67. When did North American Camelidae spread to South America?
A) During the Holocene
B) During the Pleistocene
C) During the Eocene
D) During the late Miocene
  • 68. How tall is Paracamelus estimated to have stood?
A) About seven feet
B) About eleven feet
C) About five feet
D) About nine feet
  • 69. What was the last camel native to North America?
A) Aepycamelus
B) Camelus knoblochi
C) Paracamelus
D) Camelops hesternus
  • 70. Which extinction event caused the disappearance of Camelops hesternus?
A) Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event
B) Holocene extinction
C) Permian-Triassic extinction event
D) Quaternary extinction event
  • 71. What is the name of the extinct giant camel species that roamed Asia?
A) Camelops hesternus
B) Camelus knoblochi
C) Protylopus
D) Paracamelus
  • 72. When did Camelus knoblochi become extinct?
A) 13 to 11,000 years ago
B) 1 million years ago
C) 7.5 million years ago
D) Around 20,000 years ago
  • 73. What language does the word camel originate from according to its Latin and Ancient Greek roots?
A) Ancient Semitic
B) Sanskrit
C) Old Norse
D) Ancient Egyptian
  • 74. What type of biological group do camels belong to regarding their toes?
A) Marsupial
B) Carnivoran
C) Odd-toed ungulate
D) Even-toed ungulate
  • 75. What percentage of the world's camel population is made up of the one-humped dromedary?
A) 84%
B) 94%
C) 50%
D) 6%
  • 76. What is the more correct term when using the word camel informally to include all seven species of Camelidae?
A) Ruminant
B) Lamini
C) Camelid
D) Ungulate
  • 77. Which of the following animals belongs to the 'New World' camelids?
A) Dromedary
B) Wild Bactrian camel
C) Bactrian camel
D) Llama
  • 78. What is the maximum speed camels can run in short bursts?
A) 65 km/h
B) 25 km/h
C) 80 km/h
D) 40 km/h
  • 79. What is the name of the large, inflatable sac in the throat of a male dromedary camel used when in rut?
A) Nictitating membrane
B) Dulla
C) Os diaphragmaticum
D) Rete mirabile
  • 80. What is stored inside a camel's hump?
A) Air
B) Fatty tissue
C) Water
D) Blood plasma
  • 81. What is the maximum percentage of body mass a camel can lose due to dehydration?
A) 30%
B) 5%
C) 50%
D) 10%
  • 82. Where is the water stored when a camel drinks up to 140 litres at a time?
A) Bloodstream
B) Bladder
C) Humps
D) Stomach chambers
  • 83. What shape are a camel's red blood cells?
A) Square
B) Circular
C) Oval
D) Star-shaped
  • 84. What is the body temperature of a camel at dawn?
A) 49 °C
B) 34 °C
C) 37 °C
D) 40 °C
  • 85. What is the name of the complex of arteries and veins that uses countercurrent blood flow to cool blood flowing to the brain?
A) Os diaphragmaticum
B) Dulla
C) Nictitating membrane
D) Rete mirabile
  • 86. What percentage of body weight in water can a camel withstand losing before severe issues, compared to 12-14% in most other mammals?
A) 10%
B) 40%
C) 50%
D) 25%
  • 87. What is the name of the unique bone present in the camel diaphragm to prevent it from tearing during inhalation?
A) Dulla
B) Pedestal
C) Rete mirabile
D) Os diaphragmaticum
  • 88. What color does a camel's coat become during the summer to reflect light and avoid sunburn?
A) Black
B) Darker
C) Lighter
D) Red
  • 89. What is the name of the pad of thick tissue over the sternum in dromedaries that raises the body from the hot surface?
A) Hump
B) Dulla
C) Cushion
D) Pedestal
  • 90. What does camel urine look like when it comes out?
A) A thick syrup
B) Foamy milk
C) A solid crystal
D) Clear water
  • 91. In what year were the 'heavy-chain-only' antibodies in camels discovered?
A) 1983
B) 1963
C) 1993
D) 2003
  • 92. What disease does the parasite Trypanosoma evansi cause in camels?
A) Rinderpest
B) Foot-and-mouth disease
C) Surra
D) Anthrax
  • 93. What process do camels perform as part of their digestive process despite not being part of the ruminant sub-order?
A) Rumination
B) Fermentation
C) Cecotrophy
D) Regurgitation of pellets
  • 94. What temperature can desert sand reach, which is kept away from the camel's body by its long legs?
A) 100 °C
B) 50 °C
C) 70 °C
D) 90 °C
  • 95. Where did camels originally originate?
A) North America
B) Australia
C) Africa
D) Asia
  • 96. Are camel fossils ever associated with definitive evidence of hunting in North America?
A) Only recent fossils
B) No
C) Only in certain regions
D) Yes
  • 97. What status do most camels surviving today have?
A) Wild
B) Extinct
C) Domesticated
D) Feral
  • 98. In which country do feral camel populations exist, according to the text?
A) Egypt
B) Canada
C) Brazil
D) Australia
  • 99. Which of the following countries has feral camel populations?
A) United States
B) China
C) Kazakhstan
D) Mongolia
  • 100. Along with camels, what else was wiped out in North America?
A) Small rodents
B) All plant life
C) Marine mammals
D) Many other megafauna
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