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