A) Roman auxiliary forces B) Desert tribes and Mongolian nomads C) Egyptian camel drivers D) Spanish officers
A) Coarse wool and fine cotton B) Outer guard hairs and soft inner down C) Short fur and long mane hair D) Curly fleece and straight bristles
A) Decorative rugs B) Waterproof coats for herdsmen C) Saddle padding D) Military tent covers
A) 17th century onwards B) 1200 BC C) 19th century D) 21st century
A) 17th century B) 19th century C) 20th century D) 500 BC
A) By at least 1200 BC B) 19th century C) 7th century BC D) 500 BC
A) By reins attached to a bit B) By pulling nose rings C) Using vocal commands D) By means of a stick
A) By at least 1200 BC B) During World War II C) Between 500 and 100 BC D) In the 17th century
A) They were designed for a single rider without weights B) They were made entirely of soft wool and down C) They were inflexible and bent, and were put over the humps D) They were positioned exclusively to the back of the camel
A) 19th century B) Seventh century BC C) 1200 BC D) 20th century
A) The Battle of Thymbra in 547 BC B) The Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC C) World War I in 1916 D) The American Civil War in 1861
A) United States Army B) French Armée d'Afrique C) British Army D) Border Security Force (BSF) of India
A) Tropas Nómadas B) Dromedarii C) Méhariste D) Senussi
A) Their natural armor protection against arrows B) Their ability to scare off horses at close range due to their scent C) Their ability to run faster than horses over long distances D) Their ability to carry heavy artillery on their backs
A) British B) Romans C) Achaemenid Persians D) French
A) 547 BC B) 1200 BC C) 1861 D) 853 BC
A) California B) Berlin C) Texas D) Algeria
A) King Abdulaziz B) John B. Floyd C) French military commander D) Achaemenid Persian leader
A) The outbreak of the American Civil War B) A severe shortage of food for the animals C) The invention of motorized trucks D) A massive disease outbreak among the camels
A) They were integrated into the Confederate cavalry B) They were housed permanently in Benicia stables C) They were shipped back to the Middle East D) They were left to wander away into the desert
A) Benicia Historical Museum B) California State Capitol C) Confederate Headquarters D) Benicia Arsenal
A) They are abandoned ruins B) They are used as active military stables C) They serve as the Benicia Historical Museum D) They are private residential homes
A) To transport supplies across the Sinai and Palestine Campaign B) To fight against Romanian forces in the Caucasian region C) To exercise greater control over the camel-riding Tuareg and Arab insurgents D) To participate in the Battle of Thymbra
A) 1912 B) 1975 C) 1944 D) 1962
A) 1942 B) 1912 C) 1853 D) 1916
A) The Confederate forces B) The Senussi C) The Lydians D) The Tuareg
A) They used the camels strictly as heavy artillery shields B) They remained mounted to intimidate enemy horses C) They fought entirely while riding on the camels D) They dismounted at battle sites and fought on foot
A) 1975 B) 1919 C) 1944 D) 1918
A) British infantrymen mounted for desert movement B) Roman auxiliary forces recruited in desert provinces C) Egyptian camel drivers and their camels D) Sahrawi tribesmen equipped with small arms
A) The Tropas Nómadas B) The Bikaner Camel Corps C) The Imperial Camel Corps D) The Somaliland Camel Corps
A) Somaliland Camel Corps B) Border Security Force C) Bikaner Camel Corps D) Tropas Nómadas
A) French forces in Algeria B) Romanian forces C) Spanish colonial army D) United States Army
A) Because camels were faster than all motorized vehicles B) Because camel hair was needed for military uniforms C) To scare off German cavalry horses D) Due to a shortage of trucks and horses
A) Berlin itself B) London C) Paris D) Rome
A) A Roman unit of dromedarii in desert provinces B) An auxiliary regiment of Sahrawi tribesmen serving in the colonial army in Spanish Sahara C) A brigade of French desert insurgents in the Sahara D) A division of British camel drivers in Egypt
A) 1919 B) 1975 C) 1962 D) 1944
A) California B) India C) Spanish Sahara D) Saudi Arabia
A) $57m (£40m) B) $12m (£8m) C) $100m (£70m) D) $1m (£700k)
A) Their owners were found to have injected them with botox B) They were discovered to be the wrong breed C) They showed signs of aggressive behavior D) They were too young to enter the pageant
A) Exactly 12 camels B) Over 100 camels C) Only 5 camels D) Over 40 camels
A) 37 pairs B) 41 pairs C) 74 pairs D) 32 pairs
A) 37 B) 76 C) 68 D) 74
A) Three B) 37 C) One D) 32
A) Three B) One C) 32 D) 37
A) 1 B) 3 C) 37 D) 32
A) Submetacentric B) Small metacentric C) Acrocentric D) Large metacentric
A) Submetacentric B) Small metacentric C) Acrocentric D) Large metacentric
A) 2.70 m B) 1.85 m C) 2.15 m D) 2.32 m
A) 2.50 m B) 1.90 m C) 2.15 m D) 2.32 m
A) 650 kg B) 500 kg C) 800 kg D) 450 kg
A) About 16 million years ago B) About 1 million years ago C) About 11 million years ago D) About 40 to 50 million years ago
A) About 5 million years ago B) About 11 million years ago C) About 1 million years ago D) About 16 million years ago
A) A Bactrian-dromedary hybrid B) A camel-llama hybrid C) The earliest known camel D) An extinct camel species
A) Gonadotrophin injections B) Artificial hormones C) Temperature changes D) Natural light cycles
A) Ears B) A hump C) Hooves D) Legs
A) Sometimes fertile B) Varies by gender C) Sterile D) Fertile
A) Poebrotherium B) Protylopus C) Stenomylus D) Paracamelus
A) Pleistocene B) Miocene C) Eocene D) Pliocene
A) A dog B) A horse C) A rabbit D) A goat
A) Africa B) South Dakota C) South America D) Asia
A) Stenomylus B) Aepycamelus C) Paracamelus D) Protylopus
A) Pleistocene B) Miocene C) Eocene D) Holocene
A) Protylopus B) Camelini C) Lamini D) Camelidae
A) Lamini B) Paracamelus C) Stenomylus D) Camelini
A) Protylopus B) Poebrotherium C) Camelops hesternus D) Paracamelus
A) Via Africa B) Via Beringia C) Via the Isthmus of Panama D) Via South America
A) During the Eocene B) During the Holocene C) During the late Miocene D) During the Pleistocene
A) About seven feet B) About five feet C) About nine feet D) About eleven feet
A) Camelus knoblochi B) Paracamelus C) Camelops hesternus D) Aepycamelus
A) Permian-Triassic extinction event B) Quaternary extinction event C) Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event D) Holocene extinction
A) Camelus knoblochi B) Camelops hesternus C) Paracamelus D) Protylopus
A) 7.5 million years ago B) Around 20,000 years ago C) 13 to 11,000 years ago D) 1 million years ago
A) Old Norse B) Sanskrit C) Ancient Egyptian D) Ancient Semitic
A) Carnivoran B) Even-toed ungulate C) Marsupial D) Odd-toed ungulate
A) 84% B) 50% C) 94% D) 6%
A) Camelid B) Ruminant C) Lamini D) Ungulate
A) Wild Bactrian camel B) Llama C) Dromedary D) Bactrian camel
A) 80 km/h B) 25 km/h C) 65 km/h D) 40 km/h
A) Nictitating membrane B) Rete mirabile C) Os diaphragmaticum D) Dulla
A) Air B) Blood plasma C) Water D) Fatty tissue
A) 10% B) 30% C) 5% D) 50%
A) Humps B) Bladder C) Bloodstream D) Stomach chambers
A) Oval B) Star-shaped C) Square D) Circular
A) 49 °C B) 34 °C C) 40 °C D) 37 °C
A) Os diaphragmaticum B) Nictitating membrane C) Dulla D) Rete mirabile
A) 50% B) 40% C) 25% D) 10%
A) Dulla B) Pedestal C) Os diaphragmaticum D) Rete mirabile
A) Darker B) Red C) Lighter D) Black
A) Hump B) Cushion C) Dulla D) Pedestal
A) Clear water B) A thick syrup C) A solid crystal D) Foamy milk
A) 1963 B) 1993 C) 2003 D) 1983
A) Surra B) Foot-and-mouth disease C) Anthrax D) Rinderpest
A) Regurgitation of pellets B) Fermentation C) Cecotrophy D) Rumination
A) 50 °C B) 70 °C C) 90 °C D) 100 °C
A) Australia B) North America C) Asia D) Africa
A) Yes B) No C) Only in certain regions D) Only recent fossils
A) Feral B) Wild C) Extinct D) Domesticated
A) Egypt B) Brazil C) Canada D) Australia
A) China B) Mongolia C) United States D) Kazakhstan
A) All plant life B) Marine mammals C) Many other megafauna D) Small rodents |