Trivia Quiz on Anthropology

1. Author of 'Coming of Age in Samoa', the mostly widely read book in the field of anthropology

A) Franz Boas

B) Ruth Benedict

C) Margaret Mead

D) Bronisław Malinowski

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2. The Dayak people are indigenous to which country or region?

A) Borneo or Sarawak

B) Sumatra

C) Java

D) Philippines

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3. What does an anthropophagist eat

A) Animals

B) Plants

C) People

D) Insects

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4. Distaff is the female family side - what is the male

A) Agnate

B) Patriline

C) Paterfamilias

D) Spear

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5. A mistress among polygamous people

A) Second wife

B) Co-wife

C) Harem member

D) Concubine

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6. In what county did the Aryan race originate

A) India

B) Iran

C) Germany

D) Greece

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7. The Walibri tribe central Australia greet each other how

A) Shaking Penises

B) Shaking hands

C) Nose-to-nose greeting

D) Dancing around a ceremonial fire

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8. The practice of women taking more than one husband is called?

A) Polygyny

B) Polyamory

C) Monogamy

D) Polyandry

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9. What have woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails all been used as

A) ornaments

B) Money

C) tools

D) medicine

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10. The Mbuti tribe in Africa are the worlds what

A) Tallest people in Africa

B) Shortest race

C) Oldest civilization in Africa

D) Fastest runners in Africa

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11. What was the name of the "fake" evolutionary missing link found in Sussex, England ?

A) Nebraska Man

B) Piltdown Man

C) Archaeoraptor

D) Ramapithecus

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12. Woodpecker Scalps - Porpoise Teeth - Giraffe Tails what links

A) They were all used as ceremonial ornaments

B) They were all used as symbols of status in tribes

C) All been used as money

D) They were all used as talismans against predators

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13. What does an anthrophage practice

A) Frugivory

B) Herbivory

C) Cannibalism

D) Necrophagy

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14. What does a polyandric women have more than one of

A) Husband

B) Wives

C) Children

D) Siblings

E) Sons

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15. Eskimo culture encourages male visitors to do what

A) Sleep with hosts wife

B) Share a ceremonial feast with the hosts family

C) Learn a traditional song and dance together

D) Receive a customary gift and blessing from the hosts

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16. Which peoples name translates as eaters of raw flesh

A) Inuit

B) Eskimo

C) Cree

D) Maori

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17. A Capriphiliac has sex with who or what

A) Sheep

B) Goats

C) Cows

D) Dogs

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18. Which people used to settle legal disputes by head butting

A) Inuit - Eskimo

B) Maori

C) Vikings

D) Zulu

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19. What have woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails all been used as?

A) Beads

B) Shells

C) Money

D) Salt

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20. The Wadomo tribe in Zimbabwe have what physical oddity

A) Ritual scarification on the face

B) Two toes each foot

C) Extra finger on one hand

D) Webbed toes on both feet

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21. What is the sudy of humankind, societies and customs

A) Anthropology

B) Sociology

C) Archaeology

D) Ethnography

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22. The study of man & culture is known as ________

A) Sociology

B) Ethnology

C) Archaeology

D) Anthropology

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23. The is no known language without a word for this creature - what

A) Lion

B) Dragonfly

C) Koala

D) Butterfly

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24. Who was the author of the anthropological work 'Coming of Age in Samoa'

A) Franz Boas

B) Margaret Mead

C) Ruth Benedict

D) Bronislaw Malinowski

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25. What country excludes women from the graveside rituals

A) Japan

B) China

C) Egypt

D) India

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26. What mammal lives longest

A) Elephant

B) Man

C) Bowhead whale

D) Giraffe

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27. In a Gynocracy - who rules

A) Men

B) Women

C) The clergy

D) The military

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28. What is geophagy

A) Practise of eating soil

B) Eating rocks and stones

C) Eating only plant-based foods

D) A method for testing soil quality by tasting

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29. What is the tribal african word for dowry?

A) Lobola

B) Brideprice

C) Mahr

D) Bridewealth

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30. Native American Indians are of which human subrace? (e.g. Caucasian)

A) Caucasian

B) Mongoloid

C) Australoid

D) Negroid

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31. What Proportion Of People Are Left Handed

A) About 10%

B) About 5%

C) About 12%

D) About 20%

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32. What Was The First Animal To Be Domesticated?

A) Cat

B) Horse

C) Cow

D) Dog

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