Trivia Quiz on Biology

1. What is the name of the body part which seperates the nostrils

A) Nasal bridge

B) Nostril

C) Nasal mucosa

D) Septum

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2. In the original Star Trek the Horta was a life form based on what

A) Carbon

B) Silicon

C) Water

D) Iron

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3. What two colours are blood cells

A) Red & white

B) Red & blue

C) Red & yellow

D) Blue & white

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4. Mottephobia is the fear of

A) Moths

B) Butterflies

C) Beetles

D) Spiders

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5. The human body contains enough carbon to make ______

A) 900 pencils

B) 600 pencils

C) 1000 pencils

D) 800 pencils

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6. What is a female deer

A) Hind

B) Doe

C) Fawn

D) Stag

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7. Cat's _____ glows under a black-light

A) Cat's fur

B) Cat's blood

C) Urine

D) Cat's tears

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8. What would you be doing if you were suffering from somnambulism

A) Sleep Walking

B) Dreaming

C) Talking in your sleep

D) Insomnia

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9. What is the young of this animal called: Eagle

A) Nestling

B) Chick

C) Fledgling

D) Eaglet

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10. A 'morel' is what type of vegetable

A) Toadstool

B) Mushroom

C) Turnip

D) Algae

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11. Collective nouns - A wiggle of what

A) geese

B) frogs

C) worms

D) Tadpoles

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12. What do humans completely shed and regrow every 27 days

A) Hair

B) Nails

C) Teeth enamel

D) Skin

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13. How many teeth does a mosquito have

A) Forty seven

B) Forty eight

C) Forty six

D) Zero

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14. The Voyage of the Beagle told of which scientist's discoveries

A) Alfred Russel Wallace

B) Charles Lyell

C) Gregor Mendel

D) Charles darwin

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15. Any structure of animals, plants, or insects that produces chemical secretions or excretions

A) Organ

B) Duct

C) Gland

D) Tissue

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16. What do the letters 'r.e.m.' stand for

A) Random eye movement

B) Rapid emotional memory

C) Rapid eye movement

D) Rapid eye motion

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17. How many hearts do earthworms have

A) Three

B) Four

C) Five

D) Six

E) Seven

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18. By 70 years of age, an average person will have shed how many pounds of skin

A) 60

B) 90

C) 100

D) 105

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19. What loses colour if kept in dimly lit or running water

A) Chameleon

B) Goldfish

C) Rainbow Trout

D) Guppy

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20. This large bean_shaped lymph gland can expand and contract as needed.

A) Liver

B) Pancreas

C) Spleen

D) Lymph node

E) Thymus

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21. If an animal has feathers, what is it

A) Bird

B) Reptile

C) Mammal

D) Insect

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22. What is a group of this animal called: Oyster

A) Bed

B) Harvest

C) Colony

D) Cluster

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23. When angered, the ears of what animal turn a pinkish red

A) Red panda

B) Kangaroo

C) Tazmanian devil

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24. From which kind of organism is the indicator litmus extracted

A) Algae

B) Moss

C) Lichens

D) Fungi

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25. Proportionately which creature has the largest brain

A) The Ant

B) The Human

C) The Dolphin

D) The Whale

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26. Which Swedish naturalist developed the system of plant and animal classification which is still used today

A) Charles Darwin

B) Carolus linnaeus

C) Lamarck

D) Aristotle

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27. What has albumen and a yolk

A) Eggplant

B) Egg

C) Oyster

D) Banana

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28. What is the scientific study of the body of man and lower animals called

A) Physiology

B) Anatomy

C) Histology

D) Embryology

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29. What do butterflies eat grubs, nectar or nothing

A) Nectar

B) Grubs

C) Pollen

D) Leaves

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30. What does one square inch of human skin contain 625 of

A) nerve endings

B) Sweat glands

C) sebaceous glands

D) hair follicles

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31. What is the common name for a birds Ventriculus

A) Gizzard

B) Crop

C) Proventriculus

D) Syrinx

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32. What creatures do the Galapagos islands take their name from

A) Tortoises

B) Lizards

C) Sea lions

D) Penguins

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33. Animal or plant without the normal pigmentation of its species

A) Melanism

B) Albino

C) Leucistic

D) Piebald

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34. An octopus has how many hearts

A) Three

B) Two

C) Four

D) Five

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35. The study of plants is ______.

A) Zoology

B) Horticulture

C) Mycology

D) Botany

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36. A bind is a group of what type of fish

A) Trout

B) Cod

C) Herring

D) Salmon

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37. Negatives what is the term for the union of two dissimilar sexual cells or gametes to form a new individual

A) Mitosis

B) Conjugation

C) Pollination

D) Fertilisation

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38. What is the term of an animal with pure white skin & hair & pink eyes

A) Leucism

B) Melanism

C) Piebaldism

D) Albino

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39. What has a palimped got

A) Gills

B) Wings

C) Fins

D) Webbed Feet

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40. Every human first spent about half an hour as a single what

A) Egg

B) Embryo

C) Morula

D) Cell

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41. The fastest bird is the _____ ______ _____, clocked at speeds of up to 106 miles per hour

A) Spine tailed swift

B) Peregrine falcon

C) White-throated needletail

D) Golden eagle

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42. A cat is feline - what animal is murine

A) Dog

B) Rabbit

C) Mouse or Rat

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43. Most of these animals are bisexual - what animal

A) Giraffe

B) Dolphin

C) Bonobo

D) Penguin

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44. Benthos are plants and animals living where

A) In air

B) On land

C) In soil

D) Water

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45. What is the largest cell in a human body

A) Ovum

B) Neuron

C) Muscle cell

D) Adipocyte

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46. What does the red blood cell not have

A) Hemoglobin

B) Nucleus

C) Cell membrane

D) Cytoplasm

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47. What type of animal is an 'agama'

A) Snake

B) Turtle

C) Lizard

D) Frog

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48. When is a crepuscular animal active

A) Twilight

B) Dawn

C) Noon

D) Night

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49. The average human produces how many quarts of spit in a lifetime

A) 15000 quarts

B) 35000 quarts

C) 25000 quarts

D) 10000 quarts

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50. Any animal lacking a vertebral column, or backbone

A) Vertebrate

B) Invertebrate

C) Mammal

D) Bird

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