steve_nova
Monday 3rd November 2003, 23:15
Here is another quiz for you all of both historical nature and the natural world.
1. In Roman times, the British city of York was known by this name.
2. What is the Sea Unicorn properly known as.
3. Where was the early European Minoan civilisation centred.
4. Which animal was first introduced to the UK in 1876.
5. The Spanish conquistadore Francisco Pizzaro is renowned in history for the destruction of which civilisation.
6. What green scourge covoured everything in the UK summer of 1979.
7. The death of a great empire builder in the year 323 BC.
8. Why is the squirting cucumber so called.
9. The ancient Celtic name for Cornwall.
10. Boreal is the opposite of Austral, as Oriental is the opposite of what.
11. To which city were the Medici family based.
12. What type of creature is an Ant Lion.
13. What famous tree can be found at Tortworth in Gloucestershire.
14. The largest freshwater fish to be found in Europe, probably better known for another fact.
15. Which modern city is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
16. What type of fish is an Albacore.
17. Which city would you have entered through the Ishtar gate.
18. Where in the world would you find a Tuatara.
19. Which bird could the Greek Goddess Athena change into, also giving her name to it's scientific classification (genus).
20. Name both birds in this George Edwards Lithograph of 1752 from the West Indies.
1. In Roman times, the British city of York was known by this name.
2. What is the Sea Unicorn properly known as.
3. Where was the early European Minoan civilisation centred.
4. Which animal was first introduced to the UK in 1876.
5. The Spanish conquistadore Francisco Pizzaro is renowned in history for the destruction of which civilisation.
6. What green scourge covoured everything in the UK summer of 1979.
7. The death of a great empire builder in the year 323 BC.
8. Why is the squirting cucumber so called.
9. The ancient Celtic name for Cornwall.
10. Boreal is the opposite of Austral, as Oriental is the opposite of what.
11. To which city were the Medici family based.
12. What type of creature is an Ant Lion.
13. What famous tree can be found at Tortworth in Gloucestershire.
14. The largest freshwater fish to be found in Europe, probably better known for another fact.
15. Which modern city is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
16. What type of fish is an Albacore.
17. Which city would you have entered through the Ishtar gate.
18. Where in the world would you find a Tuatara.
19. Which bird could the Greek Goddess Athena change into, also giving her name to it's scientific classification (genus).
20. Name both birds in this George Edwards Lithograph of 1752 from the West Indies.