[steve_nova]

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.

[satrow]

1 Ebor
2 Narwhal
3 Crete
4 Mink
5 (choice of three?) Inca?
6 Blue/green algae
7 Alexander ?
8 method of propulsion
9 Kernow
10 Occidental
11 Venice?
12 beetle larvae?
13 Oak that Charles 1 hid in?
14 Sturgeon
15 Acapulco ?
16 Tuna
17 Istanbul ?
18 New Zealand ?
19 Owl ?
20 Black-throated Blue Warbler ? Wood Trush ?

[Elizabeth Bigg]

[quote=steve_nova]Here is another quiz for you all of both historical nature and the natural world.

Steve - please can you give a time for posting answers when you do another quiz - I've only just seen this, but most answers were given within 21 minutes!

[Bluetail]

11 Florence
19 Owl
20 Black-throated Blue Warbler and Ovenbird?

[steve_nova]

Well, I know I should have put a posting date on this quiz!!! Another larger and harder assorted one on it's way though

1. In Roman times, the British city of York was known by this name.
Eboracum.
2. What is the Sea Unicorn properly known as.
Narwhal.
3. Where was the early European Minoan civilisation centred.
Crete.
4. Which animal was first introduced to the UK in 1876.
Grey Squirrel.
5. The Spanish conquistadore Francisco Pizzaro is renowned in history for the destruction of which civilisation.
Inca's.
6. What green scourge covoured everything in the UK summer of 1979.
Aphids or Greenfly.
7. The death of a great empire builder in the year 323 BC.
Alexander.
8. Why is the squirting cucumber so called.
The fruits build up pressure when ripe until they shoot off their stalks, squirting their seeds everywhere.
9. The ancient Celtic name for Cornwall.
Kernow.
10. Boreal is the opposite of Austral, as Oriental is the opposite of what.
Occidental.
11. To which city were the Medici family based.
Firenze or Florence.
12. What type of creature is an Ant Lion.
I simply wanted Insect.
13. What famous tree can be found at Tortworth in Gloucestershire.
A Sweet Chestnut with a massive hollow trunk.
14. The largest freshwater fish to be found in Europe, probably better known for another fact.
Sturgeon.
15. Which modern city is built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
Ciudad de Mexico or Mexico City.
16. What type of fish is an Albacore.
A species of Tuna
17. Which city would you have entered through the Ishtar gate.
Babylon.
18. Where in the world would you find a Tuatara.
New Zealand.
19. Which bird could the Greek Goddess Athena change into, also giving her name to it's scientific classification (genus).
An Owl, specifically Athene noctua the Little Owl.
20. Name both birds in this Lithograph of 1752 from the West Indies.
Golden-crowned Thrush and Blue Flycatcher.

[Elizabeth Bigg]

[quote=steve_nova]Well, I know I should have put a posting date on this quiz!!! Another larger and harder assorted one on it's way though

That's a pity (for me). This one suited me fine - not too long, and with some questions I could answer without any research!

[steve_nova]

I think you'll do as well as anyone Elizabeth, here it comes anyway...............