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Answers: San Marino
Trivia Teaser: According to tradition, San Marino is known as the world's oldest republic. The tiny republic was founded by a Christian stonemason named Marino (or Saint Marinus) on September 3, in the year 301 C.E.
Question: Which continent is the largest?
Answers: Asia
Trivia Teaser: Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition. It covers 8.6 percent of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.4 percent of its land area, and it contains more than 60 percent of the world's human population. Australia is the smallest and lowest-lying of the Earth's continents, having a total land area of some 8,560,000 square kilometres.
Question: What is the earth creature with the longest neck?
Answers: Sauroposeidon
Trivia Teaser: Sauroposeidon, a huge, long-necked sauropod, was found in Oklahoma, USA, and may be the biggest dinosaur yet found. The name Sauroposeidon means "Lizard Earthquake God," because this behemoth probably shook the ground when it walked. This giant plant-eater weighed about 60 tons and was about 60 feet tall. It has the longest neck in the fossil record, beating even the enormous dinosaur Mamenchisaurus. Individual vertebrae (neck bones) are up to 4 feet (1.2 m) long. A single bone looks more like a tree trunk than part of an animal's neck. Sauroposeidon lived about 110 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period.
Question: Name one of the first crops ever cultivated? (there are 3)
Answers: Rice, Millet, or Sorghum
Trivia Teaser: Rice, millet, and sorghum are thought to be the first crops ever cultivated. Rice has been cultivated for over 5000 years. There are thousands of different varieties of rice (Oryza sativa). At the International Rice Research Institute Genetic Resources Center in the Philippines, there are 80,000 rice samples in cold storage. Rice is grown on every continent except Antarctica. The millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal crops, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. They do not form a taxonomic group, but rather a functional or agronomic one, based on similar characteristics and uses. Sorghum originated in the north-east quadrant of Africa and spread from there throughout Africa and into India. In 1994, sorghum ranked fifth among the most important cereal crops of the world after wheat, rice, maize, and barley in both total area planted and production.
Question: What is the largest fish in the world?
Answers: Whale shark
Trivia Teaser: The whale shark is a the biggest shark and the biggest fish in the world. Despite its name it is NOT a whale. The whale shark is up to 46 feet (14 m) in length and weighs up to 15 tons. The average size is 25 feet (7.6 m) long. Females are larger than males (like most sharks). It has a huge mouth which can be up to 4 feet (1.4 m) wide at the very front of its head (not on the underside of the head like in most sharks). It has a wide, flat head, a rounded snout, small eyes, five very large gill slits, two dorsal fins (on its back) and two pectoral fins (on its sides). Whale sharks have about 3,000 very tiny teeth but they are of little use. This enormous shark is a filter feeder and eats by sieving huge amounts of plankton through its gills as it swims. The whale shark has distinctive light-yellow markings (random stripes and dots) on its very thick dark gray skin. Its skin is up to four inches (10 cm) thick. There are three prominent ridges running along each side of the shark's body.
Question: What is the longest river in the world?
Answers: Nile
Trivia Teaser: The longest river in the world is the Nile River at 4,157 miles long. The Nile is located in northeastern Africa, originating from tributaries of Lake Victoria, and flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
1. What is a scarecrow?
A. A device to scare birds
B. A device to keep farmers company
C. A device to motivate gardeners
D. A device to entertain visitors
A. A device to scare birds
TOPICS: A scarecrow is a device (traditionally a mannequin) that is used to discourage birds such as crows from disturbing crops.
2. Why is it a scarecrow instead of a scarebird?
A. Crows are more easily frightened
B. Crows are not easily frightened
C. Crows are the biggest problem bird
D. Crows are the least problem bird
C. Crows are the biggest problem bird
TOPICS: Crows are large and eat a lot plus they are smart and tend to congregate in large groups. The combination makes them one of the biggest problem birds for farmers and gardeners.
3. What other types of "scares" do gardeners and farmers use to repel crows?
A. Reflective ribbons
B. Noise guns
C. Dead crows
D. Pictures of cats
E. A, B, and C
E. A, B, and C
TOPICS: Modern scarecrows seldom take a human shape. On California farmland, highly reflective aluminized PET film ribbons are tied to the plants to create shimmers from the sun. Another approach are automatic noise guns powered with propane gas. In the southern Appalachians another common method of scaring off crows was use of a dead crow hung upside down from a pole.
4. How are crows a problem?
A. Eat recently cast seed
B. Pull up recently sprouted corn and other plants
C. Return to the same place nightly
D. Gather in a group of 20 to 30
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
TOPICS: Crows can be a problem in Spring gardens. They can work down a row pulling up recently sprouted corn to eat the remaining seed/seedlings. Not only do crows feed on recently cast seed, they also gather nightly, starting with groups of a half dozen which then unite to form a group of 20 to 30 and so on until the flock is quite large and noisy. It is their habit to return to the same place each night.
5. According to L. Frank Baum, author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the scarecrow wanted what more than anything?
A. A home
B. A brain
C. A heart
D. Courage
B. A brain
TOPICS: The scarecrow was commonly used in 19th century English Literature, as shown by its presence in the L. Frank Baum tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as one of the main protagonists. The Scarecrow of Oz was searching for brains from the Great Wizard. In the film The Wizard of Oz The Scarecrow of Oz was portraited by Ray Bolger.
6. In the United Kingdom, where the use of scarecrows as a protector of crops goes back to times immemorial, and where dialects were rife, there are a wide range of alternative names. Which is not another name for scarecrow?
A. Mommet
B. Murmet
C. Hodmedod
D. Tattie bogle
E. They are all scarecrow names
E. They are all scarecrow names
TOPICS: It is the Mommet in Somerset, the Murmet in Devon, the Hodmedod in Berkshire, and the Tattie bogle in Scotland.
7. One of the oldest designs of bird scarer is the scarecrow in the shape of a human figure, but humans have created many different forms of bird scarers. Which is a real bird scarer?
A. Bubbles
B. Balloons
C. Kites
D. B and C
D. B and C
TOPICS: It's true both balloons and kites are used to scare birds although reportedly the kites are more effective as many species of bird are also naturally afraid of predators such as birds of prey.
8. Are there any living scarecrows outside of the Wizard of Oz?
A. Humans
B. Dogs
C. Cats
D. Birds
E. B and D
E. B and D
TOPICS: The control of birds by trained border collies has been used at aerodromes, golf courses and agricultural land. Falcons and hawks have also been used successfully to control not only birds but rodent populations. The success of this method of bird control is based on the fact that many birds have a natural fear of falcons and hawks as predators, so their presence in the area encourages problem species to disperse.
9. What "toy" is often used to scare birds?
A. Squirt gun
B. Model airplane
C. Bicycle
D. Baseball bat
B. Model airplane
TOPICS: Radio-controlled model aircraft have been used to scare or 'haze' bird pests since the early 1980s, mainly over airfields, but have also been used over agricultural areas, fisheries and landfill sites. This method has been shown to be very effective and birds habituate more slowly to a treatment in which they are being actively hazed.
10. Ultrasonic scarers are electronic devices that produce what kind of sound?
A. Too high a pitch for people to hear
B. Too low a pitch for people to hear
C. Too bass a pitch for people to hear
D. Too treble a pitch for people to hear
A. Too high a pitch for people to hear
TOPICS: Ultrasonic scarers are electronic devices that produce high volume ultrasound. The sound is designed to be too high pitched for people to hear, but audible to most birds. This has the advantage to preventing disturbance to neighbouring households. However, these can be heard by some people, particularly females and the young, and although this ability is generally lost with age it can cause discomfort and even headaches for those in proximity who have sensitive high-range hearing.