Welcome to the second installment of the Friday quiz, this week featuring more pictures to identify, a rather tenuous London Tube station/ornithology link up, and even more besides. So without further ado, let’s get to it…
Round 1 – Original names
These are the original names of scientific discoveries which we now refer to rather differently. Can you identify how these are all known today?
1. Dephlogisticated air
2. Brontosaurus
3. Primeval atom hypothesis
Round 2 – Avifauna of the London Underground
Yes, it’s the aforementioned tenuous, some might say contrived, link up between the London Tube and British birds:
1. Can you name three London Tube stations with the names of birds within their names? (NB: multiple uses of the same bird don’t count – it must be three different birds. Family names are acceptable as well as distinct species, and any other imaginative punnery or similar will be accepted too.)
2. What is the link between the following London Tube stations and British bird species:
Canada Water, Brent Cross (if we were to extend things to London bus stops, then Snow Hill could feature here too)
3. And similarly, what is the link between the following London Tube stations and British bird species: Wood Lane, Clapham Common, Green Park
Round 3 – The picture round
In this week’s picture round, you merely have to identify who the famous scientist is in each of the pictures below. However, the pictures have been cropped so you only get to see one bit of each person – hopefully a fairly distinctive bit, but just a bit nonetheless:
1.
Public domain
2.
Public domain
3.
© The Royal Society
Round 4 – Ology knowledge
What would students of the following –ologies be studying?
1. Herpetology
2. Selenology
3. Limnology
Round 5 – The Wonders of the World
One question but multiple answers for this one. Most people can name the likes of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Great Pyramid of Giza etc as among the Seven Wonders of the World – but how many of the earthly features commonly referred to as the Seven Wonders of the Natural World can you name?
As with last time, answers will appear on Monday, and there will be another quizzing fix to enjoy next Friday. Good luck!
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Here’s this week’s answers:
Round 1
1. When Joseph Priestley discovered Oxygen “dephlogisticated air” is what he initially called it.
2. After initially being considered two separate species, it turned out that the Brontosaurus and the Apatosaurus were one and the same. The Apatosaurus was named first so it got priority and the dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus was consigned to history.
3. When Georges Lemaître fleshed out some of the implications of Einstein’s theories, he came up with the “Primeval Atom” hypothesis (in a paper published in Nature, no less). Today we call it the Big Bang Theory.
Round 2
1. Any of the following are acceptable: Canary Wharf, Ravenscourt Park, any of the many Finchleys, Cockfosters, Stamford Brook/Snaresbrook (‘rook’ in each case), Goldhawk Road – and quite possibly several others that I haven’t thought of. Any other ideas, anyone?
2. Canada and Brent (and Snow) are species of goose found in Britain.
3. Wood, Common and Green are all types of sandpiper found in Britain.
Round 3
1. The first picture shows the impressive moustache of Ernest Rutherford.
2. This one is the Upper West side of Marie Curie.
3. And finally in this round, this is the artificial nose of poor old Tycho Brahe, who lost his real nose in a duel, and then died because (at least, so the story goes) rather than breach Royal protocol and go to the bathroom in the middle of a banquet he instead chose to hold it in for several hours and subsequently developed a fatal infection.
Round 4
1. Reptiles and amphibians
2. The moon
3. Lakes and other inland waters
Round 5
And finally, the generally accepted Seven Wonders of the Natural World are as follows: Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef, Harbour of Rio De Janeiro, Mount Everest, Aurora, Parícutin Volcano, Victoria Falls
Hope you enjoyed this week’s quiz – anything over half marks is worthy of a virtual round of applause. There will be more testing trivia for you to get your teeth into this Friday!