Global Geographic Trivia Quiz

In what year was the National Geographic Society founded?

• 1868

• 1878

• 1888

• 1898

What is another name for a Tasmanian Tiger?

• Tasmanian Dingo

• Thylacine

• Marsupial Wolf

• Lutruwita

The Thylacine is extinct. The last wild one was seen in 1930. Which term best describes this animal?

• Apex Marsupial Predator

• Marsupial Arboreal Herbivore

• Marsupial Aquatic Mammal

• Desert Nocternal Mammal

Scientists are currently working towards de-extinction of the Thylacine. This means that they are trying to re-create a living specimen from DNA samples. Do you think this is possible?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

In Japan, the Fairy Lantern plant was only just discovered in 1992. Soon after, a large construction project destroyed its only known habitat. In 2021, a new population was discovered about 20 miles away. What is so special about this plant.

• it lights up at night

• it does not use photosynthesis

• actual fairies live in it

• it looks like an owl's head

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Goffin's Cockatoos can solve puzzles that require the use of multiple tools to solve.

• True

• False

In the 3500 year old tomb of Egypt's Ramses II archaeologists found 2000 mummified heads. What kind of heads were they?

• slaves

• cats

• scarab beetles

• rams

In the rugged volcanic highlands of Iceland, lore has it that the landscape is protected by this God (who makes it hard for humans to visit the area by generating viscous year round storms).

• Eyjafjallajokull

• Hveravellir

• Paryaqaqa

• Thor

The AlUla valley is a desert valley in this country that harbors a natural tropical oasis that is fed by an extensive aquifer.

• Saudi Arabia

• Oman

• UAE

• Egypt

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The Amazon rainforest in Peru has many tabletop mountains that rise abruptly from the forest floor. The features are called:

• Hoodoos

• Monadnocks

• Tepuis

• Mesas