Weather - Raining Frogs? (allthingslistening)

The lecture is mainly about frogs.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The raining frogs are just "a very interesting example of our world's strange weather."

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What reason does the speaker give for there being less ice now at the North and South Poles?

• There are fewer polar bears.

• Frogs don't usually live there.

• The weather is changing.

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According to the lecture, Pliny the Elder was an interesting man.

• True

• False

• It doesn't say

Answer explanation

However, Pliny the Elder did write an interesting example of strange weather.

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Frogs first began to fall from the sky about 2000 years ago.

• True

• False

• It doesn't say

Answer explanation

Pliny the Elder wrote about frogs falling from the sky almost 2000 years ago - but we don't know if frogs "rained" before this time or not. It was, perhaps, the first written record of such an event.

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According to the lecture, frogs fall from the sky more often than any other kind of animal.

• True

• False

• It doesn't say

Answer explanation

It may be true but the speaker doesn't say this in the lecture.

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Which of the following countries is NOT mentioned in the lecture?

• Mongolia

• Serbia

• The United States

Answer explanation

The lecturer mentions a movie called, "Magnolia" but NOT the country of Mongolia.

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