…..this is a continuation of “2023 Winter/Spring Quiz 1/2”. Beasts 17- Does this vole have more in common with a hamster or a housemouse? 18- The common garden spider (Araneus diadematus) lays up to 900 eggs? T/F 19- What is this snail doing on this dead plant stem? General Knowledge 20- What was an old use of the Teasel’s seed head? 21- What does one pail of snow and one pail of ice weigh the same as? 22- When you see a double rainbow, how do they differ? 23- What is this? 24- What are these? 25- How many segments does a banana have? 26- Why do I cover my leeks with a kitchen towel roll?
Texas quiz: what is spring, and what is winter? We typically get two days of each, and don't have time to figure out any answers. I do know why you put kitchen towel rolls over leeks. They let the leeks develop more white stems. Teasel seed heads were used to comb woolen fabric to soften it, , but not for human hair!
17.. Hamster because they have the same water proof coat. 19.. Snails on the twig … is looking for a leaf. 26.. Beetles that hibernate in my windows and eat holes in my grape leaves and many other prized roses. 25. Leeks are covered to maintain white color and texture .White color is a stronger flavor than the loner stems . 24. Banana has one segment . Any monkey knows that..
Answers to quezzies on 2023 Winter/Spring Quiz: 17- the short-tailed vole has more in common with a hamster. In the classification it is in the Cricetidae Family that the hamster and the short-tailed vole belong to, the house mouse is in the Muridae Family 18- True. 19- Many snails like tender veggie leaves, but for some algae is at the top of their menu. We can’t see the colonies so easily on a naked stem, but the snail can find it and lick it off with their rasp-like “tongue”. 20- Teasel was used to card wool in the old days. The Dutch common name for this plant gives-away the answer— Kaardebol. 21- One pail of snow and one pail of ice weigh the same as one pail of water. 22- A double rainbow — the inner rainbow colour scheme is blue-green, yellow, red. The outer rainbow is usually less brilliant in colour ant that colour scheme is just the opposite-red, yellow, blue-green. 23- This is the wing of a maple seed. 24- They are the pupae of Ladybirds. 25- A banana has three segments. You have to stick a finger into the end and push down, the banana splits naturally into it’s segments, Stretched-out: 26- I cover my leeks with a kitchen paper towel roll to keep more of the stem blanched white. That is what you want to use to eat. I hope that you enjoyed the quiz, and realised that you knew and recalled more than you thought. Thanks.
Sjoerd ..Thanjs again… fun and very interesting.. I guess the monkey was totally wrong…there is more than one banana segment to stuff in his mouth..
