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Minibeasts- Insects and Arthropods

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Invertebrates Mix : Minibeasts- Insects and Arthropods

Introduction:
"A few random questions on creepy crawlies and minibeasts that boast impressive abilities or attributes. Not a quiz you can expect to score highly on."


1. So what exactly is a "bug"?
    An insect with wings
    An insect without wings
    Any member of the insect group "Heteroptera"
    Something annoying


2. What is the heaviest insect in the world?
    Atlas Beetle
    Goliath Beetle
    Colossus Beetle
    Chubachub Beetle


3. What is the strongest known beetle?
    Hercules Beetle
    Stag Beetle
    Magnus Beetle
    Scarab Beetle


4. What invertebrates are sometimes used as medicine?
    Bite Me Beetle
    Ladybirds (or Ladybugs)
    Millipede
    Ants


5. What shrimp can punch holes in glass panes?
    Tyson Shrimp
    Mantis Shrimp
    Knuckled Shrimp
    Axle Shrimp


6. Dung beetles can push dung balls with force equivalent to a man pushing a small car up a hill at..?
    60 km. per hour
    40km. per hour
    20 km. per hour
    20 miles an hour


7. Some spider web can be used efficiently as..?
    A net to catch fish
    A muzzle
    Trip wire
    A gas mask


8. Which insect is a pest to many crops in America?
    Spudulike Beetle
    Georgia Beetle
    Montecarlo Beetle
    Colorado Beetle


9. What is the furthest a human could reach by jumping, with the proportionate strength of a flea?
    Church spires
    Sky scrapers
    Treetops
    10 story buildings


10. What is the fastest running insect in the world?
    Portuguese Swift Bug
    Leopard Beetle
    Tiger Beetle
    Roadrunner Beetle


11. Some flying insects attack and kill spiders.
    True
    False


12. After/during mating the female praying mantis is often known to..?
    Eat the insides of its mate and wear its shell as a suit, like a twisted serial killer
    Die during or shortly afterwords
    Fall asleep
    Bite its mate's head off


13. What is the longest beetle?
    Violin Beetle
    Longhorn Beetle
    Hammertooth Beetle
    Dynamo Beetle


14. How does the raft spider defend itself?
    confuses its predator by taking on its shape
    releases spikes out of its back
    retracts its legs and looks like a pebble
    shakes itself quickly


15. The female green spoonworm has a very unusual way of mating. Which is it?
    She is a hermaphrodite and mates with herself
    She swallows him
    She first injects another female with a special chemical that transforms it into a male
    It turns its insides outwards to absorb sperm left on the ground by a male


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