Big Brown Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mud

Combining brown soil, or any colour soil, with water will result in sticky mud. It can be very slippery and sludgy if you walk on it and sometimes it is easy to get your boots stuck in it and topple over if the mud is very deep.

Answer: Coffea

The coffea plant grows in hot countries such as Brazil and Colombia. The plants grow seeds called coffee beans, and these are dried and then ground down to make coffee ready for drinking.

Answer: Follicle

Brown, black, auburn and blond are all hair colours that grow on a human. Our skin is covered with tiny follicles where hair grows from. If a hair falls out, a new strand normally grows in its place.

Answer: Wren

Peacocks, flamingos and parrots are very brightly coloured birds. The wren is a small bird which is usually brown. There are over 80 species of wren, and they live in many places including Canada, America, Europe and Asia.

Answer: Baloo

A young orphan boy, Mowgli, was bought up in the jungle but an evil tiger called Shere Khan wanted to kill him. Mowgli, with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, managed to get to safety inside the man-village. This was the last film made by Walt Disney before he died in 1966.

Answer: True

Yes, this is true. In some of the poorer countries where chocolate is grown, farmers were only receiving a small amount of money for all the hard work they did. The Fairtrade Foundation was set up to make sure the farmers received a fair price for their work.

Answer: Calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate is made up from three main elements called carbon, oxygen and calcium. It is the substance that provides the shell for eggs, snails and some sea creatures.

Answer: Conifer

Pine cones grow on conifers. People collect them when they fall off the tree to decorate and put on their Christmas tree. They can be sprayed silver or gold to make them look festive.

Answer: Husk

The husk is the brown shell which covers the white flesh of the coconut. It is hard and inedible, but it can be used for quite a few other things. Some people attach string to half a husk and fill it with food to feed to the birds.

Answer: Parcels

The initials UPS stands for United Parcel Service. The company deliver parcels in their brown vans to a lot of different places, making sure people receive their order on time. Other international delivery companies include FedEx and DHL.