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Quiz about The Sea Shell Game
Quiz about The Sea Shell Game

The Sea Shell Game Trivia Quiz


Among my collections are sea shells. They have been popular for some time now. So gather round, you amateur conchologists!

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
tjoebigham
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
34,081
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
769
Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (0/15), Guest 12 (12/15), Guest 106 (7/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Cockles got their name from the Latin for heart.


Question 2 of 15
2. What is the animal mussels are named for? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. And which shell's name shares a root with 'ostracize'? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What shell supplied a purple dye to the ancient world? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Which shells were often used as money in the Pacific? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What shell gets its name from the Dutch? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Name the shell that doesn't belong here. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. What shell's name is from the Latin for 'roll'? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What shell may be thought to be named after a Biblical vessel? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Which clam has the name of a goddess? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. And what other clam shares it name with a piece of cutlery? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What shell is known for its many chambers? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What American poet penned verse on the above shell? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. And what other poet also wrote on a sea shell? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What oil company has a scallop as a trademark? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Cockles got their name from the Latin for heart.

Answer: True

So named for their heartlike shapes.
2. What is the animal mussels are named for?

Answer: Mouse

In fact, both 'mussel' and 'muscle' come the Greek for mouse, since the shell and arm muscles resembled a mouse to the ancient Greeks!
3. And which shell's name shares a root with 'ostracize'?

Answer: oyster

Both are based on the Greek for shell or {potshard;} the Greeks used shells and potshards when voting a person to be banished.
4. What shell supplied a purple dye to the ancient world?

Answer: murex

The Phoenicians were the first to extract the dye for royal robes from the yellow fluid Murexes secrete.
5. Which shells were often used as money in the Pacific?

Answer: cowrie

Also used as ornaments and religious totems, cowries were the Pacific equivilent of our Native American 'wampum'.
6. What shell gets its name from the Dutch?

Answer: wentletrap

The name means 'winding staircase' for its spiraling shape.
7. Name the shell that doesn't belong here.

Answer: moon

The three others are named after foods, i.e. a spice and two fruits.
8. What shell's name is from the Latin for 'roll'?

Answer: volute

Volutes share the same root as 'volume', the rolled scrolls of antiquity(as well as the Volvo car line!)
9. What shell may be thought to be named after a Biblical vessel?

Answer: Arca noae

Arca noae literally means "Noah's Ark".
10. Which clam has the name of a goddess?

Answer: venus

Of course you know about Botticelli's picture of Venus being born from a scallop...
11. And what other clam shares it name with a piece of cutlery?

Answer: jackknife

Because they reminded people of a jack-knife's shape.
12. What shell is known for its many chambers?

Answer: nautilus

From the latin for 'ship' or 'sea'.
13. What American poet penned verse on the above shell?

Answer: Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote those immortal lines 'Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul!' (used by Eugene O'Neill as a play title)
14. And what other poet also wrote on a sea shell?

Answer: Moore

Marianne Moore wrote 'The Paper {Nautilus';} actually, the 'shell' is the egg case of a cousin to the octopus.
15. What oil company has a scallop as a trademark?

Answer: Shell

Marcus started as a shell collector and eventually started a shell shop of his own, then became an oil magnate; the scallop commemorates his beginnings.
Source: Author tjoebigham

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