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Quiz about Willard Price Mania Amazon Adventure

Willard Price Mania: "Amazon Adventure" Quiz

This is a quiz about the the first adventure of Hal and Roger Hunt on their animal collecting trips. If you have not read the book recently this quiz will be hard. ENJOY!

A multiple-choice quiz by Daragh. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Daragh

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
279,732

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
185

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the pilot who flew the Hunts to the Jivaro village? Hint

John

Cory

Paul

Terry

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the nickname given to the young orphaned tapir that the Hunts captured? Hint

Shorty

Nosey

Stripes

Tappy

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these animals was not captured by the Hunts during their adventure? Hint

Basilisk

Iguana

Sloth

Crocodile

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Hunts received a gift of a human head called Charlie from the chief of the Jivaro village, but which museum wanted the head for its anthropology collection? Hint

The National Museum of Canada

No museum wanted a human head

The American Museum of Science

American Museum of Natural History

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Hunt brothers wanted to win a trip to somewhere from their father if they performed well in the Amazon. Where did the brothers hope to win a trip to? Hint

Kenya

Greenland

Australia

South Seas

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Question 6 of 10

6. Hal is nineteen years old in the book, but how old is his brother Roger? Hint

19- They are twins

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which country are the Hunts in before they fly to the Amazon? Hint

Brazil

Venezuela

Peru

Ecuador

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Hunts managed to capture a rare black jaguar, but how did they catch it? Hint

They dropped a net over its head when it came out of its cave.

They got it stuck on a mat of leaves with bird-lime

They shot it with a sleep dart

They lured it into a cave with a slice of ham.

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Question 9 of 10

9. At the beginning of their journey through the jungle, the Hunts sailed down a tributary of the Amazon; what was the name of this river? Hint

Potozo

Panatza

Petaza

Pataza

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the Hunt brothers' father? Hint

John

Joe

Tom

Ian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the pilot who flew the Hunts to the Jivaro village?

Answer: Terry

Terry owned a battered old plane and when he was flying the Hunts to the Jivaro village he narrowly avoided crashing the plane on numerous occasions, causing Roger to feel sick.

2. What was the nickname given to the young orphaned tapir that the Hunts captured?

Answer: Nosey

The mother of the young tapir was shot by the Hunts when she tried to kill Hal to prevent him from harming her child.

3. Which of these animals was not captured by the Hunts during their adventure?

Answer: Crocodile

The Hunts met crocodiles on the way down the river but they never actually caught one. At one stage Roger tied a crocodile to Hal's canoe as a joke but his plan went wrong and the crocodile was injured by an Indian defending the Hunts. The blood that poured from the crocodile attracted piranhas.

The piranhas then proceeded to eat the crocodile; some were speared by an Indian and their meat served as a meal for the Hunt's team of animal catchers that evening.

4. The Hunts received a gift of a human head called Charlie from the chief of the Jivaro village, but which museum wanted the head for its anthropology collection?

Answer: American Museum of Natural History

The tribe of the village had a special method that they used to shrink heads so that lots of them would fit in their houses.

5. The Hunt brothers wanted to win a trip to somewhere from their father if they performed well in the Amazon. Where did the brothers hope to win a trip to?

Answer: South Seas

The Hunt's adventures in the south seas are written in "South Sea Adventure" the next book in the "Adventure" series.

6. Hal is nineteen years old in the book, but how old is his brother Roger?

Answer: 13

Although Roger is not as old as his brother he is almost as strong; although when Roger gets into mischief Hal likes to forcefully dunk his brother's head in the water.

7. Which country are the Hunts in before they fly to the Amazon?

Answer: Ecuador

They were staying in Quito which is the capital of Ecuador. Quito is 2850m above sea level making it the second highest capital in world, only La Paz in Bolivia is higher up. Hal feels the effects of being so high up when he runs through the city.

8. The Hunts managed to capture a rare black jaguar, but how did they catch it?

Answer: They got it stuck on a mat of leaves with bird-lime

Aqua, an Indian friend of the Hunts who was teaching them the native language, told them to try this trick. The lime is like super glue and the jaguar got stuck in the lime when it pounced on an animal that was stuck on the trap before it. The lime was made from the juice of a breadfruit tree.

9. At the beginning of their journey through the jungle, the Hunts sailed down a tributary of the Amazon; what was the name of this river?

Answer: Pataza

The Hunts were asked by the American Geographical Society to map the lower Pataza because none of their men sent to map it came back.

10. What was the name of the Hunt brothers' father?

Answer: John

John Hunt is an animal collector who lives on an animal farm in Long Island, New York. He captures animals, ships them off to his animal farm, and then sells them to zoos.

Source: Author Daragh

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