SUPERQUIZ ANSWERS:

Take this Super Quiz to a PH.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the freshman level, 2 points on the graduate level and 3 points on the PH.D. level.

TREES

(e.g., Trees are either “evergreen” or ____. Answer: Deciduous.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is a “sapling”? 2. Pioneer nurseryman John Chapman is better known by this name. 3. Provide a more common name for the “canoe birch.” 4. In this Dr. Seuss book, the title character “speaks for the trees.” 5. This large California city is named for the trees that once forested the area.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Quote the first line of Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees.” 7. The spreading top of a tree including the branches and leaves is known by this name. 8. Song lyrics: “Don’t sit under the ____ with anyone else but me.” 9. What gemstone is a fossilized tree resin? 10. In what Broadway musical comedy is the song “I Talk to the Trees”?

PH.D. LEVEL

11. Where was the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” located?

12. What is the more common name for trees called “sallows” and “osiers”? 13. The common name for this tree honors David Douglas, a Scottish botanist. 14. What Arizona state forest is noted for its tree fossils? 15. What is the name of the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth? 1. A young tree. 2. Johnny Appleseed. 3. “White birch” or “Paper birch.” 4. The Lorax. 5. Oakland. 6. “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.” 7. Crown. 8. Apple tree. 9. Amber. 10. “Paint Your Wagon.” 11. The Garden of Eden. 12. Willows. 13. Douglas fir. 14. Petrified Forest. 15. “General Sherman” (Sequoia).