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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Barbecued Doves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a species of grass in the genus Imperata which is placed in the subfamily Panicoideae, supertribe Andropogonodae, tribe Andropogoneae?
(a) Ryegrass.
(b) Kentucky bluegrass.
(c) Fescue.
(d) Asian cogon grass.

2. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1830.

3. What genus of plants were brought to south Florida as an ornamental landscape plant from Australia?
(a) Stemona.
(b) Melaleuca.
(c) Croomia.
(d) Pentastemona.

4. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1829.

5. What is the only way to reach the Fakahatchee Strand?
(a) Wekiwa Springs Loop Trail.
(b) The Tamiami Trail.
(c) The Appalachian Trail.
(d) Naples Park Nature Trail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable also known as "swamp cabbage"?

2. What monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae?

3. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?

4. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?

5. What refers to a trait that is shared by two or more taxa and their most recent common ancestor, whose ancestor in turn does not possess the trait?

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