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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac, found the Kingdom of Cuzco?
(a) 1200.
(b) 1290.
(c) 1324.
(d) 1250.

2. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?
(a) Rose and Julius Rosen.
(b) Julian Rosen.
(c) Julius and Leonard Rosen.
(d) Rose Julian.

3. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?
(a) Steven's Timber Company.
(b) The Lee Tidewater Cypress Company.
(c) John Smith Swamp Logging.
(d) Jones Forestry Inc.

4. There are over how many known species of orchids?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 42,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 30,000.

5. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?
(a) Amazon lily.
(b) Brazilian pepper tree.
(c) Flame of the Forest.
(d) Blue Dawn flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?

2. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

3. Who took Susan for a hike along with two inmates from a work-release program of the Copeland Road Prison?

4. What refers an immersed aquatic plant which originated in South America but has spread to many parts of the world and is considered an invasive species in Australia, China, New Zealand, Thailand and the United States?

5. The poisonous South American toad now can grow up to how many pounds?

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