Test your knowledge of nature in this 30-year special edition of Brainwaves with Marty Smith

Could remember the answer to a trivia question you were asked 12 months ago? Find out in this themed quiz Marty Smith created last year to celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves. Marty's 10 quizzes from last year were such a hit we have dragged them out again to test your long-term memory. The theme for the following quiz is nature.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

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** To celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves, Marty Smith and advertiser.com.au have produced 10 for this summer, made up of some of his best questions. This quiz’s theme is: Nature. Decide your answer then click on the answer button to see if you were correct. We’ll tally your score as you go. **

question: From which plant is linseed oil obtained?

option: Flax

answer: 1

question: Which animal is called the ship of the desert?

option: Camel

answer: 1

question: How often does a deciduous tree shed its leaves?

option: Once a year

answer: 1

question: What is a young hare called?

option: Leveret

answer: 1

question: What kind of reptile is a matamata?

option: Turtle

answer: 1

question: Name the only bird that can fly backwards and upside down.

option: Hummingbird

answer: 1

question: How many petals does a pansy flower have?

option: Five

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal is a jumbuck?

option: Sheep

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, which animal can’t change its spots?

option: Leopard

answer: 1

question: What is a turaco?

option: A large African bird with brilliant plumage and helmet-like crest

answer: 1

question: What does an ornithologist study?

option: Birds

answer: 1

question: Change one letter in the word “proper” to make a fish.

option: Groper

answer: 1

question: How many hearts does an octopus have?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: What is a young oyster called?

option: Spat

answer: 1

question: What kind of creature is a water dragon?

option: Lizard

answer: 1

question: What is the name for a group of owls?

option: Parliament

answer: 1

question: What is a female whale called?

option: Cow

answer: 1

question: What is a flower’s peduncle?

option: Stalk

answer: 1

question: What does a lepidopterist collect?

option: Butterflies and moths

answer: 1

question: What is the world’s largest creature?

option: Blue whale

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal is colloquially called a “nag”?

option: Horse

answer: 1

question: Where does an arboreal creature live?

option: In a tree

answer: 1

question: To which animal does the adjective “ursine” refer?

option: Bear

answer: 1

question: How many horns has a white rhinoceros?

option: Two

answer: 1

question: What is chiroptophobia?

option: Fear of bats

answer: 1

question: How many wings has a dragonfly?

option: Four

answer: 1

question: What do fish have instead of lungs?

option: Gills

answer: 1

question: Which flightless bird appears on the Australian national coat of arms alongside the kangaroo?

option: Emu

answer: 1

question: Of which animal is “bare” an anagram?

option: Bear

answer: 1

question: What is the collective noun for a group of lions?

option: Pride

answer: 1

question: What colour are the eyes of a Siamese cat?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: Which country has the most tropical rainforest?

option: Brazil

answer: 1

question: To which animal does the adjective “ovine” refer?

option: Sheep

answer: 1

question: The komodo dragon, the largest living lizard, comes from which country?

option: Indonesia

answer: 1

question: What kind of creature is a porgy?

option: Fish

answer: 1

question: What kind of plant is a saguaro?

option: Cactus

answer: 1

question: The kangaroo paw is the floral emblem of which Australian state?

option: Western Australia

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal is Snowball in English author George Orwell’s book Animal Farm?

option: Pig

answer: 1

question: What kind of marsupial was television’s Skippy?

option: Kangaroo

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal is a springbok?

option: Antelope

answer: 1

question: Ailurophobia is the fear of what kind of animals?

option: Cats

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal is Baloo in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book?

option: Bear

answer: 1

question: In nature, esparto is a type of what?

option: Grass

answer: 1

question: In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Professor Dumbledore’s pet phoenix?

option: Fawkes

answer: 1

question: What kind of reptile is a chameleon?

option: Lizard

answer: 1

question: Which are generally bigger - the ears of an African or Indian elephant?

option: African

answer: 1

question: What kind of birds did US actor Woody Allen call “rats with wings”?

option: Pigeons

answer: 1

question: What kind of animal is Rajah in Disney’s 1992 animated film Aladdin?

option: Tiger

answer: 1

question: In the story of Doctor Dolittle by English author Hugh Lofting, what is the name of the doctor’s pet owl?

option: Too-Too

answer: 1

question: Created by Beatrix Potter, what are Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca?

option: Mice

answer: 1