1) According
to the nineteenth-century naturalist John Gould, young thylacines are said
to remain in their mother's pouch for -
a)
1 month
b)
1 year
c)
6 months
d)
3 months
2) An
alleged thylacine lair was found in 1966 on the White River near Mawbanna,
Tasmania in an abandoned -
a)
truck
b)
boiler
c)
plane
d)
cabin
3) By
taking measurements on a series of skulls, Prof. Heinz Moeller found the
thylacine to have an average braincase capacity of -
a)
80.6 cc
b)
134.4 cc
c)
30.5 cc
d)
53.5 cc
4) At
the Hobart Zoo, Dr. David Fleay made a film of the last known captive thylacine
in the year -
a)
1936
b)
1928
c)
1933
d)
1925
5) In
1966, a virtually intact mummy of a thylacine was found in a cave in -
a)
Victoria
b)
Western Australia
c)
New South Wales
d)
Tasmania
6) The
total number of upper incisors in the thylacine is -
a)
4
b)
6
c)
2
d)
8
7) The
bounty offered on thylacines by the Tasmanian government was discontinued
in -
a)
1914
b)
1920
c)
1936
d)
1910
8) Tasmania's
farming community blamed the thylacine for losses of livestock such as
sheep, but in reality, the losses were more often attributable to -
a)
crocodiles and venomous snakes
b)
thieves and feral domestic dogs
c)
poisonous plants
d)
dingoes and foxes
9) A
painting of the first pair of thylacines to arrive at the London Zoo, on
16 May 1850, was produced by the artist -
a)
Helmut Diller
b)
John J. Audubon
c)
Joseph Wolf
d)
William H. Lizars
10)
Currently, the oldest known member of the genus
Thylacinus is -
a)
Thylacinus
rostralis b)
Thylacinus
spelaeus c)
Thylacinus
megiriani d)
Thylacinus
macknessi
11)
The total number of digits on the front foot (manus) of the thylacine is
-
a)
4
b)
3
c)
5
d)
2
12)
The last known captive thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo on -
a)
7 September 1933
b)
9 September 1932
c)
7 September 1936
d)
7 September 1863
13)
In the thylacine's skull, the pair of large, parallel openings located
at the back of the palate (roof of the mouth) are called the -
a)
maxillary palatal vacuities
b)
orbits
c)
alisphenoids
d)
mental foramina
14)
At the Australian Museum, DNA has been extracted from an infant female
thylacine which has been preserved in alcohol since -
a)
1926
b)
1896
c)
1936
d)
1866
15)
In November 1945, David Fleay made an expedition into the Tasmanian wilderness
in the hope of obtaining a pair of thylacines for -
a)
the Bronx Zoo
b)
the London Zoo
c)
the Healesville Sanctuary
d)
the Melbourne Zoo
16)
A pair of thylacines lived at the US National Zoo in Washington, DC from
-
a)
1802 to 1805
b)
1928 to 1933
c)
1924 to 1936
d)
1902 to 1905
17)
The earliest motion film footage known to exist of a thylacine was taken
in September 1912 at the Beaumaris Zoo by -
a)
Williams
b)
Sharland
c)
Roberts
d)
Fleming
18)
The last conclusively documented killing of a thylacine was made at Mawbanna
in -
a)
1901
b)
1930
c)
1936
d)
1933
19)
The mystery animal that was photographed in 1964 by Rilla Martin in western
Victoria is known as -
a)
The Bunyip
b)
The Tantanoola Tiger
c)
The Ozenkadnook Tiger
d)
The Beast of Buderim
20)
One of the Tasmanian Aboriginal names for the thylacine was -
a)
coorong
b)
dobsenga
c)
waratah
d)
laoonana
21)
A fossil Miocene thylacine known only from a single premolar found in 1971
in South Australia is known as the -
a)
Alcoota thylacinid
b)
Naracoorte thylacinid
c)
Kutjamarpu thylacinid
d)
Tarkarooloo thylacinid
22)
The first confirmed instance of a live thylacine arriving at a location
outside of Australia was in the city of -
a)
London
b)
Berlin
c)
New York
d)
Paris
23)
The characteristic stripe pattern of the thylacine is rather similar to
that seen on a certain species of -
a)
quoll
b)
jackal
c)
opossum
d)
duiker
24)
The number of vertebrae in the thylacine's tail is -
a)
20
b)
25
c)
26
d)
30
25)
A large, extinct species of thylacine whose name means "powerful thylacine"
is known as -
a)
Thylacinus
breviceps b)
Thylacinus
potens c)
Thylacinus
megiriani d)
Maximucinus
muirheadae
