The Turtle Test Number 2
1 July 2001

Illustrated by Jim Brown © 2001

1) What is the sex of a tortoise-shell cat?

2) Cary Grant played the role of what turtle in a 1933 Paramount movie?

3) What is the longest documented age for a bog turtle?

4) Name the turtle in the 1960s comic strip Pogo ?

5) What to these Asian turtles all have in common? Cuora serrata, Cuora yunnanensis, Cuora zhoui, Mauremys iversoni, Ocadia philippeni, and Ocadia glyphistoma.

6) In Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland why does John Tenniel illustrate a turtle with the head, hind hoofs, and tail of a calf?

7) Name a species of tortoise that is both semi-aquatic and quite carnivorous.

8) There are 7 subspecies of spiny softshells and Galapagos tortoises are represented by 10 subspecies. Impressive, but can you name a turtle that has 13 currently recognized subspecies?

9) What is the Turtle Survival Alliance?

10) Which famous turtle is best remembered for speaking in puns?

Answers to appear in October 2001; most of you did rather poorly on test number one (click to view #1) Please study more.

Enjoy!