Which fungus is commonly known as the split gill mushroom?
Answer
Schizophyllum commune
94709 Intermediate Trivia Questions
94709 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which fungus causes coffee leaf rust, a major disease of coffee plants?
Answer
Hemileia vastatrix
Which filamentous fungus is used to make Quorn mycoprotein?
Answer
Fusarium venenatum
Which mushroom is the only species in the genus Volvariella widely cultivated for food?
Answer
Straw mushroom
Which fission yeast species is a major model organism in cell biology?
Answer
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
What genus includes baker's yeast and many other budding yeasts?
Answer
Saccharomyces
What club-shaped cell produces basidiospores in Basidiomycota?
Answer
Basidium
What common mushroom is known as the king bolete or porcini?
Answer
Boletus edulis
Which mushroom is commonly called hen-of-the-woods?
Answer
Grifola frondosa
Which yeast species is commonly used in lager beer fermentation?
Answer
Saccharomyces pastorianus
Which genus of molds is best known for producing aflatoxins?
Answer
Aspergillus
Which fungus is commonly called the caterpillar fungus?
Answer
Ophiocordyceps sinensis
Which fungus is the main causal agent of wheat stem rust?
Answer
Puccinia graminis
Which fungus causes corn smut, forming edible galls called huitlacoche?
Answer
Ustilago maydis
Which river dolphin is the national aquatic animal of India?
Answer
Ganges river dolphin
Which dolphin genus includes the common bottlenose dolphin?
Answer
Tursiops
What throat feature gives rorqual whales their expandable feeding capacity?
Answer
Ventral pleats
Which whale family is known as the rorquals?
Answer
Balaenopteridae
Which whale is the only living species in the genus Monodon?
Answer
Narwhal
Which cetacean suborder contains the baleen whales?
Answer
Mysticeti
Which German climatologist helped create the Köppen-Geiger climate map?
Answer
Rudolf Geiger
Which climate zone system was developed by Leslie Holdridge?
Answer
Holdridge life zones
What one-off 2010 Booker award honored 1970 novels missed after a rules change?
Answer
Lost Man Booker Prize
Which author became the first person to win the Booker Prize twice, in 1999?
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J. M. Coetzee
Which charitable foundation became Booker Prize sponsor in 2019?
Answer
Crankstart
Which Ian McEwan novel won the 1998 Booker Prize?
Answer
Amsterdam
Which Penelope Fitzgerald novel won the 1979 Booker Prize?
Answer
Offshore
Which Booker-winning William Golding novel begins the To the Ends of the Earth trilogy?
Answer
Rites of Passage
Which 1972 Booker winner wrote the novel G.?
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John Berger
Which novel gave J. M. Coetzee his first Booker Prize?
Answer
Life & Times of Michael K
Which Graham Swift novel won the 1996 Booker Prize?
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Last Orders