Wildlife Quiz 2017: Answers

Here are the answers to the Wirral Wildlife Prize Quiz 2017. 

Many congratulations to Vivienne Pitcher in Greasby who received the prize of a National Garden Gift Card.

	Quiz Clue	Number of Letters	Answer
1	Girl accommodates 10 oriental insect appendages	8	ANTENNAE
2	Tabitha resettles here	7	HABITAT
3	Swindling breeding place?	7	ROOKERY Gullery
4	Scottish football club loses one, wins nothing, draws a tie initially; a seasonal strategy	11	HIBERNATION
5	Soft mountain range appendages	5	PALPS
6	A Welsh Nationalist leaders bristle	3	AWN
7	Take a breather by Lakeland streams	5	GILLS
8	A bush in the British Rubber Co.’s factory in West Yorkshire yielded 25kg of latex in 2016	5	SHRUB
9	Swindle on condition that Arthur Daley’s wife has left the house for evergreen	7	CONIFER
10	Leaf-like structures support the beginnings of computed tomography scanners	6	BRACTS
11	Temporary home, property of mains electricity, the French feeler	8	TENTACLE
12	Seasonal strategy of fighter with quota	9	MIGRATION
13	2 is a danger to shipping – shorten sail!	4	REEF
14	Shedding leaves of French police department where French turn American	9	DECIDUOUS
15	Athletes trailing shoots	7	RUNNERS
16	Sailor initially, man on board, to reproduce	5	SPAWN
17	What follows when railway is removed is part of a flower	7	COROLLA
18	Grahame character’s implement yields a fruiting body	9	TOADSTOOL
19	Type of music before ball game is a 2	8	ROCKPOOL
20	Transformation of little sister having encountered a clay model animation with first from Oxford to start with	13	METAMORPHOSIS
21	Almost unnecessary leaves on some conifers	7	NEEDLES
22	A Greek character, cautious without a leader, makes a home for many insects	6	APIARY
23	Animal’s home found in Welsh settlement in Patagonia	4	SETT
24	Drown the rug unfortunately in vegetation	11	UNDERGROWTH
25	Able to work on unknown to cover 24	6	CANOPY
26	Prose phase surprisingly found on fronds	5,5	SPORE HEAPS
27	Sit on the fence before shouting match for 2	8	HEDGEROW
28	Male reservists in, e.g., Great Britain, find reproductive organs	7	STAMENS

In the following questions, you should find a word that can follow the first word, and can precede the second word, to give the names of two plants or animals. E.g.: For “Jersey -------- parsley” the answer might be “Cow” giving “Jersey cow” and “Cow parsley”.

1	Jersey	COW	Parsley
2	Road	RUNNER	Bean
3	Prairie	WOLF Grass	Spider
4	Red	KNOT Kangaroo, Deer	Grass
5	Destroying	ANGEL	Fish
6	Song	THRUSH	Nightingale
7	Wall	BROWN	Kiwi
8	Slippery	JACK	Snipe
9	Sham	ROCK	Pipit
10	Prickly	COCKLE	Bur
11	Hedge	HOG	Weed
12	Winter	GREEN	Woodpecker
13	Sparrow	HAWK	Bit
14	Saddle	OYSTER Horse	Mushroom
15	Horseshoe	CRAB	Apple
16	Barn	SWALLOW	Tail
17	Wood	LARK Cock	Spur
18	Small	COPPER	Beech
19	Harvest	MAN Fly	Orchid
20	Marbled	WHITE Grey, Moth	Wagtail
21	Mountain	GOAT	Moth
22	Large	BLUE White	Whale

23	Yellow	RATTLE	Snake
24	Isle of Man	CABBAGE	Root fly
25	Painted	LADY	Bird
26	Cat’s	EAR	Wig
27	Great spotted	CUCKOO	Bee
28	Earth	STAR	Ling
29	Water	SOLDIER Flea, Lily	Beetle
30	Sea	HOLLY	Blue
31	Purple	EMPEROR King	Penguin
32	Russian	VINE	Weevil
33	Snow	LEOPARD	Seal
34	Meadow	SWEET	Chestnut
35	Guinea	PIG	Nut
36	Slow	WORM	Wood
37	Acorn	BARNACLE	Goose
38	Electric	EEL	Grass
39	Prong	HORN	Beam
40	African	GREY	Poplar
41	Long-tailed	DUCK	Weed
42	Sweet	PEA	Fowl
43	Snowdon	LILY	Beetle
44	Scots	PINE	Marten