Turtle Names
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous II
100

This Diamond Back Terrapin turned 33 years old at the museum this year.

Who is Myrtle the Turtle?

100

What kind of tusk is under the Cape Cod through time exhibit of the museum?

A Woolie Mammoth Tusk

100

Which 4 planets in our Solar System have rings?

Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn.

100

What is the "Island" with which the trails behind the museum run through?

Wing Island

100

Name 2 of the Provinces in Canada

  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon
200

What is the name of the Albino White Snapping Turtle in the Aquarium?

Who is Pinky?

200

Where in the World is the actual Bullet Train?

Japan

200

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History recently celebrated its 65th Anniversary. Today, the museum has been around for...

What is 70 years?

200

What is the Mud Kitchen?

A fun, interactive way for Kids to play with dirt and water in a safe and interactive space.

200

Does the Vegetable Eggplant grown in a bush, in the ground, or on a tree?


300

The spotted turtle is the oldest animal in the aquarium. How old is he?

70 years old

300

What bird is the bullet train designed after?

The King Fisher Bird
300

Can you name 2 American Gold Medalists from this Summer's Olympics?

Torri Huske, Simone Biles, Regan Smith, Kate Douglas, Gretchen Walsh, Katie Ledecky, Tara Woodhall, Sydney Levrone, Grant Holloway, Quincy Hall, Caroline Marks, Cole Hocker, Gabby Thomas, Bobby Finke, Noah Lyles, Ryan Crouser, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera 

300

These devices, shaped as blue boxes, often strategically placed around the marshes of Cape Cod, and the trail behind the museum, use visual cues to attract and trap the pesky insects that torment hikers.

What are Green head horse fly traps?

300
What country is Pepa Pig from?

United Kingdom

400

Boxly, our Eastern Box Turtle, lives in a tank that resides in what room of the museum?

The Marsh view room.

400

What is another example of biomimicry besides the Bullet Train?

Velcro

400

What is the name of the place that the museum is partnered with and has reciprocity with?

Green Briar Nature Center

400

How many bird feeders are outside the marshview window?

Three bird feeders
400

Name 2 wonders of the worlds.

Colossus of Rhodes, Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and Lighthouse of Alexandria.

500

We have 6 species of turtles on the floor. Name five of them?

Box, Diamond Back Terrapin, Painted, Spotted, Musk, Snapping

500
4 kinds of butterflies found in the butterfly house include...

What is the Monarch, Painted Ladies, Eastern Tiger Swallow Tail, Spice Bush Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Zebra Swallowtail, Pipe Vine Swallowtail, Giant Swallowtail, Eastern Black Swallowtail, Great Spangle Frilaty, Common Buck Eye, Checker Baltimore Spots, Eastern Comma, Morning Cloak, and Question Mark Butterfly?

500

Who was the first American in Space?

Alan Shephard

500

What is the name of the flowing bodies of water on either side of the museum?

Quivet creek and Paine's creek.

500

What does the Abbreviation E.G.O.T. stand for, and why do John Legend, Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, and Mel Brooks have it in common?

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tonny winners.