All About Turtles, Second Herd Quiz

Answer: mock turtle soup

The Queen of Hearts asks Alice if she has seen the Mock Turtle to which she responds that she doesn't even know what a Mock Turtle is. The Queen says, "It's the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from." Carroll frequently drew on 1860s English society to make fun of the oddities of the times. Mock turtle soup was popular in the Victorian era. 19th century British recipes for mock turtle soup substituted calf's head, calf's brain and calf's foot for turtle meat.

Answer: the Great A'Tuin

Pratchett explains that Discworld sits on the backs of four huge elephants named Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen. These elephants stand upon the back of a giant space turtle, the Great A'tuin, who swims through space. A'tuin is of the genus and species Chelys galactica. His body is composed primarily of the element Chelonium.

Answer: a Japanese movie monster

Following the great success of Toho Films' series of "Godzilla" movies, in 1965 the Daiei Motion Picture Company issued the first film to feature Gamera. Gamera was a giant monster who looked like a turtle, breathed fire and could fly. The series was so successful it ran 12 movies. Unsurprisingly, Gamera's great size and remarkable powers were the result of mutations caused by the detonation of nuclear weapons. Unlike most other Japanese movie monsters, Gamera has a soft side, particularly when it comes to protecting children from danger.

Answer: rounded raised pavement lane markers

Botts' Dots, also known as turtles because of their shape, are used to mark the boundaries of traffic lanes. A mounded plastic or rubber turtle is attached to the pavement by a spike or, more likely, glue. These turtles are non-reflective but may be alternated with reflective markers. They make a noise and vibration when a vehicle's tire passes over them, which alerts the driver to lane drift. They are named after Elbert Dysart Botts, a California traffic engineer who invented them.

Answer: Oahu, Hawaii

The Turtle Bay Resort was the hotel at which "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" was shot in 2007. The resort is located on the North Shore of Oahu, between Protection Point and Kuilima. The bay is a protected haven for green sea turtles as well as the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. The site is just a little north of the Bonzai Pipeline, famous for surfing.

Answer: Grand Ol' Opry

Grandpa Jones accompanied himself on his banjo when he sang "I took off like a herd of turtles pullin' for the creek." After WWII, Jones (1913-1998) performed on the Old Dominion Barn Dance in Richmond, Virginia, before moving to Nashville and joining the Grand Ol' Opry.

He was made a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978. National Barn Dance originated from Chicago, Illinois. Renfro Valley Barn Dance originated from several cities in Ohio. Hayloft Hoedown originated from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Answer: romance and chastity

Sally Middleton, a single New Yorker during WWII, is torn between her childhood sexual ethics and her affection for Sgt. Bill Page. This romantic comedy, the title of which was derived from Song of Solomon 2:10-13, balances carefully between the prurient and the wholesome.

After a long run on Broadway, John Van Druten's stage play was made into a motion picture with Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden, Kent Smith and Wayne Morris.

Answer: Maryland

By an act adopted by the Maryland General Assembly in 1994, the diamondback terrapin became of official state reptile of Maryland. Since 1932, the terrapin has been the athletic mascot of the University of Maryland. His name is Testudo. At athletic competitions, students chant "Fear the turtle!"

Answer: the Honorable and Ancient Order of Turtles

During WWII, American pilots stationed in London formed "an honorable drinking fraternity composed of ladies and gentlemen of the highest morals and good character, who are never vulgar." After the War, membership spread through VFW posts, masonic lodges and the American Legion.

The assumption was that every member owned a kindly donkey. Thus, if asked by a member, "Are you a turtle?", they were required to answer "You bet your sweet a** I am." Failure to correctly answer meant that the reluctant member had to buy a drink for every other turtle present. Notable turtles have included astronauts Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper, President John F. Kennedy, and entertainer George Carlin.

Answer: the French phrase "cherchez la femme"

The cartoon strip "Pogo" is set in the Okefenokee swamp. The French-speaking Acadian people of Canada emigrated to Louisiana and became known as Cajuns, bringing with them a distinctive dialect of French. Churchy LaFemme is an Acadian mud turtle who sometimes dresses as a pirate and composes silly poems and lyrics.

His name is a play on the common French phrase "cherchez la femme" meaning "look for the woman."