Country puzzles

RACK YOUR RURAL BRAIN WITH THESE WILD AND WONDERFUL GAMES

4) What date is this year’s

Summer Solstice? a) 1 April b) 14 June c) 21 June d) 5 July

5) Strawberries are part

of the same family as

which flower? a) Daffodill b) Begonia c) Rose d) Scotland ‘Mawkish fish’ frolicking in the Moray Firth?

6) By which other

name is the character

Puck known in a) Robin Longstride b) Robin Goodfellow c) Robbin Banks d) Robyn Lysander

7) July is named after

Julius Caesar. Which

month is named after his

grandnephew? a) June b) August c) April d) November

8) What happens when you

add a slice of lemon to

stinging nettle tea?

a) It winces because the lemon is sour b) It turns pink c) It stops the nettles sting d) It makes the nettles dissolve

answers at bottom of opposite page

9) About which month did

Lord Byron (above) say that

the English Winter ended

“To recommence in

August”? a) May b) September c) June d) July

10) Which common

English plant is officially

named a) Blackthorn b) Oak c) Hawthorn d) Lillies

11) Which Mediterranean

flower, currently thriving

in the UK, is said to possess

a ‘mouth’? a) Horsenose b) Lavender c) Snapdragon d) Hibiscus

12) Which organ weighs a

quarter of the basking

shark’s entire body weight? a) Brain b) Heart c) Liver d) Pipe

13) How many times per

second, on average, does

a western honey bee

beat its wings? a) 30 b) 120 c) 230 d) 1,320