| Think you know farm animals? Test your knowledge with this quiz from our 2002
Farm Animals Corn Maze. You'll find the answers by clicking
here--but no peeking.
When you're done, take a stab at our other quizzes, "Know
Our Farming Heritage?" , "Know Farming?",
"Know Drought?", and "Know
the Art of Farming?"
1.
How long does it take for a chicken egg to hatch?
a. 45 days
b. 21 days
2.
What are Washington’s top five farm products, when ranked by sales?
a. Raspberries, hops, lentils, flower bulbs, and wine grapes
b. Apples, milk, potatoes, cattle & calves, and wheat
3.
Which are faster, bees or chickens?
a. Chickens
b. Bees
4.
How much does a dairy cow eat each day?
a. 20 pounds
b. 90 pounds
5.
How many chickens are there in the world?
a. About half as many as there are people.
b. There are more chickens than there are people
6.
In 1999 Washington State ranked first in the nation in the production of
12 crops. Name four:
a. Blueberries, wheat, lavender oil, barley
b. Sweet cherries, lentils, dry peas, hops
7.
How much farmland have you, the voters and taxpayers of King County,
preserved as farmland?
a. 12,800 acres
b. 128,000 acres
8.
How many trips must a bee make to collect
enough nectar to make one teaspoon of honey?
a. 1000
b. 100
9.
How many dairy cows produce milk in Washington State?
a. 823,000
b. 265,000
10.
About how many “squirts” in a gallon of milk?
a. 1000
b. 350
11.
What industry in Washington employs the most people?
a. Aerospace
b. Agriculture
12.
Where was the turkey domesticated?
a. New England
b. Mexico
13.
What was the first meal eaten on the moon?
a. Roast turkey
b. Turkey pot pie
14.
Who proposed the turkey as the official bird of the United States?
a. Ben Franklin
b. Alexander Hamilton
15.
When did the first pigs reach the United States?
a. 1607
b. 1539
16.
Why do pigs wallow in the mud?
a. They just like being messy
b. To cool off
17.
Which domestic animals are most affected by the West Nile Virus now
spreading throughout the United States?
a. Chickens
b. Horses
18.
Which Washington county has the highest population of horses?
a. King
b. Kittitas
19.
Much of the Sammamish Valley north
of Redmond has been designated the Sammamish River Agricultural Production
District. How much of this land is fallow or unmanaged according to a recent
King County study?
a. Less than 10%
b. Almost half
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