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The ScoutNet UK Scouting Quiz No.52

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1. Which is the only deciduous coniferous tree in Britain?
Douglas Fir
Atlas Cedar
Larch

2. What is the bole of a tree?
Trunk
Uppermost branches
stump left when it is cut down

3. What kind of tree is an osier?
Willow
Poplar
Rowan

4. From what sort of tree do we get cork?
Sycamore
Oak
Redwood

5. Austrian, Scots and Corsican are all types of which tree?
Pine
Ash
Willow

6. What is the black wood traditionally used for piano keys?
Brazil Wood
Mahogany
Ebony

7. In which county is Sherwood Forest?
Somerset
Nottinghamshire
Lincolnshire

8. Which tree grows to the greatest age?
Bristle-cone pineBristle-cone pine
Olive
Ginko

9. Which wood is traditionally used to make cricket bats?
Hornbeam
Ash
Willow

10. Which wood was used (eg to make the cogs in mills) because it is the hardest British wood
Oak
Hornbeam
Sycamore



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