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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blind Panic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the BBC sound engineer that accompanied Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine?
(a) Chris Muir.
(b) Liu Renjun.
(c) Robert Giusti.
(d) John Fontana.

2. ________, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South Island, ________, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, according to Douglas Adams.
(a) Cape Town / South Africa.
(b) Fiordland / New Zealand.
(c) Machu Picchu / Peru.
(d) Great Barrier Reef / Australia.

3. What bird in the chapter Heartbeats in the Night does Adams say he was destined never to find out anything more about while on his way to the warden's lodge?
(a) The Peregrine Falcon.
(b) The little blue penguin.
(c) The White-cheeked Bulbul.
(d) The Emu.

4. According to Adams in the first sentence of chapter Blind Panic, ________ are the things you don't know you're making.
(a) Assumptions.
(b) Lies.
(c) Procrastination.
(d) Excuses.

5. All of the following were on-board the twenty-three-foot fishing vessel in the chapter Here Be Chickens, except for which?
(a) Four chickens.
(b) Two small boys.
(c) Kiri.
(d) A goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did Madagascar manage to divest themselves from French rule?

2. All of the following are names of the Kakapos on the Little Barrier Island, except for which of the following?

3. The Virunga Volcanoes border the following countries except for which one?

4. Other than Madagascar, where else does the Aye-aye live?

5. What animal is found in New Guinea and has a long and skeletal thin fourth finger?

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