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Quiz: How much do you know about trees?
The death of a tree that stood in the UK for over 1,000 years was announced this week.
THE DEATH OF a massive oak tree in the UK, believed to be over 1,000 years old, was announced this week.
It has been linked to the folklore of Robin Hood and millions of tourists have visited the tree in Nottinghamshire.
To mark its death we’ve decided to test your knowledge of trees. How much do you know about them?
What British forest is the major oak tree that died located in?
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Forest of Dean
Sherwood Forest
Dalby Forest
Ashdown Forest
True or False: You can find out a tree's age by looking at it's rings
True
False
What is the first track on U2's album The Joshua Tree?
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With or Without You
In God's Country
One Tree Hill
Where the Streets Have No Name
In Greek mythology what is the name of the creatures are said to reside in trees?
Nymphs
Dryads
Gnomes
Goblins
Fill in the blank in the title of this poem by WB Yates: 'The [blank] Trees'
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Brother
Old
Two
Oak
Roughly how tall is the world's tallest living tree?
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35m
50m
85m
115m
Groot (the tree) is one of the characters from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Which actor voices him?
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Vin Diesel
Dave Bautista
Bradley Cooper
Chris Pratt
Name this type of tree.
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Oak
Willow
Olive
Fir
Marita Conlon McKenna's novel Under the Hawthorn Tree takes place during which event in Irish history?
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The Famine
The Easter Rising
Black Death
The Civil War
In the film adaptation of the Dr Seuss classic children's book The Lorax, the titular character makes it his job to protect the trees of the forest. What title does he give himself?
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Tree Hugger Supreme
Guardian of the Forest
Protector of all Trees
He just calls himself The Lorax
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