Statistics for Insect Knowledge #2

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the plural of louse?	Lice	93%
What word, starting with H, refers to the largest type of wasps?	Hornet	87%
What type of beetle eats excrement and sometimes rolls it into balls?	{Dung} Beetle	83%
What type of bee is capable of laying eggs?	Queen	82%
What "royal" orange and black butterfly is probably the most well-known butterfly in North America?	{Monarch} Butterfly	76%
What flower product do bees convert into honey?	Nectar	75%
What word, starting with E, refers to the hard external "shell" of an insect?	Exoskeleton	74%
What fictional cricket was Pinocchio's "conscience"?	Jiminy Cricket	73%
What is the name for the study of insects?	{Ent}omology	63%
What type of ants are so-named because their sting is as painful as being shot?	{Bullet} Ant	58%
What insects are known by the scientific name Formicidae?	Ants	55%
What do bed bugs eat?	Blood	54%
Who battled a giant moth named "Mothra"?	Godzilla	54%
What beetle, named for Biblical character, is thought to be the world's heaviest insect?	{Goliath} Beetle	48%
In what country do people eat "Escamol", a dish made of ant larvae?	Mexico	35%
What type of eye, composed of thousands of photoreceptive sensors, do insects have?	{Compound} Eye	34%