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1

What is the name of the award the Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht got in 1991?

The 'Limburgs Museum Trophy' The 'Prins Bernhard Fonds Museum Jaarprijs' The 'Rector Cremers Medal'

2

Which French professor studied the Mosasaur? Professor Pasteur Professor De Bosquet Professor Cuvier

3

What is a 'Korenwolf'?

A fungus in corn fields An extinct species of wolf A hamster

4

What is the cause of the green colour of Vaals Greensand?

Jasperite Arnicite Glauconite

5

What is a guidefossil? A fossil from the Guide Mountains A fossil characteristic of a certain time interval A fossil illustrated on the frontpage of the museumguide

6

What are bryozoans?

Small aquatic animals living in colonies Small animals occuring in the mosses growing in the woods of Southern Limburg Shells covered with small hairs

7

Which species of Turtle does not exist? Suyckerbuycks' turtle Cremer's turtle Hoffmann's turtle

8

What is the 'Elsloo layer'?

A fossil-rich layer from the Miocene A layer in which the oldest traces of humans in the Netherlands have been found A layer of coal underneath Elsloo

9

What is the average summer temperature that a pond tortoise needs? 14 °C 18 °C 22 °C

10

What is a "horreum"?

A storage room in a Roman settlement A nickname for the Mosasaur A gallery system in the limestone ('mergel') deposits

11

What is a Steppe pika?

A male hare A special kind of sea-urchin from the Cretaceous of Southern Limburg A special kind of hare from central Asia, which formerly also occured in Southern Limburg

12

What are hillside woodlands?

Fossil sea grass 'forests' on the sloping Cretaceous sea floor Woods on the slopes of southern Limburg Prehistoric forests from the Carboniferous

13

Which animals graze the 'Mergelland' countryside?

'Mergelland' horses 'Mergelland' cows 'Mergelland' sheep

14

In what year was the museum founded?

1912 1932 1952

15

How extensive are the museum collections? fewer than 100.000 objects more than 500.000 objects more than 1.000.000 objects

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