The Ultimate Worm Quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Earthworms belong to this phylum	Annelida	100%
Common name for large	acorn worm	0%
Largest living earthworm species; goes neck-to-neck with the above worm	African giant earthworm	0%
Nearly legless burrowing reptiles from Mexico sometimes referred to as 'worm lizards'	amphisbaenians	0%
Be careful when you visit Australia, cause this worm that can grow up to 3 m (9 ft) has been known to attack beachgoers Down Under	bobbit worm	0%
Possibly the longest animal currently living on Earth, with some specimens reportedly reaching up to 55 m (180 ft) long	bootlace worm	0%
Legless amphibian sometimes mistaken for an earthworm	caecilian	0%
Actually the larvae of a fungus gnat; lives in caves and traps insects by luring them with lights and snagging them with	cave glowworm	0%
Worm named after a holiday decoration	Christmas Tree Worm	0%
Genus name for small worms resembling flatworms that swarm along the coastlines of Atlantic Europe at high tide creating green streaks in the sandy shoals	Convoluta	0%
In Medieval Europe, the word 'worm' was used to describe what famous mythical monster?	dragon	0%
Giant earthworm of Australia	Giant Gippsland Earthworm	0%
Name for giant worm-like burrowing monsters in the Tremors movies	Graboids	0%
Intestinal parasitic worm some discoveries suggest reduces the effects of asthma	hookworm	0%
Common name for group of parasitic worms known to infest crickets and alter their behaviour so that they drown themselves, after which the worms burst put of their bodies	horsehair worms	0%
South Asian river where during ancient times it was believed there lived giant worms with two huge fangs that dragged livestock down into their watery lair and were sometimes captured by humans for their precious oil	Indus River	0%
Legendary worm-like lake monster said to inhabit Iceland's glacial Lake Lagarfljót	Lagarfljót worm	0%
Blood-sucking freshwater worm once commonly used widely in medicine, though now used only rarely	leech	0%
Legendary worm-like creature said to inhabit the sands of Mongolia's Gobi Desert, supposedly capable of spitting corrosive venom and stunning prey with electricity	Mongolian Death Worm	0%
Lives around plant roots; often used in genetics as a model organism	nematode	0%
Invasive flatworm causing destruction throughout the UK	New Zealand Flatworm	0%
Marine worm whose lower sections detach from the rest of the body during mating and swim to the ocean surface where fertilization occurs	palolo worm	0%
Flower-like, stationary worm named after a colourful bird	peacock worm	0%
Flatworm often studied in labs for its regenerative abilities (you get two if you cut one in half)	planarian	0%
Flatworms belong to this phylum	Platyhelminthes	0%
Colourful marine flatworms that live on coral reefs	polyclads	0%
Incredibly heat-tolerant worm found around deep sea not vents	Pompeii Worm	0%
Named after a common rodent, this tide pool creature is actually a hairy worm	sea mouse	0%
Name given by the indigenous people known as the Fremen to 500-m long sandworms that roam the deserts of the planet Arrakis in the Dune books by Frank Herbert and their associated media	Shai-hulud	0%
Type of marine mollusc that bores through wood and is notorious for knowing away at wooden ports and old shipwrecks	shipworms	0%
European reptile mistakenly called a worm	slowworm	0%
Intestinal parasite that can reach more than 60 ft (20 m) long	tapeworm	0%
Giant worm-like mythical creature in the traditions of the Inuit	Terichik	0%
This book by the same author as 'Dracula' has been considered by some to be one of the worst books ever written, and involves a 'worm'	The Lair of the White Worm	0%
Worm closely related to the arthropods which lives in the leaf litter of rainforests and captures prey by shooting sticky glue out of nozzles on its head	velvet worm	0%

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