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Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: What type of frog is characterized by disc-like toes and fingers? A Aquatic frog B Poisonous frog C Tree frog World Frog Day, celebrated March 20, gives us a chance to marvel at the sheer range of frog species. Tree frogs, like this Javan tree frog, use their sticky, disc-like … Read more
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Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: What’s the difference between frogs and toads? A Toads live on land B They’re the same C Toads are carnivores Herpetologists (experts on amphibians) tell us that there’s no categorical difference between frogs and toads. The distinction between the two is purely informal. ‘Toad’ is just a common name for … Read more
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: The first person to propose the modern system of daylight saving time was… A A watchmaker B An entomologist C A farmer George Vernon Hudson came up with the idea for daylight saving time because he was frustrated that dusk came so early in summer—it interfered with his evening bug-collecting … Read more
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: The two US states that do not participate in daylight saving time are … A New Mexico and South Dakota B Arizona and Hawaii C Alaska and Maine These two states have their reasons for opting out. Hawaii has little variation in light levels throughout the year because it’s so … Read more
Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: Daylight saving time in the US changed in 2005 by … A Getting shorter B Getting longer C Being renamed from ‘daylight savings time’ (with an ‘s’) The Uniform Time Act of 1966 set DST at six months, but about a month was added in 1986 and another in 2005. … Read more
Microsoft Rewards A, B, or C? Bing Homepage Quiz: When they’re on dry land, great cormorants like these are often seen… A Pecking at the ground for insects B Holding their wings open C Burrowing into nests in the dirt Like all cormorants, the great cormorant’s plumage isn’t waterproof. So when one comes ashore, it … Read more
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