MISCELLANEOUS (Modal verbs for speculating) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

PALEONTOLOGY: How long do you think mammoths may have survived on earth? A) until 10000 years ago B) until 3500 years ago C) until 1500 years ago

The last isolated population of mammoths may have survived on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia until 3500 years ago.

HISTORY: When do scientists suppose the first people must have arrived in Australia? A) by at least 55000 years ago B) exactly 25000 years ago C) for about 100 years

Australia's oldest site of human occupation is considered to be around 55000 years old, so the first people must have arrived by at least 55000 years ago.

GEOLOGY: Imagine exploring an old cave. You can see a beautiful limestone stalactite hanging from the cave ceiling. It's half a metre long. How long do you think it must have been growing? A) for at least 5000 years B) for 1000 years ...

Limestone stalactites form extremely slowly-usually less than 10 cm every 1000 years-so it must have been growing for at least 5000 years.

ENGLISH LITERATURE: Which of these statements is an actual subject of academic speculation? A) Some of Shakespeare's plays might have been written by someone else. B) Charles Dickens might have written some books that he decided not to...

Some scholars think that Shakespeare might not have written all the works that are attributed to him.

GEOGRAPHY: A Frenchwoman from Lyon has been to a European country where French is spoken too. Where do you think she might have been? You need to name at least 3 countries.

She might have been to Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco or Luxembourg.

ZOOLOGY: A tourist has been to New Zealand and claims that he was bitten by a snake when he was trekking in a fern forest in the Northern Island. Do you think he might have made the story up?

He must have made it all up. He can't have been bitten by a snake as there are no snakes native to New Zealand.

LOGIC: 2 fathers and 2 sons went fishing. Each of them caught 1 fish, but they only brought home 3 fish. Do you think 1 of them must have lost his fish on the way or is there another logical explanation?

One of the men might have gone fishing with his father and his son, so there were only 3 of them.

MATHS: I'm thinking of a number. It's an odd number greater than 7 but less than 20 and it can be divided by 3. What number may I be thinking about? You need to give all the possible answers.

I may be thinking of 9 or 15.

ASTRONOMY: Which planet of the solar system, apart from Mars and Earth, might have been able to support life in the past?

Venus.It's believed that up to around 4 billion years ago there must have been liquid water on the surface of Venus and its atmosphere was similar to the Earth.

ENGLISH: You have to form 1 adjective from the word taste, but you don't know the context. What might be the answer? You need to give all the 3 possibilities.

tasty, tasteless, tasteful