Rat Control 50th Anniversary Quiz - Part 1

2.	From what type of climate do rats originate?
	a) tropical climate
	b) desert climate
	c) arctic climate

3.	How many Pest Control Officers are there today?
	a) 250
	b) 75
	c) 400

4.	What year did Rat Control begin?
	a) 1910
	b) 1925
	c) 1950

5.	Female rats can have babies at what age?
	a) 3 weeks
	b) 5 weeks
	c) 7 weeks

6.	The area along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border where they control rats is called:
	a) The great divide
	b) Rat control zone
	c) No mans land

7.	A rat's front teeth:
	a) grow their entire lives
	b) stay the same
	c) have to be replaced with dentures

8.	Rats are related to:
	a) squirrels
	b) camels
	c) anteaters

9.	Why do we control rats?
	a) because they are ugly
	b) because they spread disease
	c) because they taste bad

10.	During the winter months, rats:
	a) hibernate
	b) can not survive
	c) continue their destruction

11.	How far can a rat burrow into the earth?
	a) 2 meters
	b) 4 meters
	c) 10 meters

12.	Rats that live in man made structures are called:
	a) lazy
	b) squatters
	c) commensal

13.	What fraction of the world's food supply never reaches the table because of rats?
	a) 1/5
	b) 1/2
	c) 3/4

14.	Rats transmit diseases and parasites which can infect:
	a) humans
	b) animals
	c) both humans and animals

15.	Why is Alberta free of rats?
	a) the climate is too harsh
	b) too close to the mountains
	c) Albertans took control when rats were first found

16.	In one year a pair of rats can produce:
	a) 10,000 offspring
	b) 15,000 offspring
	c) 35,000 offspring

17.	Rats spread disease through their:
	a) bites
	b) droppings
	c) nests

18.	Rats enter Alberta by:
	a) bicycle
	b) trains
	c) skateboards

19.	Rats have:
	a) large eyes and large ears
	b) large eyes and small ears
	c) small eyes and small ears

20.	It is illegal to:
	a) chase rats
	b) catch rats
	c) own rats