Seashore Detective Quiz Summer 2011

We had five copies of Seashore Detectives' Handbook to give away to the five lucky winners of our quiz. We asked the following questions:

1. How many legs does a starfish have?

a) Five - correct

b) Six

c) Seven

2. What colour is the spot on a herring gull's beak?

a) Green

b) Black

c) Red - correct

3. What are the bladders on bladder wrack for?

a) Storing water

b) Helping the fronds float - correct

c) Making the fronds sink

4. What kind of crab uses an empty shell as a mobile home?

a) Hermit crab - correct

b) Edible crab

c) Velvet swimming crab

5. What kind of animal is a curlew?

a) Fish

b) Bird - correct

c) Shellfish

The winners:

James White (aged 6) from Birmingham

Luke McCobe (aged 6) from Co Antrim

Louis Sayer (aged 9) from Norfolk

Bradley Moore (aged 7) from Hampshire

Emily Dowse (aged 14) from Lincoln