Prove Your Wood Product IQ

Prove Your Wood Product IQ

Prove Your Wood Product IQ

How much do you know about wood products?

Scroll down to start the quiz. There are 25 questions to answer. When you finish the quiz and click submit, you’ll be able to see your score directly below this text and you’ll also find the correct answer to each question.

Make sure to check back on April 16th, when we’ll post the results of the quiz and you’ll be able to see how your score ranks.

Who is responsible for popularizing the modern charcoal briquette, and later went on to start the Kingsford company?


 
 
 
 

In the first half of the 20th century, yellow poplar, a common secondary wood, was called...


 
 
 
 

The most common wood for making pencils is...


 
 
 
 

Early golf club shafts were made of which of these woods?


 
 
 
 

Modern toothpicks are made of birch. In the 17th century, many wealthy individuals may have owned toothpicks made of precious metals and gemstones. True or false?


 
 

The modern bowling pin is made of hard maple. How much does a bowling pin weigh?


 
 
 
 

Ancient Egyptians used this wood for shipbuilding.


 
 
 
 

The highest-quality smoking pipes are probably made of...


 
 
 
 

Salicin is closely related in chemical makeup to aspirin. Where would you find salicin?


 
 
 
 

The single-seeded fruit of the Coco de Mar (Giant Fan Palm) can weigh as much as...


 
 
 
 

Are pingpong balls made of wood products?


 
 

Early tennis rackets were made of which wood?


 
 
 
 
 

African blackwood would make a poor-quality flute. True or false?


 
 

What type of wood is used to make wooden clogs?


 
 
 
 
 

True or false? George Washington had wooden teeth.


 
 

Pulp for making paper may come from hardwoods such as eucalyptus, aspen, and birch. True or false?


 
 

The leaves and skins of the fruit of the chestnut tree can be used to make hair shampoo. True or false?


 
 

Amazon natives use the kapok tree for making dugout canoes. Kapok is a relative of which tree?


 
 
 
 

White ash is commonly used for making wooden bats. Is white ash...


 
 

In the 1930s, President FDR launched an ambitious plan to modify weather and prevent erosion by planting 220 million of this tree.


 
 
 
 

This tree is used in mast-building because of its high resistance to bending loads.


 
 
 
 

Starting with the 5th generation Chevy Corvette, the floor plan was constructed of two sheets of carbon fiber and which of these woods?


 
 
 
 

If you wanted to build an Appalachian-style square hand-hewn log cabin, what tool would you use to square the logs?


 
 
 
 

Lexus uses this wood in the interior of their luxury cars.


 
 
 
 

Whiskey barrels are commonly made out of...


 
 
 
 


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2 Responses to Prove Your Wood Product IQ

  1. Ken McColly Reply

    April 13, 2012 at 4:06 PM

    Excellent quiz!

  2. Rick Reply

    April 17, 2012 at 6:53 PM

    Interesting – 13 out of 25 correct.sad

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