ivory
Ivory is composed mainly of dentin. This topic is part of Animals within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
ivory trivia questions
Ivory is traditionally obtained mainly from what part of an elephant?
Answer: Tusks
Bonus fact: Elephant tusks are enlarged incisor teeth.
Besides elephants, which marine mammal has long ivory tusks?
Answer: Walrus
Bonus fact: Walrus tusks are elongated canine teeth.
What tissue makes up most of true ivory?
Answer: Dentin
Bonus fact: Ivory is composed mainly of dentin.
Ivory Coast is another English name for which country?
Answer: Côte d'Ivoire
Bonus fact: The country's official international name is Côte d'Ivoire.
The phrase 'ivory tower' describes someone isolated from what?
Answer: Practical everyday concerns
Bonus fact: It often criticizes overly detached academic or intellectual life.
The modern figurative phrase 'ivory tower' is especially associated with what setting?
Answer: Academia
Bonus fact: It suggests intellectual isolation.
The East African slave trade was strongly associated with which island trading center?
Answer: Zanzibar
Bonus fact: Zanzibar became a major 19th-century slave and ivory market.
The phrase derives from an older poetic image of a tower made from what material?
Answer: Ivory
Bonus fact: Its modern meaning developed much later than the literal image.
Which two commodities helped make the medieval kingdom of Mapungubwe wealthy through long-distance trade?
Answer: Gold and ivory
Bonus fact: UNESCO notes imported Chinese porcelain and Persian glass beads among evidence of Mapungubwe's trade connections.