Help save Mediterranean forests! Stage 1 – Initial facts and figures

1. [Multiple choice]

The French monk Dom Perignon first experimented with cork stoppers for his sparkling wine ….

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. in the mid-19th century.
• 2. in the early 19th century.
• 3. in the late 18th century.
• 4. in the late 17th century.
• 5. in the early 17th century. (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

Stopping farming Mediterranean cork oak forests would result ….

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. in the loss of 50,000 jobs.
• 2. in the loss of 62,500 jobs. (correct)
• 2. in the loss of 75,000 jobs.
• 3. in the loss of 82,000 jobs.

3. [Multiple choice]

Mediterranean cork oak forests supply …

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. about 60 per cent of the world’s cork.
• 2. just under 75 per cent of the world’s cork.
• 3. roughly 50% of the world’s cork.
• 4. more than 99 per cent of the world’s cork. (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

The increasing popularity of the screw-top wine bottle means ……. Mediterranean cork oak forests risk being abandoned.

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. around 35% of
• 2. something approaching 50 per cent of
• 3. up to 75% of (correct)
• 4. over 90% of

5. [Multiple choice]

A WWF survey found that between 2000 and 2005, the proportion of wine bottles stoppered with cork ..

(If you chose either answer 1 or 2, they both suggest – with the verb ‘rose’ – that more bottles are being stoppered with cork than before – but the headline makes it clear that fewer are being given cork-stoppers. You needed to be looking at the 2 ‘fell by’ options.)

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. rose by 9 per cent.
• 2. rose by 16 per cent.
• 3. fell by 11 per cent.
• 4. fell by 18 per cent. (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

This represents a loss of 3 billion cork stoppers out of a total market of …

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. 10 billion.
• 2. 15 billion. (correct)
• 3. 20 billion.
• 4. 25 billion.

7. [Multiple choice]

If the trend for plastic stoppers and screw tops continues, then ………..could be using corks.

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. just 1 per cent of wine bottles sold in Britain in 2015
• 2. just 5 per cent of wine bottles sold in Britain in 2015 (correct)
• 3. just 10% of wine bottles sold in Britain in 2015
• 4. just 15 per cent of wine bottles sold in Britain in 2015
• 5. just 20 per cent of wine bottles sold in Britain in 2015

8. [Multiple choice]

The area in question is about …

Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. a quarter of the size of Switzerland – about 1 million hectares.
• 2. twice the size of Switzerland – about 8 million hectares.
• 3. half the size of Switzerland – about 2 million hectares. (correct)
• 4. the size of Switzerland – about 4 million hectares.