h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ok, This is the second Quiz here...
*Will patiently wait for people to find their way here...*

Anyway, Same sort of rules as the Music Quiz...
These will be general Knowledge Questions... (easy and hard)
Stuff like off the quiz shows on TV....
Oh well, without delay... 1st Question...
(Gee, I like typing "..." a lot, don't I?...)
Q:
Who wrote the book "Brave New World"?

Aldous Huxley

*ding!* Correct
Next One:

Q: What is the name for a baby peacock?

*Hazards a wild guess*

Peachick?

*ding!* Correct, yet again!

Next one...:

Q: Who shot/killed 'Billy the Kid'?

Pat Garrett

*ding!* I thought that was pretty hard
*pat on the back*

Next...:

Q: What parasite has the name "Purlex Irritans"?

*hint*
Small... *scratches head*

I thought it would be flea or mosquito, but now think it might be head louse?

Not quite... think animal, as well as humans...

Is the clock ticking on this one???

No, take as long as you want...

*cough* dog, cat *cough*
Pretend I didn't say that...

Flea

*ding!*
Are these hard, or just the right difficulty?

Q:
Who wrote the first telegraph message?

*rapidly scanning internet*

*dons pedantic hat*

Surely that would be Pulex Irritans?

*removes pedantic hat & apologises!*

sorry, i should re-phrase that...

instead of "wrote", make that "sent"

Sorry, my mistake (typo)
I'll give you a point for spotting that...

The dog/cat thing is misleading, because Pulex irritans is specifically the human flea. Ctenocephalides felis is the cat flea and Ctenocephalides canis is the dog flea. Isn't it nice to know that there are hundreds (1600 I heard somewhere) of different types of fleas which, if they can't find their warm-blooded mammal of choice, will all munch on you!

Re. Post 14.

Samuel Morse

Didn't think that dog fleas would go for humans, only cat fleas? Dunno why I thought that, 'cause if a flea is hungry why would it care? Urban myth maybe?