Quiz  /  A Quiz from Shrews to Whales

  • 1. 
    The Bactrian camel has two humps.

  • true
  • false

  • 2. 
    What are the lead male and female in a pack of wolves called?

  • omega pair
  • king pair
  • alpha pair
  • cubs

  • 3. 
    What is the phenomenon in which whales beach themselves?

  • singing
  • whaling
  • stranding
  • echolocation

  • 4. 
    Acinonyx jubatus is the scientific name of which speedy land animal?

  • giraffe
  • cheetah
  • elephant
  • gazelle

  • 5. 
    On which of these large islands are lemurs found?

  • Madagascar
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • New Guinea

  • 6. 
    Which of these bats has an odour similar to that of perfumed soap?

  • New Zealand short-tailed bat
  • vampire bat
  • Jamaican fruit bat
  • Philippine bamboo bat

  • 7. 
    What is the only cat that lives in a group?

  • tiger
  • cheetah
  • lion
  • leopard

  • 8. 
    What mammal, apart from the platypus, lays eggs?

  • whale
  • koala
  • echidna
  • snake

  • 9. 
    The kob, lechwe, and puku of Africa are all what type of animal?

  • antelope
  • lizard
  • cat
  • rodent

  • 10. 
    What kind of New World monkey is also called a durukuli?

  • macaque
  • howler monkey
  • night monkey
  • leaf monkey

  • 11. 
    Which animal weighs more than any other known animal, living or extinct?

  • African bush elephant
  • megalodon
  • woolly mammoth
  • blue whale

  • 12. 
    Where was the Corriedale breed of sheep developed?

  • Spain
  • Ireland
  • Scotland
  • New Zealand

  • 13. 
    Which of these animals is a mammal, despite the fact that it lays eggs?

  • crocodile
  • ostrich
  • duck
  • platypus

  • 14. 
    Which of these animals is classified as a marsupial?

  • giraffe
  • rhinoceros
  • wombat
  • elephant

  • 15. 
    The “flying fox” is actually what kind of animal?

  • gliding monkey
  • fruit bat
  • barking pheasant
  • bat-eared fox

  • 16. 
    Which small northern rodent does not, as is popularly supposed, plunge into the sea in a deliberate suicidal death march?

  • lemming
  • mouse
  • vole
  • shrew

  • 17. 
    Which animal, because of its unusual habits, is thought to have inspired stories about mermaids?

  • jellyfish
  • dugong
  • sea lion
  • octopus

  • 18. 
    Which animal’s various types include the Barbary, South Arabian, Anatolian, Amur, and Sinai?

  • camel
  • leopard
  • horse
  • tiger

  • 19. 
    What is the common name of the rodent family that the guinea pig belongs to?

  • capybara
  • cavy
  • porcupine
  • rat

  • 20. 
    What is another name for the American elk?

  • pronghorn
  • white-tailed deer
  • reindeer
  • wapiti

  • 21. 
    Which of these mammals can consume more than its own weight in food daily and cannot live more than a few hours without eating?

  • dwarf lemur
  • wombat
  • squirrel
  • shrew

  • 22. 
    Which of these is not really a bear?

  • sun bear
  • koala bear
  • sloth bear
  • polar bear

  • 23. 
    How many parts does a cow’s stomach have?

  • one
  • three
  • four
  • two

  • 24. 
    Whales were once hunted extensively in order to obtain what material?

  • saliva
  • skin
  • oil
  • fins

  • 25. 
    What animal is a carnivorous scavenger?

  • elephant
  • gaur
  • hyena
  • dolphin

  • 26. 
    Vampire bats live on which of these continents?

  • Asia
  • Africa
  • South America
  • Europe

  • 27. 
    What does orangutan mean in Malaysian?

  • “monkey without a tail”
  • “hairy tree-swinger”
  • “big smart monkey”
  • “person of the forest”

  • 28. 
    What do giant pandas eat?

  • rubber plants
  • smaller animals
  • roots
  • bamboo

  • 29. 
    Which of these animals is known for its diet of eucalyptus leaves?

  • tree kangaroo
  • marbled polecat
  • koala
  • wallaby

  • 30. 
    What is the largest of the antelopes?

  • impala
  • gazelle
  • eland
  • gnu
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