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1. Can an elephant speak a human language? One is reported to have spoken two: Russian and Kazakh. Could I lure you into guessing his name?
2. One of the first elephants brought to the United States helped bring about the traveling circus. Would you care to place a wager on her name?
3. If you were alive in the 17th century do you think Rembrandt might have drawn a picture of you? He did for a white elephant in Holland. Do you have any idea what her name was?
4. In a bizarre series of events in 1903, an elephant named Topsy became the lightning rod for a technological dispute between two inventors. Can you name them?
5. Prussia and France were at war in 1870; Paris was put under siege in September. As food ran out, Parisians started eating whatever animals they could find. Who were two stars of the zoo Jardin des Plantes who were sold for their meat?
6. A circus act turned into tragedy in Hawaii in 1994 when an elephant killed her trainer and gored her groomer during a performance. Do you know the name of this small elephant?
7. Most everyone likes elephants, including Pope Leo X, who received one as a gift. Do you know his elephant's name-o?
8. Have you ever painted a picture? Have you ever sold a picture you painted? Have you ever sold a picture you painted for $25,000? I didn't think so but an elephant did! Can you name this jewel of a painter?
9. Surus was an Asian elephant who figured prominently in warfare. Who was his master (hint: the Italians screamed in terror at the sight of Surus)?
10. Probably the most famous real elephant was one owned by circus promoter P.T. Barnum in the 1800s. What was his name?
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