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Quiz about Animal Stuff
Quiz about Animal Stuff

Animal Stuff Trivia Quiz


A quiz which includes real animals (land, sea and air), toy animals and animal characters in books.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
39,277
Updated
Sep 21 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
4933
Last 3 plays: james1947 (10/10), chianti59 (7/10), Coachpete1 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which of these four types of snakes has a characteristic 'hood' or 'head-cover'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What animal is 'technically' known as "Panthera leo" ? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Black Beauty and Flicka were both which breed of animal? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What type of snake is the anaconda a subcategory of? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who wrote about Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger in a 'windy' book? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which of these is the only 'real' animal? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What larger animal are the alpaca and llama related to? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What sort of creature, with the name of Peter, did Beatrix Potter write about? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of these civilisations left traces behind of "bull-leaping" as either a sport or a ritual activity? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Parus major is the scientific name for which bird species? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of these four types of snakes has a characteristic 'hood' or 'head-cover'?

Answer: cobra

The word cobra means snake in Portuguese and was named by Portuguese explorers 'cobra de capello' translating to snake with a hood.
2. What animal is 'technically' known as "Panthera leo" ?

Answer: the lion

3. Black Beauty and Flicka were both which breed of animal?

Answer: Horse

'Black Beauty' was a horse whose story was told in a novel of that name by Anna Sewell. It drew attention to animal cruelty. Flicka was the mustang written about by Mary O'Hara.
4. What type of snake is the anaconda a subcategory of?

Answer: boa

The giant anaconda, or 'Eunectus marinus', is also called the great water boa. The yellow anaconda is much smaller.
5. Who wrote about Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger in a 'windy' book?

Answer: Kenneth Grahame

These characters appeared in 'The Wind in the Willows'. Kenneth Grahame was born 8 March, 1859 in Edinburgh and died at Pangbourne, Berkshire on 6 July 1932. Milne wrote about Christopher Robin and his toy-animals Pooh Bear, Piglet and Eeyore in books such as 'Winnie-the-Pooh' (1926).
6. Which of these is the only 'real' animal?

Answer: a gecko

7. What larger animal are the alpaca and llama related to?

Answer: the camel

Both varieties of animal were probably domesticated by the Indians of the Andes Mountains of South America. They are both members of the Camelidae family. The alpaca has a rounded, rather than squarish body.The llama holds its tail erect.- Yak and buffalo are bovids.
8. What sort of creature, with the name of Peter, did Beatrix Potter write about?

Answer: Rabbit

Together with the Tailor of Gloucester 1903, 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' was one of the very successful children's books written by Beatrix Potter. 'The Tailor of Gloucester' involved mice and Potter wrote about a frog named Jeremy Fisher and a hedgehog named Mrs Tiggy-Winkle.
9. Which of these civilisations left traces behind of "bull-leaping" as either a sport or a ritual activity?

Answer: the Minoan civilisation in Crete

10. Parus major is the scientific name for which bird species?

Answer: Great tit

Source: Author flem-ish

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