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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.

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
4940

Last 3 plays: Guest 185 (9/10), Nala2 (7/10), Johnmcmanners (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

taipan

rattlesnake

cobra

anaconda

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Question 2 of 10

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

the spotted panther

the leopard

the black panther

the lion

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Question 3 of 10

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

Sheep

Cow

Horse

Pig

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Question 4 of 10

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

cobra

python

boa

adder

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Question 5 of 10

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

Kenneth Grahame

Beatrix Potter

Roald Dahl

Alan Alexander Milne

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Question 6 of 10

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

a wino

a gecko

a wacko

a weirdo

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Question 7 of 10

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

the camel

the buffalo

the yak

the giraffe

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Question 8 of 10

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

Hedgehog

Mouse

Frog

Rabbit

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Question 9 of 10

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

the Minoan civilisation in Crete

the Etruscans in Italy

the Mycenian civilisation in Greece

the nuraghe people in Sardinia

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Question 10 of 10

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

Great tit

Coal tit

Blue tit

Long-tailed tit

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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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