No Stinkin' Badgers! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wild about honey

The honey badger just loves honey, and can easily rip apart a beehive without any injury as its thick fur prevents it from being stung. Badgers are known for their long lasting underground cavelike dwellings as well, an old one discovered to be over 1,000 feet long.

If anyone is interested in the "Treasure of The Sierra Madre" quote, it follows:
"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" This was said to Dobbs {Humphrey Bogart} and his companions by "Gold Hat", leader of the banditos. He was played by Alfonso Bedoya in the 1948 film about greed, distrust and despair. Don't scroll down if you haven't seen the film!

Spoiler:
Just in case anyone has never seen the film, the treasure was in the form of gold dust, and the sandy Sierra Madre gets windy.

Answer: False

Badgers are found on all continents except Antarctica and Australia. The European is the largest of the types, weighing in at 40 pounds or so, and the smallest is the group called the Ferret Badgers who average only 20 to 24 pounds. Badgers are recognizable for their short and squat stature, being wider than they are high.

They have short legs beautifully adapted to digging, which is the badger's primary hunting method, as it digs for food, eating earthworms, grubs, snakes and whatever is palatable.

The badger is also a carnivore and has been seen eating coyotes (well, coyotes eat badgers, too!); it also exhibits the unusual behavior of joining with coyotes to hunt larger prey. No doubt, this is a short-term alliance!

Answer: True

Strangely enough, there is, and it's one of the smaller types. Though they were originally classified as a member of the badger family, DNA testing indicates that the stink badger may be a member of the skunk family as it gives off a very foul odor when threatened.

Their range is limited to the Malaysian region and there are only two types known, the Palawan and Sunda. They have all the physical characteristics of badgers.

Answer: True

As strong as the jaws are, they are not able to twist, as in some other animals, so the badger simply hangs on till the prey gives up. Badgers are omnivores as they eat meat, berries, insects and most of the things humans eat. In fact, it's doubtful a starving badger would turn down a 'people platter'.

Answer: Sow

The young are called cubs - like bear young - but the adults are named the same as swine. Badgers are not related to swine, but closer to weasels. They are easily distinguished by their markings: black face with white marks, long weasel-like heads, usually grey body and black legs.

They also have a pale underbelly and a light stripe that runs from head to tail. They measure about 35 inches long. Badgers have been known to adopt young foxes and coyotes, and even a human child.

Answer: 15 to 19 miles per hour

He may not seem speedy, but consider how close to the ground he is! Badgers are devilishly persistent, and are not ordinarily approachable. If they can't run away, they may turn and fight. Badger baiting used to be called a sport. Thankfully it is now illegal almost everywhere, as in the U.K. in 1835 under the "Cruelty to Animals Act", and the 1992 "Protection of Badgers Act".

Answer: Depends on the badger

Some are solitary, and some are social, even clannish. A group of badgers is called a clan or a cete. Their shelters are almost always underground dens, called setts. They may even party down there, as badgers are known to sometimes get drunk on fermented or rotting fruit. They wear special party hats and dance the night away... But, really, badgers have become popular characters in literature by authors Kenneth Grahame, Roald Dahl, T.H. White, C.S.Lewis, Lafcadio Hearn and more. They are also the state animal of Wisconsin and mascots of the athletic teams there.

Yes, they really get drunk! Some birds who eat the Brazilian Pepper shrub berries also get drunk. Who knows what wild and crazy things they may do!

Answer: Dachshund

"Dachs" means badger in German, as the dog was bred to flush out badgers for hunters. In the U.K. it is now not permissible to block off the entrance to a badger's home except during a fox hunt when it may be partially blocked to prevent the fox from accidentally getting in. It's just not politically correct to badger badgers!

Answer: Where there are badgers

Native Americans, colonists, and many others in the New World, anywhere during wartime or famine, all nationalities all over the world have eaten badger, in fact. A popular shish kebab in Russia is badger, dog meat and pork. This practice is discouraged because of the danger of getting trichinosis.
As always, when you are very very hungry you will eat what there is if you want to survive.

Answer: Paintbrushes and shaving brushes

Badger hairs are strong and stiff, so they make great brushes. You probably wouldn't want to rest your head on anything made from them. Their hairs can be shaved... to make shaving brushes! No badgers were harmed during this quiz.