Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trivia Quiz

Answer: They can quickly dislodge from rocks and logs and slide into the water.

They are part of the order Testudines along with more than 250 other species. Among those species they can slide into water the quickest of all of them, to avoid predators or just to go for a swim.

This may or may not be part of the reason they were chosen to mutate into ninjas in the comics and other media. The red-eared portion is why all four members of the team wore red masks initially though.

Answer: Female

When red-eared sliders are young, it is hard to tell their gender apart as both genders look nearly identical. As the turtles age, however, the females tend to grow larger than the males of the same age. Males are generally in the 10 centimeter range, and females around 15 centimeters at full growth. The males also tend have longer claws which help in the mating process.

The exact opposite of this played out with the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in the live action show "The Next Mutation". The show introduced a female turtle who was significantly smaller than the original four male turtles.

Answer: They can't regulate their own body temperature

Red-eared Sliders have no internal body temperature regulators. For that reason they are mostly found in temperate to warm climates. They sit out in the sun when they are cold and dive in the water when they are hot.

Answer: Brumate

To brumate, or be in the act of brumation is to go into a period of dormancy. While it physically appears to be similar to hibernation, the metabolic processes involved are different. During brumation the turtle can still function, albeit it much slower than usual.

Burninate is what the internet comic character Trogdor does!

Answer: 5 years

The males of the species will court females before they reach sexual maturity, but they can't produce offspring before they are at or near five years old. Some are closer to six years old before they are able to reproduce. When held in captivity, males may appear to be courting other males or other pets, but it is generally thought to be a sign of dominance and not homosexuality within the species. These displays often lead to fights if not prevented by the pet owner.

Several times in the "TMNT" comics, movies and television shows they are shown to have an interest in female characters. Of course they are also almost always depicted as teenagers unless there is a flashback or flashforward segment.

Answer: It depends on body size and varies greatly

Depending on the body size of the female, they typically lay between 2 and 30 eggs in at a single time.

While preparing to lay eggs the female often changes her diet to eat different things, and also tends to eat less than when she isn't gestating eggs.

In the "TMNT" series they are almost always depicted as either pet shop turtles, or as someone's pets. That's how they get away with not having up to 30 mutant turtles running around.

Answer: Australia

The problem of children and adults alike getting tired of their pet turtles and releasing them in the wild was so bad in the late 1980s and early 1990s that the country as a whole had to ban their import and sale.

It was during this same time that the Playmates toy line for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" introduced "Walkabout", a walking talking kangaroo from Australia, though that likely wasn't related.

Answer: Omnivorous

An omnivore is a species that eats both plants and animals to stay alive. The general diet for red-eared slider turtles is aquatic plants, but they also eat small bugs and other proteins if there isn't enough plant life to survive on.

This is replicated in the comics, television series and movies as the "Ninja Turtles" all eat pizza in large amounts. The pizzas often have both meat and vegetables on them.

Answer: When they sense danger

The species typically leaves its head and other extremities outside the shell to help soak up warmth and sunlight but has the ability to retract inside the shell as a defense mechanism.

Their shells, much like those of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", act as a protection and barrier from attack.

Answer: Florida

Florida is the only state on the list that would offer a suitable climate for the red-eared slider to survive in the wild.

In Florida the population was mating with the other turtle subspecies causing turtles with mixed color patterns, red-ears and yellow bellies.

Florida outlawed the sale of "wild type" red-eared sliders, but not those born into captivity.

In the "TMNT" universe, a cross-mating like that couldn't happen because the turtles are heroes and would never be depicted as having "yellow bellies", or being cowards.