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This Little Piggy Trivia Quiz

While playing the Animals category, I noticed that there were none about pigs. We had the divine swine on my father's farm when I was a kid. So, here's oinking to you. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by donna399. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
donna399

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
135,873

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3832

Last 3 plays: Guest 104 (5/10), Guest 199 (6/10), Guest 2 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which is not a major breed of hogs? Hint

Shropshire

Berkshire

Yorkshire

Poland China

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is a mother hog called? Hint

boar

sow

gilt

shoat

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Question 3 of 10

3. Hogs are what? Hint

carnivores

omnivores

herbivores

predators

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Question 4 of 10

4. Pigs are found on all continents except which one? Hint

South America

Antarctica

Australia

Europe

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Question 5 of 10

5. The country that is both top-producer and top-consumer of pork is what? Hint

United States

France

Canada

China

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Question 6 of 10

6. Since the early 1800's this city has been widely known as "Porkopolis" because it is a major pork processing center. Which city is it? Hint

Des Moines, Iowa

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cincinnati, Ohio

Kansas City, Kansas

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Question 7 of 10

7. The average mother pig gives birth to a litter of how many piglets? Hint

2 - 5

8 - 12

13 - 18

6 - 7

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which ancient people so loathed to be separated from fresh pork that the deceased were sometimes accompanied to the grave with their herds of pigs? Hint

Sumerians

Aztecs

Chinese

Persians

9. It was once a practice at country fairs to grease a pig and let it loose among blindfolded contestants. The man who successfully caught the greaser could keep it and hence arose the saying of what? Hint

when pigs fly

greased lightning

bringing home the bacon

going hog wild

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Question 10 of 10

10. Scientists believe pigs are very intelligent animals, close behind man, apes and dolphins.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is not a major breed of hogs?

Answer: Shropshire

Shropshire is a breed of sheep that orginated in western England. Yorkshire hogs, known as the "mother breed" also originated in England around 1800. Berkshire, one of the oldest breeds of hogs, was developed in the Shire of Berks, England. Poland China swine orginated in Ohio. Bet you thought is was China or Poland! The man who bred them was of Polish descent and the original name for his hog was Big China.

2. What is a mother hog called?

Answer: sow

A boar is a male. A gilt is a female that has not yet given birth. A shoat is a pig eight weeks old that has been weaned from his mother, the sow. A shoat can be up to one year of age according to some sources.

3. Hogs are what?

Answer: omnivores

Pigs, especially in the wild, feed on both plants and animals which makes them omnivorous. They eat leaves, roots, grains, small rodents, young birds, earthworms, reptiles and reptile eggs. An average farm yard hog eats about 3.7 pounds of food a day. If a hog is in a grazing pasture, it spends seven hours eating per day.

4. Pigs are found on all continents except which one?

Answer: Antarctica

Too cold there for most everything, of course. Christopher Columbus and Hernando de Soto both brought pigs to the Americas. Europe's pigs came from Asia. Europeans brought pigs to Australia as well.

5. The country that is both top-producer and top-consumer of pork is what?

Answer: China

China is tops at 50% in both categories; production and consumption. The United States is second in production at 10%. France is fifth in world production and Canada is eighth.

6. Since the early 1800's this city has been widely known as "Porkopolis" because it is a major pork processing center. Which city is it?

Answer: Cincinnati, Ohio

In 1818 pioneer pig sticker, Elisha Mills, opened Cincinnati,Ohio's first slaughterhouse. Pork in brine-filled barrels were packed and salt pork became a U.S. food staple. Within a short decade Cincinnati was nicknamed "Porkopolis."

7. The average mother pig gives birth to a litter of how many piglets?

Answer: 8 - 12

Average litter size is between eight and twelve. Most mothers give birth two times a year. The largest recorded number of piglets born in one litter was thirty-four.

8. Which ancient people so loathed to be separated from fresh pork that the deceased were sometimes accompanied to the grave with their herds of pigs?

Answer: Chinese

Pork still remains an important food to the Chinese.

Answer: bringing home the bacon

Sounds tough. The supermarket is much easier.

10. Scientists believe pigs are very intelligent animals, close behind man, apes and dolphins.

Answer: True

Pigs are smart and curious animals. They are one of the few animals that won't overeat.

Source: Author donna399

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