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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat Trivia Quiz

Fluttering bats cause some of us to shiver. But even Dracula would agree that these nocturnal animals are fascinating. For example, did you know some bats have sticky disks on their wings and feet and can even march up window panes. Read on!

A multiple-choice quiz by bilingualpoet. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bilingualpoet

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
1,500

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Sink your fangs into this question. How long can a common brown bat live? (Hint- it holds the world record for longest lifespan for a creature of this size). Hint

over 32 years

about 60 years

more than a century

a dozen or so years

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'Twinkle, Twinkle little bat! How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly. Like a tea tray in the sky...' Who wrote this ditty? Hint

W. Amadeus Mozart

Edward Lear

Lewis Carroll

kids' poet, Jack Prelutsky

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which bat species has the widest wingspan? Hint

Flying Foxes

Mexican free-tailed bats

Big brown bats

vampire bats

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Question 4 of 10

4. Bats are voracious insect eaters. How many big brown bats can help farmers by chowing down over 18-million rootworms in just one summer? Hint

a dozen winged avengers

a colony of 150

500 ravenous bats

bats don't eat rootworms

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Question 5 of 10

5. These gentle creatures don't scare you, right? It's just the thought of rabies they may carry. Which horror writer's death has recently been attributed to rabies? Hint

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Bram Stoker

Edgar Allan Poe

Rudyard Kipling

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Question 6 of 10

6. As they hang upside down in their caves, black wings folded around their bodies like theater capes, bats look pretty ferocious. Choose the true statement from among these batty myths. Hint

Vampire bats desert their babies.

Bats are as blind as, well, a bat

Bats often bite.

Batman's sidekick was Robin

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Question 7 of 10

7. Despite myths, bats are no more dangerous when it comes to transmitting rabies than any other wild animal. What is one sign of this fatal disease in humans? Hint

double vision

frothing at the mouth

delirium

inability to eat

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which is NOT a trait of these creatures of the night? Hint

they can become entangled in your hair

tiny bats in Africa live in spider webs

bats groom themselves like cats

some bats eat frogs(yuck!)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Still shudder at the thought of harmless bats? Which of the following is NOT a benefit bestowed by these furry, flying critters? Hint

Bats give birth often and make good animal test subjects.

Originally, scientists learned about sonar from bats.

Bat guano is used to manufacture antibiotics.

Vampire bat flight patterns help air-traffic experts to chart small-craft emergency routes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Okay, here's a familiar brew to close off this quiz. 'Eye of Newt, and toe of frog;Wool of Bat, and tongue of dog.' In which play was this delicious witchy recipe chanted?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Sink your fangs into this question. How long can a common brown bat live? (Hint- it holds the world record for longest lifespan for a creature of this size).

Answer: over 32 years

According to Bats Conservation International, the common brown bat can live over 32 yrs.

2. 'Twinkle, Twinkle little bat! How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly. Like a tea tray in the sky...' Who wrote this ditty?

Answer: Lewis Carroll

This poem is from Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland.'

3. Which bat species has the widest wingspan?

Answer: Flying Foxes

Flying foxes of Indonesia have wingspans of over 6-feet.

4. Bats are voracious insect eaters. How many big brown bats can help farmers by chowing down over 18-million rootworms in just one summer?

Answer: a colony of 150

Bats are popular with farmers because they eat literally tons of crop damaging insect pests.

5. These gentle creatures don't scare you, right? It's just the thought of rabies they may carry. Which horror writer's death has recently been attributed to rabies?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Many medical experts now believe that Edgar Allan Poe's symptoms leading up to his death match the progression of rabies.

6. As they hang upside down in their caves, black wings folded around their bodies like theater capes, bats look pretty ferocious. Choose the true statement from among these batty myths.

Answer: Batman's sidekick was Robin

Bats only bite in self-defense. Vampire bats are excellent mothers, even adopting bat orphans. Bats see well in the dark.

7. Despite myths, bats are no more dangerous when it comes to transmitting rabies than any other wild animal. What is one sign of this fatal disease in humans?

Answer: delirium

Some symptoms: wildly erratic pulse, delirium, coma. If you have an open wound, avoid the saliva of a rabid animal (who sometimes do froth at the mouth). Death can occur in four days.

8. Which is NOT a trait of these creatures of the night?

Answer: they can become entangled in your hair

With their keen eyesight and hearing, bats don't swoop down into people's hair. In fact, they rarely bump into anything. They are clean, one species does live in spider webs and some bats have very varied diets.

9. Still shudder at the thought of harmless bats? Which of the following is NOT a benefit bestowed by these furry, flying critters?

Answer: Bats give birth often and make good animal test subjects.

50-percent of bat species in N. America are in sharp decline, with many listed as endangered or near extinction. Bat mothers only give birth to one offspring at a time.

10. Okay, here's a familiar brew to close off this quiz. 'Eye of Newt, and toe of frog;Wool of Bat, and tongue of dog.' In which play was this delicious witchy recipe chanted?

Answer: Macbeth

This is how Shakespeare opened his bloody tragedy 'Macbeth.'

Source: Author bilingualpoet

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