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Quiz about Living Large
Quiz about Living Large

Living Large Trivia Quiz


In this quiz, ten of the largest animals that have ever lived will tell you a bit about themselves. Can you figure out what they are?

A multiple-choice quiz by ElusiveDream. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
ElusiveDream
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,915
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
784
Last 3 plays: Kalibre (5/10), Guest 129 (8/10), Kyl3L33 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "With a wingspan of up to seventy-five centimetres, I'm the largest known flying insect. I lived in the warm jungles of Western Europe during a period in Earth's history called the Carboniferous, three hundred million years ago. What am I?" Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "I'm the largest living animal. I measure thirty metres long and weigh an impressive one hundred and seventy tonnes. What am I?" Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "With a length of up to twenty metres, I'm the largest known predatory fish. My teeth were the size of a human hand. What am I?" Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "I'm the largest living rodent. I'm semi-aquatic, living near lakes and rivers in various parts of South America. What am I?" Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Just my appearance would be enough to make some people scream hysterically. I'm the largest living arachnid. What am I?" Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "I'm the tallest land animal known to science, with a height of twenty metres. I measured between twenty-eight and thirty-four metres long and weighed around sixty tonnes. What am I?" Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "I'm the largest living species of bird. I live in Africa and even though I can't fly, I'm a very fast runner. What am I?" Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "I am the largest living cat, weighing up to two hundred and twenty kilograms. I live in Russia. What am I?" Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "I'm the largest land predator known to science. I lived during the Cretaceous Period, around one hundred million years ago. My most significant feature is the tall sail on my back. What am I?" Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "I'm the largest living reptile. I can weigh up to two thousand kilograms and I'm found throughout southeast Asia and northern Australia. What am I?" Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "With a wingspan of up to seventy-five centimetres, I'm the largest known flying insect. I lived in the warm jungles of Western Europe during a period in Earth's history called the Carboniferous, three hundred million years ago. What am I?"

Answer: Meganeura

"I am....meganeura! I'm an ancestor of modern dragonflies. While in flight, I carried my long legs beneath my body, using them to trap other flying insects. There's a beautiful fossil of me on display in the Natural History Museum in Paris, France."
2. "I'm the largest living animal. I measure thirty metres long and weigh an impressive one hundred and seventy tonnes. What am I?"

Answer: Blue whale

"I am....the blue whale! Despite my impressive size, my diet is made up of tiny crustaceans called krill and I can eat up to forty million of them every day. I live in the North Pacific, Indian, Antarctic and North Atlantic oceans."
3. "With a length of up to twenty metres, I'm the largest known predatory fish. My teeth were the size of a human hand. What am I?"

Answer: Carcharodon megalodon

"I am....carcharodon megalodon! I lived in many parts of the world including Europe, Africa and America around two million years ago. I'm a distant relative of the great white shark and the most commonly-found fossils of me are my huge teeth."
4. "I'm the largest living rodent. I'm semi-aquatic, living near lakes and rivers in various parts of South America. What am I?"

Answer: Capybara

"I am....the capybara! I'm found in Venezuela, Brazil and Uruguay. I feed mostly on aquatic vegetation and weigh between thirty and sixty kilograms. I'm a favourite prey of eagles, crocodiles and the giant green anaconda."
5. "Just my appearance would be enough to make some people scream hysterically. I'm the largest living arachnid. What am I?"

Answer: Giant huntsman spider

"I am....the giant huntsman spider! I'm found in caves in Northern Laos where I feed on insects and other invertebrates. I have a leg-span of thirty centimetres, making me roughly the size of a dinner plate."
6. "I'm the tallest land animal known to science, with a height of twenty metres. I measured between twenty-eight and thirty-four metres long and weighed around sixty tonnes. What am I?"

Answer: Sauroposeidon

"I am....sauroposeidon! I belonged to a group of dinosaurs called sauropods, which are characterised by our large bodies and very long necks. The first fossils of me were a collection of neck bones found in a prison yard in Oklahoma, USA, in 1994."
7. "I'm the largest living species of bird. I live in Africa and even though I can't fly, I'm a very fast runner. What am I?"

Answer: Ostrich

"I am....an ostrich! The male North African ostrich is the world's largest living bird, standing roughly two metres tall. While we do have wings, they are too small to be used for flying. Instead, speed is our main defence. We can run at up to seventy kilometres per hour."
8. "I am the largest living cat, weighing up to two hundred and twenty kilograms. I live in Russia. What am I?"

Answer: Siberian tiger

"I am....the Siberian tiger! I'm usually found in the mountainous regions of Russia where I hunt bears, deer and sometimes fish. I have rust-coloured fur with black stripes."
9. "I'm the largest land predator known to science. I lived during the Cretaceous Period, around one hundred million years ago. My most significant feature is the tall sail on my back. What am I?"

Answer: Spinosaurus

"I am....spinosaurus! My fossils were first found in Egypt in 1911, but were destroyed when the German museum where they were stored was bombed during World War I. In 1996, more of my fossils were found in Morocco. My diet consisted mostly of fish."
10. "I'm the largest living reptile. I can weigh up to two thousand kilograms and I'm found throughout southeast Asia and northern Australia. What am I?"

Answer: Saltwater crocodile

"I am....the saltwater crocodile! I live in rivers and billabongs where I feed on fish, birds, medium-sized mammals, amphibians and other reptiles."
Source: Author ElusiveDream

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