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Mystery Animal Poems Trivia Quiz

Here are some rhymes that I made up about animals. Your job is to choose the animal that best goes with he rhyme. Example: This animal lives in China and at the zoo, and loves to chomp on bamboo. The answer to that would be a panda.

A multiple-choice quiz by explorer1. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
explorer1

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
201,198

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
6583

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who am I talking about in this poem?
He's a long-lived creature that lives by the water.
He has a hard shell, so he is no otter! Hint

armadillo

alligator

turtle

frog

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Question 2 of 10

2. People can ride him, and he likes to eat hay.
He's kind of short, though, and his sound is a bray. Hint

donkey

camel

horse

sheep

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Question 3 of 10

3. She is a lizard who is not very tall,
But she's really good at climbing walls. Hint

Komodo dragon

gecko

monitor lizard

Gila monster

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Question 4 of 10

4. This animal's a big bird whose food is dead meat.
Its stomach has strong acid to kill germs with when it eats. Hint

raccoon

vulture

robin

blackbird

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who can make silk to help catch bugs?
They are hiding in basements, trees, and mugs. Hint

dust mite

silkworm

spider

frog

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Question 6 of 10

6. She's an insect who gathers food for the others.
She lives in a colony with sisters and her mother. Hint

ant

beetle

moth

dragonfly

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Question 7 of 10

7. He's a friendly creature who swims around,
And finds fish to eat by using sound. Hint

minnow

crawfish

shark

dolphin

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who lives in the trees, and climbs with arms and tail?
This animal likes to eat fruit that's not stale. Hint

ape

tarantula

hawk

monkey

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Question 9 of 10

9. He's strong enough to knock down trees.
You can see him in the circus if you pay admission fees. Hint

elephant

dog

cheetah

anaconda

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Question 10 of 10

10. The males of this bird have colorful tails,
So females can see them even in hails. Hint

cockatoo

mourning dove

parrot

peafowl

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who am I talking about in this poem? He's a long-lived creature that lives by the water. He has a hard shell, so he is no otter!

Answer: turtle

If you ever own a turtle, you'll find out that on land or in water, turtles aren't as slow as people think they are. Still, they and their tortoise cousins are no match for a hare!

2. People can ride him, and he likes to eat hay. He's kind of short, though, and his sound is a bray.

Answer: donkey

In the Bible, Mary rode a donkey because horses were symbols of war.

3. She is a lizard who is not very tall, But she's really good at climbing walls.

Answer: gecko

Geckoes have special hairs on their feet to help them climb. Scientists are studying gecko feet, in hopes that they'll find such a great way for humans to climb.

4. This animal's a big bird whose food is dead meat. Its stomach has strong acid to kill germs with when it eats.

Answer: vulture

A vulture can live on rotten meat with germs that would kill almost any other animal.

5. Who can make silk to help catch bugs? They are hiding in basements, trees, and mugs.

Answer: spider

Not all spiders use their silk to spin webs. Some make nets to throw with the silk, and many use their silk in different ways.

6. She's an insect who gathers food for the others. She lives in a colony with sisters and her mother.

Answer: ant

An ant's sisters are mostly worker ants, who gather food. There is also a queen (the mother), some soldier ants to protect the colony, and some lazy drones (male ants) who are there to mate with the queen.

7. He's a friendly creature who swims around, And finds fish to eat by using sound.

Answer: dolphin

Dolphins use sound to find their food by making a noise and hearing the way it echoes back. This is called echolocation.

8. Who lives in the trees, and climbs with arms and tail? This animal likes to eat fruit that's not stale.

Answer: monkey

How do you tell the difference between a monkey and an ape? Apes don't have tails.

9. He's strong enough to knock down trees. You can see him in the circus if you pay admission fees.

Answer: elephant

Elephants can do many things with their trunks, from lifting logs to snorkeling to painting and playing the harmonica!

10. The males of this bird have colorful tails, So females can see them even in hails.

Answer: peafowl

You might call all peafowl "peacocks," but that's just the name for the males. The females are called "peahens."

Source: Author explorer1

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