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9 for 10 - Penguins Please Trivia Quiz

Why isn't this quiz in the Animals category? Play it to find out. May these penguin posers please you. The first letter of the first nine questions spells the two word answer to question 10.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
241,548

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2596

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. This German naturalist gave his name to a type of penguin as well as to the cold current that flows northward along the South American west coast. What is his last name? Hint

De Soto

Homer

Humboldt

Darwin

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Question 2 of 10

2. The movie 2005 movie "March of the Penguins" won a best documentary Oscar. Where was the location of this march? Hint

Arctic

Argentina

Australia

Antarctica

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Question 3 of 10

3. This children's book about penguins won a Newbury Award. It is called "Mr ------ Penguins". Fill in the alliterative missing name. Hint

Pepper's

Popper's

Pearson's

Paterson's

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Question 4 of 10

4. What American city has a professional sports team named the Penguins?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these is not a type of penguin? Hint

yellow-eyed penguin

Magellanic penguin

macaroni penguin

yellow-bellied penguin

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Question 6 of 10

6. The smallest penguin is known by several names. Which of these is one of them? Hint

Fairy

Green

Flipper

Gentoo

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which is the largest penguin?

Answer: (one word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which country will you find a zoo with a penguin pool designed by the Russian-born English architect Berthold Lubetkin? Hint

Estonia

England

Ethiopia

Ecuador

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who directed the movie in which the character the Penguin is played by Danny De Vito?

Hint

Joel Schumacher

Tim Burton

Pitof

Leslie Martinson

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you take the first letters of the nine answers above you will have the name of a 2006 movie about penguins?

Answer: (Two words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This German naturalist gave his name to a type of penguin as well as to the cold current that flows northward along the South American west coast. What is his last name?

Answer: Humboldt

Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist who made an expedition to South America from 1799 to 1804.
The Humboldt penguin can be found on the coast and islands off the coast of Peru and Chile. Unlike some other penguins it does not migrate, but remains in temperate waters year round.

2. The movie 2005 movie "March of the Penguins" won a best documentary Oscar. Where was the location of this march?

Answer: Antarctica

"The March of the Penguins" is a French made documentary about the life of the Emperor penguin. Luc Jacquet is the director of this 2005 movie which tells of the trek made by these penguins from the open sea to their breeding grounds. Morgan Freeman was the narrator for the English version of the movie.

3. This children's book about penguins won a Newbury Award. It is called "Mr ------ Penguins". Fill in the alliterative missing name.

Answer: Popper's

"Mr Popper's Penguins" was first published in 1938. The authors are Richard and Florence Atwater. Mr Popper is a painter who owns some penguins. These pose a problem as they have big appetites.

4. What American city has a professional sports team named the Penguins?

Answer: Pittsburgh

The NHL ice hockey team the Pittsburgh Penguins was founded in 1967.
One of their outstanding players of the past was Mario Lemiuex, who joined the team in 1984.

5. Which of these is not a type of penguin?

Answer: yellow-bellied penguin

There is no yellow-bellied penguin. However, there is a New Zealand penguins which has pale yellow eyes and a band of bright yellow stretching back from its eyes.

6. The smallest penguin is known by several names. Which of these is one of them?

Answer: Fairy

The fairy, or little penguin is the smallest of the penguins, standing 40 centimetres (15.75 inches) tall and weighing about a kilogram (2.2 pounds). The name fairy penguin is used by Australians, but in New Zealand it is known as the blue penguin or little blue penguin.

7. Which is the largest penguin?

Answer: Emperor

The emperor penguin grows to about four feet high. It can also weigh more than 75 kilograms. It can be found in Antarctica.

8. In which country will you find a zoo with a penguin pool designed by the Russian-born English architect Berthold Lubetkin?

Answer: England

The London Zoo in Regent's Park is home to both blackfooted and rockhopper penguins. It was built in 1934 and is a concrete structure with ramps. It is no longer used as a penguin pool, although penguins can still be found elsewhere in the zoo. In 2006, the structure was home to two African porcupines.

9. Who directed the movie in which the character the Penguin is played by Danny De Vito?

Answer: Tim Burton

"Batman" and "Batman Returns" were both directed by Tim Burton. Joel Schumacher directed "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin". "Catwoman" was directed by Pitof and the 1966 movie "Batman" was directed by Leslie Martinson.

10. If you take the first letters of the nine answers above you will have the name of a 2006 movie about penguins?

Answer: Happy Feet

"Happy Feet" is an Australian computer animated movie about emperor penguins. It is about a little penguin who cannot sing, but who can tap dance.

Source: Author minch

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