Animal Connections #4 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cat

A copycat is one who imitates another. Copycat crime is often used to describe a situation where after one crime is publicized, there are other others that are carried out in the same style but by a person or persons other than the original criminal.

Answer: Dog

A hotdog is a type of snack consisting of a sausage in a bun. Usual accompaniments are mustard, ketchup, onions and cheese. It gained popularity first in New York City before spreading to other parts of the United States.

Answer: Cow

'Holy Cow!' is used to express surprise. It is believed to date back to the early 20th century as a euphemism for "Holy Christ!" as taking God's name would be considered blasphemous.

Answer: Horse

A dark horse is usually an underdog who is considered an unlikely candidate to succeed or win but may emerge triumphant in the end. Its origins lie in the game of horse racing and the first written reference is traced to the book "The Young Duke" by Benjamin Disraeli.

Answer: Sheep

The term black sheep is often used to refer to a particular member of a family or group who brings dishonour. On sheep farms, occasionally a lamb would be born black instead of white due to certain genetic defects. The black sheep would stand out in the herd and command a much lower price than the others.

Answer: Wolf

To cry wolf is to raise a false alarm. The phrase is taken from a fable by Aesop, a Greek story-teller. In the fable, a shepherd boy calls out that he is being attacked by a wolf only to have all the villagers come to his rescue and find no-one. When this prank is repeated multiple times, the villagers decide to ignore such cries and when the boy is really attacked by a wolf, nobody comes to his aid.

Answer: Elephant

To see pink elephants is a term used to describe hallucinations seen after drinking too much alcohol. It is now also the name of a cocktail prepared with grenadine and gin. In the Jack London novel "John Barleycorn", the phrase "blue mice and pink elephants" is used to describe hallucinations seen by an alcoholic character.

Answer: Beaver

As suggested by the name, the term eager beaver refers to someone who is very enthusiastic about work. The beaver is often regarded as a hardworking animal busy at building dams on small water bodies. Another expression referring to the beaver's industriousness is 'as busy as a beaver'.

Answer: Tiger

A 'paper tiger' is someone or something that appears frightening but is actually powerless or ineffectual. It is a translation of a Chinese phrase and became popular once Mao Zedong began using it to describe the Western countries.

Answer: Possum

To play possum is to feign sleep or death to escape danger. The term derived from the behaviour of the North American opossum, often simply known as possum. It is the only marsupial native to the continent of North America.