Ruff, Wan-Wan and Ready? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Le Chat

You may hear a cat "meow" in English, but in France you can hear a cat "miaou". In Korea it's a little more unique with "yaong". Most languages are very close to the English version though.

If you hear a cat 'mew', it's usually defined as a high-pitched tone of "meow". The term "meow" started in 1842. I wonder what they said before that date?

Le Chat is masculine or boy cat while La Chatte is feminine or girl cat!

Answer: Inu

If your dog is speaking to you in Japanese you can hear him saying "wan-wan" or even "kyan-kyan". In English there are so many different versions of "barking" or "yapping" or "woof-woof".

If you hear a dog most people will say, "your dog is barking'. This is actually the most common wording for your dog 'talking' to you or others. Dogs aren't the only ones who 'bark'. Seals also are known to 'bark' out sounds to you. If you go to Seal Beach in California, I guarantee you'll hear a whole lotta barking going on.

I can't write out the Japanese version, but it's pronounced "Inu". The characters written out almost looks like a letter T that is melting.

Answer: Altayr

If you want to hear a bird "chirping" in Arabic it would sound something similar to this.

In English you can hear birds "chirping", "peeping" and "tweeting", not to be confused with Twitter and tweeting.

So many different birds out there. Fowl, sparrow even a finch. Years ago I actually knew a lady named Robin Sparrow Finch. She got married to a non-bird named gentleman, but I can't recall the name at this time. I'll bet she was chirping with happiness.

Answer: She

In Chinese a snake doesn't "hiss" you can hear the snake "si si sheng". Which is traditional Chinese

It's actually spelled with the apostrophe over the 'E'. There are over 30 deadly snakes in the southern part of China. I was always in awe over the unique looking but deadly cobra snake. This is the largest venomous snake in the entire world. Not one I want to run into. They can extend out to 5 feet long.

Answer: Paard

In the Netherlands you can ride a Paard in the fields. If you want to hear the horse "neigh" you'll be listening for "hinniken". Also known as a whinny, bray or hinny sound.

There is also such a thing as a Dutch Warmblood horse. Not a common horse, but a special 'high-stepping' horse. You won't find many in the United States, since they are kept mostly in the Netherlands area.

Answer: Kuh

If you stand in a pasture you could hear, "muhen", the German word for a cow "mooing". I think it's comical that we all hear different sounds from animals all over the world.

Germany is not short on their cattle. They have a rather large population of cattle for both beef and dairy. This wasn't always the case, the Goan cattle breed was almost disappeared, yet today the numbers are closer to 2,000 and growing daily.

Answer: Coelho

"Here comes Peter Coelha, hopping down the bunny trail." Since it's Peter it's a boy rabbit and 'coelho' in Portuguese. A female is "coelha".

Portugal is not the only place you'll hear Portuguese. Many places in Brazil also speak this language. I'm not sure on the bunny population but I wonder if they have Playboy Bunnies there? Oops!

Answer: KeHrpy

No the capital H is not misspelled or an error. This is how they spell "kangaroo" in Russian. Russia is one of the countries that accepts kangaroo meat from Australia. It was banned a few times, but still can be found in Russia. It is legal to have kangaroo meat in the United States, but is very rare to find. Unless you head to the local zoos, but they are too cute to kill. I don't think I could eat Kanga or Roo.

Answer: Scimmia

If you're heading to a zoo in Italy, you are sure to find many monkeys or scimmia. Now, the Italians talk with their hands, while the monkeys go from branch to branch with their hands. There are many types of monkeys, chimpanzees and gorillas. Italy has their share of zoos also.

Answer: Soportar

We have white, brown and black bears in the United States. In Mexico you would find a 'soportar'. There is an actual Mexican Grizzly bear, don't attempt to look for one. They are almost extinct.

My biggest rule of thumb when hiking in the forest with bears.

Brown - lay down (he will tear you up like a rag doll)

Black - Attack (all you do is need to make noise move your arms way out and he should go running)

I've been lucky enough to see both brown and black bears and some pretty close, but still hoping to see a polar bear one day.