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Quiz about Amazing Animals
Quiz about Amazing Animals

Amazing Animals Trivia Quiz


Quizzical 48: 25 multi-choice animal questions that increase in difficulty. The questions shouldn't be too beastly. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Quizzical. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
Quizzical
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
44,045
Updated
Dec 05 23
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
12 / 25
Plays
9758
Last 3 plays: Guest 45 (13/25), Guest 96 (4/25), Guest 90 (15/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. Black eggs called caviar come from which fish? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. What is Australia's tallest bird? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. This flightless bird had no natural predators as it lived in a remote place. When Europeans came they brought rats, pigs and monkeys which ate its eggs and by 1680 they were extinct. Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. Name the strongest insect which can lift and support more than 800 times its own weight. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Name the largest living animal, which can grow to an average weight of 26 tonnes by the age of twelve months? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Which is the biggest fish? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Name the largest rodent? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. On average, which of these is the longest member of the cat family? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. Which of the following is the longest? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Where would you find the world's smallest bird, the male bee hummingbird? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. The cheetah is the fastest land mammal over a short distance of up to 600 yards but which animal is the fastest land mammal over long distances sustaining a speed of 35 m.p.h. for four miles? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. A type of boxfish has two spines above its eyes which give its name to which fish? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Fossils show that coelacanths lived more than 300 million years ago and thought to have died out with the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago. In the 1930's they were discovered living in which ocean? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Name the fish that has lacy fan-shaped fins which looks delicate but their spines can jab deadly poison? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Name the fish which lives in shallow water among weed and rocks or partly buried in sand. If someone accidently steps on one, the small spines on its back contain one of the most powerful venoms in the whole animal kingdom? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Why do many frogs and toads blow up their chin skin like a balloon? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Where in the world can the smallest fish, dwarf gobies be found? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Name the fish whose thick coating of slime protects it from the stinging paralyzing tentacles of sea anemones? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. What is the largest monkey? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Sloths spend two-thirds of their time asleep. They feed on fruit and leaves while hanging from trees by long, hooked claws. How long does a meal take to pass through its body? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. Which lizard runs so fast that it can even move for short distances over water because its long toes are supported by the skin-like film on the surface? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. Which male bird has a bright red balloon-like skin pouch on his throat which he blows up to attract a female? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Which land animal has the biggest eyes? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Which fish spends more time walking than swimming? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Which fish each night makes a bag-like cocoon of mucus slime around its body to protect it from predators while it sleeps? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Black eggs called caviar come from which fish?

Answer: Sturgeon

2. What is Australia's tallest bird?

Answer: Emu

The ostrich comes from Africa.
3. This flightless bird had no natural predators as it lived in a remote place. When Europeans came they brought rats, pigs and monkeys which ate its eggs and by 1680 they were extinct.

Answer: Dodo

The huge-beaked, turkey-sized dodo lived on the island of Mauritius.
4. Name the strongest insect which can lift and support more than 800 times its own weight.

Answer: Rhinoceros beetle

It is also called the hercules beetle. The Goliath beetle is the heaviest insect.
5. Name the largest living animal, which can grow to an average weight of 26 tonnes by the age of twelve months?

Answer: Blue whale

The adult female blue whale can measure 30 metres long and weigh over 150 tonnes.
6. Which is the biggest fish?

Answer: Whale shark

The plankton-feeding whale shark can be 13 metres in length and is found in areas of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
7. Name the largest rodent?

Answer: Capybara

The capybara of South America can weigh up to 174 pounds.
8. On average, which of these is the longest member of the cat family?

Answer: Siberian tiger

The measurements are from the nose to the tip of the tail (In inches). The order of size is tiger (130), leopard (126), lion (110) and jaguar (107).
9. Which of the following is the longest?

Answer: Saltwater crocodile

The komodo dragon is the largest lizard.
10. Where would you find the world's smallest bird, the male bee hummingbird?

Answer: Cuba

11. The cheetah is the fastest land mammal over a short distance of up to 600 yards but which animal is the fastest land mammal over long distances sustaining a speed of 35 m.p.h. for four miles?

Answer: Pronghorn antelope

12. A type of boxfish has two spines above its eyes which give its name to which fish?

Answer: Cowfish

13. Fossils show that coelacanths lived more than 300 million years ago and thought to have died out with the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago. In the 1930's they were discovered living in which ocean?

Answer: Indian

Off the coast of East Africa.
14. Name the fish that has lacy fan-shaped fins which looks delicate but their spines can jab deadly poison?

Answer: Lion fish

15. Name the fish which lives in shallow water among weed and rocks or partly buried in sand. If someone accidently steps on one, the small spines on its back contain one of the most powerful venoms in the whole animal kingdom?

Answer: Stone fish

16. Why do many frogs and toads blow up their chin skin like a balloon?

Answer: To make their calls louder

Male frogs and toads make loud calls to attract females.
17. Where in the world can the smallest fish, dwarf gobies be found?

Answer: Philippine Islands

18. Name the fish whose thick coating of slime protects it from the stinging paralyzing tentacles of sea anemones?

Answer: Clown fish

19. What is the largest monkey?

Answer: Mandrill

Gorillas are apes and the largest of the primates.
20. Sloths spend two-thirds of their time asleep. They feed on fruit and leaves while hanging from trees by long, hooked claws. How long does a meal take to pass through its body?

Answer: Month

21. Which lizard runs so fast that it can even move for short distances over water because its long toes are supported by the skin-like film on the surface?

Answer: Basilisk

22. Which male bird has a bright red balloon-like skin pouch on his throat which he blows up to attract a female?

Answer: Frigatebird

23. Which land animal has the biggest eyes?

Answer: Ostrich

Each eye can be up to two inches in diameter. The tarsier has the biggest eyes among mammals but is only just over six inches in length.
24. Which fish spends more time walking than swimming?

Answer: Batfish

The rosy-lipped batfish crawls well on its strong, leg-like fins.
25. Which fish each night makes a bag-like cocoon of mucus slime around its body to protect it from predators while it sleeps?

Answer: Parrot fish

Many night-time predators hunt by smell rather than sight and the mucus makes it harder for them to smell the resting parrotfish. Hope you enjoyed the quiz.
Source: Author Quizzical

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