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Slow Worms Trivia Quiz

A quiz about these wonderful reptiles.

A multiple-choice quiz by dalmatianluver. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
dalmatianluver

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
201,751

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1070

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Question 1 of 10

1. What are slow worms? Hint

Snakes

Worms

Crocodiles

Lizards

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Question 2 of 10

2. How can you tell an adult slow worm's sex? Hint

Females have lines down their backs, males do not

You cannot, they are hermaphrodites.

Males have red eyes, females have blue eyes

It is usually the males that you will see, females normally stay underground.

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the favourite food of slow worms? Hint

Spiders and flies

Slugs

Beetles (especially ladybirds)

Small birds and mammals

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Question 4 of 10

4. Do slow worms hibernate?

Yes

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Question 5 of 10

5. To which of the following countries are slow worms not native? Hint

Ireland

Scotland

England

Wales

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which of the following months are you unlikely to see a slow worm? Hint

May

March

February

April

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Question 7 of 10

7. It is illegal to kill a slow worm purposely in the U.K.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. The slow worm cannot shed its tail.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the Latin name for a slow worm? Hint

Wormus slavurmans

Anguis fragilis

Quintus renfeina

Fesifia limatus

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is another common name for the slow worm? Hint

lame worm

deaf worm

dumb worm

blind worm

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are slow worms?

Answer: Lizards

Slow worms look very like snakes, but they are in fact legless lizards. One way to identify them is that they have eyelids, which snakes do not.

2. How can you tell an adult slow worm's sex?

Answer: Females have lines down their backs, males do not

Both sexes can also have blue spots on their underbellies. Females are usually browner in colour.

3. What is the favourite food of slow worms?

Answer: Slugs

Slow worms are not slow themselves, but prefer slow-moving prey. Although they do eat spiders and other insects, their favourite food are slugs and snails.

4. Do slow worms hibernate?

Answer: No

Technically they do not actually hibernate, they just remain dormant or less active in the winter months.

5. To which of the following countries are slow worms not native?

Answer: Ireland

Slow worms have been found in Ireland, but they are believed to have been introduced from the UK in the 1970s.

6. In which of the following months are you unlikely to see a slow worm?

Answer: February

A slow worm will usually still be dormant in February.

7. It is illegal to kill a slow worm purposely in the U.K.

Answer: True

Slow worms are protected in the United Kingdom by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. This prevents them being killed, sold or injured.

8. The slow worm cannot shed its tail.

Answer: False

The slow worm can shed its tail, but only once and it never grows back fully.

9. What is the Latin name for a slow worm?

Answer: Anguis fragilis

A slow worm can grow 30 - 50cm in the wild.

10. What is another common name for the slow worm?

Answer: blind worm

Ironically, the slow worm is neither slow, nor blind!

Source: Author dalmatianluver

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