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Various Animals Trivia Quiz

Here is a quiz about many kinds of animals.

A multiple-choice quiz by salami_swami. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
salami_swami

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
250,320

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
5614

Awards
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Question 1 of 10

1. This animal, which mainly lives in Africa, can lick its ear with its tongue. It does this to clean the ear out. Hint

anteater

lion

koala

giraffe

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Question 2 of 10

2. What kind of animal is a chukar? Hint

fish

cat

bird

dog

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is an ai? Hint

there is no such thing as an ai

a two-toed sloth

a three-toed sloth

a four-toed sloth

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Question 4 of 10

4. What rodent is named after another animal, due to the same type of physical features? Hint

common red squirrel

Guinea pig

kangaroo rat

capybara

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the fastest-swimming penguin? Hint

emperor penguin

gentoo penguin

puffin

rockhopper penguin

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Question 6 of 10

6. What type of animal is an addax? Hint

antelope

moose

yak

elk

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Question 7 of 10

7. This animal is also called a meadow mouse and a field mouse. Hint

mole

vole

dole

quole

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Question 8 of 10

8. What does a vaquita look like? Hint

common whale

common porpoise

common shark

common squid

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Question 9 of 10

9. This bat is commonly mistaken for a big brown bat, but is easily distinguished due to size. The big brown bat is, well, bigger. This species lives under tree bark quite often. Hint

small brown bat

evening bat

Keen's bat

pallid bat

10. What type of dolphin is unique because it has a really long, really sharp-toothed beak, is near blind, and has a brain which is extremely primitive, making it possibly the dumbest dolphin in the world? Hint

Chinese river dolphin

Indus river dolphin

Yhang Ze river dolphin

Ganges river dolphin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This animal, which mainly lives in Africa, can lick its ear with its tongue. It does this to clean the ear out.

Answer: giraffe

A giraffe has the same amount of bones in the neck as humans; however, they are a lot bigger than ours. Giraffes can also kill a lion with a single kick. These animals have to slowly do the splits to get a drink of water. Because of this, other giraffes wait in line to get a drink, and watch out for predators in the meantime.

2. What kind of animal is a chukar?

Answer: bird

The chukar is a type of partridge, and although native to Eurasia, was introduced to many other parts of the world. The chukar prefers to eat cheatgrass, but will eat whatever it needs to survive if there is a shortage. The chukar also drinks twice a day.

3. What is an ai?

Answer: a three-toed sloth

This information was found in the "Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, the Third Edition."

4. What rodent is named after another animal, due to the same type of physical features?

Answer: kangaroo rat

The kangaroo rat is named so due to the shape of its feet-they resemble those of a kangaroo.

5. What is the fastest-swimming penguin?

Answer: gentoo penguin

The gentoo penguin can swim with speeds up to 40mph, and is found mostly in Antarctic regions. It mates during winter seasons.

6. What type of animal is an addax?

Answer: antelope

The addax is what is called the most desert-adapted antelope in the world. It can weigh an average of 300 pounds. It rarely drinks water, being adapted to the desert climate, and usually eats grasses and shrubs.

7. This animal is also called a meadow mouse and a field mouse.

Answer: vole

The vole, or field mouse, is usually brown or gray. They have stocky bodies, which are attached to short tails and limbs. There are twenty-three species of vole in the United States alone.

8. What does a vaquita look like?

Answer: common porpoise

The vaquita is an extremely rare animal. There are only about 600 living in the wild. The vaquita is the smallest cetacean, averaging about 120 pounds.

9. This bat is commonly mistaken for a big brown bat, but is easily distinguished due to size. The big brown bat is, well, bigger. This species lives under tree bark quite often.

Answer: evening bat

Little is known about the evening bat, especially about its habits during the winter. This animal does not go into caves, like most bats do, but remains outside for its winter season.

Answer: Ganges river dolphin

The Ganges river dolphin is so rare, only about ten have been studied. They are extremely hard to see in their natural habitats, because the water is incredibly murky. The studies are taken in captivity. These animals swim on their side, and "sleep-swim" for up to sixty seconds at a time.

They swim on their side so they can search for food at the bottom, like clams and shrimp, and can swim in water as shallow as one foot.

Source: Author salami_swami

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