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9 for 10 - Bear Facts Trivia Quiz

Can you bear to find out why this quiz isn't in the Animals category! The first letter of the first nine answers spell the two word answer to question 10.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
248,155

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3456

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 78 (0/10), Guest 54 (6/10), Matthew_07 (8/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Bruin is another word for bear, especially the European brown bear. A NHL(National Hockey League) ice hockey team is known as the Bruins. What city is the home location of this team?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which of these countries would you find the sloth bear? Hint

Myanmar

Ireland

India

Madagascar

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Question 3 of 10

3. Several golfers have nicknames involving animals. What's the nickname of Jack Nicklaus.

Answer: (Two words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these characters is not a fictional bear? Hint

Baloo

Dumbo

Yogi

Winnie the Pooh

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Question 5 of 10

5. The three word Latin name of the Himalayan Brown Bear subspecies is Ursus arctos ------ Hint

isabellinus

inopinatus

americanus

horribilis

6. A series of children's books, feature a bear named Paddington. He arrived at the London's Paddington railway station after a journey from the other hemisphere. What country did he come from? Hint

Peru

Somalia

Panama

Senegal

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Question 7 of 10

7. This bear has clear hair and black skin. Hint

Kodiak bear

Sun bear

Spectacled bear

Polar bear

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Question 8 of 10

8. Shakespeare's most intriguing stage direction is "---- pursued by a bear". What is the missing word? Hint

enter

elope

escape

exit

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Question 9 of 10

9. There are two words on the California state flag. One is California. What is the other? Hint

Rising

Republic

Dreaming

Democracy

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Question 10 of 10

10. The constellation/asterism Ursa Major translates into Great Bear. What do Americans call this constellation? The first letters of the preceding nine answers spell the two word name.

Answer: (Two words - Do not use The.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Bruin is another word for bear, especially the European brown bear. A NHL(National Hockey League) ice hockey team is known as the Bruins. What city is the home location of this team?

Answer: Boston

In 1924 the Boston Bruins become the first U.S. professional hockey team to join the NHL (National Hockey League). The NHL came into being in 1920 with four Canadian teams, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal.

2. In which of these countries would you find the sloth bear?

Answer: India

The sloth bear can also be found in Sri Lanka. It feeds on plants and insects, especially termites. Like an anteater it has a long sticky tongue to deal with these.

3. Several golfers have nicknames involving animals. What's the nickname of Jack Nicklaus.

Answer: Golden Bear

Jack Nicklaus is regarded by many as the greatest golfer of the 20th century, and, indeed, won the PGA's Golfer of the Century award in 1988. He became a professional golfer in 1962 at the age of twenty-two and won six Masters championships.

4. Which of these characters is not a fictional bear?

Answer: Dumbo

Dumbo is an elephant, featured in the 1941 Disney movie. Baloo was a bear in Kipling's "The Jungle Book". Yogi Bear, who lived in Jellystone Park, was a character in an animated series that first appeared in the early 1960s. Winnie the Pooh, a bear of little brains, was created by A.A. Milne.

5. The three word Latin name of the Himalayan Brown Bear subspecies is Ursus arctos ------

Answer: isabellinus

Ursus arctos horribilis is the Grizzly Bear
Ursus inopinatus is now extinct.
Ursus americanus is the American Black Bear.

6. A series of children's books, feature a bear named Paddington. He arrived at the London's Paddington railway station after a journey from the other hemisphere. What country did he come from?

Answer: Peru

Paddington's aunt sent him to London from 'darkest Peru', with a label around his neck that said: "Please Look After This Bear. Thank You". He was found by the Brown family and given the name Paddington, the name of the London railway terminus where he was found. The author of the "Paddington" books is Michael Bond.

7. This bear has clear hair and black skin.

Answer: Polar bear

Believe it or not! The polar bear's skin is black to absorb heat. It has two layers of hair, the outer layer has long, hollow guard hairs. These direct sunlight to the bear's skin. The inner layer has short woolly hairs.

8. Shakespeare's most intriguing stage direction is "---- pursued by a bear". What is the missing word?

Answer: exit

This stage direction appears in "The Winter's Tale", act III, scene III. Antigonus leaves the baby Perdita on the sea coast of Bohemia. He is disturbed by a bear and runs off - 'exit pursued by a bear'.

9. There are two words on the California state flag. One is California. What is the other?

Answer: Republic

In June 1846 some American settlers decided to declare California's independence from Mexico. This action was known as the Bear Flag Revolt. California is one of only two American states to have been an independent republic before joining the United States, the other being Texas.

10. The constellation/asterism Ursa Major translates into Great Bear. What do Americans call this constellation? The first letters of the preceding nine answers spell the two word name.

Answer: Big Dipper

The Latin word for bear is Ursa, this gives us the word ursine which means bearlike. The British know this constellation of the northern skies as the Plough.

Source: Author minch

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