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1 "With a wingspan of up to seventy-five centimetres, I'm the largest known flying insect. I lived in the warm jungles of Western Europe during a period in Earth's history called the Carboniferous, three hundred million years ago. What am I?"
Answer: Meganeura

"I am....meganeura! I'm an ancestor of modern dragonflies. While in flight, I carried my long legs beneath my body, using them to trap other flying insects. There's a beautiful fossil of me on display in the Natural History Museum in Paris, France."
  From Quiz: Living Large
2 This animal flies at night. Don't worry though, it's not a vampire!
Answer: Bat

A bat is a mammal with webbed wings, making it the only mammal capable of true flight.
    Your options: [ Cardinal ] [ Bat ] [ Blue Jay ] [ Sparrow ]
  From Quiz: In the Still of the Night
3 Which farm animal might say to her best friend, "I feel so much better now all that wool has gone. Where are you going? I will come with you."?
Answer: Sheep

Sheep are known for two things; their woollen coat called a fleece and following each other. I often feel sorry for the sheep when they seem to be shivering in the fields after they have had wool sheared off. Sheep live in flocks and if one goes off for a walk, the rest will follow.
    Your options: [ Chicken ] [ Collie ] [ Sheep ] [ Swan ]
  From Quiz: If Farm Animals Could Talk
4 At night you might spot me hunting for small animals. I'm a bird of prey and I can turn my head almost all the way around! I stay up at night, but I ain't misbehavin'! Do you know who-who I am?
Answer: Owl

Owls can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica. They have large eyes on the front of their heads so they can see their prey even in the dark. They can't move their eyes, however, but they can turn their necks almost all the way around! They also have very good hearing and they fly silently so their prey can't hear them.

The other animals in the answer options are also birds.
  From Quiz: Ain't Misbehavin'
5 Which animal is black and white and loves to eat bamboo?
Answer: Panda

In the wild, the panda does eat other things such as carrion (which is the meat of dead animals). Its diet is 99% bamboo, though.
    Your options: [ Cow ] [ Zebra ] [ Panda ] [ Penguin ]
  From Quiz: What Animal Could I Possibly Be?
6 The first animal you'll see on my animal farm is a type of ape. It has reddish-orange fur all over its body, and it sleeps in trees. What kind of ape is this?
Answer: Orangutan

An orangutan has long orange fur and it climbs and sleeps in trees. The word "orangutan" comes from the Malay and means "man of the forest".
  From Quiz: Animal Farm
7 This Australian bird, which is sometimes kept as a pet, has a name that is a mixture of a striped animal and a small songbird.
Answer: Zebra finch

The zebra finch can be found throughout almost all of mainland Australia. It is a small, seed-eating bird normally growing to 10 - 12 centimetres. It has black and white stripes on the tailfeather, and thin black stripes on its pale grey throat and chest. These markings are why it is called a zebra finch.
    Your options: [ Tiger ostrich ] [ Zebra finch ] [ Lemur eagle ] [ Bandicoot drongo ]
  From Quiz: Double-Barreled Animals
8 Kwizzer comes to a hollow in a tree trunk and pokes his nose in. A bushy-tailed creature offers him shelter, but the place is so full of nuts Kwizzer can't fit inside! Who lives here?
Answer: Squirrel

Tree squirrels make their dens inside hollow trees, or nest in "dreys" built in a tall tree. To make sure they have enough food to last through the cold season, squirrels hide their winter supply at different spots in their home territory. So, if you happen upon a stash of nuts and berries in a hollow tree or buried in the ground, you know who's been busy!
  From Quiz: Is Anybody Home?
9 Member of the dog family; females are called vixens; mostly nocturnal.
Answer: Red fox

The red fox has a bushy tail, usually with a white tip. Although part of the dog family, they can be referred to as 'cat-like' canines because of their excellent balance when stalking prey.
    Your options: [ Red fox ] [ Dingo ] [ Coyote ] [ Tasmanian Devil ]
  From Quiz: Animal Choices!
10 Who am I talking about in this poem? He's a long-lived creature that lives by the water. He has a hard shell, so he is no otter!
Answer: turtle

If you ever own a turtle, you'll find out that on land or in water, turtles aren't as slow as people think they are. Still, they and their tortoise cousins are no match for a hare!
  From Quiz: Mystery Animal Poems
11 Which snake makes a rattling sound when you get too close?
Answer: Rattlesnake

A rattlesnake rattles its tail when it feels threatened. If you hear a rattling sound in the grass, don't walk any further or the snake could bite you.
    Your options: [ Rattlesnake ] [ Garden Snake ] [ Python ] [ Sidewinder ]
  From Quiz: Guess the Animal
12 "I'm the largest living animal. I measure thirty metres long and weigh an impressive one hundred and seventy tonnes. What am I?"
Answer: Blue whale

"I am....the blue whale! Despite my impressive size, my diet is made up of tiny crustaceans called krill and I can eat up to forty million of them every day. I live in the North Pacific, Indian, Antarctic and North Atlantic oceans."
  From Quiz: Living Large
13 This wise bird may sound like it's asking a question when it calls out at night while hunting.
Answer: Owl

Owls are solitary creatures, and spend the night hunting for small mammals, insects and other birds.
    Your options: [ Bat ] [ Owl ] [ Pigeon ] [ Dove ]
  From Quiz: In the Still of the Night
14 Which farm animal do you think the other animals were discussing when they said, "Are you sure that is a bird? It can't fly, it is really tall and look at those legs, they look like look like pieces of string with a knot in the middle!"?
Answer: Ostrich

Keeping ostriches on farms away from Africa, which is where they come from, is a fairly new idea in England. The first ostrich farms started in the 1980s. Ostrich meat is not yet as popular as traditional meats. Farmers can also sell the feathers and skins.
    Your options: [ Goose ] [ Giraffe ] [ Ostrich ] [ Stork ]
  From Quiz: If Farm Animals Could Talk
15 Gathering nuts and climbing trees is what I like to do. Which animal am I?
Answer: Squirrel

The squirrel doesn't have a very large brain. It is only the size of a walnut.
    Your options: [ Cat ] [ Rabbit ] [ Squirrel ] [ Opossum ]
  From Quiz: What Animal Could I Possibly Be?
16 Yuck! Nobody's home at this underground den, but Kwizzer's nose lets him know exactly whom it belongs to. What smelly, black-and-white striped animal dug this home?
Answer: Skunk

North American striped skunks are of the family Mephitis mephitis, a Latin name that gives the English language a word that can describe the spray skunks use to defend themselves. The next time you find a skunk's den or catch a whiff of its smelly scent, you can show off your vocabulary and say, "How mephitic!" (pronounced, muh-FIT-ick).
  From Quiz: Is Anybody Home?
17 Hug me tight to sleep well at night. The "Teddy" kind of me won't give you a fright!
Answer: Bear

Many children sleep with a teddy bear to keep them warm and not be afraid of the dark. Real bears can be harmful animals which have very long claws used for tearing apart their prey.
    Your options: [ Cat ] [ Lion ] [ Panda ] [ Bear ]
  From Quiz: Animal Antics
18 Second largest living land animal; name means "river horse"; hairless except for some bristles on the muzzle.
Answer: Hippopotamus

George Washington had wooden teeth, right? Wrong. His teeth were actually carved from tusks of hippopotamuses. Hippos can be found in Africa.
    Your options: [ Hippopotamus ] [ Walrus ] [ Seal ] [ Rhinoceros ]
  From Quiz: Animal Choices!
19 Slimy and dirty can be my middle name, But without me Earth can't survive. I tunnel and tunnel so plants can be grown, If you cut me in half I still can be alive! What am I?
Answer: Earthworm

Earthworms are very important for the fertility of our soils. Charles Darwin once said that: "It may be doubted whether there are any other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly creatures."
  From Quiz: What's That Animal?
20 Hello mate! You may recognize me from my propped up ears, long tail and very large feet. I have been known to leap great distances and I carry my joeys in a pouch. What mammal am I?
Answer: Kangaroo

Kangaroos are marsupials, or animals that carry their young around in pouches. The scientific name for a kangaroo's pouch is 'marsupium', which means 'pouch' in Latin. The scientific name for a kangaroo is 'Macropus', which means 'large foot' in Latin.
  From Quiz: Medium-Sized Mammals: What Am I?
21 At hiding I am really swell, I blend in with my surroundings well. I'm a lizard of many colors; if I don't like one, I can change to others!
Answer: Chameleon

Chameleons are lizards which can change color in order to communicate with other chameleons or to hide from predators (camouflage).
    Your options: [ Anole ] [ Komodo dragon ] [ Iguana ] [ Chameleon ]
  From Quiz: What Animal Am I?
22 People can ride him, and he likes to eat hay. He's kind of short, though, and his sound is a bray.
Answer: donkey

In the Bible, Mary rode a donkey because horses were symbols of war.
    Your options: [ horse ] [ sheep ] [ camel ] [ donkey ]
  From Quiz: Mystery Animal Poems
23 In cartoons I am usually colored pink and have a curly tail. I usually live on a farm and like to roll around in the mud. What am I?
Answer: Pig

Pigs are big farm animals that people raise for food. Pork and bacon come from pigs.
  From Quiz: Guess the Animal
24 "With a length of up to twenty metres, I'm the largest known predatory fish. My teeth were the size of a human hand. What am I?"
Answer: Carcharodon megalodon

"I am....carcharodon megalodon! I lived in many parts of the world including Europe, Africa and America around two million years ago. I'm a distant relative of the great white shark and the most commonly-found fossils of me are my huge teeth."
  From Quiz: Living Large
25 This animal will raid your trash cans at night. Good thing he's wearing what looks like a mask!
Answer: Raccoon

Raccoons have hyper-sensitive front paws and use their sense of touch to compensate for their weak sense of sight.
    Your options: [ Wolf ] [ Raccoon ] [ Coyote ] [ Cat ]
  From Quiz: In the Still of the Night
26 Which farm animal do you think might have said, "Nap time again, how unusual!"?
Answer: Cat

Although cats are known for sleeping a lot, they usually just sleep in short bursts known as cat naps. The average length of time that a domestic cat will sleep is around fourteen hours a day. They need a lot of sleep because they are small animals that use a lot of energy between naps.
    Your options: [ Cow ] [ Goose ] [ Cat ] [ Goat ]
  From Quiz: If Farm Animals Could Talk
27 Who struts around and shows off his beautiful brightly colored tail?
Answer: Peacock

Did you know only males are called peacocks? The females are called peahens.
  From Quiz: What Animal Could I Possibly Be?
28 The baddie from 'Little Red Riding Hood', when combined with the critter that frightened 'Little Miss Muffet', would produce what eight legged animal?
Answer: Wolf spider

There are many types of wolf spiders throughout the world and they can be found on every continent except for Antarctica. They range in size from a very tiny one millimetre up to three centimetres. They are generally considered to be harmless to humans but will bite if provoked. The female wolf spider carries her egg sac around with her and when the baby spiders hatch they climb up her legs and stay on her back or belly until they are old enough to look after themselves.
  From Quiz: Double-Barreled Animals
29 An insect I am Small as can be When I bite you it hurts I live in a colony.
Answer: Ant

Ants live in groups called colonies, and in homes called nests. Ants eat dead insects or animals and also leaves, food scraps and other vegetation. Other animals and insects also eat ants. Some ants are even poisonous but you usually won't find them in your local park or home.
    Your options: [ Ant ] [ Wasp ] [ Spider ] [ Cockroach ]
  From Quiz: Things I Didn't See at the Park
30 A bolt of lightning illuminates the sky, and Kwizzer sees a home high above him in a tree branch. The nest is abandoned, but won't do much to keep out the rain. Who would have laid little blue eggs in it last spring?
Answer: Robin

After migrating back home for the spring and summer, North America's red-breasted robins get ready to become parents. A mother robin's "clutch" usually has three or four eggs, and she lays one a day in her nest of twigs, grass, and mud. While the mother incubates the eggs, her mate protects them. Robins are noted for the beautiful coloring of their eggs, which are all "robin's egg blue"!
  From Quiz: Is Anybody Home?
31 Black and white like a criminal. Outside the city wall. I look like a horse, So free and tall.
Answer: Zebra

Zebras are black and white. Criminals in movies often wear black and white shirts in prison. The zebra has a mohawk-like mane running down its neck.
    Your options: [ Numbat ] [ Jaguar ] [ Mouse ] [ Zebra ]
  From Quiz: Animal Antics
32 Fastest land animal; blunt claws that can only be partially retracted; closely spaced black spots cover most of the body.
Answer: Cheetah

Cheetahs have been reported to run at speeds of 70 miles per hour or more! A cheetah can go from 0-45 mph in two seconds.
    Your options: [ Cheetah ] [ Jaguar ] [ Leopard ] [ Lynx ]
  From Quiz: Animal Choices!
33 Steve Irwin once said this to me: "You're the 'beauty' of the outback" Crikey! I've never been so flattered! Since good reputation only thing I lack! What am I?
Answer: Crocodile

Steve Irwin, sometimes known as the "Crocodile Hunter" was the famous Australian conservationist who was killed by a stingray off the coast of Queensland this year while filming his own documentary. May he rest in peace.
  From Quiz: What's That Animal?
34 She is a lizard who is not very tall, But she's really good at climbing walls.
Answer: gecko

Geckoes have special hairs on their feet to help them climb. Scientists are studying gecko feet, in hopes that they'll find such a great way for humans to climb.
    Your options: [ Komodo dragon ] [ Gila monster ] [ monitor lizard ] [ gecko ]
  From Quiz: Mystery Animal Poems
35 "I'm the largest living rodent. I'm semi-aquatic, living near lakes and rivers in various parts of South America. What am I?"
Answer: Capybara

"I am....the capybara! I'm found in Venezuela, Brazil and Uruguay. I feed mostly on aquatic vegetation and weigh between thirty and sixty kilograms. I'm a favourite prey of eagles, crocodiles and the giant green anaconda."
  From Quiz: Living Large
36 This dog-like, nocturnal animal isn't laughing at you in the night, no matter what it sounds like.
Answer: Hyena

The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that the hyenas were able to ward off evil and ensure love.
    Your options: [ Coyote ] [ Hyena ] [ Cat ] [ Lassie ]
  From Quiz: In the Still of the Night
37 Which farm animal do you think would say, "No, I am not going to do that and you cannot make me, so there!"?
Answer: Goat

Goats can be very stubborn animals. They can be farmed for their meat, hair and skins. A baby goat is called a kid. Perhaps human children are called kids because they too can be stubborn!
    Your options: [ Sheep ] [ Cow ] [ Goat ] [ Pig ]
  From Quiz: If Farm Animals Could Talk
38 What's black and white and read all over? A newspaper. However, this animal is also black and white but enjoys eating bamboo over reading newspapers. What animal do I not want to find in my backyard?
Answer: Panda

A panda bear's diet consists 99% of bamboo. It lives mainly in the mountain ranges of China. Male and female pandas differ greatly in weight. The panda tail is the second longest tail in the bear family. A panda can live up to 30 years in captivity.
  From Quiz: Not In My Backyard!
39 Watch out for this highly venomous reptile which has a name that is a cross between one of the big cats and an animal that slithers and hisses.
Answer: Tiger snake

On many lists of the world's deadliest snakes, the tiger snake is ranked at number five. Tiger snakes can have different colourings depending on the region they come from, but are most commonly black with yellowish bands. They like to live in areas where they have access to water, such as near creeks, rivers and lakes, but during times of dry weather have been found in suburban yards searching for a drink. If you ever see a snake around your home, do not touch it or try to catch it. Let a grown up know so they can call a professional snake catcher.
    Your options: [ Leopard lizard ] [ Tiger snake ] [ Jaguar dragon ] [ Puma tortoise ]
  From Quiz: Double-Barreled Animals
40 When describing this bird I ask "Who can Have a large, colourful beak?" The answer is a ____.
Answer: Toucan

Toucans are small birds with short, thick necks and large, colourful beaks which can measure more than half the length of their body. Toucans mostly eat fruit and have very long tongues - helpful for reaching out of the way places that other birds can't get to for food.
  From Quiz: Welcome to the Jungle
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