North American Wildlife Trivia Quiz

Answer: Badger

Badgers are short mammals which are well known for being incredible diggers. They are also generally quite fearless. Some variants, such as the honey badger, have remarkably durable skin.

Answer: Beaver

Beavers are considered rodents and have large incisor teeth grow throughout their lifetime. They are semiaquatic, capable of swimming at surprisingly high speeds which can top out as high as 5 miles per hour or 2.23 meters per second. They also have very large lungs which lets them hold their breath for as many as fifteen minutes underwater.

Answer: Bobcat

Bobcats are carnivorous animals which tend to roam the forest or woods. They are known for being quite predatory and aggressive. However, they are typically not a threat to humans unless somehow threatened, and will generally tend to flee if actually approached.

Answer: Mountain goat

Mountain goats are notable for being good at climbing up steep surfaces, with strong legs and toes which help them assert traction and grip small surfaces like rocks. As the name indicates, they tend to live in mountains, where they can avoid their predators such as bears or wolves.

Answer: Wild turkey

The wild turkey was officially labeled as so in 1758, and five different variations of it would be labeled over the ensuing roughly sixty years. They are big birds, with males weighing roughly around twenty pounds, or nine kilograms. Turkeys are generally thought to be some of the heaviest flying birds in the world.

Answer: Manatee

Manatees are some of the friendliest aquatic animals to humans in the world. Part of this is probably to do with the fact that they have no natural predators, and would not have to live with the stress that entails. They are known for being very curious creatures, and will amicably seek contact with humans. Because this is a highly protected species, people are often extremely limited in how they can legally interact with a manatee in return.

Answer: Moose

Within North America, it's the state of Alaska where you are the likeliest to find a moose, as it has by far the most moose dense population. Incidentally, only male moose grow antlers, which are shed in the winter and regrown during the spring. The hollow hairs in their coats provide excellent insulation, key to their survival in cold climates such as Alaska.

Answer: Porcupine

Porcupines are rodents which are well known for their spiky coverings. These are often referred to as 'quills'. And porcupines are built to last, as a single porcupine can potentially harbor up to 30,000 of them across its back, sides and tail. A quill is, in essence, a regular hair with keratin in it. Keratin is what human nails are made of, and the porcupine can hold thousands of them at once.

Answer: Bald eagle

The bald eagle is the only eagle species which is found solely in North America, which offers a sturdy rationale for it becoming the national emblem of the US. As alluded to in the question, this was once considered an endangered species as; in 1963, there were just an estimated 417 of them.

In the 21st century, and into the 2020s, this would grow into the hundred thousands, reaching as high as 400,000 of them. It was on June 28th, 2007 when it was officially no longer considered an endangered species.

Answer: Pelican

As mentioned in the question, pelicans have enormous throat pouches which can hold up to three gallons of water. It is a unique, but efficient, tool to hunt fish with because pelicans can hunt by diving into bodies of water and to gulp their prey out. They are also some of the oldest birds in existence, estimated to have inhabited the Earth for over 30 million years.