If I Were a Quoll Trivia Quiz

Answer: Marsupial

Quolls are found in Australia. They are a carnivorous marsupial with a long tail, pointed snout, and their fur is usually a brownish/black with distinctive white spots. They are mainly nocturnal. There are four species of quoll in Australia, and depending on the species, they weigh between 1.3 kg and 7 kg (3 to 15 lbs).

They were recorded by Captain Cook in 1770 as "quoll", the word being the Aboriginal name for this marsupial. Early settlers in Australia called them native cats.

Answer: Wasp

Yellow jackets are wasps and can be recognised by their distinctive colouration patterns. In colour, they are mostly black and yellow, but can be black and white, and some have a red abdomen. They are about the size of a honey bee.

They live in colonies where workers, queens and males can be found. The adults feed on fruit, flower nectar and tree sap. Adult workers chew food such as insects, meat and fish, and then feed it to the larvae.

Answer: Fish

An alfonsino (also called an alfonsin) is a fish that lives in deep water of warm temperate and tropical ocean waters. They are a rosy-red colour with an orange belly, and their fins are bright red. They have large eyes and are approximately 60cm long. They are related to the red schnapper. Alfonsino are members of the family Berycidae.

Answer: Bird

The Australian Bittern is a large bird in the heron family. Its feathers are streaked and patterned with brown, buff and black, and it has a pale throat.

They feed on frogs, eels and freshwater crustaceans, and nest on the ground on trampled reeds in dense, wetland areas. As well as Australia, they can be found in New Zealand and New Caledonia. Their population is on the decline, thought to be a result of wetland drainage and degradation. It is an endangered species.

Answer: Snake

A tiger keelback is a venomous snake and is found in eastern Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Japan. It is drab olive-green with orange and black crossbars or spots, and the belly is white. It can grow to a length of 100 cms (30 inches).

The snake eats small vertebrates such as frogs and toads. Its biological name is Rhabdophis tigrinus and it is sometimes known as the Japanese water-snake.

Answer: Crocodile

The Gharial is a crocodile of the family Gavialidae and is one of three species of crocodile native to India. It is also known as the gavial, and fish-eating crocodile. It is listed as critically endangered.

Gharials have very long, thin jaws, can grow to a length up to 6 metres (20 ft) long, and weigh an average 160kg (350 lbs). Its snout is lined with 100 sharp interlocking teeth. With its flattened tail and webbed rear feet, it is extremely manoeuvrable in deep water. On land however, the adult cannot walk as most crocodiles do. The can only push forward with their legs and slither on their stomachs. They like to reside in rivers with a good flow, deep pools, a good fish supply and for those lazy moments, sandy banks make the ideal resting place.

The diet of young gharials is mainly insects, larvae and small frogs, whereas the adults eat mainly fish and sometimes scavenge dead animals. The female lays from 20 to 95 eggs. Weighing an average of 160g each, they are the largest eggs of all crocodilian species.

Answer: Sea snake

An Hydrophis is a genus of sea-snake usually found in the waters of Indonesia, northern Australia and Southeast Asia. There are approximately thirty species. Some of the more common species names are the black-headed sea snake, slender-necked sea snake, and elegant sea snake.

Most sea snakes live totally within the water and are unable to move on land. Their tails resemble a paddle and their bodies have similarities to an eel. They breathe air and must surface regularly. A lot of species are very venomous.

They can grow to between 120-150 cm (3.9 and 5 ft) long. They eat mainly fish but some species like molluscs and prawns, or fish eggs.

Answer: Jellyfish

As far as jellyfish go, the lion's mane is the largest known species. It lives in the chilly waters of the Arctic, northern Pacific and northern Atlantic Oceans.

The largest lion's mane jellyfish ever recorded was in 1870. Found on the shore of Massachusetts Bay, it had a body with a diameter of 2.29m (7'6") and tentacles 37m (120 feet) long.

Their colour is dictated by their size, with the larger jellyfish being a vivid crimson to dark purple. The smaller jellyfish are a light orange to tan. They get their name from their many tentacles, reminiscent of a lion's mane.

Lion's Mane jellyfish eat small fish, small jellyfish and zooplankton. Their predators are larger fish, other jellyfish, seabirds, and in the northern summer season, leatherback turtles.

Answer: Rabbit

A breed of rabbit known as the English spot, was developed in the 19th century in England. It is a breed noted for the distinctive colored markings on its body such as eye circles, cheek spots, butterfly markings around the nose, coloured ears, herringbone, and chains of spots. The rabbits range from black to lilac and gold.

They are a medium sized rabbit and weigh from six to eight pounds. Quite active, especially in the mornings and evenings, they will sleep during the day. A female gives birth on average from five to seven young.

Answer: Primate

The tarsier is a breed of primate found on the islands of Southeast Asia, including Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Philippines. They were once widespread and fossils have been found as far afield as Europe and North America.

Tarsiers are nocturnal and quite small, weighing about 150 grams. They have very large eyes, with each eyeball being larger than the animal's brain. They have very long rear limbs and a slim tail measuring from 20 to 25 cm long. They are carnivorous primates, mainly insectivorous, and they trap their meals by pouncing on them. They have also been known to eat birds, bats, lizards and snakes. The female gives birth to just one baby after a gestation period of about six months.