Crazy Little Thing Called Love Quiz

Answer: Chimpanzee

The clue: native to central Africa. Kalu's owner, heiress Patricia Cavendish O'Neill, had spent most of her life living among animals in Africa and wanted to make sure that her menagerie, which included baboons, donkeys and goats, was cared for after her death. Kalu was 15-years-old when she was designated to be the recipient of the Kalu Animal Trust, and with an average chimpanzee lifespan of about 50 years, Kalu could look forward to many years of pampered care.

But she would have to change her diet; O'Neill's husband complained that Kalu had a fondness for his cigarettes and beer.

Answer: African grey parrot

The clue: the lifespan. African grey parrots can have human-length lifespans so it was fortunate that Basil's owner, Miss Ferguson of Brighton, England, provided for him in her will.

African greys are considered to be among the most intelligent of birds, and their mimicry ability makes them popular pets. They are native to central and western Africa, and their diet in the wild includes nuts, fruits, seeds and leaves. In captivity, they are also fed pellets, grains and vegetables.

Answer: Chickens

The clue: domesticated descendants of red junglefowl. Reportedly, chickens were first domesticated at least 2,000 B.C.E. in India, although some sources claim that they were domesticated as far back as 10,000 years B.C.E. in the area of current day Vietnam.

The red junglefowl, a wild bird of Southeast Asia, is considered to be the main ancestor of domestic chickens. Some sources list Mr. Blackwell as leaving £10 million to a specific hen named Gigoo. Perhaps Gigoo lived at the Tubney Charitable Trust, which the Blackwells set up in 1997 for the purposing of animal welfare initiatives for breeding pigs and hens.

Answer: Sheep

The clue: even-toed ungulate. The even-toed ungulates are animals that equally distribute their weight between their third and fourth toes. These include hoofed animals such as sheep, cattle, pigs, camels and deer. Odd-toed ungulates have an odd number of functional toes with the weight supported by the middle toe. These include horses, tapirs and rhinoceroses.

Clwyd's owner, a Mr. John Leeming, had written a book about him called "One of the Family", which probably explains the inheritance. A bottle-raised lamb would make a devoted pet as it would bond with its owner, and Clwyd reportedly always followed Leeming around.

Answer: Magpie

The clue: member of the crow family. The crow family also includes ravens and jays, and the family is frequently named among the most intelligent birds. The owner of the pet magpie, a Miss Beesly of Lancashire, England, also included her pet goose in the legacy.

In the mirror test, colored stickers were placed on magpies in places not visible to the bird without a mirror. When the bird was shown a mirror, it would remove the sticker; it wouldn't do so without the mirror. Additionally, if the sticker was black and placed on the birds' black feathers, the bird wouldn't notice it or remove it.

Answer: Lizards

The clue: reptiles; the other animals are amphibians. Reptiles differ from amphibians in a number of ways, including their skin, their eggs and their young. Reptiles tend to have drier, scalier skin than amphibians; their eggs have a harder shell than amphibians, and their young emerge looking like miniature versions of the adults while amphibians go through a larvae stage. Reptiles also inhabit a wider area of land than amphibians; the latter stay in or near water.

The unidentified South African woman stated that her husband could only receive the money after the lizards died, and since some species of lizard can live more than 20 years, the husband may have had to wait a while for his share. Hopefully, this didn't turn out bad for the lizards.

Answer: Dog

The clue: genus Canis. The genus Canis includes dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals. Foxes belong to a separate genus, Vulpes.

The German Shepherd Gunther III's wealth passed on to his son, Gunther IV after Gunther III's death. Some sources have listed the story as a hoax, but several reputable sources have reported it as fact, including "Newsweek", "New York Times" and "Reader's Digest". Leona Helmsley, Doris Duke and Natalie Schafer (of "Gilligan's Island" fame) also all left money to their pampered pooches.

Answer: Aberdeen Angus cattle

The clue: ruminants. Ruminants are animals which use the first part of their stomach for softening food that is then regurgitated and chewed as cud. Other ruminants include deer, antelope, bison and llamas. Besides the cattle, other animals that shared in the Queen Mother's inheritance included sheep, goats, poultry and pigs.

The animals resided at the Castle of Mey, the Queen Mother's home in Caithness, Scotland.

Answer: Pigeons

The clue: crop milk. Both sexes of pigeons produce crop milk, a secretion from the crop lining that is used to feed their young. Pigeons have also been reported to be one of the few types of animals to pass the mirror test, in which they are able to recognize themselves in a mirror, although some sources dispute the validity of the tests. They have also been credited with being able to recognize the letters of the English alphabet and with being able to recognize different people in photographs.

Mr. Chester of Queensland, Australia left the money to racing pigeons in 1972, much to the chagrin of his relatives who contested the will. Besides racing, pigeons have also been used as messengers as far back as the fifth century B.C.E., thanks to their ability to find their way home over long distances. They have also been used for mail service, with New Zealand issuing pigeon-gram stamps in the late 1800s.

Answer: Tortoises

The clue: very long life spans. According to one source, the longest documented life of a tortoise was 188 years. Another tortoise, which, according to legend, was picked up by Charles Darwin on his Galapagos expedition, was alleged to be 176 years old when she died. Silverstone was over 50 years old when he received his bequest.

Besides the tortoises, Foyle also left a £70,000 cottage for her nine cats and her dog.