animal Trivia Quiz # 39
This is Animal Quiz # 39, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Animal Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Animal Question 1
All About Feral Cats - What is a feral cat?
The correct answer is 'The wild children of domestic cats.'
When domestic cats are abandoned without being spayed or neutered, they breed uncontrollably. These unspayed and unneutered cats have kittens who are not socialized with humans. True feral cats are the wild children of abandoned domestic cats. They are wild in the truest sense.
Animal Question 2
Shorthaired Cats - One of the most popular show cats, they have an almost translucent coat pattern. They are attention demanding, natural athletes, and excellent climbers.
The correct answer is 'Abyssinian'
Originating in Ethiopia in the 1860's.
Animal Question 3
Odd One Out - Which one of these is least like the others?
The correct answer is 'anaconda'
The anaconda is a constrictor and squeezes its prey to death. The other three snakes all use toxic venom to subdue their victims.
Animal Question 4
Horse In History - Alexander the Great, according to legend, rode a horse only he could handle.What was this horse's name?
The correct answer is 'Bucephalus'
Bucephalus means 'ox head'. The white star on his forehead was shaped like one.
Animal Question 5
A French Walk on the Wild Side - Known as "sanglier" in French, what type of creature is this?
The correct answer is 'wild boar'
The wild boar, descended from the domestic pig, is found throughout the South of France. Mostly nocturnal and keeping to the forests, you are unlikely to come face to face with one. However, if you do, they are likely to run away and only become aggressive if they have young to protect.
Animal Question 6
The Versatile Appaloosa - You can tell a horse is an Appaloosa just by looking at it.
The correct answer is 'False'
While the Appaloosa usually has spots in some form, there is such thing as a solid-colored Appaloosa. For a solid colored horse to be registered as an Appaloosa, there must be DNA proof that one or both parents are Appaloosas.
Animal Question 7
General Reptile Quiz - What is the Jacobson's organ used for?
The correct answer is 'Sense of smell'
The Jacobson's organ is present in the mouths of snakes. The snake's tongue picks up chemicals in the air that are analysed by the Jacobson's organ. Essentially, the snake "tastes" the air.
Animal Question 8
Small Cats - What is the scientific name of the Ocelot?
The correct answer is 'Felis pardalis'
Animal Question 9
More Australian Animals - I am a beautiful grey 'dancing' crane. What is my name?
The correct answer is 'Brolga'
I am the Brolga, only one of two Australian cranes. I grow to around 1 m tall with a wingspan of over 2 m and I live in large, noisy flocks in the tropical north and east of Australia. I am most famous for my 'dancing', during mating I jump, pirouette and prance gracefully around making loud trumpeting noises!
Animal Question 10
British Birds-Famous Namesakes - A very secretive summer visitor more often heard than seen; its beautiful song would make for a good bedside manner.
The correct answer is 'Nightingale'
Nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos) usually inhabit dense shrubland and almost always sing from cover; if they are about then their warbling song is unmistakably beautiful but catching even a glimpe of them can take much patience.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a famous nurse in the Crimean War and did much to raise both the standard of nursing and the esteem of nurses.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a famous nurse in the Crimean War and did much to raise both the standard of nursing and the esteem of nurses.