magpie in the 80's wrote:1 What is the first animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary?
AARDVARK
2 What is the second animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary?
AARDWOLF
3 Which article of clothing is also the name for the young of a crane fly?
LEATHER JACKET
4 What is the alternative canine name for a marmot?
PRAIRE DOG
5 What is a natterjack?
TOAD
6 Susan was the name of the Queen’s first what?
CORGI
7 What is the smallest breed of horse?
FALLA BELLA
8 What is the alternative name for the African barkless dog?
BASEHJI
9 Taurophobia is the fear of which animal?
BULLS
10 Smuck is the collective noun for which marine creatures?
JELLYFISH
11 Who is the best friend of Little Jackie Paper?
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
12 A troubling is a group of what, the female of which is known as a twit when pregnant?
GOLDFISH
13 What animal does the adjective ursine refer to?
BEAR
14 Which bird family does the jay belong to?
CROW
15 Ruddock is a poetic name for which bird?
ROBIN
16 Which is the only animal that has oval blood cells?
CAMEL
17 Urchin was an ancient name for which creature indigenous to the British Isles?
HEDGEHOG
18 Which bird was the emblem of the Roman Empire?
EAGLE
19 What is a young hare called?
LEVERET
20 What was the first bird to be released from Noah’s Ark?
RAVEN
21 Which bird family does the mynah bird belong to?
STARLING
22 What animal is depicted on the logo of Toys R Us?
GIRAFFE
23 Sandwich, arctic, little and common are all species of which bird?
TERN
24 Nandini, a symbol of fertility in Hindu mythology, is what type of animal?
COW
25 What breed of terrier was named after the largest island of the Inner Hebrides?
SKYE TERRIER
26 Blister, Hercules and stag are all varieties of which small creature?
BEETLE
27 In the 1980s, the Australian government instigated a vasectomy programme for which wild animal?
KOALA BEAR
28 Which animal is sometimes referred to as the quill pig?
PORCUPINE
29 What animal has a name that means little thief in Latin?
FERRET
30 The quagga is an extinct relative of which equine creature?
ZEBRA
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.
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