ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO. 11
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:25 am1 Ornithophobia is the morbid fear of what?
BIRDS
2 What is a Moorish Idol?
A TROPICAL FISH
3 Three species of snake are indigenous to Great Britain. The grass snake, the adder and which other?
THE SMOOTH SNAKE
4 Which boys name is also the name given to a male donkey?
JACK
5 What is the largest member of the crow family?
RAVEN
6 What animal was originally called the camelopard?
GIRAFFE
7 Who bought Queen Elizabeth II her first corgi?
HER FATHER GEORGE VI
8 A Flemish giant is a breed of which popular family pet?
RABBIT
9 What name is given to the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey?
HINNY
10 What is the only animal that has retractable horns?
SNAIL
11 From what type of goat is mohair obtained?
ANGORRA
12 What B word is the collective noun for a group of chickens?
BROOD
13 The neutered male of which animal is known as a barrow?
PIG
14 What name is given to a horse that is coloured with brown and white patches?
SKEW BALD
15 What R word describes any animal that chews cud?
RUMINANT
16 What P word is the name given to a chicken that is under one year old?
PULLET
17 Which bacterial disease of sheep and cattle is also known as wool sorters disease?
ANTHRAX
18 How many stomachs does a cow have?
4
19 Originating from Argentina, what is the world's smallest breed of horse?
FALABELLA
20 In which group of islands do sheep outnumber the human population by approximately 300-1?
FALKLAND INSLANDS
BIRDS
2 What is a Moorish Idol?
A TROPICAL FISH
3 Three species of snake are indigenous to Great Britain. The grass snake, the adder and which other?
THE SMOOTH SNAKE
4 Which boys name is also the name given to a male donkey?
JACK
5 What is the largest member of the crow family?
RAVEN
6 What animal was originally called the camelopard?
GIRAFFE
7 Who bought Queen Elizabeth II her first corgi?
HER FATHER GEORGE VI
8 A Flemish giant is a breed of which popular family pet?
RABBIT
9 What name is given to the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey?
HINNY
10 What is the only animal that has retractable horns?
SNAIL
11 From what type of goat is mohair obtained?
ANGORRA
12 What B word is the collective noun for a group of chickens?
BROOD
13 The neutered male of which animal is known as a barrow?
PIG
14 What name is given to a horse that is coloured with brown and white patches?
SKEW BALD
15 What R word describes any animal that chews cud?
RUMINANT
16 What P word is the name given to a chicken that is under one year old?
PULLET
17 Which bacterial disease of sheep and cattle is also known as wool sorters disease?
ANTHRAX
18 How many stomachs does a cow have?
4
19 Originating from Argentina, what is the world's smallest breed of horse?
FALABELLA
20 In which group of islands do sheep outnumber the human population by approximately 300-1?
FALKLAND INSLANDS
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