ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO. 12

[magpie in the 80's]

1 The llama is native to which continent?
SOUTH AMERICA
2 What three-letter word provides the name of a male ferret?
HOB
3 Is a kiang equine, feline or canine?
EQUINE
4 What is the official national animal of Canada?
BEAVER
5 What four-letter word is the correct term for a rabbit's tail?
SCUT
6 What V word is the name given to the skin on a deer's antlers?
VELVET
7 What is the world's largest invertebrate?
GIANT SQUID
8 What bird did Geoffrey Chaucer describe as, "a prophet of doom"?
BARN OWL
9 Which country took its name from the Portuguese word for shrimp?
CAMEROON
10 Which rodent provided the division sign for the Desert Rats in World War II?
JERBOA
11 Simba is the Swahili word for which animal?
LION
12 What is the more common name for a feline's vibrissae?
WHISKERS
13 What is the alternative "weighty" name for a snow leopard?
QUNCE
14 Who wrote the book Born Free that chronicled the story of Elsa the lioness?
JOY ADAMSON
15 What species of tiger is the largest member of the cat family?
SIBERIAN TIGER
16 What is the fastest animal on four legs?
CHEETAH
17 What is the collective noun for a group of leopards?
LEAP
18 In which film did Sigourney Weaver appear alongside a cat called Jones?
ALIEN
19 According to legend which animal lost its tail in the doors of Noah's Ark?
MANX CAT
20 What O word is the alternative name for a painted leopard?
OCELOT

[godoubleblues]

Q1 - South America
Q4 - moose
Q14 - Joy Adamson
Q18 - Alien

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - South America
Q4 - moose..............INCORRECT
Q14 - Joy Adamson
Q18 - Alien

OTHERS CORRECT GDB

[Hazbeen]

16. Cheetah

[magpie in the 80's]

16. Cheetah

CORRECT HB

[godoubleblues]

Q20 - ocelot

[Peterxtc]

6. Velvet
11. Lion?

[FattyLumpkin]

7. The South Adelaide backline....

No, I'll go a Giant Squid

[Ingall]

4 - Beaver
15 - The Glenelg Tiger!! (sometimes known as Siberian)

[magpie in the 80's]

Q20 - ocelot

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Velvet
11. Lion?

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

7. The South Adelaide backline....

No, I'll go a Giant Squid

CORRECT ON THE SQUID FL

[magpie in the 80's]

4 - Beaver
15 - The Glenelg Tiger!! (sometimes known as Siberian)

BOTH CORRECT RUSSELL

[Footy Chick]

12. Whiskas

[magpie in the 80's]

12. Whiskas

correct despite the spelling FC

[Footy Chick]

12. Whiskas

correct despite the spelling FC

Sorry, Thats the way I see it spelt every day... on a pink tin

[JAS]

Q5 Scut
Q8 A Raven
Q9 Brazil
Q10 Jeraboa (sp) looks like a teeny tiny kangaroo rat thing
Q13 Ounce
Q19 I'm still trying Manx cat

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5 Scut
Q8 A Raven.....INCORRECT
Q9 Brazil......INCORRECT
Q10 Jeraboa (sp) looks like a teeny tiny kangaroo rat thing
Q13 Ounce
Q19 I'm still trying Manx cat

Regards
JAS

OTHERS CORRECT JAS

[Kahuna]

2/ Dog?

[magpie in the 80's]

2/ Dog?

INCORRECT K