ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO.13

1 The Egyptian sphinx has the head of a human and the body of which animal?
LION
2 What name is given to a young pilchard?
SARDINE
3 What is the largest rodent native to Europe?
BEAVER
4 What name is given to the offspring of a cob and a pen?
CYGNET
5 The giant eland is the largest species of what in the world?
ANTELOPE
6 What F word is the name given to the home of a mole?
FORTRESS
7 In the animal kingdom which creatures makes the loudest sound?
BLUE WHALE
8 Which animal indigenous to Australia averages 22 hours of sleep per day?
KOALA BEAR
9 What S word is the name given to the droppings of an otter?
SPRAINTS
10 What is the connection between a quagga, a passenger pigeon and a tarpan?
ALL EXTINCT CREATURES
11 In Scotland what bird is known as a bubbly jock?
TURKEY
12 House martins belong to which family of birds?
SWALLOW
13 What colour is a female blackbird?
BROWN
14 The solan goose is an alternative name for which large seabird?
GANNET
15 Which bird has the best sense of smell?
KIWI
16 Sandwich, Arctic and common are all species of which bird?
TERN
17 What is the only bird that can fly backwards?
HUMMING BIRD
18 What is the fastest swimming bird?
PENGUIN
19 What is the alternative name for the shrike?
MAGPIE
20 To which bird family does the kestrel belong?
FALCON
LION
2 What name is given to a young pilchard?
SARDINE
3 What is the largest rodent native to Europe?
BEAVER
4 What name is given to the offspring of a cob and a pen?
CYGNET
5 The giant eland is the largest species of what in the world?
ANTELOPE
6 What F word is the name given to the home of a mole?
FORTRESS
7 In the animal kingdom which creatures makes the loudest sound?
BLUE WHALE
8 Which animal indigenous to Australia averages 22 hours of sleep per day?
KOALA BEAR
9 What S word is the name given to the droppings of an otter?
SPRAINTS
10 What is the connection between a quagga, a passenger pigeon and a tarpan?
ALL EXTINCT CREATURES
11 In Scotland what bird is known as a bubbly jock?
TURKEY
12 House martins belong to which family of birds?
SWALLOW
13 What colour is a female blackbird?
BROWN
14 The solan goose is an alternative name for which large seabird?
GANNET
15 Which bird has the best sense of smell?
KIWI
16 Sandwich, Arctic and common are all species of which bird?
TERN
17 What is the only bird that can fly backwards?
HUMMING BIRD
18 What is the fastest swimming bird?
PENGUIN
19 What is the alternative name for the shrike?
MAGPIE
20 To which bird family does the kestrel belong?
FALCON