ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO. 14

1 What three-letter word is the alternative name for a newt?
EFT
2 What bird is the international symbol of happiness?
BLUEBIRD
3 Who is the patron saint of animals?
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
4 What do baccivorous animals feed on?
BERRIES
5 What name is given to a male guinea pig?
BOAR
6 What is the name of the pigment that is obtained from cuttlefish?
SEPIA
7 The kookaburra belongs to which bird family?
KINGFISHER
8 How many toes does an ostrich have in total?
4
9 In North America which animal is known as the washing bear, due to its habit
of washing its food?
RACOON
10 What is studied by an ethologist?
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
Identify the animals from three of their species.
11 Two spot, seven spot, fourteen spot
LADYBIRD
12 Sperm, pilot, hump backed
WHALE
13 Fire bellied, oak, Blombergs
TOAD
14 Barnacle, Brent, Canada
GOOSE
15 Pallid, brown, bumblebee
BAT
16 American, honey, Eurasian
BADGER
17 Whooper, mute, trumpeter
SWAN
18 Larder, Goliath, carpenter
BEETLE
19 Nurse, lemon, tiger
SHARK
20 Buff Orpington, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rocks
CHICKEN
EFT
2 What bird is the international symbol of happiness?
BLUEBIRD
3 Who is the patron saint of animals?
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
4 What do baccivorous animals feed on?
BERRIES
5 What name is given to a male guinea pig?
BOAR
6 What is the name of the pigment that is obtained from cuttlefish?
SEPIA
7 The kookaburra belongs to which bird family?
KINGFISHER
8 How many toes does an ostrich have in total?
4
9 In North America which animal is known as the washing bear, due to its habit
of washing its food?
RACOON
10 What is studied by an ethologist?
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
Identify the animals from three of their species.
11 Two spot, seven spot, fourteen spot
LADYBIRD
12 Sperm, pilot, hump backed
WHALE
13 Fire bellied, oak, Blombergs
TOAD
14 Barnacle, Brent, Canada
GOOSE
15 Pallid, brown, bumblebee
BAT
16 American, honey, Eurasian
BADGER
17 Whooper, mute, trumpeter
SWAN
18 Larder, Goliath, carpenter
BEETLE
19 Nurse, lemon, tiger
SHARK
20 Buff Orpington, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rocks
CHICKEN