ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO. 29

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What name is given to a castrated horse?
GELDING
2 What is stored in a camel’s hump?
FAT
3 The anchovy belongs to which fish family?
HERRING
4 What animal is the official national symbol of South Africa?
SPRINBOK
5 How many toes in total does a rhinoceros have?
12
6 Which naturalist wrote the book My Family and Other Animals?
GERALD DURRELL
7 What species of crab uses the empty shells of sea snails as its home?
HERMIT CRAB
8 To which ocean are penguins indigenous?
ANTARCTIC OCEAN
9 What species of falcon, also known as a pigeon hawk, might one associate with King Arthur?
MERLIN
10 Who created Paddington Bear?
MICHAEL BOND
11 How many wings does a butterfly have?
4
12 What name is given to the home of an eagle?
EYRIE
13 What G word is the alternative name for a woodchuck?
GROUNDHOG
14 What five-letter word is the name given to the tail of a fox?
BRUSH
15 The aardvark is the first animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. Which is the second animal to be listed?
AARDWOLF
16 What is the largest member of the bear family?
KODIAK BEAR
17 If feline equals cat, what animal does the word caprine relate to?
GOAT
18 What is a Portuguese man o’ war?
JELLYFISH
19 What is a grampus?
A SPECIES OF DOLPHIN
20 What animal is the official symbol of the Worldwide Fund for Nature?
A GIANT PANDA

[Thiele]

2. Water

[old moz]

4---springbok
6---gerard durell
18===jelly fish
20--panda

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Water

JT

[magpie in the 80's]

4---springbok
6---gerard durell
18===jelly fish
20--panda

CORRECT OM

[Footy Chick]

1 Gelding
2 Water

3 Smelly

7 Hermit

8 Antarctic

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Gelding
2 Water
3 Smelly
7 Hermit
8 Antarctic

OTHERS CORRECT FC

[Hazbeen]

2. Fat

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Fat

HB

[FattyLumpkin]

12 eyrie

[magpie in the 80's]

12 eyrie

FL

[Mr Beefy]

3 Herring
5 12
11 4
13 Gogher
15 Aardwolf
16 Grizzly

[magpie in the 80's]

3 Herring
5 12
11 4
13 Gogher
15 Aardwolf
16 Grizzly

others correct MB

[Kahuna]

9/ Merlin

[magpie in the 80's]

9/ Merlin

correct K

[MatteeG]

16- Polar bear

[magpie in the 80's]

16- Polar bear

incorrect MG

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[magpie in the 80's]

1 What name is given to a castrated horse?
GELDING
2 What is stored in a camel’s hump?
FAT
3 The anchovy belongs to which fish family?
HERRING
4 What animal is the official national symbol of South Africa?
SPRINBOK
5 How many toes in total does a rhinoceros have?
12
6 Which naturalist wrote the book My Family and Other Animals?
GERALD DURRELL
7 What species of crab uses the empty shells of sea snails as its home?
HERMIT CRAB
8 To which ocean are penguins indigenous?
ANTARCTIC OCEAN
9 What species of falcon, also known as a pigeon hawk, might one associate with King Arthur?
MERLIN
10 Who created Paddington Bear?
MICHAEL BOND
11 How many wings does a butterfly have?
4
12 What name is given to the home of an eagle?
EYRIE
13 What G word is the alternative name for a woodchuck?
GROUNDHOG
14 What five-letter word is the name given to the tail of a fox?
BRUSH
15 The aardvark is the first animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. Which is the second animal to be listed?
AARDWOLF
16 What is the largest member of the bear family?
KODIAK BEAR
17 If feline equals cat, what animal does the word caprine relate to?
GOAT
18 What is a Portuguese man o’ war?
JELLYFISH
19 What is a grampus?
A SPECIES OF DOLPHIN
20 What animal is the official symbol of the Worldwide Fund for Nature?
A GIANT PANDA

QUESTIONS ANSWERD ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ