Animals Quiz

Explore the animal kingdom with questions about wildlife and nature.

The animal kingdom through superlatives and behaviour: the largest big cat, the longest snake, what a lion’s mane is actually for. Questions often ask why rather than simply what something is called.

1000+ questions in this theme

20 of them, with the answers

The questions, with answers

1. What animal does the greater siren, a nocturnal amphibian, resemble externally?

   AnswerAn eel

2. What is the largest big cat?

   AnswerTiger

3. What is the literal meaning of the word carnivore which has a Latin origin?

   AnswerMeat eater

4. Which type of snake is the longest in the world?

   AnswerReticulated python

5. The pygidium refers to what section of a trilobite’s body?

   AnswerThe tail

6. What color is a polar bear’s skin beneath its white fur?

   AnswerBlack

7. What type of animal is the Gold tegu, found in South America?

   AnswerReptile

8. A vampire bat will die if it doesn’t find blood for how many nights in a row?

   Answer2

9. What do butterflies use to taste?

   AnswerTheir feet

10. What bird is the national bird of Jamaica as well as one of the symbols of the country?

    AnswerDoctor Bird

11. To what continent are raccoons native?

    AnswerNorth America

12. What common name does the dog breed New Guinea Highland Dog have?

    AnswerSinger

13. What kind of organism is the Greater Glider, a gliding animal indigenous to Australia?

    AnswerMammal

14. Which animal is the slowest land mammal?

    AnswerSloth

15. What is the fastest fish in the ocean?

    AnswerSailfish

16. What is the tongue-like organ of an octopus called?

    AnswerRadula

17. What was the only native land mammal in Iceland when humans arrived?

    AnswerArctic Fox

18. Which breed group does the Chinese Crested dog belong to?

    AnswerToy

19. Which genus of plants does catnip (catmint) belong to?

    AnswerNepeta

20. What animals do wolves generally prefer to feed on?

    AnswerUngulates