Nature and animals quiz — 10 questions
Here are 10 questions from the “Nature & animals” quiz (688 questions in all), with their answer choices. Try to answer before opening “See the answer”. The selection changes every week.
Which cat, Europe's most endangered in the early 2000s, lives in the Iberian Peninsula?
- The European wildcat
- The caracal
- The Eurasian lynx
- The Iberian lynx
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The Iberian lynx — Only about a hundred remained in 2002; breeding and reintroduction have multiplied their numbers.
Which small Quebec rodent dries mushrooms on branches?
- The porcupine
- The beaver
- The red squirrel
- The groundhog
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The red squirrel — It stores them for winter, wedged in the forks of trees.
Which box jellyfish of Australian waters is one of the most venomous?
- The moon jellyfish
- The fried egg jellyfish
- The sea wasp
- The lion's mane jellyfish
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The sea wasp — Its tentacles can kill a human within minutes; some beaches put up stinger nets.
A turtle can leave its shell.
- True
- False
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False — The shell is part of its skeleton, fused to its ribs and vertebrae.
Why is octopus blood blue?
- It contains ink
- It carries oxygen with copper
- It lacks oxygen
- It carries oxygen with iron
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It carries oxygen with copper — Its pigment, hemocyanin, turns blue when it binds oxygen.
Which bird lays its eggs in other species' nests?
- The common cuckoo
- The tit
- The sparrow
- The blackbird
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The common cuckoo — The cuckoo chick often pushes its hosts' eggs out of the nest.
How many compartments does a cow's stomach have?
- 6
- 3
- 4
- 2
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4 — The rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum let it digest grass.
What is the offspring of a male donkey and a mare called?
- A pony
- A mule
- An onager
- A hinny
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A mule — A hinny is the reverse cross, a stallion and a female donkey. Both are almost always sterile.
Which reptile carries a shell on its back?
- The turtle
- The lizard
- The crocodile
- The snake
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The turtle — Its shell is fused to its ribs and spine.
Flamingos get their pink colour from their diet.
- True
- False
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True — Carotenoid pigments in the algae and shrimp they eat colour their feathers.
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How many questions are in the “Nature & animals” quiz?
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How hard is this quiz?
Players answer 59% of the questions in this category correctly, on average (750 answers so far). The difficulty goes from Easy to Infernal and adjusts to your rating.
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