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Medium Animal Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our animal set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The medium band asks for a little more precision — longest gestation, largest eyes, the only bird that flies backwards, what a narwhal's tusk really is. This is where the animal-documentary watchers separate from the rest of the table.
14 medium animal trivia questions with answers
Which mammal has the longest pregnancy?
Answer: Elephant An elephant carries its calf for around 22 months.Why?
Which is the only bird able to fly backwards?
Answer: Hummingbird Its wings rotate at the shoulder, tracing a figure of eight.Why?
Which animal has the largest eyes of any living creature?
Answer: Giant squid They can be the size of a dinner plate, for spotting predators in the dark.Why?
An adult female horse is called a what?
Answer: Mare A filly is a young female; a colt is a young male.
Which bird reaches over 300 km/h in a hunting dive?
Answer: Peregrine falcon That stoop makes it the fastest animal on the planet.Why?
Koalas are native to which country?
Answer: Australia They are marsupials, not bears, despite the old nickname.
Which is the largest species of shark?
Answer: Whale shark It grows past 12 metres and eats plankton, not swimmers.Why?
Which animal has fingerprints so similar to ours that they can be confused at a crime scene?
Answer: Koala Koala prints evolved separately but look almost identical under a lens.Why?
A group of geese in flight is called a what?
Answer: Skein On the ground the same birds are a gaggle.
Which animal can sleep standing up by locking its leg joints?
Answer: Horse The stay apparatus holds the legs rigid with almost no muscle effort.Why?
A narwhal's long tusk is actually what?
Answer: An elongated tooth It is a canine tooth that grows out through the upper lip, packed with nerves.
Which continent has no native snakes?
Answer: Antarctica No reptile can survive the Antarctic winter without shelter.Why?
Which is the largest living reptile?
Answer: Saltwater crocodile Large males exceed six metres and can be found far out at sea.Why?
The word "marsupial" refers to animals that do what?
Answer: Carry young in a pouch Young are born tiny and continue developing attached to a teat.
Answer key
- Elephant
- Hummingbird
- Giant squid
- Mare
- Peregrine falcon
- Australia
- Whale shark
- Koala
- Skein
- Horse
- An elongated tooth
- Antarctica
- Saltwater crocodile
- Carry young in a pouch
How to play
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