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Animals in American History - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 27,910 times
- The average score is 12 of 20
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| National bird of the United States | {Bald} {eagle} | 99%
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| State animal of California (the last one was shot in 1922) | California grizzly | 83%
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| Hunting this animal was an important way of life for the Plains Indians | Bison | 82%
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| Davy Crockett is often depicted wearing a cap made from this animal | Raccoon | 73%
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| Prehistoric big cat, also known as a Smilodon, which was preserved in the La Brea tar pits | Saber-toothed tiger | 69%
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| Animal that said "nevermore" in the famous poem | Raven | 67%
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| Early French traders sought pelts from this animal | Beaver | 66%
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| Type of whale which sank the whaleship Essex in 1820, the inspiration for "Moby-Dick" | {Sperm} whale | 65%
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| Animal depicted on the Gadsden Flag saying "don't tread on me" | Rattlesnake | 64%
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| Animal wrongly blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire | Cow | 62%
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| Today it's a treat, but in colonial days this "cockroach of the sea" was fed to indentured servants and prisoners | Lobster | 59%
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| Animal that NASA sent into space in 1961 | Chimpanzee | 58%
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| Fish that formed a large part of the diet of the Coast Salish people of the Puget Sound | Salmon | 54%
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| Bird that Benjamin Franklin thought should have been chosen instead | Turkey | 54%
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| Just 27 of these huge birds remained in 1987. Today there are more than 500. | California condor | 48%
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| Nickname of Theodore Roosevelt's political party in 1912: Bull _____ | Moose | 48%
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| "Sea-Monkeys", popularized in the 1960s, are actually this type of creature | Brine shrimp | 41%
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| Animal that was electrocuted in 1903, which people wrongly blame on Thomas Edison | Elephant | 37%
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| Mark Twain story: "The Celebrated Jumping ___ of Calaveras County" | Frog | 31%
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| Once numbering in the billions, this bird went extinct in 1914 | {Passenger} {pigeon} | 25%
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