| Initial letter | Clue | Organism's name ending in B | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Common 10-legged crustacean sometimes found on the seashore | Crab | 94%
|
| L | Young sheep | Lamb | 94%
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| B | Type of trees found in Africa and Australia | Baobab | 83%
|
| K | One more, with a royal name | King crab | 72%
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| H | Another, a well-known type with an anti-social or retiring-sounding name | Hermit crab | 67%
|
| S | Type of beetle | Scarab | 61%
|
| U | Crustacean named after a rain-shelding implement | Umbrella crab | 61%
|
| G | Another, with a spooky name | Ghost crab | 56%
|
| V | Soft-sounding crustacean | Velvet crab | 50%
|
| Q | Loose, royal term for the snow crab group | Queen crab | 39%
|
| J | Another (the largest of all species) from Honshu, with an arachnid's name | Japanese spider crab | 22%
|
| D | A species of these named after a headland in Kent | Dungeness crab | 17%
|
| R | Multi-coloured beetle | Rainbow scarab | 17%
|
| A | Edible aromatic plant whose name refers to a Mexican empire and to a type of taste | Aztec sweet herb | 11%
|
| E | Another, with a pipe-like shape, from oriental areas | Eastern tube crab | 11%
|
| F | Yet another crustacean, with a level upper section | Flattop crab | 11%
|
| M | Tree from an island in the Indian Ocean | Madagascar baobab | 11%
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| N | Crustacean of upper latitudes, associated with a type of seaweed | Northern kelp crab | 11%
|
| O | Reddish-yellow, furry, anti-social crustacean | Orange hairy hermit crab | 11%
|
| P | Tree bearing the name of a brand of fizzy water | Perrier's baobab | 11%
|
| T | Huge crustacean from an Australian island | Tasmanian giant crab | 11%
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| Y | Sun-coloured crustacean of stones | Yellow rock crab | 11%
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| I | Another, a dweller of marshy habitats from the area covering Sumatra out to the eastern ocean | Indo-Pacific swamp crab | 6%
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| Z | Species of tree from Madagascar | Za baobab | 6%
|
| W | Type of anti-social crab with broad claws | Widehand hermit crab | 0%
|
| X | Group of crustaceans whose name is based on the Greek for "yellow" | Xanthid crab | 0%
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