| Initial letter | Clue | Organism's name ending in S | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Seabird which has the longest wing span of any bird | Albatross | 100%
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| O | Ink-squirting, colour-changing marine invertebrate | Octopus | 94%
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| P | Unusual Australian monotreme with a duck's bill | Platypus | 94%
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| W | Two-tusked sea mammal of the Arctic | Walrus | 94%
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| B | Fish with a musical name | Bass | 89%
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| M | Insect known for both preying and praying | Mantis | 89%
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| I | Large wading bird with a curved beak | Ibis | 83%
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| H | The next-heaviest land animal after elephants and white rhinos | Hippopotamus | 78%
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| C | European goat-antelope with a French name, whose leather was traditionally used for making water-absorbent cloths | Chamois | 56%
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| D | More familiar name for the spidery cranefly | Daddy longlegs | 33%
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| N | Marine mollusc which has been around for hundreds of millions of years and is not closely related to any other animal | Nautilus | 33%
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| V | One more eight-tentacled sea beast, with a section reminiscent of a bridal garment | Veiled octopus | 28%
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| J | Indonesian species of large, horned mammal | Javan rhinoceros | 22%
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| L | Species of musical-sounding fish with a big gape | Largemouth bass | 22%
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| Q | Latin name for the oak tree genus, which the word "cork" is also derived from | Quercus | 22%
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| K | Royal monkey species with a name similar to an Italian explorer | King colobus | 17%
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| X | Dinosaur similar to a familiar three-horned one, with a prefix meaning "strange" or "foreign" | Xenoceratops | 17%
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| F | A relative of the above, this miniature cephalopod has a patterned edge reminiscent of fancy curtains or knickers | Frilled pygmy octopus | 11%
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| G | Huge, tentacled cephalopod of the great ocean | Giant Pacific octopus | 11%
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| R | Fish species name which could also be a description of 4-string heavy metal playing | Rock bass | 11%
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| S | Butterfly often seen in the hills of Scotland, bearing the name of a 100-eyed Greek giant | Scotch argus | 11%
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| T | Species of seabird A from a small British Atlantic island | Tristan albatross | 11%
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| U | Scientific name of the sea-loving polar bear | Ursus maritimus | 11%
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| E | You wouldn't want to go into the stomach of this grand eight-tentacled sea creature | Enteroctopus magnificus | 6%
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| Y | Wading bird with two sun-coloured sections connecting its feet to its body | Yellowlegs | 6%
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| Z | Elegant flowering plant similar to a dahlia or marigold | Zinnia elegans | 0%
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