| Initial letter | Clue | Organism's name ending in X | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | White, dog-like canine of the far north | Arctic fox | 86%
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| F | Dog-like animal often seen in towns at night | Fox | 86%
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| I | Wild goat with magnificent, curved horns | Ibex | 71%
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| O | Another bovine animal | Ox | 71%
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| R | Common European species of urban canine | Red fox | 71%
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| C | Cat from northern North America with pointy ear tufts | Canada lynx | 57%
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| H | Marmot-like African animal which is actually more closely related to elephants | Hyrax | 57%
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| J | The genus of the wryneck, a word which sounds the same as a word meaning "hex" or "curse" | Jynx | 57%
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| M | Hairy bovine mammal of the Arctic | Muskox | 57%
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| N | A different species of B, this one being from the Albuquerque region | New Mexico flax | 57%
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| D | Another canine, named after the pioneer of the theory of evolution | Darwin's fox | 43%
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| E | Another pointy-eared cat; this one ranges from Sweden to the Himalayas | Eurasian lynx | 43%
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| K | Small American species of canine whose first word is the word for its own baby | Kit fox | 43%
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| L | Salmon | Lox | 43%
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| P | The scientific name for the grey partridge, both words being the same, similar to the French word for "lose" | Perdix perdix | 43%
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| S | Another canine, named after a continent | South American fox | 43%
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| V | Type of algae which sound like a Swedish car | Volvox | 43%
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| W | Another species of N, but from a state further north | Wyoming flax | 43%
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| Y | Species of H with sun-coloured dots, associated with stony ground | Yellow-spotted rock hyrax | 43%
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| B | Also known as linseed, this is used to make linen; the species name is the wiry object which brushes have many of | Bristle flax | 29%
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| G | Bat whose name is an aerial version of the above animal; this species has a yellow/bronze section on top of the head | Golden-crowned flying fox | 29%
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| Q | The scientific name for the holm oak tree | Quercus ilex | 29%
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| T | Genus of moths in the tortricidae family | Tortrix | 29%
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| U | The name of the gorse plant genus | Ulex | 29%
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| X | A genus of plants, from the Greek for "wood" and "husk" | Xylocalyx | 29%
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| Z | A species of river garfish; its name might be gleaned by merging three words for: Buddhism; a Latin adaptation of the earliest-known bird; and a high-achieving school pupil (or quacking birds) | Zenarchopterus dux | 0%
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