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Straight Up Trivia #8: Heaviest Land Animals

Eighth in a series of themed trivia quizzes. Answer these questions inspired by the ten heaviest living land animals, in order of average weight. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_and_heaviest_animals
Quizzes in this series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Last updated: March 21, 2025
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African bush elephant, 6000 kg. Two Bushes were presidents from the Republican Party, commonly represented by an elephant. What famous political cartoonist introduced the elephant symbol for the Republican Party in 1874?
Thomas Nast
Asian elephant, 4500 kg. What Asian country is doubly landlocked, meaning it borders only countries that are also landlocked?
Uzbekistan
African forest elephant, 2700 kg. Elephants' closest living relatives are sirenians, which include two families: Dugongidae (dugongs) and Trichechidae. What is the common name of the four species in the Trichechidae family?
Manatee
White rhinoceros, 2000 kg. The name rhinoceros is derived from keros, the Greek word for horn, and rhis, the Greek word for what body part?
Nose
Indian rhinoceros, 1900 kg. The Indian rhinoceros is native to the Indo-Gangetic Plain, named for the Indus and Ganges Rivers, both of which flow out of what mountain range?
Himalayas
Common Hippopotamus, 1800 kg. What Egyptian god of deserts, storms, and violence took the form of a red hippopotamus to fight Horus for control of the land? In the Osiris myth, he is depicted as a usurper and murderer of his brother, Osiris.
Set
Javan rhinoceros, 1750 kg. Java, with more than 150 million people, is the most populated island in the world. What Japanese island is the second most populated island in the world?
Honshu
Black rhinoceros, 1100 kg. Who is credited with designing the 'little black dress'? She famously said, "A woman needs just three things: a black dress, a black sweater, and, on her arm, a man she loves."
Coco Chanel
Giraffe, 1000 kg. Giraffes have four chambered stomachs that allows them to regurgitate partially digested food, chew the cud, and swallow it again. What is the term for animals that use this form of digestion?
Ruminant
Gaur, 950 kg. The gaur is the largest bovine, and is threatened with extinction, although at the lowest level of Threatened in the IUCN categorization. What is the term for this level of Threatened, which falls below Critically Endangered and Endangered?
Vulnerable
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