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Multiple Choice Animal Quiz #1

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about animals?
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Last updated: October 7, 2019
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First submittedOctober 6, 2019
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1. What is a group of owls called?
an Army
a Bewilderment
a Parliament
a Surprise
2. Do blue whales have teeth?
Blue whales are filter feeders
Yes
No
3. Is a sea cucumber an animal or a plant?
Animal
Plant
4. How many arms (mistakenly called tentacles) do octopuses have?
8
10
12
20
5. What's the longest a lobster can live?
Less than 5 years
30 years or so
More than 100 years
6. Which of these animals uses echolocation to navigate?
Dolphins
Mice
Naked mole rats
Pigs
7. Are there polar bears in the wild in the Southern Hemisphere?
Yes
No
8. What can a Jesus Christ lizard do?
Appear to come back from the dead
Cause hallucinations if you lick it
Fly
Walk on water
9. In what country would you find the world's northernmost wild monkey population?
Japanese macaques are known as "snow monkeys" because they live in areas that are often covered by snow
India
Japan
Spain
United States
10. Which of the following is NOT a type of antelope?
A marten is an animal similar to a weasel
Impala
Gazelle
Marten
Springbok
11. True or false: There is a sizable population of feral camels living in Australia
In 2013, the population was estimated at 300,000
True
False
12. How many rhinoceroses still exist in the wild?
5
14
about 25,000
more than a million
13. In what mountain range could you encounter a wild yak?
Alps
Andes
Himalayas
Rockies
14. What type of animal would you find in an apiary?
Apes
Bees
Birds
Rabbits
15. Are frogs reptiles?
Frog are amphibians
Yes
No
23 Comments
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Level 78
Oct 8, 2019
Good quiz, thanks
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Level 41
Oct 8, 2019
Nice one!
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Level 61
Oct 22, 2019
Octopuses
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Level 70
Aug 19, 2021
Octopi is an old English word.

Octopuses is correct in today’s English.

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Level 47
Dec 23, 2021
Cacti
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Level 85
Jan 30, 2022
Popi
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Level 67
Nov 8, 2023
Source? I don't think Octopi was ever correct was it?
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Level 71
Aug 9, 2022
Octopodes, if you want to stay true to the ancient greek plural (or octopodia, if you'd rather use modern greek).
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Level 65
Nov 18, 2019
Are the Australian camels descended from the felonious camels sent there from the Middle East in the 18th & 19th centuries?
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Level 46
Nov 18, 2019
I believe so. The population of camels in Australia are dromedary camels, which originate in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Level 82
Feb 21, 2024
I thought it was the monkeys that were felonious.
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Level 52
Nov 18, 2019
It would be helpful if Basilisk was mentioned in the the Jesus Christ lizard question as that is also a common name for it.
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Level 50
Nov 18, 2019
true . . . but Jesus Christ walked on water, so the name of the animal is part of the clue. Turns water into wine should have been one of the possible answers :D
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Level 62
May 7, 2020
about 7, have you not seen lost?
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Level 56
Oct 27, 2021
:D

Yeah. People forgot about it but it was a damn good show.

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Level 52
Dec 29, 2020
Easy as pie (except for the lobster one)
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Level 33
Apr 4, 2025
The lobster question is especially tricky because now the true maximum age of lobsters is up for debate by scientists.
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Level 59
Jan 22, 2021
I totally read that as aviary, oops.

On the bright side my wrong answers are Marten No Bees, which is funny.

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Level 71
Aug 9, 2022
I read aviary too! I'm hanging my head in shame...
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Level 83
Jan 13, 2022
I think this is the first time I've ever been able to get a 100% on one of these on the first try. I feel so accomplished!
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Level 40
Aug 3, 2022
Same!
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Level 48
Nov 7, 2023
dolphins use echolocation to find prey, not to navigate
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Level 36
Apr 13, 2025
Was coming here to say this too! A better answer for this would be Bats