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Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?

Try to guess whether these things are animal, vegetable (plants), or mineral.
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Last updated: August 27, 2020
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First submittedJune 17, 2020
Times taken22,248
Average score75.0%
Rating4.70
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1. Anthracite
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
2. Armadillo
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
3. Auk
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
4. Basalt
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
5. Buttercup
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
6. Coral
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
7. Copperhead
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
8. Edelweiss
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
9. Foxglove
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
10. Hyacinth
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
11. Onyx
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
12. Oryx
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
13. Ptarmigan
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
14. Quince
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
15. Schist
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
16. Sea Cucumber
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
17. Spiderwort
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
18. Stonefly
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
19. Venus Fly Trap
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
20. Whelk
Animal ✓
Vegetable ✓
Mineral ✓
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34 Comments
maxism
+6
Level 69
Aug 27, 2020
Cool quiz idea!
MayaB
+20
Level 73
Aug 27, 2020
I was confused when I saw Edelweiss and the only option was vegetable, so I scrolled to see if I've missed something. Then I saw the quiz description. Is there a specific reason why the answers include vegetable and not simply a plant? Is it like a popular game or sth?
zaba2048
+3
Level 72
Aug 27, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Questions#:~:text=The%20most%20popular%20variant%20is,animal%2C%20vegetable%20or%20mineral%20kingdom. I think this is where it comes from; there was also a BBC show called Animal, Vegetable or Mineral.
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 59
Oct 6, 2020
It's more like the game twenty questions, and you ask Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral to see what the catagory their chosen word is in. So it could be any plant, even though it says vegetable.
geographic
+3
Level 60
Aug 28, 2020
Mineral is also broadly defined here, not its true definition.
DrWatson
+11
Level 73
Aug 27, 2020
I am the very model of a modern major general!
JackintheBox
+5
Level 79
Oct 4, 2020
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
blizzrd33
+3
Level 80
Aug 27, 2020
Onyx and Oryx had me stumped for a while, good choices for the quiz.
TheAnimationGuy
+1
Level 44
Aug 28, 2020
There's a show called 'World's toughest race: Eco-Challenge Fiji'. There's a team called 'Team Onyx'.They're a black team (not to be racist) and I was stumped on why they were called that
Froststar101
+6
Level 73
Oct 4, 2020
Why would that be racist
ReyFer
+1
Level 64
Aug 28, 2020
Onix is a pokemon
KrazyKookieKing
+5
Level 45
Sep 3, 2020
venus fly trap a vegetable?
Newroadgirl
+1
Level 68
Oct 2, 2020
The BBC radio game mentioned in a post above, Twenty Questions, would be widely known by older Brits. Contestants had to guess the person/object on the card and were told if it was animal, vegetable or mineral as the only clue.

The terms were used quite loosely, as per the sort of definition you might be taught at junior school.

Therefore anything that you would call a plant in everyday speech would be classed as 'vegetable'. Hence Venus Fly Trap is vegetable but not one you would eat. Unless it was trying to eat you...

I thought the concept was thought up by the BBC but having just checked, it seems that this was previously a 'parlour' game in the US.

vermiciousknid
+4
Level 89
Oct 4, 2020
We used to play it on family road trips when I was a kid.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
May 23, 2024
It still raises the question why "vegetable" was chosen in the first place. Why not plant
MiaTheGoose
+5
Level 65
Oct 4, 2020
In short in matters vegetable, animal and mineral, I'm not the very model of a modern major general
jandjandlemur
+4
Level 66
Oct 4, 2020
Please change it to plants.
Jared0309
+2
Level 76
Oct 4, 2020
I got the last one wrong because I was thinking leek and not whelk and realised as I hit submit
NV1
+3
Level 51
Oct 4, 2020
Don't people know about Ptarmigans?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
May 23, 2024
I does not get a lot of references in daily life. And if it does not live in your area either.. Also it does not help if the translations are nothing like the English one. In my language apparently it is sneeuwhoen. If I look at the translations in wiktionary, nearly every language has a different word for it. Unlike blackbird for instance which is mostly a form of merul
AussieAngie
+1
Level 65
Oct 9, 2020
Really enjoyed this one - 100%.
ThisistheJ17
+1
Level 45
Nov 16, 2020
3:21, first try, i guessed on some so i cant believe i did it
almightyjosh
+1
Level 74
Nov 16, 2020
I was delayed by the first one the most. Anthracyte, as hard coal, is most similar to a mineral, but it's made of compressed vegetable matter.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
May 23, 2024
interesting point
Choppy
+1
Level 22
Feb 15, 2021
Im nanotechnology
Hampus
+1
Level 56
Mar 24, 2021
Damn you quince!

I think I was thinking about quail..

QuizBoy786
+1
Level 54
Apr 2, 2021
Nice Quiz!
ShievaAndGolly
+2
Level 56
Apr 28, 2021
Maybe Plant instead of Vegetable...
GalGonso
+1
Level 65
Jan 10, 2022
This is my luckiest quiz ever, 20/20 as a non native speaker and I thought I was going to get 10 or so. ASHDKSFHJKHJK second biggest achievement in my life :)
xtremeyoylecake
+2
Level 44
May 16, 2023
Plant does not equal vegetable. That's what confused me on some questions....especially the Venus fly trap...
TheGreatArturo
+1
Level 79
May 10, 2024
To take one example: a Venus Fly Trap is not an animal; it's not a mineral; that only leaves 'vegetable'. It's only a game - no need to be precious about it. And please don't mention viruses.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
May 23, 2024
Had to guess at stonefly and ptarmigan... got both wrong. Apparently stonefly is rather known? with 75% and beating schist quince auk and whelk which do not seem too hard to me.

Had to think about oryx too btw but got that one right.

In the 2 wrong isn't too bad, now I am gonna look up what a stonefly is called in my language, perhaps it is indeed something superobvious but might just not get a lot of exposure in books/on tv/internet.

Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
May 23, 2024
Btw it would be nice to have a picture show up at the end ( instead of an explanation which would not be of much help). Not sure if it is possible, but would be a great addition!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
May 23, 2024
Ok I looked up stonefly on wiki (on the English page first) and that nymph of the golden stonefly just looks wrong!! haha. I do not have anything against insects (just dont get into my pants or under the covers.) But that thing looks evil haha a very intimidating look.

Well the translation didn't ring any bells. And the animal it self was not very significant looking either. Quite likely I have come across one, but have never heard anyone name one for sure. I saw a related one which I am sure I have seen, because they can be bright green, but would have know the name for that one either. (Green lacewing)

Ptarmigan apparently is a bird \\

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