Thursday 21 June 2012

Animal Quiz - Part 1


Animal Quiz - Part 1


1) Which is the world's leading egg-producing country?

1) China
2) India
3) Japan
4) Malaysia

2) What is the most important part of an egg called?

1) Shell membrane
2) Yolk
3) White
4) Germ

3) Which living bird lays the world's smallest egg?

1) Hornbill
2) Bee Humming Bird
3) Gulls
4) Woodpecker

4) Which living bird lays the world's largest egg?

1) Vulture
2) Owl
3) Ostrich
4) Eagle

5) What are egg laying animals known as?

1) Oviparous
2) Herbivorous
3) Carnivorous
4) Reptiles



6) What is the study of bird eggs called?

1) Zoology
2) Ornithology
3) Oology
4) Ichthyology

7) Which of these animals walks like a camel?

1) Cat
2) Dog
3) Elephant
4) Giraffe

8) What is the gestation period of an African elephant?

1) One year
2) Twenty one months
3) Six months
4) Nine months

9) Which bird's eye are larger than its brain?

1) Eagle
2) Owl
3) Ostrich
4) Parrot

10) Which animal can look two ways at the same time?

1) Chameleon
2) Lizard
3) Snake
4) Tortoise



11) Name the bird that enters a saltwater crocodile’s mouth to pick out the parasites and food particles...?

1) Sparrow
2) Kingfisher
3) Crow
4) Nile plover

12) What is a gecko?

1) Dinosaur
2) Common house lizard
3) Bat
4) Snake

13) Name the bird that migrates from the North Pole to the South Pole and back...?

1) Arctic tern
2) Swallow
3) Crane
4) Penguin

14) Snakes that are active in daytime generally have round pupils. What about snakes that come out at night? They have...?

1) Horizontal pupils
2) No pupils
3) Vertical pupils
4) Round pupils

15) From which animal is the valuable Pashmina wool obtained?

1) Black sheep
2) Deer
3) Ram
4) Himalayan goat



16) Which animal is the main attraction in Assam's Kaziranga National Park?

1) Zebra
2) The one-horned rhinoceros
3) Lion
4) Giraffe

17) Birds maintain a body temperature in the range of...?

1) 40° to 44°C
2) 104°C to 111°C
3) 20°C to 22°C
4) 0°C to 4°C

18) Birds replace their feathers periodically in a process called...?

1) Shedding
2) Migration
3) Preening
4) Molting

19) Contour, or body, feathers provide birds with..?

1) Streamlining
2) Insulation
3) Weatherproofing
4) All of the above

20) Feathers are made up of an insoluble protein called...?

1) Calamus
2) Keratin
3) Down
4) Cartilage

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