Animals of Australia Quiz

Question 1

What type of animal is a kangaroo?

Accepted Answer

A marsupial

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A rodent

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A placental mammal

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A monotreme

Question 2

What does a koala eat?

Accepted Answer

Eucalyptus (gum) leaves almost exclusively

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Grass and roots

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Fruit and berries

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Bark and wood

Question 3

The platypus is one of very few mammals to have which extraordinary ability?

Accepted Answer

It can lay eggs

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It can fly short distances

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It can breathe underwater

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It can regrow lost limbs

Question 4

What is the world's largest marsupial?

Accepted Answer

Red kangaroo

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Wombat

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Tasmanian devil

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Koala

Question 5

Which Australian animal is the world's most venomous spider?

Accepted Answer

Sydney funnel-web spider

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Redback spider

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Huntsman spider

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Wolf spider

Question 6

What is unique about the Tasmanian devil today compared to mainland Australia?

Accepted Answer

It lives only on the island of Tasmania and is extinct on mainland Australia

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It is the only carnivorous marsupial

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It is the world's smallest carnivore

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It has no natural predators anywhere

Question 7

The emu is Australia's largest bird. What is remarkable about the male emu?

Accepted Answer

The male incubates the eggs and raises the chicks alone

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It can fly despite being very large

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It runs faster than a horse

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It never drinks water

Question 8

What is a 'joey'?

Accepted Answer

Any baby marsupial

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A young kangaroo

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Specifically a young koala

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A young wombat

Question 9

Which Australian animal is nocturnal, has a long sticky tongue for eating ants, and rolls into a ball when threatened?

Accepted Answer

Short-beaked echidna

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Wombat

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Bandicoot

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Quoll

Question 10

Which Australian snake is considered the most venomous land snake in the world?

Accepted Answer

Inland taipan

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Tiger snake

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Taipan

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Eastern brown snake

Question 11

What do wombats produce that makes them unique among all animals?

Accepted Answer

They produce cube-shaped droppings

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They produce the world's strongest natural adhesive

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They produce milk that can last weeks without refrigeration

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They produce a sound too low for humans to hear

Question 12

The kookaburra is an Australian bird known for what distinctive sound?

Accepted Answer

A loud call that sounds like human laughter

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A melodic song at dawn

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A screaming alarm call

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A deep booming call that carries for miles

Question 13

What is Australia's wild dog called?

Accepted Answer

Dingo

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Quoll

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Thylacine

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Numbat

Question 14

The thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) was Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial. What happened to it?

Accepted Answer

It went extinct in 1936 when the last known individual died in Hobart Zoo

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It is still alive in remote Tasmanian wilderness

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It was relocated to zoos worldwide where it still lives

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It became extinct during the ice age

Question 15

Which lizard found in Australian deserts can collect water through its bumpy skin?

Accepted Answer

Thorny devil

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Blue-tongued skink

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Frilled-neck lizard

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Perentie monitor

Question 16

How does the frilled-neck lizard defend itself?

Accepted Answer

It puffs up a large frill of skin around its neck, hisses, and runs on its hind legs

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It sprays venom at attackers

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It bites with powerful crushing jaws

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It plays dead convincingly

Question 17

Which Australian sea creature can kill a human within minutes and is considered the world's most venomous marine animal?

Accepted Answer

Box jellyfish

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Great white shark

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Saltwater crocodile

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Stonefish

Question 18

What is the cassowary and why is it considered dangerous?

Accepted Answer

A large flightless bird with a bony casque on its head and powerful legs with dagger-like claws

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A venomous lizard that sprays toxins from its throat

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A crocodilian found in northern Australian rivers

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A large spider with powerful venom

Question 19

The quokka is often called the 'world's happiest animal'. What is a quokka?

Accepted Answer

A type of wallaby native to small islands off Western Australia

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A small arboreal possum

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A type of Australian bandicoot

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A small wild dog

Question 20

What percentage of Australia's reptiles, mammals, frogs, and flowering plants are found nowhere else on Earth?

Accepted Answer

About 80%

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About 10%

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About 30%

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About 50%