Curious Animal Facts Quiz

Question 1

Which animal has the largest brain relative to its body size?

Accepted Answer

Human

Answer

Dolphin

Answer

Elephant

Answer

Ant

Question 2

How many legs does a spider have?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

6

Answer

10

Answer

12

Question 3

What is the only mammal capable of true powered flight?

Accepted Answer

Bat

Answer

Flying squirrel

Answer

Sugar glider

Answer

Flying lemur

Question 4

What is a group of flamingos called?

Accepted Answer

A flamboyance

Answer

A flock

Answer

A murder

Answer

A colony

Question 5

Which animal has fingerprints almost identical to human fingerprints?

Accepted Answer

Koala

Answer

Chimpanzee

Answer

Gorilla

Answer

Giant panda

Question 6

How many hearts does an octopus have?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

4

Question 7

What makes the platypus unique among mammals?

Accepted Answer

It is one of only five species of monotremes — egg-laying mammals

Answer

It can breathe underwater

Answer

It has no skeleton

Answer

It can change its body temperature to match the environment

Question 8

How do sea otters prevent themselves from drifting apart while sleeping?

Accepted Answer

They hold hands (paws)

Answer

They anchor to rocks with their feet

Answer

They wrap themselves in kelp

Answer

They sleep on the shore

Question 9

Which animal never sleeps at all?

Accepted Answer

Bullfrogs

Answer

Sharks

Answer

Dolphins

Answer

Great white sharks

Question 10

What is the fastest bird in level flight?

Accepted Answer

Common swift

Answer

Peregrine falcon

Answer

Golden eagle

Answer

Arctic tern

Question 11

How long can a snail sleep?

Accepted Answer

Up to three years

Answer

One week

Answer

One month

Answer

Six months

Question 12

What is unique about the way a shrimp's heart is positioned?

Accepted Answer

Its heart is in its head

Answer

It has no heart

Answer

Its heart is on its back

Answer

It has two hearts, one in each claw

Question 13

Which animal produces the loudest sound of any living creature?

Accepted Answer

Sperm whale

Answer

African elephant

Answer

Blue whale

Answer

Howler monkey

Question 14

What colour is a polar bear's skin?

Accepted Answer

Black

Answer

White

Answer

Pink

Answer

Grey

Question 15

Which is the only bird known to fly backwards regularly?

Accepted Answer

Hummingbird

Answer

Swallow

Answer

Kingfisher

Answer

Swift

Question 16

What is the largest land animal alive today?

Accepted Answer

African bush elephant

Answer

White rhinoceros

Answer

Hippopotamus

Answer

Giraffe

Question 17

How many eyes does a scallop have?

Accepted Answer

Up to 200

Answer

2

Answer

10

Answer

None — it's blind

Question 18

What do butterflies use to taste food?

Accepted Answer

Their feet (tarsi)

Answer

Their antennae

Answer

Their proboscis

Answer

Their wings

Question 19

What is the gestation period of an elephant?

Accepted Answer

22 months

Answer

9 months

Answer

12 months

Answer

18 months

Question 20

Which animal has the most powerful bite of any living creature?

Accepted Answer

Saltwater crocodile

Answer

Great white shark

Answer

Hippopotamus

Answer

Nile crocodile