50 Question Animals Quiz

Round 1: Science and Nature - Insects

10 questions about insects.

Communicating by touch, smell and dance, what are studied by hymenopterists and kept by apiarists?

There are four stages in the life cycle of an insect, what is the stage called while it is changing its form inside a cocoon?

Allegedly dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the middle ages, which insect is popular with gardeners because it feeds on aphids?

With types such as Hawkers, Clubtails, Biddies, Emeralds, Darts and Skimmers, which insects have the best eyesight?

An insect's body is split into three sections, these are known as the head, the abdomen, and the what?

What insect family has the most varieties, making up over three quarters of insect classes and having cool names like "Death Watch"?

Lepidopterology is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of the three superfamilies of butterflies and what other insects?

Which type of carnivorous insect is able to turn its head 180 degrees (not 360) and has "religiosa" in its scientific name?

What name is given to the study of insects and their relationship to humans, the environment, and other organisms?

Some claim there is no known language without a word for this creature, in Norwegian it's sommerfugl, in French it's papillon - a what?

Round 2: Science and Nature - Reptiles

10 questions all about reptiles.

What is the largest extant species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 metres (10 ft), and weighing up to approximately 70 kilograms (150 lb)?

What is the method used by some snakes to kill or subdue by pulling prey into their coils or, in the case of very large prey, pulling themselves onto the prey?

What is the oldest living form of reptile, having changed little in over the last 200 million years?

With males growing to a length of up to 6 m (20 ft), what is the largest living reptile known to science?

Which heavy, typically slow-moving lizard, is the only venomous lizard native to the United States?

What name is given to a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians?

Clocked at 21.7 miles per hour, the world's fastest reptile (measured on land) is the spiny tailed what?

Which small lizards, found in warm climates throughout the world, are unique among lizards for their vocalizations, which differ from species to species?

A python species native to South and Southeast Asia, what is the name of the world's longest type of snake?

The name of which type of lizard refers to the underside of the throat of the lizard, which can turn black and puff out?

Round 3: Science and Nature - Birds

10 questions on the subject of birds.

Owing to the sound it makes, 'The Laughing Jackass' is the alternative name for which Australian bird?

Considered the most efficient travelers of all vertebrates on the planet, what seabird is among the largest of flying birds?

The budgerigar, usually nicknamed the budgie, or in American English, the parakeet, is a member of which bird family?

What are the only birds that drop their upper eyelid to blink, and also the only birds which can see the colour blue?

A member of the vulture family, the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement of weight and wingspan is the Andean what?

Sometimes known as the sea parrot, what type of bird would you associate with the Isle of Lundy in the UK?

The only bird that turns its head upside down to eat, what birds usually stand on one leg, with the other being tucked beneath the body?

With an estimated population many times more than that in second, what is the most common bird species in the world?

Birds of prey - the species of birds that primarily hunt and feed on vertebrates that are large relative to the hunter, are also known as what?

Due to them having different beaks, which type of birds helped Darwin solidify his idea of natural selection?

Round 4: Science and Nature - Sea Animals

10 questions on the subject of sea animals.

The heaviest member of the weasel family, what sea creature uses its chest as a table while floating on its back?

Sirenia are the only group of herbivorous mammals to have become completely aquatic, the order comprises manatees and what other mammals?

Which sea creature has a prehensile tail and is unusual in that the males carry the eggs of the females in a pouch until they hatch?

The class Cephalopoda contains squids, cuttlefish, nautiloids, and what other animals?

With the earliest known examples dating back to more than 420 million years ago, what group of fish includes the largest fish in the world?

What term is used to refer to organisms (creatures) that live below the photic zone of the ocean?

Which large marine crustaceans have front pincers which are also biologically considered legs, so they belong in the order Decapods?

Unlike many other whale species, which whales have teeth as opposed to bristles, making them the largest toothed animal to roam the sea?

A flat-bodied, and, like sharks, cartilaginous marine fish, Batoids is a superorder of what fish?

Which fish of the genus of billfish holds the record for the fastest speed of any of Earth's marine animals?

Round 5: Science and Nature - Land Animals

10 questions on the subject of land animals.

Sometimes known as scaly anteaters, eight different species of what can be found across Asia and Africa?

A giant cavy rodent native to South America, with close relatives including guinea pigs, what is the largest living rodent in the world?

What long-fingered lemur, native to Madagascar, is the world's largest nocturnal primate?

What group of arboreal mammals spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of tropical rainforests?

What Australian animal seems to have the bill of a duck, the feet of an otter, and the tail of a beaver?

Found in the jungles of Borneo, what type of monkeys use their enormous noses to attract mates?

What primarily insectivorous, small animals with enormous eyes, are the only extant entirely carnivorous primates?

Endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite striped markings reminiscent of zebras, the okapi is most closely related what animals?

Chevrotains, the smallest hoofed mammals in the world, with the extant species found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, are sometimes called what?

What tiny animal, valued for its pale grey fur, the densest fur of all mammals that live on land, lives high up in the Andes?

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