Animal Kingdom Quiz: questions and answers
Study every question with its correct answer and explanation.
1. What is the fastest land animal?
- A. Lion
- B. Cheetah
- C. Horse
- D. Greyhound
Answer: Cheetah
A cheetah can sprint at around 100 km/h, but only in short bursts of a few hundred metres.
2. What is the largest animal alive today?
- A. African elephant
- B. Whale shark
- C. Giraffe
- D. Blue whale
Answer: Blue whale
The blue whale can grow to around 30 metres long and is believed to be the largest animal that has ever lived.
3. Which animal is the national animal of both Bangladesh and India?
- A. Royal Bengal tiger
- B. Asian elephant
- C. Asiatic lion
- D. Peacock
Answer: Royal Bengal tiger
The Royal Bengal tiger's most famous home, the Sundarbans, is the world's largest mangrove forest and is shared by Bangladesh and India.
4. How many hearts does an octopus have?
- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 8
Answer: 3
An octopus has three hearts — two pump blood through the gills and one pumps it to the rest of the body — and its blood is blue!
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5. Which is the only mammal capable of true, flapping flight?
- A. Flying squirrel
- B. Bat
- C. Flying fish
- D. Penguin
Answer: Bat
Bats truly fly by flapping their wing membranes, while flying squirrels can only glide from tree to tree.
6. Which is the tallest animal in the world?
- A. Giraffe
- B. African elephant
- C. Camel
- D. Horse
Answer: Giraffe
A giraffe can stand over 5 metres tall, yet its long neck has only seven vertebrae — the same number as a human's.
7. Which is the largest bird in the world?
- A. Emu
- B. Ostrich
- C. Albatross
- D. Andean condor
Answer: Ostrich
The ostrich cannot fly, but it lays the largest eggs of any living bird and can run at about 70 km/h.
8. In English, what is a group of lions called?
- A. Pack
- B. Herd
- C. Pride
- D. Flock
Answer: Pride
Lions are the most social of the big cats; a pride is usually made up of related females, their cubs and a few males.
9. How many legs does a spider have?
- A. 4
- B. 6
- C. 8
- D. 10
Answer: 8
Spiders have eight legs because they are arachnids, not insects — adult insects always have six legs.
10. What makes up almost all of a giant panda's diet?
- A. Fish
- B. Eucalyptus leaves
- C. Fruit
- D. Bamboo
Answer: Bamboo
Bamboo makes up about 99% of a giant panda's diet, and pandas spend more than half the day eating.