QUESTIONS

1. What type of bird is the only one that can fly backwards as well as upside-down?
2. Which city has a unique cat sanctuary which floats on one of the canals?
3. How many lives is a cat said to have?
4. Which animal can turn saltwater into freshwater?
5. What is a Kookaburra?
6. From what country does the Doberman Pinscher originate?
7. The Dodo was an endemic bird from which island?
8. From what country did the Yorkie breed dog originate?
9. The name of which breed of dog literally means ‘badger dog’?
10. Which bird can remember human faces for up to 5 years?
11. How many legs does a Seahorse have?
12. Which of these is not a fish – cod, osprey or perch?
13. A fish breathes through what?
14. A sardine is a young what?
15. What do marine mammals feed their babies on?
16. What is the name for a whale’s layer of fat?
17. Which fish was at the centre of the so-called fishing wars involving Great Britain and Iceland?
18. What colour fur does a baby grey seal have?
19. Caviar is the name given to which fish’s eggs, seen by many as a great delicacy?
20. Nurse and tiger are both types of what?
21. What was the sequel to ‘The Incredible Journey’ called?
22. Which film about rats had a theme song with lyrics by Don Black?
23. Which horse eventually had co-star billing with Gene Autry?
24. Which film was described as ‘Eight Legs. Two Fangs. And an attitude’?
25. What was the Lone Ranger’s horse called?
26. What is the principle lioness called in ‘Born Free’?
27. Which studio made the seven official ‘Lassie’ films?
28. Who wrote the book on which ‘Babe’ was based?
29. What breed of dog features in ‘K-9’?
30. Which creatures contributed to the most successful film of 1993?
31. What type of animal is a booby?
32. Name the world’s first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell
33. True or False? Usain Bolt is faster than a cheetah.
34. Which Progressive Rock Stars released an album entitled ‘featuring Battersea Power Station on the cover?
35. In Finding Nemo, what type of fish is Nemo?
36. Who was the voice of Rocky in the animated film ‘Chicken Run’?
37. Are Mammals warm blooded or cold blooded?
38. Which wild animal is the domesticated dog descended from?
39. Which land mammal has the largest ears?
40. Are crocodiles carnivorous or herbivorous?
41. What type of creature is a Mandrill?
42. The Bandicoot is a marsupial from which Country?
43. What is a young penguin called?
44. What sort of creature is a Tasmanian Devil?
45. Which cord connects the placenta to the embryo in mammals?
46. Which Country has the most Asian Elephants in their natural habitat?
47. Which extinct flightless bird has the Latin name Didus Ineptus?
48. Which weighs the most – African Elephant, Hippopotamus or White Rhinoceros?
49. What can be Persian Long Hair, British Short Hair or Oriental Short Hair?
50. Which word would describe a Wombats diet?
51. Which wild dog of Central and North America is also known as a prairie wolf?
52. Which large American frog can jump up to 6 feet?
53. Which large water bird has a pouch underneath its long bill in which it stores fish?
54. The Sea Elephant is the largest of what type of creature?
55. The peregrine is a type of which bird?
56. What bird is a merganser a type of?
57. What are Salmon called during the first two years of their life?
58. What are the main respiratory organs of fishes and many aquatic animals?
59. What type of creature is a Portuguese man-of-war?
60. Which nocturnal beetle is also known as the ‘glow-worm’ or ‘lightning bug’?
61. The Whale Shark is the largest what?
62. Which fish shares its name with a sports boot?
63. What is the name of the heaviest mammal which lives in the sea?
64. A Mollusc’s body is covered in what?
65. What is a baby whale called?
66. Great White and Hammerhead are types of what?
67. Which one of these creatures has pincers – Dolphin, Lobster or Seal?
68. Which nationality Man O’War is a Sea Creature?
69. The word ‘Octo’ means an Octopus has how many tentacles?
70. Where would you find Plankton?
71. Who or what was Andre in the film of the same name?
72. What sort of Whale was Willie?
73. Which movie saw a creature threatening Amity off the Long Island Resort?
74. What was the sequel to Beethoven called?
75. On whose novel was 101 Dalmatians based?
76. Which creatures predominate in Deep Blue Sea?
77. Which actress founded the Born Free Foundation after appearing in the movie?
78. What sort of Animal was the star of Gus?
79. In which film does Tom Hanks use the help of a dog to solve a murder?
80. Which veteran, and former child star, was one of the voices in the 80s The Fox and the Hound?
81. True or False: The Steller Sea Lion is the World’s largest sea lion?
82. In which Continent would you find the Coachwhip Snake. Asia, North America or Europe?
83. What kind of animal is a Hobby?
84. Where would you find a Fossa. India, Argentina or Madagascar?
85. True or False: The Black Mamba is the largest venomous snake in Africa?
86. The Northern Gannet hunts in association with which aquatic mammal?
87. Which predatory whale is also named the ‘Wolf of the Water’?
88. Which of these birds has been known to attack live sheep: Kestrel, Buzzard or Kea?
89. What kind of animal is a Wolverine?
90. What do Pelicans mostly feed on?
91. The Chipmunk is related to which creature?
92. Where do Sloth’s live?
93. What percentage of all living animals are rodents?
94. Which of the Primates’ senses are the weakest?
95. Which is the most intelligent? Baboon, Chimpanzee or Gorilla?
96. How does a Tiger hunt?
97. The Orangutan in the wild is restricted to Sumatra and where?
98. Who has the most teeth, reptiles, fish or mammals?
99. What is the neck region of a Cobra called?
100. What sort of feet do tortoises have?
101. What was the first Lassie film called?
102. What was the most successful ‘creature’ film of the 1970’s?
103. What was Clint Eastwood’s co-star in ‘Every Ehich Way But Loose’?
104. What breed of dog was Beethoven?
105. Which Country is the setting on ‘Born Free’?
106. Which animal adopts the piglet in ‘Babe’?
107. How many movie versions of ‘Black Beauty’ been made up to 1997?
108. In which decade was the first Lassie film made?
109. White Fang is a cross between which two animals?
110. What is Dorothy’s dog called in The Wizard Of Oz?
111. Where does a Kangaroo keep its young?
112. Which black and white mammal lives in China’s bamboo forests?
113. Where do Koala’s live?
114. How many legs does an adult insect have?
115. What type of creature is a Black Widow?
116. Which animal’s nickname is ‘Ship of the Desert’?
117. Which breed of spaniel shares its name with a king?
118. Which sea creature is known as a Portuguese Man-of-War?
119. What is a female sheep called?
120. What do carnivorous animals live on?
121. Which breed of dog can run the fastest?
122. What colour is a Kingfishers back?
123. Which animal is nicknamed ‘Ship of the Desert’?
124. What is the only bird that can fly backwards?
125. What is the only type of mammal that can fly?
126. Which living bird lays the biggest eggs in the World?
127. In which Country are Emu’s found in their natural habitat?
128. From which animal would you get Mohair?
129. What is the name of Britain’s only venomous reptile?
130. What is the biggest mammal in the World?
131. ‘Toto,’ says Dorothy to her dog in The Wizard Of Oz. ‘I’ve a feeling we’re not in… anymore’ Where weren’t they?
132. In which film does Frank, an alien disguised as a pug, first feature?
133. In the Back to the Future films, after which scientist does Doc Brown name his dog?
134. What are the names of the two parent dogs in the original animated Disney version of One Hundred and One Dalmations?
135. Reservoir Dogs was Quentin Tarrantino’s debut feature film. In which year was it released?
136. Tsunami is another word for what type of wave?
137. Where would a melanoma appear?
138. Which disease in humans has been linked to the cattle disease BSE?
139. What sort of bird is a Merlin?
140. Which part of the body might suffer from labyrinthitis?
141. Which racing creatures live in lofts?
142. What condition is caused by a shortage of haemoglobin?
143. Where is a human’s scapula?
144. What do most shark’s live on?
145. A BCG is a vaccination against which disease?
146. Which land mammal has the largest ears?
147. Which group of animals shares its name with an archbishop?
148. What type of creature is an Aylesbury?
149. What was the first animal to be domesticated?
150. A leveret is a young what?
151. Which farm animal chew the cud?
152. Which bird has the longest migration route?
153. Which is the world’s longest insect?
154. Which part of its body does a snake use to detect noise?
155. What sort of creature is a cisticola?