Trivia Quiz on African Fauna

1. A "cameleopard" is an archaic term for what animal

A) Camel

B) Giraffe

C) Leopard

D) Zebra

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2. What is an aasvogel

A) A vulture

B) A type of eagle

C) A kind of hawk

D) A species of stork

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3. As what is a giraffe also known

A) Camelopard

B) Okapi

C) Camelopardalis

D) Longneck

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4. Which bird is famous for its ability to walk long distances and for killing snakes by stamping on them with its huge feet?

A) Ostrich

B) Emu

C) Cassowary

D) Secretary Bird

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5. This large mammal that is called a " loxodonta africana ",and is also known as the (_____)

A) African elephant

B) Asian elephant

C) African buffalo

D) White rhinoceros

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6. Which brand of sportswear takes its nape from a South African gazelle

A) Puma

B) Adidas

C) Reebok

D) Nike

E) Under Armour

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7. Give another name for the Gnu

A) Blue wildebeest

B) Wldebeest

C) Buffalo

D) Warthog

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8. The closest living relative of this African mammal is the giraffe.

A) Gorilla

B) Zebra

C) Hippopotamus

D) Okapi

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9. What Can Be African, Chinstrap, King Or Emperor?

A) Lions

B) Elephants

C) Seals

D) Penguins

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10. Thinking that its parents were a camel and a leopard, the Europeans once called the animal a "camelopard." Today, it is called the __________

A) Okapi

B) Camel

C) Giraffe

D) Antelope

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11. The giant African __________ grows to a foot long and reaches weights greater than a pound.

A) Slug

B) Tortoise

C) Snail

D) Gorilla

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12. The __________ eagle, swooping at better than 100 miles per hour, can brake to a halt in 20 feet.

A) African

B) Bald

C) Golden

D) Harpy

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13. Zebus are humped cattle found in India, China, and northern Africa. Zebubs are tsetse_like flies found in __________

A) Ethiopia

B) Kenya

C) Somalia

D) Egypt

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