Trivia Quiz on Animal Behavior

1. What do toads do before mating

A) Sing

B) Croak

C) Dance

D) Hibernate

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2. What is a group of badgers

A) Clan

B) Pack

C) Colony

D) Cete

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3. What is a group of hyenas

A) clan

B) pack

C) horde

D) Cackle

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4. 90% of bird species are what

A) Migratory

B) Flightless

C) Diurnal

D) Monogamous

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5. When is a crepuscular animal active

A) Twilight

B) Dawn

C) Noon

D) Night

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6. What is the opposite of nocturnal

A) Diurnal

B) Crepuscular

C) Matutinal

D) Cathemeral

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7. What is the slowest moving land mammal

A) Koala

B) Armadillo

C) Sloth

D) Opossum

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8. What breed of dog bites the most humans

A) German Shepherd – Alsatian

B) Labrador Retriever

C) Beagle

D) Dachshund

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9. What is a group of this animal called: Wolf

A) Flock

B) Pack route

C) Pride

D) Shoal

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10. What is a group of goats

A) Herd

B) Band

C) Tribe

D) Trip

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11. After sex what does the female marine bristleworm do

A) Grooms its partner for next spawning

B) Dies after mating

C) Releases eggs into the water for external fertilization

D) Hatches a brood of planktonic larvae from a cocoon

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12. What do rabbits love

A) Carrots

B) Lettuce

C) Licorice

D) Apples

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13. What common 4 legged animals never walk or trot

A) Rabbits

B) Dogs

C) Cats

D) Horses

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14. What term is applied to animals or plants that are not nocturnal

A) Crepuscular

B) Cathemeral

C) Diurnal

D) Nocturnal

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15. What can't roosters do if they can't fully extend their necks

A) Crow

B) Eat

C) Sleep

D) Run

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16. What is a nidologist interested in

A) Bird songs

B) Birds nests

C) Insect nests

D) Tree rings

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17. What is a collection of penguins known as

A) Rookery

B) Flotilla

C) Gaggle

D) Raft

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18. What is a community of ants called

A) Nest

B) Ant hill

C) Colony

D) Hive

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19. What's a family group of lions called

A) Pack

B) Troop

C) Colony

D) Pride

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20. A ________ can eat only when its head is upside down

A) Giraffe

B) Sloth

C) Bat

D) Flamingo

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21. What does a racoon do before eating its food

A) Washes it in water

B) Buries it for later

C) Gives it a sniff and tests it with its teeth

D) Rubs it on rocks to clean it

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22. Vampire bats prefer to bite what part of a sleeping person

A) Ankle

B) Toe

C) Ear

D) Finger

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23. Which creatures communicate by touch, smell and dance

A) Ants

B) Bees

C) Dolphins

D) Butterflies

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24. Chinchillas bathe in what seemingly paradoxic substance?

A) Dust

B) Water

C) Oil

D) Soap

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25. What is a group of penguins

A) Colony

B) Gaggle

C) Flock

D) Pod

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26. Which animal eats wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music

A) Termite

B) Carpenter ant

C) Woodworm

D) Beaver

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27. What is a group of this animal called: Crocodile

A) Float

B) Bask

C) Colony

D) Troop

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28. What do chickens do during a total solar eclipse

A) They crow loudly at the sun

B) Sleep

C) They lay eggs

D) They wander around in circles, confused

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29. When do diurnal animals sleep

A) During the day

B) In the evening

C) Night time

D) Only during winter

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30. What is a group of leopards

A) A Pride

B) A Colony

C) A Sleuth

D) Leap

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31. What is a group of this animal called: Swine

A) Herd of swine

B) Sounder drift

C) A drove of swine

D) A litter of swine

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32. What is a group of wolves

A) Pack

B) Pride

C) Horde

D) Litter

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33. What is a group of this animal called: Lion

A) Pack

B) Herd

C) Colony

D) Pride

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34. A group of pigs is called a

A) Herd

B) Sounder

C) Litter

D) Drift

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35. What is a group of bees

A) hive

B) colony

C) Swarm

D) gaggle

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36. What is a group of squirrels

A) scurry

B) Dray

C) colony

D) troop

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37. What is a group of this animal called: Badger

A) Cete

B) Pack

C) Clan

D) Colony

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38. What is a group of this animal called: Dog

A) Litter

B) Pack

C) Herd

D) Pride

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39. Which male mammals have the highest rate of homosexuality

A) Dolphins

B) Rams

C) Chimpanzees

D) Bats

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40. What is a group of this animal called: Cub

A) Pride

B) Litter

C) Pack

D) Herd

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41. Dogs bark. What do donkeys do

A) Whinny

B) Bleat

C) Bray

D) Neigh

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42. What lives in a formicary?

A) Ants

B) Bees

C) Termites

D) Wasps

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43. Very unusual for carnivores, hyena clans are dominated by __________

A) Males

B) Females

C) Elders

D) Cub groups

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44. __________ can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground.

A) Cats

B) Monkeys

C) Squirrels

D) Raccoons

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45. Just like people, mother __________ often develop lifelong relationships with their offspring.

A) Elephants

B) Dolphins

C) Chimpanzees

D) Bears

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46. Expressing recognition rather than love, Utah __________ exchange "kisses." By the touching of incisor teeth, they quickly confirm the identity of group members.

A) Meerkats

B) Chipmunks

C) Groundhogs

D) Prairie dogs

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47. Birds do not sing because they are happy. It is a __________

A) alarm signaling

B) courtship display

C) mating ritual

D) Territorial behavior

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48. What Apparently Inappropriate Name Is Used For A Gathering & A Breeding Place For Seals

A) Colony

B) Haul-out

C) Rookery

D) Nursery

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49. Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about __________

A) 20

B) 10

C) 50

D) 100

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50. Because birds carrying messages were often killed in flight by hawks, medieval Arabs made a habit of sending important messages __________

A) Twice

B) On two occasions

C) In duplicate

D) With two couriers

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