Trivia Quiz on Australian Fauna

1. What is the smallest species of penguin

A) The Fairy Penguin

B) Emperor penguin

C) Adelie penguin

D) Gentoo penguin

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2. What physical feature gives the platypus it's name

A) Duckbill

B) Broad flat tail

C) Webbed feet

D) Venomous spur

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3. Which bird is known as the laughing jackass

A) African gray parrot

B) Lyrebird

C) Cockatiel

D) The kookaburra

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4. The koala eats the leaves from this tree

A) Eucalyptus

B) Acacia

C) Casuarina

D) Banksia

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5. What is a kookaburra

A) Mammal

B) Reptile

C) Insect

D) Bird

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6. The quokka is a member of which animal family

A) Kangaroo

B) Wombat

C) Possum

D) Wallaby

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7. What is another name for a spiny anteate

A) aardvark

B) platypus

C) Echidna

D) pangolin

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8. Goodfellow's Lumholtz's and Bennett's type of what animal

A) Koala

B) Sloth

C) Tree Kangaroo

D) Tasmanian Devil

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9. What is the young of this animal called: Kangaroo

A) Cub

B) Calf

C) Joey

D) Puggle

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10. What animals are on the Australian coat of arms?

A) Kangaroo and koala

B) Emu and kangaroo

C) Wombat and echidna

D) Kookaburra and dingo

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11. What is another name for a spiny anteater

A) Platypus

B) Aardvark

C) Ant-eater

D) Echidna

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12. The Sydney Olympics had 3 mascots. What type of animals were they?

A) Kookaburra Echidna Platypus

B) Kangaroo Emu Koala

C) Wombat Echidna Kangaroo

D) Koala Kangaroo Platypus

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13. What is a bandy bandy

A) A bird

B) A fish

C) A Snake

D) A mammal

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14. What Colour Is The Australian Swan?

A) Black

B) White

C) Grey

D) Brown

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15. What are the pouched animals called

A) Monotremes

B) Placental mammals

C) Birds

D) Marsupials

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16. A __________ cannot jump if its tail is lifted off the ground. It needs its tail for pushing off.

A) Koala

B) Kangaroo

C) Rabbit

D) Lemur

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17. In the 1980's the Australian Government instigated a vasectomy programme for which wild animal?

A) Dingoes

B) Kookaburra

C) Koala Bear

D) Tasmanian Devil

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18. The thylacine (considered extinct) is more commonly know as the?

A) Tasmanian Devil

B) Australian Lion

C) Dingo

D) Tasmanian Tiger

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19. Some species of earthworms in __________ can measure more than ten feet in length.

A) Australia

B) New Zealand

C) India

D) Brazil

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20. Owing to the sound it makes, what is the alternative name for the Australian bird the Kookaburra?

A) The Laughing Jackass

B) The Chuckling Jackass

C) The Giggling Kingfisher

D) The Laughing Jackdaw

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21. The duckbill platypus of Australia can store up to 600 worms in its large cheek __________

A) Pouches

B) Pockets

C) Sacs

D) Cavities

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22. An unusual feature of the wombats pouch is that it ______.?

A) Faces forwards

B) Is located on the wombat's back

C) Has a zipper-like opening

D) Faces backwards

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23. A Boomer Is The Male Of Which Animal?

A) Horse

B) Bull

C) Ram

D) Kangaroo

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24. What are the pouched animals called?

A) Marsupials

B) Monotremes

C) Placental mammals

D) Artiodactyls

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25. What type of animal is a wallaby

A) Koala

B) Kangaroo

C) Wombat

D) Emu

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26. The __________ is one of the few land animals that does not need water to supplement its food.

A) Camel

B) Koala

C) Kangaroo

D) Sloth

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27. The __________ eats nothing but eucalyptus leaves.

A) Kangaroo

B) Emu

C) Wombat

D) Koala

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