If you think an animal quiz is boring, let me disagree with you. Sure, if you are not a zoology enthusiast, a standard school test might not be something you get excited about. But what I mean is fun animal trivia, with information that is either very funny or so unimaginable that it will blow your mind. And this can include both wildlife and pet trivia.
Animal trivia for kids is a nice way to not only help them study the subject but also introduce them to the breathtaking beauty of the animal world. It is true that the more we know and understand, the more we care about something. That’s why teaching kids about animals through fun quizzes can be very important.
But trivia questions about animals are not only for children. They can become a fun game at a party, during a long-distance car ride, or even if you are just reading them by yourself. Learning that a group of resting otters is called a raft, while a group of ferrets is called a business can really add some much-needed cheer to your day and make you smile.
If you are organizing a game, the animal quiz questions can vary in topic, can focus on just one group of animals or include a broader selection, and can be of different levels of difficulty. To give you a hand, we collected a lot of questions about animals that are both fun to read and can be used for a quiz. Tell us in the comments: What was something new that you learned from these questions?
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What causes a pig’s tail to curl?
Really? I love piggies but I had no idea! That’s so cute lol
Load More Replies...How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?
What animal has stripes on its skin as well as its fur?
What color is the blood of an octopus?
Which bear is known to have a bite strong enough to break a bowling ball?
What is the smallest mammal in the world?
Opens new tab, searches bumblebee bat images - found this: "Smallest mammal in the world: Kitti’s hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) 30 millimeters long" on https://safarisafricana.com/smallest-mammals-in-the-world/
In order to survive winter, which animal is known to breathe through its butt?
Where is the only place on their body dogs have sweat glands?
"Furry-toes" also known as "that corn chip smell" is actually a fungal infection that has taken root in the fur between the pads. Switching your dog to a grain free food can help, but sometimes it requires antifungal shampoo to completely clear the issue. Please consult a vet for further info. I've just had a few dogs with this issue.
Load More Replies...What color is a polar bear’s hair?
Answer: Clear, though it appears white because it’s hollow and reflects light.
Which has the thickest fur of any mammal?
I think it is, chinchillas can’t get wet because they will either freeze or have fungi in their fur
Load More Replies...What color is a hippo’s sweat?
Why :Within a few minutes of perspiration, the colourless, viscous sweat of the hippopotamus gradually turns red, and then brown as the pigment polymerizes.
Hippopotamuses "sweat" comprises a red and an orange pigment. A study in Nature (2004) found that the orange pigment absorbed UV rays and the red pigment contained an antibiotic. The two pigments work together to protect them from sun damage and bacterial infections.
Where are the only two places in the world where lions live in the wild?
I love how the restriction of the largest continent plus a large Asian country is supposed to sound impressive.
How far away can a wolf smell its prey?
How many hearts does an octopus have?
What is a male duck called?
I like how it says 'Drake', not 'A Drake', just 'Drake'. It's like all male ducks have the name Drake XD
What is the deadliest creature in the world?
That’s bc just from malaria they kill about 2mill per yr. They can also cause many other diseases like Dengue,…
What animal can only eat when its head is upside down?
Weird as it is, humans can too! One of the reasons its safe for us to space travel in low gravity is tha we can swallow while upside down. Crazy!
But we also can eat in "normal" orientation. But Flamingos can "ONLY" upside down.
Load More Replies...To be fair whilst they can eat with their heads upside down, often they don't. Usually it's head isn't upside down any more than any other animal or bird which reaches down to ground level to eat. The anatomy of the flamingo means it's upper beak curves right round underneath its lower beak. This enables it to filter food. The upper beak, like the flamingo's legs, are able to withstand the super-alkaline conditions in which it feeds, which would otherwise burn it. The smaller lower beak does not have this inbuilt resilience.
Given the amount of times you've commented, you give off the "well actually" vibe.
Load More Replies...What is a polar bear’s skin color?
Which bird is known to have waterproof feathers?
Hence, the saying “let it roll off you like water on a ducks back.”
Not all birds have waterproof feathers although any can make them waterproof. I found this short and really informative article online: https://www.birdrescue.org/clearing-up-misconceptions-about-feather-waterproofing/
What shape do the tails of mating dragonflies make?
🤔Actually, I recently took Several photos of Dragonflies mating and NOT ONE PAIR made the Heart shape. 🤨 But I still love them🥰
What is a group of lions called?
What type of farm animal can sunburn?
Any animal that has white fur/hair that is exposed to strong sunlight. We have cattle that get sunburn. Cats and dogs will get it too. Especially down here in the South Pacific.
I was gonna say a lot of them can I used to have goats and I think like Sharon said about loss of pigment on fur. Mostly white animals like horse and goats I think on like areas that have really thin fur. I could be wrong though
What male sea creature gives birth to its young?
Sometimes they take the name of their babies literally and eat some of the fry 😳
What color are flamingos when they’re born?
Isn't that why keeping flamingos at zoos is real expensive cause of all the shrimp they need to eat to maintain that color? Either that or they feed them a special diet that isn't shrimp.
Load More Replies...Which animal has the strongest sense of smell?
That seems odd considering a wolf can smell its prey 2 miles away (stated above).
Not necessarily. The strength of senses like smell, sight, and hearing isn't just measured by distance but also clarity and complexity. I have an extremely overdeveloped sense of smell. One might reasonably call it a superpower. While I can smell odors across long distances (for example I live 7 miles from the beach and know when it's low tide and can detect brush fires in the Pine Barren region 30 miles away), I notice it more when I smell an odor that nobody else does. If I'm in the car with you, I know if you've showered because - and this is much grosser for me than for anyone reading - I can smell scalp oil and genitals in small spaces. I can smell when my dog is getting an ear infection from across the apartment. This morning, the heat kicked on and I smelled it before I heard or felt it. I know what brand of soap, hair care, and laundry detergent you use. If I enter your house, I know what you had for dinner last night. And so on. And the odors are STRONG and VIVID.
Load More Replies...What is the most endangered bird in the world?
If you don't know about the kakapo please Google it. They are giant idiots and look like really fat green coconuts with beaks. They are flightless and had no natural predators until New Zealand was invaded... I mean colonized... I mean... Uh "founded" by white folk and they started cutting down forests and brought over cats. I love them so much. They're so stupid and fluffy.
Your use of stupid made me laugh and reminds me of my daughter. She will hug and kiss our dogs and in the most lovingly and supportive voice says "oh I love you so much lil stupid."
Load More Replies...They really BIG Flightless Parrots that look like a Drunken Homer Simpson in a Parrot Suit covered in Green fluffy Feathers 🤪😝😁
What is the only big cat that doesn’t roar?
Mountain lions can't too. They can't roar, but they can scream. Think overgrown housecat.
Those things can chirp. Like actually chirp. I was watching a video with it in it and my birds started chirping back-
Cheetahs are not Big Cats because they can't roar. They are cats that are large in size but are not classified as Big Cats.
Cheetahs aren't big cats. Lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars are the only big cats.
What percentage of their lives do cats spend sleeping?
What animal squirts blood from its eyes as a defensive mechanism?
Which animal has a sense of hearing about four times as sensitive as humans?
Is coral a plant or an animal?
Ehhhh. I could be wrong but I remember hearing that it's just an animal. Well, animalS. Coral is a group of tiny animals that live very, *very* close together.
Yeah,,some of these "facts" are not factual.
Load More Replies...Coral is an animal. It lives in a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic organizisms that can make their own food using sunlight as an energy source which is why some people think it's a plant. It's not a plant.
Nope.. what we know as 'coral' is actually the exoskeleton of colonial polyps. Polyps are animals, and furthermore, they are just a larval phase of a jellyfish. Jellyfishes are the sexual-reproductive-phase of a hole gruop of animals known as Cnidaria, characterized by its radial symmetry and a type of stinging cells called cnidocytes
What is the only type of animal that has the ability to live forever?
Only a specific specie of jellyfish but yeah, it's true. They don't just age forever though, they actually un-age, their cells go back to a previous state and end up in a baby state. So if humans had that, we would just go back to being babies when we're too old. I think it's even more impressive than just aging forever !
They are called the immortal jellyfish incase someone is wondering.
Load More Replies...Butterflies use which part of their body to taste?
Which bird’s eye is bigger than its brain?
How many facial expressions can a horse make?
What do humpback whales use to attract prey?
How : Humpback whales filter-feed on small crustaceans (mostly krill) and small fish. They use several techniques to help them herd, corral, and disorient prey and that can include using bubbles, sounds, the seafloor, and even their pectoral fins.
Oh wait I think I remember an Octonauts episode where they showed herding!
Load More Replies...Google video of drone flights over whale feeding. The patterns the whales make in the water is super cool
What is the tallest animal in the world?
What do you call a female deer?
How many legs does a scorpion have?
What is a group of cats called?
A kindle of kittens. A glaring of cats too - especially when a dog shows up!
And stray/feral cats have been observed not hunting for "fun" as once believed. But when living amongst a clowder, the healthy cats will go hunting for the young/old/sick/injured cats in the group. They're not solitary creatures, house cats were bred as companion animals, and they take care of each other when in a colony(clowder).
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
How much : an adult giraffe's blood pressure can reach 300/180 millimeters, according to zoologists. That's roughly twice that of an adult human. But that's only near their hearts. In their heads, a giraffe's blood pressure remains about equal to a human's.
That's what I was wondering - their bp would have to be pretty high to get blood up to their eir heads.
Load More Replies...I always thought "This comment has been deleted." meant someone had broken the rules. I was horrified! What did I say? Answer: nothing. I just changed my mind and deleted it myself. Am I the only person not to know this?
What creature has a tongue that can measure the length of its body?
Does it use centimeters or inches? Or does it centimeter along the ground?
What is a group of parrots called?
What animal loves to munch on bamboo?
Even though they're quite lazy and nerf themselves by eating nothing but bamboo, they're still bears
I thought sloths also ate bamboo, but I was mistaking. However, there are still plenty of other animals that eat bamboo. The Chimpanzee, bamboo Lemur, Mountain Gorilla, Elephant, Golden Monkey and the Bamboo Rat.
What is a baby fox called?
What is a baby hedgehog called?
What part of a fish can be found in lipsticks, nail polishes and mascara?
Buy vegan and cruelty free (preferably Leaping Bunny certified) beauty products! NYX and E.L.F are 2 affordable brands with many options so don't tell me it's too expensive.
Dunno why you were down voted. I mean, the last part of that last sentence sounds a little rude but overall you have a good point. Surely we've progressed far enough in cosmetic science to create a profitable alternative to fish scales.
Load More Replies...What is the closest living relative to the T-rex?
Whenever I look closely at my parakeets, I can totally see how birds are related to dinosaurs. And yet we still shrinkwrap skin onto the skeletons with hardly any, if any feathers.
They are finally starting to get out of that. It’s not scientists being dumb it’s them going by what little information they have of them. The more that’s discovered and researched the more they learn
Load More Replies...What do you call a group of crows?
I was once chased by a herd of cows - they were so fast! I knew I couldn't reach the edge of the field so I climbed up onto this huge concrete block in the middle of the field and waited for them to leave (took half an hour). When I was up there, wondering why there was a huge concrete block in a field, I found a plaque with a notification - words to the effect of: DANGER: Contains ANTHRAX. Not to be opened until (date in the distant future). Sadly I don't recall the date. This happened in the 80s.
Load More Replies...Which undersea creatures are known for making electricity?
Wow. Didn't know about the catfish, but I saw some in France once walking overland from one part of the river to another river 'pool'.
Catfish are known for "walking" from 1 source of water to another for various reasons: hunting (yes, catfish hunt on land), mating, escaping predators, etc...
Load More Replies..."Sea" might be a misnomer, electric eels and catfish are fresh water denizens.
Do flying fish really fly?
They will totally dip their tail in the water and boost themselves for more glide time. That's basically powered flight.
Which large mammal has a tail so strong it can stand on it and lift its hind legs off the ground?
What is a group of badgers called?
Why are flamingos pink?
How many flowers do honey bees have to visit to produce one pound of honey?
Which animal is known for spending 90 percent of its day sleeping?
My cat wants to have nap-off to prove it sleeps more than that. What do you say Mr Koala?
How long is an elephant pregnant before it gives birth?
And male elephants are *real* aggressive cause of this. A lot of competition
How many types of calls do gorillas have?
And only two of them involve asking about your car's extended warranty...
One of them has to be asking us if we have a minute to hear about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Load More Replies...Not anymore! It has recently been reported that Gorillas (in captivity) have developed New Sounds (calls) in order to Communicate with Zoo Keepers - In Addition to the already known 16.
How long does it take a baby orangutan to wean in the wild?
Where do sea otters store extra food on their bodies?
To any musty @ss teen that sees this, it might seem useful but don't try it, please 🤣
Though typically, this is where they store their special stone. The one that their mate gave them. It's so flipping adorable...
What type of fish mate for life?
What are the only two mammals that lay eggs?
It's the platypus and echidna .... Both Aussie legends only monotremes type of mammals
Which animal has rectangular pupils?
Which sea creature can be broken into five pieces and still survive?
The fact that humans tested this just for the purpose of testing it... kinda dark when you think about it.
How do honeybees communicate to one another that they’ve found the best pollen?
Lemurs are only native to which country?
Which animal’s poop is known to take the shape of cubes?
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a…?
And...Did you know that a Female Kangaroo can have up to 5 separate pregnancies at once!? She can even decide when she is ready the have her babies! This is due to Australia's unique environment, especially the interior of Australia. She has evolved this way because it Depends on the amount of available Food and Water.
It's not five, it's three. And it's not pregnancies, it's joeys who are either out of the pouch, still in the pouch, or currently gestating. But yes. Female kangaroos are capable of all three concurrently. What you described about her deciding when she is ready to have another one is called "embryonic diapause", which is a hormonal response to environmental factors that places the currently gestating joey into a state of arrested development, temporarily halting its growth until or unless the mother decides to continue gestating it. She also produces two different types of milk - one for the joey inside the pouch and one for the joey outside, as they have dramatically different nutritional requirements. Female kangaroos are wildly fascinating animals!!!
Load More Replies...That's because they continue developing in the pouch. It's like a second pregnancy.
What mammal has the most powerful bite?
How much: Hippopotamus bite force measures 12 600 kPa. By comparison, a lion's bite force is only 4500 kPa. The hippopotamus, with his ferocious jaw force, unique mouth size and sharp teeth, can easily bisect a human body in a single bite
If you only knew how many people they send to the morgue...😳
Load More Replies...How many teeth can a crocodile have over its lifetime?
What about sharks? They are always loosing teeth and getting them back
Which sea creature can change its gender?
Where on the body are a crab’s taste buds?
Which animal baby can gain up to 250 pounds per day?
What is a female donkey called?
A group of Karens is called a privilege...or should be 😅🤣😂😁
Load More Replies...How many heart chambers does a cockroach have?
Which animal in a pride does the majority of the hunting?
My sister didn't like The Lion King because the lionesses did the killing and Scar killed his brother to become king. I said "So you're okay with a monkey showing a cub to all the animals, a lion having out with a hyena and meerkat, singing and dancing animals, but you're having problems with the two parts that are actually accurate?"
Gosh! You just totally wrecked her bubble 😂 meanie 🤣
Load More Replies...Technically, Phryne is correct. Scar is a Lion and he hung out with hyenas.
... even though Lions and Hyenas HATE each other
Load More Replies...What do you call the underside of a horse’s hoof?
The frog is the raised V on the underside of the hoof, not the entire underside of the hoof.
Unsettling Fact: To protect the mother horse while giving birth, foals' hooves have this gross papillae looking stuff on them. Iirc, soon after it's born, it dries and falls off but it's still unsettling.
How far can a skunk's spray reach?
Which animal does the nickname "sea cow" belong to?
Which whale has a tusk?
I also hear they cause quite a commotion, what with the fighting polar bears, saving folks from Cthulhu, and whatnot.
What is a baby shark called?
Which sea creatures are known to hold a natural pearl?
Which birds are known to be the only birds that can fly backward?
What percent of the methane in Earth’s atmosphere is produced by cows?
I believe that. I'm surprised it isn't higher. I grew up in farm country and grew up between two dairy farms and a chicken farm. Truly, delightful fragrances of nature come fertilizing season. 🙄
Which animal species are known to have the largest eyes in the world?
Belted Galloway and Belgian Blue are breeds of which animal?
But buffalo, yaks and bison are also referred to as cattle. And in the early 1800s, horses were often called cattle.
Load More Replies...How many species of sea urchin are there?
What is thought to be the oldest breed of dog?
Which aquatic animal is the most poisonous in the world?
Poisonous, not venomous. Box jellies and blue ringed octopuses are both extremely venomous, but eating one wouldn't hurt you. A pufferfish doesn't have a whole lot of ability to cause you harm unless you eat it.
Load More Replies...Certain species of jellyfish, Blue Ringed Octopus, SEA SNAIL/SLUG, etc...
How much do baby pandas weigh when they're born?
What are male honey bees called?
How long does it take a hen to produce an egg?
My father has a pet chicken called Rosie. She thinks she’s a dog. When she lays her eggs she gets up and starts squawking to tell the whole world about her accomplishment. It’s entertaining as hell. 😃
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
People from which country brought domestic cats to the United States?
Um, Vikings perhaps? The Maine C**n Cat was already here when the Pilgrims arrived...
What does a male penguin often gift its female counterpart to win her over?
What are a rhino's horns made out of?
Just because hair is also made of keratin doesn't mean the horn is made of hair. That would be like saying a stone wall is made out of mountains.
What kind of animal uses its skin to breathe?
What animal produces mohair?
What is the fastest sea animal?
What is a group of camels called?
Which aquatic mammal has the most extended lifespan?
And fish - the Greenland shark has been estimated to live up to 500 years!
What animal lays the largest egg?
What animals have teeth that never stop growing?
What’s the sole food source for koala bears?
What is a group of hedgehogs called?
Which animal jokingly has nine lives?
Meanwhile a cockroach APPARENTLY has 13 heart chambers so really it's the thing we should have been talking about this whole time. No wonder it seems like they don't die... you have to kill it 13 times to stop it. 😳
How big is the wingspan of the wandering albatross, the world's biggest seabird?
Which animals make their homes out of empty seashells?
What is the smartest farm animal?
How many feathers are there in a peacock’s tail?
Which mountain range is home to the snow leopard?
What do pigs do to stay cool and prevent sunburn due to their lack of sweat glands?
The age of a lion can be determined by its…?
That's a common misconception. It's not widely known, but a lion's age is actually determined by how long it's been alive.
What four common species of animals die soon after giving birth?
What are 12 or more cows called?
"Why are 12 cows called a Flink? The only “flink” listed by reputable dictionaries is “flink” as a 19th century US rural dialect verb meaning, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), “to behave in a cowardly manner,” and the word itself is probably simply a variant of “flinch.” The “cow” in “cowardly” is as close as “flink” gets to livestock" taken from www.word-detective.com
Which bird is considered the fastest?
What color is a giraffe’s tongue?
How many toes do sheep have on each foot?
Which bird symbolizes the strength and freedom of America?
How many legs does a spider have?
What is the largest animal in the world?
What is a mass of jellyfish floating together known as?
How do fish breathe underwater?
What does a snake use to taste and smell?
Where are a cricket’s ears located?
What’s the loudest insect in the world?
Which crustacean can growl when intimidating its enemies?
Which bird is a symbol for peace?
What do monkeys have that apes don't?
Which fishes blow themselves up like balloons?
What is a pack of baby cubs called?
Aren't cubs babies? D'you mean baby cubs are littler than older cubs? Or should this be litter?
I think the use of the word "baby" was superfluous in this sentence. A group of bear cubs is called a litter.
Load More Replies...What is a group of sea turtle eggs called?
How far away can the sound of a blue whale be heard?
What is a male turkey called?
What are the stinging cells of a jellyfish called?
I'd like some pronunciation help with this one. What do we do with the C's? Is the first one silent? Is the second one an "s" sound or a "k"?
The first C is silent and the second one has an S sound so it’s pronounced Nye-Doh-Sytes :)
Load More Replies...What determines the sex of a baby sea turtle?
How many eggs can female frogs lay at a time?
What animal does a tadpole grow into?
Which flightless bird is known to be the emblem of New Zealand?
What is a group of pigs called?
What's the fastest animal?
Technically it is there Peregrine Falcone because their dive can reach up to 200 mph
Technically it's a human because the crew of Apollo 10 reached topped 11 km/s.
Load More Replies...How many human years is the equivalent of one dog year?
It depends on the dog's size and breed. For example, my dog, a Dachshund, is 14 and 6 months and is 64.7 in human years. The other dog, a black lab/collie mix is 11 yrs and 7 months (vet guessed) and is 64.2 in human years.
How do you tell a shark's age?
You can count the rings of growth on deer teeth to tell their age too.
What is the tall fin of a fish called?
What group of fish are seahorses closely related to?
What is the largest fish in the ocean?
What are the skin cells that allow chameleons to change colors called?
How do vampire bats drink blood?
What happens is they bite their prey to get the blood then they lick it up.
How many species of wild cats are there?
What is the slowest animal on land?
Technically it is the giant tortoise because sloths only go to the ground to go to the bathroom.
A karakul is which kind of animal?
Approximately, how many bones comprise a turtle’s shell?
Which fish is known to be the most common fish in the ocean?
What type of animal is a Portuguese Man O War?
How many species of ants exist on Earth?
Termites and cockroaches and mosquito's??????????????
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What kind of turtle can’t retract into its shell?
What is the main reason frogs croak?
According to Eustace et al. it's actually a skin fungus. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29900781/#:~:text=Dermatitis%20associated%20with%20filamentous%2Dtype,146%20out%20of%20406%20frogs).
What is the only insect that can turn its head 180 degrees?
What sea creature has the ability to clone itself?
What is the biggest scaleless freshwater fish?
What are the pincers of a crab called?
What sort of habitat is known to be the home for arboreal animals?
This isn't even animal trivia, it's a vocabulary test for the meaning of "arboreal".
What is the proper name for the trunk of an elephant?
What can an owl’s eye color indicate?
What animal is known as the only vertebrate that can regenerate their body parts?
What are the only primates known to be venomous?
Which popular mammals are known to wash their hands and feet in urine?
Where is a shrimp’s heart located in its body?
What do rabbits love to eat?
Which bird doesn't fly?
Ostrich AND penguin actually... and kakapo (look up the lovely Sirocco (kakapo)), kiwi, cassowary, emu. Fairly sure both Australia and New Zealand have other less well known birds that cannot fly too.
What kind of animal is an orca or "killer whale"?
Please read your own question before answering it. We know that orca's are larger members of the dolphin family and they're mammals.
How does a sea cucumber defend itself?
What fish has a rodlike protuberance with a fleshy tip on its head?
How long can a bald eagle live?
Answer: 20 to 30 years in the wild, though they can live even longer in captivity.
What animal is known to have the shortest pregnancy on Earth?
A Tasmanian devil is known to be which kind of animal?
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Half of these are common knowledge. And at least 2 of these are wrong, granted 1 of those is likely just a typo.
Half of these are common knowledge. And at least 2 of these are wrong, granted 1 of those is likely just a typo.
