Mammals and the wild
Cheetahs, elephants, bats, whales. Mammals dominate animal trivia for recognition + surprising facts.
Q1.What is the average amount of chinchillas born into a single litter?Tap to reveal
Answer: 2-3
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Q2.What color is a Steller's Jay?Tap to reveal
Answer: blue and black
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Q3.What type of animal is a natterjack?Tap to reveal
Answer: Toad
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Q4.What was the name of the Ethiopian Wolf before they knew it was related to wolves?Tap to reveal
Answer: Simien Jackel
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Q5.Which of these species is not extinct?Tap to reveal
Answer: Komodo dragon
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Q6.The Kākāpō is a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot native to which country?Tap to reveal
Answer: New Zealand
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Q7.What is Grumpy Cat's real name?Tap to reveal
Answer: Tardar Sauce
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Q8.What is the name of the copper-rich protein that creates the blue blood in the Antarctic octopus?Tap to reveal
Answer: Hemocyanin
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Q9.What is the national bird of Bahrain?Tap to reveal
Answer: Bulbul
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Q10.What is the collective noun for vultures?Tap to reveal
Answer: Wake
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Q11.For what reason would a spotted hyena "laugh"?Tap to reveal
Answer: Nervousness
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Q12.What is the fastest animal?Tap to reveal
Answer: Peregrine Falcon
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Q13.Which of the following is another name for the "Poecilotheria Metallica Tarantula"?Tap to reveal
Answer: Gooty
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Birds and flight
Hummingbirds, ostriches, eagles. Bird trivia rewards observation.
Q1.Which of the following is NOT a venomous snake?Tap to reveal
Answer: Reticulated python
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Q2.Which breed of dog is traditionally associated with firefighters?Tap to reveal
Answer: Dalmatians
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Q3.By definition, where does an abyssopelagic animal live?Tap to reveal
Answer: At the bottom of the ocean
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Q4.What is the name for a male bee that comes from an unfertilized egg?Tap to reveal
Answer: Drone
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Q5.What type of creature is a Bonobo?Tap to reveal
Answer: Ape
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Q6.Which species is a "mountain chicken"?Tap to reveal
Answer: Frog
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Q7.What is the name of a rabbit's abode?Tap to reveal
Answer: Burrow
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Q8.Which species of Brown Bear is not extinct?Tap to reveal
Answer: Syrian Brown Bear
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Q9.Which dog breed is named after a region in CroatiaTap to reveal
Answer: Dalmatian
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Q10.Which of the following is true when alligators are behaving territorially?Tap to reveal
Answer: They bellow while showing their tail and neck
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Q11.How many teeth does an adult rabbit have?Tap to reveal
Answer: 28
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Q12.What color/colour is a polar bear's skin?Tap to reveal
Answer: Black
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Q13.What is the world's longest venomous snake?Tap to reveal
Answer: King Cobra
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Fish, sharks, and ocean weirdness
Sharks, octopuses, jellyfish. Ocean trivia goes deep (literally) on weirdness.
Q1.How many legs do butterflies have?Tap to reveal
Answer: 6
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Q2.Which of these animals is NOT a lizard?Tap to reveal
Answer: Tuatara
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Q3.What is the scientific name of the Budgerigar?Tap to reveal
Answer: Melopsittacus undulatus
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Q4.Which class of animals are newts members of?Tap to reveal
Answer: Amphibian
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Q5.What is the scientific name of the cheetah?Tap to reveal
Answer: Acinonyx jubatus
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Q6.How many known living species of hyenas are there?Tap to reveal
Answer: 4
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Q7.About how much of their body weight in food do sea otters eat every day?Tap to reveal
Answer: 25%
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Q8.What scientific suborder does the family Hyaenidae belong to?Tap to reveal
Answer: Feliformia
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Q9.What is the name of the family that the domestic cat is a member of?Tap to reveal
Answer: Felidae
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Q10.Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) exclusively infects members of which family of animals?Tap to reveal
Answer: Cervids
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Q11.Wombats are native to which Country?Tap to reveal
Answer: Australia
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Q12.What is the scientific name of the Common Chimpanzee?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pan troglodytes
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Q13.What colour is the female blackbird?Tap to reveal
Answer: Brown
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Insects and tiny life
Bees, ants, beetles, dragonflies. Insects make up most of life on Earth and have wild facts.
Q1.What do you call a baby bat?Tap to reveal
Answer: Pup
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Q2.What is the scientific name for the Bald Eagle?Tap to reveal
Answer: Haliaeetus Leucocephalus
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Q3.The now extinct species "Thylacine" was native to where?Tap to reveal
Answer: Tasmania, Australia
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Q4.What is the Gray Wolf's scientific name?Tap to reveal
Answer: Canis Lupus
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Q5.What is the collective noun for rats?Tap to reveal
Answer: Mischief
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Q6.What is the scientific name for modern day humans?Tap to reveal
Answer: Homo Sapiens
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Q7.Which of these animals are not real?Tap to reveal
Answer: Nemean Lion
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Q8.Which of these is a colony of polyps and not a jellyfish?Tap to reveal
Answer: Portuguese Man-of-War
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Q9.What bird is born with claws on its wing digits?Tap to reveal
Answer: Hoatzin
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Q10.What scientific family does the Aardwolf belong to?Tap to reveal
Answer: Hyaenidae
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Q11.What is the average lifespan of a domestic rabbit?Tap to reveal
Answer: 8-12 years
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Running animal trivia
Animal trivia works for all ages. Add visual rounds (animal photos) and 'wow' fact reveals after each answer. Best round structure: by animal class (mammals/birds/fish/insects).
Trivio.NET has Animals category packs by class, habitat, and continent.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the most-asked animal trivia?
Octopus hearts (3), fastest land animal (cheetah), only flying mammal (bat) — these surprise even adults.
Are animal trivia questions good for kids?
Yes — animal trivia is the best entry point for kids' trivia. Visual + memorable.
Where can I find animal trivia packs?
Trivio.NET's Animals category has 23+ subcategories by class, location, and theme.
What's the hardest animal trivia category?
Marine invertebrates and specific species identification. Reward dedicated nature fans here.
