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1.

What is a newt?

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Answer: A Little Salamander-Like Critter
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Which breed of dog was bred for chasing rats?

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Answer: Scottish Terrier
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What is the distinguishing feature of a Manx cat?

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Answer: Short Or Missing Tail
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Which breed of dog closely resembles a Sheltie?

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Answer: Collie
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Which dog's tail usually gets cropped?

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Answer: Cocker Spaniel
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What is the name of the breed of dog whose coat grows out in special cords?

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Answer: Puli
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Which dog has long hair?

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Answer: Afghan Hound
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Which dog can be black, brown or yellow?

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Answer: Labrador Retriever
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When a dog's tail is between its legs, it means what?

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Answer: They're Threatened
10.

What feature does a cat have in common with sharks?

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Answer: A Third Eyelid
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Which dog has the best tracking skill?

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Answer: The Bloodhound
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Which dog breed does the Whippet most resemble?

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Answer: Greyhound
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Primarily, what color is a Samoyed?

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Answer: White
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What unusual feature does a polydactyl cat have?

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Answer: Extra Toes
15.

How do you properly spell the substance that a rhino's horn is made of?

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Answer: Keratin
16.

Which part of an elephant's body has the most muscles?

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Answer: Trunk
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What animal is classified as the only marsupial in the United States?

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Answer: Opossum
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What is the name of the horse that has spots on its body?

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Answer: Appaloosa
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Which African hunting dog is known for yodeling and laughing?

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Answer: Basenji
20.

What color is a Bichon Frise?

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Answer: White
21.

What is the piece of metal on a bridle that goes into the horse's mouth?

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Answer: Bit
22.

What are a cat's whiskers for?

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Answer: They Can Feel
23.

What is the bees' use for honey?

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Answer: To Provide Nutrients For The Hatched Larvae
24.

What insect was sacred in Ancient Egypt?

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Answer: Scarab Beetle
25.

Which type of horse is named from the Spanish word meaning "painted"?

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Answer: Pinto
26.

What colors are Boston terriers?

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Answer: Black And White
27.

What breed of dog is known for the playful way it uses its front feet?

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Answer: Boxer
28.

Monk Fish is also called what nickname?

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Answer: The Poor Man's Lobster
29.

What is the female praying mantis noted for doing to its partner while mating?

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Answer: Biting Off Its Head
30.

Which is the heaviest snake?

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Answer: Anaconda
31.

Which creatures came next on earth after fish?

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Answer: Amphibians
32.

The Mustang is originally descended from horses brought to North America from which country?

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Answer: Spain
33.

What is the name given to the largest of all the penguins?

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Answer: Emperor
34.

Which South American mammal resembles a small llama?

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Answer: Alpaca
35.

Which animal is on the emblem of Great Britain?

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Answer: Lion
36.

What is a young swan known as?

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Answer: Cygnet
37.

Which creature is the zebra not bitten by?

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Answer: Tsetse Fly
38.

What species of whale is known for singing long, complex songs?

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Answer: Humpback Whale
39.

Which creature can use one eye to hunt and the other eye to watch for predators?

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Answer: Chameleon
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What is the fastest cat in Africa?

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Answer: Cheetah
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Which insect can feign a bodily explosion to deter its enemies?

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Answer: Bombadeer Beetle
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The survival of which animals was made famous by Dian Fossey?

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Answer: Gorillas
43.

What vegetable should you not feed a dog?

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Answer: Onions
44.

Why should you not feed chocolate to a dog?

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Answer: It Contains A Harmful Chemical
45.

What determines the sex of newborn alligators?

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Answer: Egg Temperature
46.

What is a koala?

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Answer: A Marsupial
47.

What group of mammals lays eggs?

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Answer: Monotremes
48.

Which kind of dog has a rounded, long body and short legs?

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Answer: Dachshund
49.

What is the soft, triangular, fleshy part of the inside of a horse's hoof called?

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Answer: Frog
50.

Which other big cat is bred with a tiger to make the tigon?

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Answer: Lion
51.

What is a baby whale called?

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Answer: Calf
52.

Where were Lhasa Apsos originally bred?

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Answer: Tibet
53.

Which breed of dog is generally considered to be the smallest?

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Answer: Chihuahua
54.

Which country will the kangaroo be found in most often?

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Answer: Australia
55.

What is a ferret?

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Answer: An Animal
56.

A typical spider has how many legs?

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Answer: Eight
57.

How many stages are there in the life of a mosquito?

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Answer: 4
58.

Animals from South America of the genus Pseudalopex have what common name?

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Answer: Zorro
59.

What animal is easy to notice because of its bold black and white stripes?

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Answer: Zebra
60.

Which rodent is also called a groundhog?

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Answer: Woodchuck
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Which animal is small and furry with short legs?

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Answer: Weasel
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Which species can be described as a wild pig from Africa?

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Answer: Warthog
63.

Which species name means lives on the blood of other species?

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Answer: Vampire Bat
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What would you call a northern marine creature with ivory tusks?

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Answer: Walrus
65.

What would you call a large fierce cat with stripes?

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Answer: Tiger
66.

Which animal produces a terrible odor?

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Answer: Skunk
67.

Farm animals that are raised for wool and meat are known as what?

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Answer: Sheep
68.

Which species has very dense waterproof fur?

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Answer: Sea Otter
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What is the streamlined, aquatic animal from North America known as?

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Answer: River Otter
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Which of these is a large-eyed primate from Madagascar?

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Answer: Ring-Tailed Lemur
71.

What would you call an animal with a huge head and an arched mouth?

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Answer: Right Whale
72.

What four-legged animal lives in the far North?

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Answer: Reindeer
73.

Which animal has mask-like markings on its face and a ringed tail?

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Answer: Raccoon
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What would you call a small, hopping animal with big ears?

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Answer: Rabbit
75.

Which animal is a ground squirrel?

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Answer: Prairie Dog
76.

What prickly animal has needle-like quills on its body?

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Answer: Porcupine
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What animal is large and lives at the North Pole?

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Answer: Polar Bear
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What are black and white bears from China called?

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Answer: Panda
79.

What animal eats hundreds of pounds of fish and marine mammals every day?

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Answer: Orca
80.

What animal is a large, tree-dwelling ape?

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Answer: Orangutan
81.

What is a nocturnal, giraffe-like animal from the African rainforests called?

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Answer: Okapi
82.

What animal lives in the northern Pacific Ocean?

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Answer: Northern Elephant Seal
83.

What would you call a small rodent with a long tail?

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Answer: Mouse
84.

A large type of deer from the USA and Canada is also known as what?

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Answer: Moose
85.

Which burrowing animal can find his way around his burrow despite being almost blind?

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Answer: Mole
86.

Which species is a large, brightly-colored old world monkey?

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Answer: Mandrill
87.

What would you call a large-eyed primate from Southeast Asia?

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Answer: Loris
88.

A "pride" is a group of which of these animals?

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Answer: Lions
89.

Which wild cat has a spotted coat?

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Answer: Leopard
90.

A small rodent from North America is known as what?

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Answer: Kangaroo Rat
91.

Which species best matches this description, "large, spotted wild cat from South and Central America"?

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Answer: Jaguar
92.

Which species best matches this description, "high-jumping, lightly-built antelope from Southern Africa"?

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Answer: Impala
93.

Which creature listed below could also be called "the loudest monkey"?

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Answer: Howler Monkey
94.

Which species are considered "very fast runners"?

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Answer: Horse
95.

Which of these is a large animal that stays in the water a lot?

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Answer: Hippopotamus
96.

Which animal is a small mammal with a spiny coat?

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Answer: Hedgehog
97.

What animal has very long hind legs and long ears?

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Answer: Hares
98.

What is another name for the woodchuck?

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Answer: Groundhog
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What animal is from Africa and is in danger of extinction?

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Answer: Gorilla
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Which species can be defined as "sure-footed, hoofed animal"?

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Answer: Goat

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