24 Animal Quiz Questions (with Answers) to Challenge Your Audience

When you offer a quiz game for your audience, many topics are thrilling. The Animal one is nice because everyone has some affinity with animals. Most of us get attached to our pets. We also get fascinated by trivia about animals surrounding us. So here are 24 animal quiz questions to challenge your audience.

#01 Undomesticated dogs

In Australia, there are undomesticated dogs living in the wild. How do we call them?

#02 Cat population

What’s the estimated cat population in the world? The one giving the closest estimate wins.

#03 Mushrooms

Are mushrooms genetically closer to animals, plants, or bacteria?

#04 Mammals vs Dinosaurs

Which one appeared first: Mammals (like humans, dogs, elephants, etc.) or Dinosaurs?

#05 Scottish animal

What’s the symbolic animal of Scotland?

#06 Dinosaurs

Do dinosaurs still exist nowadays?

#07 Glass sponge

The glass sponge is the longest-living animal overall. How long can they live? The player with the closest estimate wins.

#08 Viperfish

Look at the picture; it’s a viperfish. It’s a frightening predator living in the depths of the seas. If you were diving that low, you wouldn’t encounter one… What is its length? The player with the closest estimate wins.

#09 Australian rabbits

Today, there are around 200 million feral rabbits in Australia. They all come from a small group of rabbits back in 1859, released for hunting. How many were they?

#10 The longest animal

What animal is the longest existing in the world?

#11 Common point

What do platypuses, ants, crows, and salmon share in common?

#12 Ambergris

The ambergris is a solid, wavy substance that can be found on beaches. It’s valuable from perfume makers: One chunk can be bought $150 000. It’s made from the vomit of one animal… Which one is it?

#13 Kitten

Here are kitten words in 3 languages: Estonian, Romanian, Indonesian, Dutch.

• Kucing
• Kiisu
• Pisicuță
• Katje

Which one is which?

#14 Flying high

The Rüppell’s vulture is the bird that can fly at the highest altitude. You might even spot one from the window of a long-haul flight. How high can it fly?

#15 The “fastest” vertebrate animal on Earth

Relative to its size, what animal is the fastest vertebrate (mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.)?

#16 The Dodo bird

Which common bird is most closely related to the dodo?

#17 Pokémon

Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon, had one passion that inspired his creation. He was collecting one type of animal. What are these?

#18 Computer bug

Did you know that the word “bug” comes from an actual bug? An insect provoked the first computer issue in 1947. It was trapped in a relay of Harvard’s Mark II computer. What insect was it?

#19 Mantis shrimp’s punch

The mantis shrimp can strike its prey with an exceptionally powerful blow. The impact is so fast and forceful that it creates vapor-filled bubbles in the water, a phenomenon known as cavitation. When these bubbles collapse, they produce shock waves strong enough to stun or even kill the shrimp’s prey.

For an animal typically only about 10 cm (3.9 in) long, how much force does a mantis shrimp’s punch produce in kilograms or pounds equivalent?

#20 Another common point

What Zebra sharks, zebras, and viviparous lizards share in common?

#21 Octopus

How many hearts does an octopus have?

#22 A cow’s stomachs

How many stomachs does a cow have?

Hint: Not 1 like us, humans.

#23 Geckos on walls

Gecko lizards can walk on walls thanks to one phenomenon. Which one is it?

• Magnetic force
• Electrostatic interactions
• Hydrogen bond
• Telekinetic force

#24 Bullet ants

Bullet ants, which live in Central and South America, are known for their extremely painful stings. Among the following four options, which one best describes a bullet ant’s sting?

• A mousetrap on your middle finger
• Walking over flaming charcoal with a nail embedded in your heel
• An electric taser hitting your toe
• Walking on a Lego brick while barefoot

Some other riddles

Did you have fun solving these 24 animal riddles? Here are some others you can add for your team-building or family games:

• 25 geography quizzes that your players will enjoy
• 30 trivia quizzes to entertain your audience
• 20 math riddles to challenge your minds
• 20 famous lateral thinking riddles and their answer
• 15 Challenging Logic Puzzles and Their Answers
• 22 best Visual Riddles to challenge your brain
• 28 Find-the-Intruder Puzzles for Events, Team-building, and Family

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