10 very hard questions about the animal world.
Question 1 of 10
For what part of the world are a setter, wolfhound and terrier named?
Question 2 of 10
Motivated by overpopulation in the Scandinavian Arctic, what rodent is famous for its entirely non-suicidal migrations?
Question 3 of 10
Rangifer tarandus is an Arctic-dwelling deer known to Santa as reindeer. What are they often called instead in North America?
Question 4 of 10
As Bugs Bunny would know, what is the largest marsupial carnivore?
Question 5 of 10
If you had to retrieve your Labrador retriever from Labrador, where would you go?
Question 6 of 10
Bengal tigers are protected in Corbett National Park, ironically named for a tiger hunter, which is the oldest national park in what country?
Question 7 of 10
This animal was deliberately driven to extinction in the United Kingdom. The last of them was probably killed in the Findhorn Valley of Morayshire, Scotland, in 1743, after it killed two children. What animal is this?
Question 8 of 10
Procyon lotor gets its English name from the Algonquin for "he scratches with his hands." What nocturnal animal is this?
Question 9 of 10
Since guinea pigs are neither pigs, nor from Guinea, by what other name are they known?
Question 10 of 10
Most lions are in Africa. But the only place in Asia where wild lions live in the Gir National Park. Where is this forest?
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