Animal quiz

[Arkacia]

To replace the animal connection game, I've decided to start something on the same subject, but this game will require a bit more thinking :).

The idea of the game is the same as the geography quiz. One poster puts in clues for an animal, bird, insect, dinosaur etc, and the rest of us try to guess what it is from the clues given. The person who gets the right answer, puts in the next animal.

You can make the clues as easy or hard as you wish, and may use pictures as I've done in the first question below (if you use pics, please try to keep them to a resonable size).

ok, I'll do an easy one ( I hope ) for the first question....

What Australian bird is this?

[Mick]

That is easy:)....it's a Kookaburra......there is one in our neighbourhood that is almost tame, you can nearly hand feed it....maybe one day.

What animal makes a lid for it's hole in the ground?

[Eric]

Trap door spider... ? (do we have them in Oz? or other tunneling spiders? I've seen some odd looking holes in a place where I've been working and I have eyed them with some trepidation)

My turn? :)

My average life span is 2 weeks

[Mick]

Yes... apparently we do get them in Oz.... some trapdoor species do not make a lid for their hole despite the name. You can see more info here (http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/trapdoor_spiders.htm) .... they are really cute and cuddly like care bears, have a look Mantzaros:D

2 weeks???... hmmmm..... is it a silkworm?

[Freakums]

sa black fly! 2 weeks, thats its lifre span . ..
but that is a bit general, no?
could be many thigns . ..

[Arkacia]

A mayfly perhaps?

I know they have one of the shortest lifespans of any creature on the planet.

[Eric]

All very close.... it is an insect...

The common House Fly only lives an average of 2 weeks.

Who's next? :)

[Freakums]

the house fly is the black fly!!!!!!
hmmm . . . . what animal is often described as likenign itself as a god? hint, iot likes milk

[Arkacia]

hmm, could it be the common, everyday house cat?

[pollovivo]

Sound right to me, oh and the mayfly lives for 24 hours... (in adult form) thus it's order Ephemeoptera which loosely translates into "lives but for a day wing" ... but yeah. The egyptians held cats sacred... no?

[Freakums]

yep . . . both right . . ..
either very ahrd oir easy for peopel really.
btw,l pollovio, the cat isn often descirbed (psychologically) as thnking itself to eb a god because iot is only asked to be pretty anmd petable while we feed, shelter it, keep it safe, etc.

[Arkacia]

This one should be a bit harder :).

I want to know what is the common name French people call this little insect.

The scientific stuff is - Pyrrochoris apterus : Hemiptères (?) without wings, color red, with geometrics black draws on their back, very common on sunny areas. Synonym : Seek-noon.

and thanks to DarkLord for the info and picture :).

[Freakums]

he eh! I know this so i won;t say anythign, I knew as soin as I saw the scientific name actually, which is unuisual for me, but i jus happen to have this little critter in my biology book . . . . . which i am studying for ym testb tomorrow. name is in french of course, this being canada . .. .
anyway . . .
I thionk theres a bit of lot of information thewre, eh?

[Arkacia]

This has been dragging out for a while, so I think a clue is in order.
The name I'm looking for is the same a French person calls a law inforcement officer.

[Freakums]

^_-
interesting. none esle but me kniows this one yet . . . . perhaps I should say the name of it: but, I think that would be unfair .. . .so i will refuse to answer again.

editL ahhhh . . .. heck with it. in english, their name is the common fire bug. not the fire fly, the fire bug. big difference. there are other species called firebugs, however, so if you want me to be more precise . .. ...

[Arkacia]

Yes, I do, the question was that I want the name the French call them.
Though, leaning the english name is good, we don't have these bugs in Australia, so they're new to me :).

[Freakums]

the french name, eh? alrighty then. . . . . . lt me try to recall it . . . . meanwhile, perhaps someone else mught want to guess afetr, learnign that their nasme is fire bugs is english.

[yarnellcg17]

This has been dragging out for a while, so I think a clue is in order.
The name I'm looking for is the same a French person calls a law inforcement officer.

I have one term that French people use in what they call their police officers.

Flic

[Arkacia]

Oh dear, and I thought that clue would have the answer solved in 5 seconds flat :D.

The name I am looking for is the French word for policeman (well the word I know them as anyway) and also the name the French call this little critter, its one and the same and the word starts with G.

Now someone must know that :D.

[yarnellcg17]

Ok goes for the 1st hunch I had :D ..and the G's were these words...
1 of these 3 have to be right :rolleyes: hehehe..

Gendarmerie or gendarmery or gendarme de Grasse or garde champetre

[Arkacia]

That'll do. This puzzle is finally ended :D.

Your turn now :).

[yarnellcg17]

As you can see I have greyish Fur..
I live in Grassy Areas :D
I love insects and fruits..yummy..
Here is my mugshot..
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/IMAGES/bilby2.jpg
Hint: Some people say Easter ***** brings Easter eggs in ********, not Easter Bunny!

[Arkacia]

Thats so easy, its a bilby :).

and despite its supporters best efforts, it still hasn't replaced the easter bunny, who as every Australian child knows, isn't one of our feral pest wild rabbits ;).

[yarnellcg17]

I knew ya'd get that 1 :D ..but for the Non Australians I put a good hint up for em :angel2: :D

Your next :D

[yarnellcg17]

I'm very rare..
The person that has me in their hands found me when I was knocked out of my nest by a football..bad kids :rolleyes:
Care to have a guess at me? :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39091000/jpg/_39091626_persil_pa2.300.jpg

[bryce909bryce]

that is an albino squirrel

[yarnellcg17]

bryce909bryce you are correct it is an albino squirrel :) and not a cat as you had posted earlier..creating a double post..which is not permitted in a thread.. therefor that post was deleted..

You are very welcome to post an animal for us to guess on since you got the quiz right :)

[JsWoman]

I live high up in the canopy of trees, sleeping and eating buds, leaves and young twigs. I sleep for 19 hours a day, hanging up-side down, and can only move 6 feet a minute.

What animal am I?

[yarnellcg17]

I'm not sure..but 2 toed and 3 toed sloth may do similiar functions but a sloth it is :)
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Hi..Folks
As you can see I'm a rodent..but alot of folks get me mixed up with 2 other types of rodents...yeah they are my cousins by nature.. :rolleyes:
So what type of rodent am I ?
http://www.petsandmore.ca/11gerbil.JPG

A: A Mouse
B: A Hamster
C: A Gerbil

[psikid@cox.net]

I am going to go with B

[Arkacia]

Looks like a mouse to me in that picture, but all three are rodents so I guess they all look much the same ;):).

[brownpossom]

im pretty sure its a hamster

[JsWoman]

It's a gerbil. I'm 1000% sure of that.

[yarnellcg17]

All of you had good answers and that is why he said he can be confused with 2 other types..

Js says it's a Gerbil and Js is 1000% surely right :)

[donkey720]

what is a vicious black and white animal found commonly in britain

[Arkacia]

A badger? :)

[donkey720]

Well Done !!!

[Arkacia]

That was pretty easy actually. After watching a lot of British TV shows, I have learned a lot about badgers ;):).

Next animal is an insect. It is only fairly small, but is one of the most destructive to crops on the planet. This insect can hop or fly in huge groups/swarms/clouds depending on age, and eats any vegetation it can get its mandibles on.

[JsWoman]

My guess is Locusts. Don't know if I spelt that right. Did you know they were actually grasshoppers gone bad?

[yarnellcg17]

I have to 2nd that it would be the not so environmentally friendly Locust..
I never knew though they were a Grasshopper gone bad though..yikes :eek:

[Arkacia]

Yep, you got it right JsWoman. Its the locust.

Your turn now :).

[JsWoman]

Thank you, Arkacia.


This silver or dark poultry breed is distinguished by its five toes. They are large, broad-breasted poultry with an abundance of hackle feathers and are well suited to the outdoors due to the ability to forage. (And this is a certain kind of Poultry, need the full name for it be correct.)

[yarnellcg17]

Dorkings is what I have for an answer :D

[JsWoman]

And dorkings are what kind of poultry??? I told you it had to have the whole name to be right, Yarnell.

[yarnellcg17]

Ok Js..it isn't a Turkey..but it is a Dorkings Chicken,,there how that :angel2:

[JsWoman]

Well, I did say when I posted it that it had to be the full name, so you left yourself open for that. Now that you have the full name up, the floor is your's. :p :p :p

[yarnellcg17]

Wow..this is the life...
Yeah..think we can handle all of this?
Well looks like a Dino bone to me..
No matter..I'm starved..

Oh Hi folks..we need you to guess what kind of animal we are and we are just no ordinary dog either..so what type of dog are we..we'll be here still..maybe all night looking from the size of this bone...

http://www.nathanspage.com/pictures/fn/images/animals_03.jpg

[sonicfan0]

maybe a gaurd dog at the museum thats my guess

[scarer19]

how about a st bernards, or a mastiff?

[szyd]

mini dashound

[casper]

That is easy....it's a Kookaburra......there is one in our neighbourhood that is almost tame, you can nearly hand feed it....maybe one day.

it's a Kookaburra...

[JoeN]

Yorkshire Terrier