ANIMAL crackers
ANSWER YOUR CALL OF THE WILD AND SEE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE HEAVENLY CREATURES
1
Sir Elton John wrote the music for which movie about animals?
2
Cows are bovine, horses are equine – what animal is ovine?
3
Hunted to extinction by sailors, when was the last widely accepted sighting of a dodo?
A. 1557
B. 1662
C. 1773
D. 1886
4
In the Footrot Flats cartoons and movie, what kind of animal was Horse?
5
What type of bird is known in Ma¯ori as hoiho?
A. Yellow-eyed penguin
B. House sparrow
C. Ostrich
D. Seagull
6
Cats have to go down trees backwards because their downward-curving claws would get stuck if they tried to go forwards – true or false?
7
In the Hairy Maclary books by Lynley Dodd, what kind of a dog was Schnitzel von Krumm with the very low tum?
8
Elephant tusks are actually enlarged incisors – true or false?
9
Why have Tasmanian Devils become an endangered species in recent years?
A. They’ve been culled by farmers
B. Large numbers have been wiped out by bush fires
C. Many males are infertile due to pesticides
D. A contagious cancer has killed off large numbers
10
Which dog was first mentioned in a short story in 1859, appeared in a 1943 movie with Elizabeth Taylor and had a TV show that ran from 1954 to 1973?
11
Why did a Russian dog called Laika become famous in 1957?
12
What was the name of Tarzan’s chimpanzee friend?
13
What kind of animal is Jonathan, who was born in the Seychelles in 1832 and is still alive?
14
Which of these is not correct?
A. A group of owls is known as a parliament
B. A group of lemurs is called a conspiracy
C. A group of crows is called a killing
D. A group of foxes is called a skulk
15
Survivor had a 1982 hit with a song about
the eye of which animal?
16
Badger, Mole, Otter and Mr Toad feature in which famous book?
17
What was the name of the bottlenose dolphin who became famous in New Zealand in 1955 for playing with children in the Hokianga Harbour?
18
What was the name of Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz?
19
Which of these animals does not have offspring called a calf?
A. Boar
B. Elephant
C. Moose
D. Camel
20
Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston starred in a movie about a beloved but badly-behaved dog. What was the pooch called?
21
What’s the largest mammal in the world?
22
Which bird is the universal symbol of peace and features in a song by Prince?
23
Giraffes don’t have vocal chords – true or false?
24
A hit 1992 movie starred a massive St Bernard named after which famous composer?
25
Which bird has an eye bigger than its brain?