So, how much do you know about animals? Yes, you might know a thing or two about specific species, maybe even their scientific names. From the unusual creatures to the fastest birds, we bet that there’s so much out there that you need to know about our animal friends. And what better way to learn than trivia questions and facts.
You see, learning about animals through trivia questions can be both beneficial fun. Think about it: sitting at the dinner table with your kids and engaging in animal quizzes. Sometimes on a lazy afternoon in the house with your buddies as you enjoy a cold beer.
Animal Trivia- Fun Games For Kids And Adults in 2023
What do we call the father of a goat? How about the mother? We know – we also thought there weren’t specific names for “goat parents”, but there is!
Well, we have plenty of such questions to jog your mind, and while at it, have some fun. You only need to scroll down, challenge your brain and click the “show answer” to reveal whether you got it right or not in our multiple questions.
Whether you are an animal lover or not, you’ll love our collection of animal trivia questions. We have compiled hundreds of them. We promise that you’ll be a walking animal encyclopedia after you are done with the last quiz.
Let’s get to it!
Animal trivia quiz questions
Webbed feet
Earwigs
The owl
Two
Drones
A butterfly
Near the bottom
A cob
Spiders
Gold / brown
Blue
A parrot
Gray
Yes! All fish live in water and have a spine
Locust
Wildebeest
Stork
Swan
Sphynx
Giant Panda
Garfield
Germany
Guinea pig
A house mouse
The orangutan
An antelope
Liger
A jellyfish
The goat
The hare
The bat
To help push food down their throats.
Lionesses do 90% of the hunting work
A school
Four. Cats have five toes on each front paw and four toes on each back paw
They always turn left
Slinky
Hedgehog
Dog
To reassure their chicks
Seven times its own weight
7 to 10 pounds
Pigs and light-colored horses
Lie down
Two
A sounder
By her bleat
No, they have no sweat glands.
Soap and candles
A canter
The pig
Female ducks are called hens and male ducks are called drakes
Turkins
No, the Araucana lays blue and green eggs.
About seven times its own weight
When they are happy
A gaggle
Sheep
Donkey
Turkey
A pig
Piebald
Committed to conserving African wildlife
Oxpecker
Vulture
40,000
Golden lion tamarin
150º
Cape buffalo, lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros
Whale
Leopard
Tarantula
True
Millions fish
Parakeet
Ducks
Hermit Crab
20 minutes
Eyes
One eye at a time
220 million
At least one-third of the time, they are awake.
Goldfish
Cat
No, they are rodents.
Up to 3000 feathers
Dachshund
Orange Persian
Jaws
True
300 times more sensitive than human eyes
True
Saluki dogs
Golden tortoise beetle
Teeth
Slow lorises
Bubbles
Chevrotain
Axolotl
Clownfish
They hold hands
Mantis Shrimp
Octopus
Walk
At the end of the beak
Cow
200 times per second
It does not have any color.
27 minutes
Lion
Vocal cords
Fingerprints
Black
Almost as long as its body
Hartebeest
In its head
Pickle
One pair
550 pounds
Mammal
12-16
Giraffe
Puffer fish
Virginia opossum
A congregation
Teeth
Microscopic hairs called setae
Sea turtles
0.62 mph
Eating snow, freshwater melt ponds, and metabolizing seal blubber
Basenji
5,795 mph
Birds
To propel themselves
Bug exoskeletons
Any height
Kangaroo rats
Blue
40 times a day
1200 PSI
Find enemy swimmers, locate underwater mines, and guard nuclear arsenals
10% of a cat’s bones are in its tail
Large liver filled with oil
Mountain gorilla
3,700 miles
80 times per second
Brazilian wandering spider
1.75 miles away
lima bean
False – captive mice live for up to two and a half years, while wild mice only live for an average of around four months
Box Jellyfish
Adder
440
Cattle/cows
Murder
Spiders
Butterfly
USA and China
Sperm Whale
Monkey
Giraffe
Sow
Pig
Saltwater Crocodile
Cat
Peahen
23
Vixen (a fox)
Dog
Camel
3000 BC
Pigs in blankets
Up to 15 years
Wishbone
Seafood
3500
Feathers
Witches
Werewolf of London released by Universal Pictures in 1935
Bad luck
Pigeons
Ostrich
About 5000 men
Locusts
A snake
Giraffe
They shave their eyebrows
Ivory
Kosmoceratops
Hippopotamus
Bats
Bambi
Twister
Never tickle a sleeping dragon
Aragog
Aerosmith
The Osmond Brothers
Alien Ant Farm
Martha My Dear
50, 000
“Sit”
Only 1 inch
Scut
Bird
Aspen grove
17-19
Monotremes
0.7
They have two reproductive organs
Echolocation
Mosquitoes
Butterfly
Flamingos
A Cat
Bald Eagle
Jackass penguin
Zonkey
Skunks
Puffling
Nose
Sea otters
Adder
Madagascar
Six
Turritopsis doohmii
Brazilian Wandering Spider
Crocodile
A Lima bean
True
Chimpanzees
Lobsters
Grebe
Gastric-brooding frog
100 days
Cygnet/Flapper
Hyenas
False
Hunting Dog
Peregrine falcon
Deer
Scurry
Leaf chameleon
Fry
Frog
A Butterfly
Sarah
Kindle
Ten
Giant Pandas
A Jenny
Matriarch
Crows
Five
The Whales
Jacobin Cuckoo
Palmipied
Cheta
True
Hope
Ostrich
Adder
A herd/ Parade
Opossum
Buffalo
Six
A cete
Kangaroo
False
Lettuce
A Giraffe
Bearded vulture
A Bale
Four times
Rana Tigrina
The Penguins
2 weeks
Hair
Guinea Pig
Blue whale
Four
The paws
Tom/ Gobbler
A calf
Koala
Drift
Panthera Tigris
Indus River
A Dog
In the head
Herd
Arctic whale (Bowhead)
Kangaroo rat
Ape
Storks
A Kit
Pickles
Three
Jia Jia
Monkey
Paedocypris progenetica
True
Yellow with black markings
No
Bullfrog
A Giraffe
True
Thorax
12
Mother’s milk
3 years
Three-toed Sloth
Gorilla
Kangaroo
Collie
Murder
Cat
Five
Hedgehog
A frog or a salamander
Gaggle
Komodo Dragon
Nocturnal
Dog
Dove
Eight
Flink
Eucalyptus
Ten
Animals
Donkey
Yellow Labrador Retriever
Oysters
Tower
Bamboo
Madagascar
Doe
Chihuahua
Herbivore
Giraffe
Beaver
Africa
Dazzle
Blue Whale
Cheetah
Kiwi
Matriarch
Cow
Whale Shark
Clownfish
Dwarf Pygmy Goby
Kid
Anteater
Bat
The African Elephant
70%
A Kindle
Tiger
Grizzly Bear
Sheep
Horses, Donkeys, & Zebras
Himalayas
Proboscis
Angora Goat
To prevent them from drifting off and away from each other.
Sloth
200,000 glasses
A Frog
Feeling Happy
Rabbit
Four
Their earlobes
Cow
They roll in the mud
Duck
Penguins
Goat
24-26 Hours
The temperature of the sand their eggs are laid in.
Leeches
The temperature of the sand their eggs are laid in.
Leeches
Hummingbirds
Reindeer
Grey
The time they prefer to hunt at
Black
12,000
50
Rabbit
Horned Lizards
Wombat
Tiger
Three
17
Axolotls, a type of salamander.
Painted Turtles
Black
Taste
227
30%
A duck’s ‘quack’
Koala Bears
Frogs
Slow Lorises
Heart
Squirrels
Humpback Whales
Capuchin Monkeys
Female Lion; Lioness
Ghost Crab
Sperm Whale
Bat
Any Bristlemouth species fish.
Unicorn
Pink
Keratin (hair)
Elephants
A goat named Clay Henry.
Four
Head
Chickens
Scut
Colossal Squid
Zero, they are made of cartilage.
Opossum
Monotremes
Marsupial
Blue
Frogs
Feet
Seahorses
Guinea Pig
This change in color indicates a lion’s age
Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Elephant, and Buffalo
1789
Tongue
Antarctica
Dog Bingo
Sense of Smell
Paws
At least 40
Echidna; Otherwise Known as a Spiny Anteater
Ostrich
Orca, the Killer Whale
Due to their main source of food being shrimp, their skin takes on a pinkish color.
Lion’s Mane Jellyfish
Jellyfish
Bee Hummingbird
Although they can rotate their head nearly 180 degrees, owls cannot move their eyes.
Albatross
The anteater and the duck-billed platypus.
22 Months
The Peregrine Falcon
Sailfish
A Rock
Goats and Sheep
In or Around Trees
Hippopotamus
Cat
John Lennon
The 17th Century in England
48
Skin
Kid
Yes
Octopoda
0.5kg
20
Fish, Squid, Crustaceans, Krill, Plankton
Octopuses
It means the snake is non-poisonous.
Scales
Cold weather
True
Starfish
Starfish
Nepal
Dog
Stud
Felix
Noseprints
Grapes and Raisins
Indoor cats
Owl
Guard hairs
White cats whose eyes remain blue.
18
Seven
Felidae
In Angola
Through vibrations in the ground.
The tusks
The large ear flaps
Yes
the African Elephant
Yes
16 hours a day
African Bush Elephants
The Hyrax
By hugging their trunks
Sight
Bees
Japan
Ornithology
Over 9,500
Power
Hummingbird
Chick
Bluebird
Hooded Pitohui
1000 beats per minute
400 per minute
Brown
Hummingbird
Reptiles
Flamingo
24
280
Elephant
Four chambers
Whales
25 miles per hour
22 months
In the uterus, which is a special organ in the mother’s body.
They have larger and more complex brains than other animals.
Mammary gland
Hair or fur
15-18 hours
Eutheria
Animalia
5
Warm-blooded
Goat
Dingo
Bat
Hair
Mutton
900
Yes
Mau
Black
Yes
Clowder
Chameleon
Owlets
Asia
Rabbits
Binky
It means sea turtles and represents long life
Turtle
Bale