kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: animals
Question: What is the special talent of the penguin Mumble from the 2006 animated movie Happy Feet?
Choices: Shoe making; Singing; Break dancing; Tap dancing
Answer: Tap dancing
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Question: What large mammal is the national animal of India?
Choices: Water Buffalo; Bengal tiger; Indian Rhinoceros; Indian Elephant
Answer: Bengal tiger
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Question: What type of Indian animals are included in the so-called Big Four selection?
Choices: Poisonous snakes; Largest insects; Most dangerous animals; Largest land animals
Answer: Poisonous snakes
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Question: What interesting physical feature does the Nicobar Bulbul, endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India, possess?
Choices: It has a bright red beak.; Its tail is very long and yellow.; Its eyes are purple.; It has a dark cap on its head.
Answer: It has a dark cap on its head.
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Question: Which of these statements is not true about the Indian Elephant?
Choices: It has a smaller trunk than the African Elephant.; All of these; Its abdomen is quite large compared to its skull, unlike African elephants.; It has larger ears than the African Elephant.
Answer: All of these
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Question: What interesting resting posture does the Indian Treeshrew, a.k.a. Madras Treeshrew, have?
Choices: Sprawling on the ground as if its dead; With its tail resting on its head; Cuddling its rear legs; Hanging upside down from a branch
Answer: With its tail resting on its head
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Question: What type of animal is the Indian Flying-fox, found in India, Bangladesh, China, and other parts of Asia?
Choices: Bat; Fox; Squirrel; Primate
Answer: Bat
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Question: Box Turtles are solitary creatures who neither want nor need companions.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Turtles have poor vision and cannot see in color.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: In the winter, many turtles enter a dormant state called torpor which resembles hibernation .
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Turtles are cold-blooded, meaning their internal temperature varies according to their outside environment.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: The largest turtles are aquatic.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Sea turtles have glands near their eyes that filter the salt out of sea water.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Turtles can stick out their tongues to catch food.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The inner layer of the turtles shell contains 60 bones-- including parts of the turtles ribs and backbone.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: A turtles eggs are leathery and soft.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: A turtles lungs quickly break down, becoming less and less efficient over its lifetime.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Only sea turtles do not care for their young.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Turtles can breathe underwater.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: All aquatic turtles have flippers instead of feet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: All turtles withdraw their head into their shell by contracting their neck to the side.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A turtles upper shell is called the plastron.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: A turtles skin is made of scales, just like the skin of other reptiles.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What is the only place in the world you can see platypuses in the wild?
Choices: South-eastern Asia; Australia and Tasmania; Hawaii Island; South America
Answer: Australia and Tasmania
Category: animals
Question: How do platypuses reproduce?
Choices: None of these; Platypuses reproduce asexually.; Platypuses lay eggs.; Platypuses are metatherian.
Answer: Platypuses lay eggs.
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Question: How does the platypus feed its young for the first three to four months?
Choices: The mother is feeding them with insects.; The mother is breastfeeding them.; The young rely on their yolk sacs for food.; The mother is lactating, but she has no teats.
Answer: The mother is lactating, but she has no teats.
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Question: What is the weight range of normal mature platypuses?
Choices: Between 3.2 and 4.6 kg; From 2.5 to 5.5 kg; Between 0.5 to 2.8 kg; From 0.7 to 2.4 kg
Answer: From 0.7 to 2.4 kg
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Question: Platypuses are venomous.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: animals
Question: Platypuses use this method to detect their prey.
Choices: They rely on their well-developed sense of smell.; Platypuses rely mainly on their hearing.; They use electrolocation.; They rely on their exceptional eyesight.
Answer: They use electrolocation.
Category: animals
Question: What is the normal life span of a platypus in the wild?
Choices: Up to 22 years; Up to 11 years; Around 2 years; About 4 years
Answer: Up to 11 years
Category: animals
Question: Which of these statements is true about the diet of the platypus?
Choices: Platypuses are carnivores.; Platypuses are herbivores.; Platypuses are specialized eaters.; Platypuses are omnivores.
Answer: Platypuses are carnivores.
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Question: The platypus needs to eat around 10% of its own weight every day.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: animals
Question: What is the normal body temperature of a healthy platypus?
Choices: Around 22Â°C; Around 28Â°C; Between 35Â°C and 37Â°C; About 32Â°C
Answer: About 32Â°C
Category: animals
Question: What geographical region are chinchillas native to?
Choices: Asia; Africa; North America; South America
Answer: South America
Category: animals
Question: How is the chinchilla classified according to the peak of its activeness throughout the day?
Choices: None of these; Nocturnal; Crepuscular; Duirnal
Answer: Crepuscular
Category: animals
Question: What type of food do chinchillas prefer to feed on in the wild?
Choices: Plants; All of these; Insects; Fruits
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: What name is used for the social groups that chinchillas form when living in the wild?
Choices: Schools; Herds; Flocks; Troops
Answer: Herds
Category: animals
Question: What chinchilla species has become extinct as a result of fur hunting?
Choices: All of these; Long-tailed Chinchilla; Giant Chinchilla; Red-nosed Chinchilla
Answer: Giant Chinchilla
Category: animals
Question: In which of these studies are chinchillas used as animal models?
Choices: Studies of vocalization; Eyesight studies; Studies of the auditory system; Studies of the reproductive system
Answer: Studies of the auditory system
Category: animals
Question: If the ears of a chinchilla turn red, it is a sign of this condition.
Choices: It is pregnant.; The animal is in heat.; The animal is disturbed or angry.; Overheating
Answer: Overheating
Category: animals
Question: What kind of sounds do baby chinchillas produce in order to show their parents that they are hungry?
Choices: Hissing; Chirps; Barks; Clucking
Answer: Chirps
Category: animals
Question: What is the literal translation of the word lanigera in the name of the chinchilla species Chinchilla lanigera?
Choices: Long-tailed; Having long ears; Sleeping in straw; Wearing a woolen coat
Answer: Wearing a woolen coat
Category: animals
Question: This cat breed, developed by American breeder Ann Baker, is large and has blue eyes and soft fluffy coat with point coloration.
Choices: Ragdoll; LaPerm; Egyptian Mau; Savannah
Answer: Ragdoll
Category: animals
Question: This large cat breed, created in the United States, has rabbit-like fur of medium length, rectangular body, and a fatty pad in the lower abdomen.
Choices: Balinese; California Spangled Cat; Munchkin; Ragamuffin
Answer: Ragamuffin
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Question: This cat breed occurred naturally, most probably in Egypt. It has silky short fur with special ticked coloration.
Choices: Korat; Sphynx; Abyssinian; Burmilla
Answer: Abyssinian
Category: animals
Question: This very old cat breed, which occurred naturally in Turkey, has a slender body with medium length fur, usually white.
Choices: Ocicat; Cymric; Selkirk Rex; Turkish Angora
Answer: Turkish Angora
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Question: This cat breed, which appeared naturally in Thailand, has a slim body and short fur with point coloration.
Choices: Himalayan; Siamese; Korat; Burmese
Answer: Siamese
Category: animals
Question: This hairless cat breed originated in Russia.
Choices: Don Sphynx; Donskoy; Don Hairless; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: This cat breed occurred in Thailand, has very slim elongated body, short fur and very large ears.
Choices: Oriental Shorthair; Selkirk Rex; Singapura; Siamese
Answer: Oriental Shorthair
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Question: This exotic cat breed was developed in Kenya by crossbreeding between a Serval and a domestic cat.
Choices: Bengal; Maine Coon; Egyptian Mau; Savannah
Answer: Savannah
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Question: This cat breed with curly hair appeared as a natural mutation in the United States.
Choices: Selkirk Rex; LaPerm; Kurilian Bobtail; American Curl
Answer: LaPerm
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Question: What cat breed, which originated in France, has thick waterproof grey fur, gold-colored eyes and large muscular body?
Choices: Chartreux; Chausie; Pixie-bob; LaPerm
Answer: Chartreux
Category: animals
Question: To what geographic area is the ostrich native?
Choices: Asia; Africa; South America and Africa; Europe and Africa
Answer: Africa
Category: animals
Question: The feathers of adult male ostriches are primarily of this color.
Choices: White; Gray; Brown; Black
Answer: Black
Category: animals
Question: How many toes do ostriches have?
Choices: One toe; Two toes; Tree toes; Five toes
Answer: Two toes
Category: animals
Question: What important internal organ does the ostrich lack?
Choices: Liver; Gallbladder; Spleen; All of these
Answer: Gallbladder
Category: animals
Question: What defense method do ostriches use when they are attacked or feel threatened?
Choices: All of these; They bury their heads in the sand.; Kicking; They use their wings to beat the enemy.
Answer: Kicking
Category: animals
Question: What does the diet of ostriches consist of?
Choices: Insects; All of these; Seeds; Grass
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: What unusual anatomical feature does the male ostrich possess?
Choices: It has four testicles.; It has a copulatory organ.; It has a very small horn on its head.; All of these
Answer: It has a copulatory organ.
Category: animals
Question: Which is the largest subspecies of ostrich on the planet?
Choices: Southern Ostrich; Masai Ostrich; Red-necked Ostrich; Middle Eastern Ostrich
Answer: Red-necked Ostrich
Category: animals
Question: Unlike other ostriches, this subspecies of ostrich has small feathers on its head.
Choices: Arabian Ostrich; Masai Ostrich; Somali Ostrich; North African Ostrich
Answer: Masai Ostrich
Category: animals
Question: Which subspecies of ostrich became extinct around 1966?
Choices: Red-necked Ostrich; Middle Eastern Ostrich; Southern Ostrich; Somali Ostrich
Answer: Middle Eastern Ostrich
Category: animals
Question: What are the anatomical differences between African elephants and Asian elephants?
Choices: All of these; In the tusks; In the ears; In the body size
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: Which elephant subspecies is the largest on the planet?
Choices: Sri Lankan Elephant; Indian Elephant; Forest Elephant; Savanna Elephant
Answer: Savanna Elephant
Category: animals
Question: Which is the smallest elephant subspecies on the planet?
Choices: Forest Elephant; Sumatran Elephant; Indian Elephant; Sri Lankan Elephant
Answer: Sumatran Elephant
Category: animals
Question: What elephant species has two fingerlike projections at the end of its trunk?
Choices: Asian Elephant; All of these; African Elephant; Sri Lankan Elephant
Answer: African Elephant
Category: animals
Question: The tusks of mature elephants stop growing when the animal reaches a certain age.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: animals
Question: What does the diet of elephants mostly consist of?
Choices: Leaves; Twigs; Grasses; Tree bark
Answer: Grasses
Category: animals
Question: What statement is true about elephants mammary glands?
Choices: They have two pairs of mammary glands.; None of these; They have one pair of mammary glands.; They have only one mammary gland.
Answer: They have one pair of mammary glands.
Category: animals
Question: How long does the gestation period of elephants last?
Choices: 22 months; 30 months; 18 months; 12 months
Answer: 22 months
Category: animals
Question: How do elephants protect their skin from the aggressive UV-radiation?
Choices: By wallowing in their own feces; By hiding in the shadow of thick branches; By wallowing in mud; None of these
Answer: By wallowing in mud
Category: animals
Question: Why isnt the baby elephant able to control its trunk?
Choices: All of these; Because it is too heavy for it; Because it cannot feel it; Because it lacks muscle tone
Answer: Because it lacks muscle tone
Category: animals
Question: Cockroaches belong to the order Blattaria. What is the meaning of the Latin word blatta?
Choices: Cockroach; Annoying; Fast; Pest
Answer: Cockroach
Category: animals
Question: Apart from the American cockroach, what other cockroach species is among the best-known pests?
Choices: Oriental cockroach; Asian cockroach; German cockroach; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: What type of animal is the cockroach when classified according to the peak of its activeness?
Choices: Diurnal; None of these; Nocturnal; Crepuscular
Answer: Nocturnal
Category: animals
Question: Which of these statements is true about the anatomy of cockroaches?
Choices: They have two ocelli, or simple eyes.; They have two long antennae on their heads.; All of these; They have large compound eyes.
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: Which of these statements is true about cockroaches?
Choices: They are wingless and have six legs.; They have two pairs of wings and six legs.; They have two wings and eight legs.; They have have two wings and six legs.
Answer: They have two pairs of wings and six legs.
Category: animals
Question: What kind of interesting noise are cockroaches known to produce when they feel threatened?
Choices: Hissing; Crackling; Whistling; All of these
Answer: Hissing
Category: animals
Question: What organs do cockroaches use for the purpose of respiration?
Choices: All of these; Gills; Lungs; Tracheae
Answer: Tracheae
Category: animals
Question: Which of these statements is true about the reproduction of cockroaches?
Choices: All of these; Male roaches use court rituals to attract the female.; A few species can reproduce through parthenogenesis, or without the need of fertilization.; Males and females attract each other through pheromones.
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: How are cockroaches classified according to the way they deliver their young?
Choices: They are viviparous.; All of these; They are ovoviviparous.; They are oviparous.
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: Which of these statements is true about the cockroaches ability to survive in hard times?
Choices: They are able to slow down their heart rate.; Cockroaches can survive radiation up to 15 times stronger than the lethal dose for humans.; Some roaches can survive without food for about one month.; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: The pregnancy of this animal lasts from 2 to 3 years depending on the altitude it inhabits.
Choices: Spanish Imperial Eagle; Asian Elephant; All of these; Alpine Salamander
Answer: Alpine Salamander
Category: animals
Question: These animals are usually monogamous and both parents take care of their young.
Choices: Hedgehogs; Swans; All of these; Wolves
Answer: Swans
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Question: For which of these animals is the following description true: The gestation period lasts 35â58 days. Smaller species have 5-6 babies, and larger species - 3-4 babies. The young are born blind.
Choices: Hedgehog; Lizard; Fox; Rabbit
Answer: Hedgehog
Category: animals
Question: Which of the following statements is true about scorpions?
Choices: They give birth to their young one by one.; They lay the eggs and they hatch almost immediately.; They lay eggs which hatch after 2 weeks.; None of these
Answer: They give birth to their young one by one.
Category: animals
Question: The Gastric-brooding frog is an extinct species that is famous for this unique way of incubating its eggs.
Choices: The mother keeps the eggs inside her mouth until they hatch.; The female keeps the fertilized eggs in pouches along her abdomen.; The female keeps the eggs between her rear legs until they hatch.; The mother swallows the eggs and incubates them inside her stomach.
Answer: The mother swallows the eggs and incubates them inside her stomach.
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Question: Which of these statements is true about the Jacksons Chameleon?
Choices: It lays about 15-30 eggs that hatch in 10 days.; It gives birth to 8-30 live young.; It lays about 5-10 eggs that hatch immediately.; It gives birth to 2-3 live young.
Answer: It gives birth to 8-30 live young.
Category: animals
Question: Which of these statements is true about the Echidna, an egg-laying mammal?
Choices: The female lays 1 egg that hatches immediately.; The female lays 1 egg which she incubates in her pouch.; The female lays 3-5 eggs and incubates them for 26 days.; The female lays 2 eggs that are incubated by the male for 22 days.
Answer: The female lays 1 egg which she incubates in her pouch.
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Question: Which of these statements is true about the German cockroach?
Choices: The female carries her eggs in a capsule.; The female lays about 40 eggs.; All of these; In rare cases live births can occur.
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which of these statements is true about the Seahorse?
Choices: All of these; The male Seahorse has a brooding pouch on the front side of his body.; The male and the female stay together for life.; The female produces dozens to thousands of eggs.
Answer: All of these
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Question: Which of these statements is true about the King Penguin?
Choices: They are serially monogamous.; Both parents take part in the incubation.; All of these; The female lays 1 single egg.
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: What name is commonly used to refer to the guinea pig?
Choices: Netty; Poppy; Willy; Cavy
Answer: Cavy
Category: animals
Question: How many times per year is a healthy female guinea pig able to give birth?
Choices: Twice; Seven times; Five times; Once
Answer: Five times
Category: animals
Question: What geographic area did the guinea pig originate from?
Choices: South America; Africa; Australia and New Guinea; North America
Answer: South America
Category: animals
Question: What term is commonly used to refer to the young of the guinea pig?
Choices: Pups; Kits; Calves; Piglets
Answer: Pups
Category: animals
Question: What type of food does the guinea pig naturally feed on?
Choices: Grass; Grains; Green leaved; Nuts
Answer: Grass
Category: animals
Question: The guinea pig is unable to produce this substance in its own body and gets it from its food.
Choices: Saliva; Vitamin C; Stomach acid; Digestive enzymes
Answer: Vitamin C
Category: animals
Question: What plant is poisonous for guinea pigs and should never be offered to them?
Choices: All of these; All plants growing from a bulb; Bracken; Wild celery
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: In this 2009 Walt Disney action comedy movie the main characters are guinea pigs.
Choices: G-Force; The Fast and the Furry; Darwin; Fluffy Spies
Answer: G-Force
Category: animals
Question: What actor voiced the guinea pig character called Rodney in the 1998 comedy movie Dr. Dolittle?
Choices: Jim Carrey; Chris Tucker; Eddie Murphy; Chris Rock
Answer: Chris Rock
Category: animals
Question: The representatives of what guinea pig breed have extremely long hair that never stops growing all over their bodies?
Choices: Teddy; Texel; Abyssinian; Peruvian
Answer: Peruvian
Category: animals
Question: To what continent are raccoons native?
Choices: North America; South America; Australia; Both Americas
Answer: North America
Category: animals
Question: Captive raccoons are known for performing this vacuum activity.
Choices: Dousing their food; Scratching their belly; Playing dead; All of these
Answer: Dousing their food
Category: animals
Question: Which of these regarding the reproduction of raccoons is correct?
Choices: Pregnancy can last from 54 to 70 days.; The male brings food for the young.; None of these; Females usually give birth to only one kit.
Answer: Pregnancy can last from 54 to 70 days.
Category: animals
Question: What animal is a major predator for wild raccoons?
Choices: Coyote; Bald eagle; Bobcat; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: Raccoons are omnivorous animals but they have a preference for this type of food.
Choices: Invertebrates; Birds; Fruits and nuts; Fish
Answer: Fruits and nuts
Category: animals
Question: What is the most important sense for raccoons?
Choices: Vision; Sense of smell; Hearing; Sense of touch
Answer: Sense of touch
Category: animals
Question: Why is it not recommended to be keep raccoons as pets?
Choices: They have and intense odor.; Their fur promotes allergies.; They transmit many diseases.; They can be aggressive.
Answer: They can be aggressive.
Category: animals
Question: What have raccoons been mostly hunted for throughout history?
Choices: Their fur; Their bones; Their meat; Their fat
Answer: Their fur
Category: animals
Question: What popular cartoon character from a 1995 animated movie keeps a raccoon as a pet?
Choices: Simba; Shrek; Pocahontas; Mulan
Answer: Pocahontas
Category: animals
Question: Studies of raccoons intelligence have shown that raccoons are capable of performing this activity.
Choices: Opening locks; Understanding spoken words; Painting; Differentiating sounds
Answer: Opening locks
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Question: The Ramphotyphlops braminus, a harmless blind snake species, found in Africa and Asia, is often mistaken for this animal.
Choices: Black mamba; Dog-faced water snake; Elephant Trunk Snake; Earthworm
Answer: Earthworm
Category: animals
Question: How are the young Box turtles classified according to their diet, which differs from the diet of mature Box turtles?
Choices: Specialized eaters; Omnivores; Carnivores; Herbivores
Answer: Carnivores
Category: animals
Question: What distinctive feature is characteristic of the crocodile species called gharial, or Indian gavial?
Choices: Very short tail; Red spots on its back; Narrow snout; Purple scales
Answer: Narrow snout
Category: animals
Question: How did the glass lizard, also known as glass snake, get its interesting name?
Choices: It can climb on glass.; Its eyes are glass-like.; It is almost transparent.; It breaks easily.
Answer: It breaks easily.
Category: animals
Question: What other common name is used for the New Caledonian bumpy gecko, a reptile found only on the southern end of the island of New Caledonia?
Choices: All of these; Gargoyle gecko; Devil gecko; Horny gecko
Answer: Gargoyle gecko
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Question: This snake, the only existing member of its family, can be found in Mexico and has a very muscular body and a shovel-shaped snout.
Choices: All of these; Dwarf boa; Pipe snake; Loxocemidae bicolor
Answer: Loxocemidae bicolor
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Question: What is unique about the reptile called tuatara, which is endemic to New Zealand and is sometimes called living fossils?
Choices: It has a well-developed third eye.; All of these; It has two rows of teeth in the upper jaw.; It is able to hear though it has no ears.
Answer: It is able to hear though it has no ears.
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Question: What feature of the turtle species Dermochelys coriacea makes it easily distinguishable from all the other sea turtles?
Choices: It has a very long tail.; It has no shell.; Its body has very vivid colors.; It has a horn on its head.
Answer: It has no shell.
Category: animals
Question: In what geographical area is the Rock monitor lizard, or Legavaan, found?
Choices: South America; New Guinea; Australia; Africa
Answer: Africa
Category: animals
Question: What is the smallest extant species of crocodilian on the planet?
Choices: Smooth-fronted Caiman; Musky Caiman; Spectacled Caiman; Yacare Caiman
Answer: Musky Caiman
Category: animals
Question: Where is the natural habitat of sloths?
Choices: Central and South Asia; Central and South America; Australia and the island of Tasmania; South Africa
Answer: Central and South America
Category: animals
Question: Which of these is true about the sloths diet?
Choices: Sloths are carnivores.; Sloths are autotrophic organisms.; Sloths are herbivores.; Sloths are omnivores.
Answer: Sloths are omnivores.
Category: animals
Question: Sloths have this number of toes and fingers depending on the family they belong to.
Choices: Two or three; Sloths do not have toes.; Four or five; One or two
Answer: Two or three
Category: animals
Question: What is the the body length of an average mature sloth from head to tail?
Choices: 90-100 centimeters; 70-80 centimeters; 30-40 centimeters; 50-60 centimeters
Answer: 50-60 centimeters
Category: animals
Question: How many hours of sleep do sloths normally need per day?
Choices: 20-22 hours; 12-13 hours; Less than 10 hours; 15-18 hours
Answer: Less than 10 hours
Category: animals
Question: About 50% of the weight of a well-fed sloth comprises of the food in its stomach.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: animals
Question: How long does it take for a sloth to digest its food completely?
Choices: 1 week; More than 2 weeks; A month or more; About 3 months
Answer: A month or more
Category: animals
Question: Which of these names does not refer to a sloth?
Choices: Ritto; Rit; Rikki-Tikki-Tavi; Ridette
Answer: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Category: animals
Question: How many babies do female sloths give birth to per one pregnancy?
Choices: Four; Three; One; Two
Answer: One
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Question: Which of the following statements is wrong?
Choices: There are seven living species of sloths.; Two-toed sloths have only six cervical vertebrae instead of seven.; Sloths hairs grow away from their extremities instead of towards them.; Three-toed sloths have nine cervical vertebrae instead of seven.
Answer: There are seven living species of sloths.
Category: animals
Question: What type of mammal is the kangaroo?
Choices: Monotreme; All of these; Amniote; Marsupial
Answer: Marsupial
Category: animals
Question: What term is used to refer to the young of the kangaroo?
Choices: Joey; Mary; Jack; Wally
Answer: Joey
Category: animals
Question: Which kangaroo species is the largest on the planet?
Choices: Antilopine Kangaroo; Western Grey Kangaroo; Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Red Kangaroo
Answer: Red Kangaroo
Category: animals
Question: What is the difference between the digestion of kangaroos and the digestion of ruminants?
Choices: Nothing; Kangaroos need to consume some animal matter to provide essential digestive bacteria.; Kangaroos do not release methane.; Kangaroos digest plant matter five times faster than ruminants do.
Answer: Kangaroos do not release methane.
Category: animals
Question: What does the diet of all kangaroos consist of in general?
Choices: All of these; Plant matter; Fungi; Plant and animal matter
Answer: Plant matter
Category: animals
Question: Apart from jumping, kangaroos are known for fleeing from predators using this tactic.
Choices: All of these; Playing dead; Climbing; Swimming
Answer: Swimming
Category: animals
Question: What kangaroo species set a record by moving with 64 kilometers per hour (40 mph)?
Choices: Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Great Grey Kangaroo; All of these; Forester Kangaroo
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: Male Western Grey Kangaroos were nicknamed Stinkers because they have this kind of odor.
Choices: Sour cabbage; Curry; Garlic; Gasoline
Answer: Curry
Category: animals
Question: How do male kangaroos fight to win the privilege to fertilize the female?
Choices: They push each other.; All of these; They kick each other.; They hit each other by boxing.
Answer: All of these
Category: animals
Question: What is the meaning of the word kangaroo according to legend?
Choices: I dont know.; Look at this!; I dont understand you.; What is this?
Answer: I dont understand you.
Category: animals
Question: What other common name is used for a mudpuppy?
Choices: Water Canine; Waterdog; Mud Dog; Salamander
Answer: Waterdog
Category: animals
Question: What type of animal is a mudpuppy?
Choices: skink; eel; fish; salamander
Answer: salamander
Category: animals
Question: What is the average lifespan of a mudpuppy?
Choices: 2 years; 5 years; 11 years; 35 years
Answer: 11 years
Category: animals
Question: Mudpuppies breathe through gills when they are young and when they mature they use their lungs.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: animals
Question: Which of these statements is true about the mudpuppy?
Choices: They are nocturnal.; They live in and out of the water.; They are poisonous.; Their lifecycle is divided into three stages.
Answer: They are nocturnal.
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Question: Mudpuppies are carnivores.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In which of the following states will you not find the mudpuppy?
Choices: Texas; Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio
Answer: Texas
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Question: Mudpuppies hibernate in the winter months.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How long is the average mudpuppy?
Choices: 1 1/2 -3 inches; 5-7 inches; 12 inches; 13-16 inches
Answer: 13-16 inches
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Question: The mudpuppy can produce noise.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Wombats are endemic to this geographical area.
Choices: Australia and Tasmania; South America; Madagascar; Indonesia and the Philippines
Answer: Australia and Tasmania
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Question: What does the diet of wombats consist of in general?
Choices: Small vertebrates; Insects; Plants; All of these
Answer: Plants
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Question: How many babies does the female wombat give birth to every spring?
Choices: Three; Four; Two; One
Answer: One
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Question: What unusual anatomical feature do wombats possess?
Choices: Their pouch faces backwards.; They dont have a spleen.; They dont have eyelids.; All of these
Answer: Their pouch faces backwards.
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Question: Wombats have an incredibly fast metabolism.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these wombat species is also known as Coarse-haired Wombat?
Choices: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Common Wombat; None of these
Answer: Common Wombat
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Question: What way of defence do wombats use when they feel threatened?
Choices: All of these; Running; Climbing on trees; Kicking
Answer: Kicking
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Question: What is the name of the smallest wombat species on the planet?
Choices: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Common Wombat; None of these
Answer: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
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Question: What should a person do to escape the attack of a wombat in the wild?
Choices: Climb a tree; Run; Play dead; Jump in a river
Answer: Climb a tree
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Question: This species, also known as Yaminon, is the largest wombat species on the planet.
Choices: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Common Wombat; None of these
Answer: Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
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Question: On which continent can you find the turltle-dove during most of the year?
Choices: Australia; Antarctica; South America; Europe
Answer: Europe
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Question: Which continent does the turtle-dove migrate to in the colder winter months?
Choices: Africa; Australia; North America; Asia
Answer: Africa
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Question: Which of the following statements is true about the turtle-dove?
Choices: They are not related to the pigeon.; They have never been domesticated.; They are flightless; They are viewed as a symbol of love.
Answer: They are viewed as a symbol of love.
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Question: What is the expected lifespan of a turtle-dove?
Choices: 28 years; 9 months; 7 years; 20 years
Answer: 20 years
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Question: What is the incubation period for turtle-dove eggs?
Choices: 7 weeks; 17-25 days; 12-14 days; 1 month
Answer: 12-14 days
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Question: Which of the following makes the turtle-dove different from other birds?
Choices: They suck to drink instead of tilting their heads back.; When they hatch they can fly within 2 days.; They cannot make any sound.; They can fly backwards.
Answer: They suck to drink instead of tilting their heads back.
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Question: The turtle-dove is closely related to the raven.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What are the main colors of turtle-doves?
Choices: Dark orange and gray; Brown and gray; Pale yellow and some black; blue and red
Answer: Brown and gray
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Question: The name of the turtle-dove is derived from the sound it produces.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Turtle-doves tend to eat in their nests and high in the trees.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of these statements is not true about the vision of bats?
Choices: Most smaller bat species are blind.; All of these; All bat species are able to detect UV light.; All bat species have underdeveloped eyesight.
Answer: All of these
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Question: What important bone-building mineral do the cartilage of bats finger bones lack, which makes them very flexible?
Choices: Potassium; Magnesium; Calcium; Iron
Answer: Calcium
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Question: What do megabats, also called flying foxes, feed on?
Choices: All of these; Carrion; Insects; Fruit and nectar
Answer: Fruit and nectar
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Question: How do most bat species spend the cold winter months?
Choices: They migrate south to to regions with warmer climates.; They do not change their behavior in the winter.; None of these; They hibernate.
Answer: They hibernate.
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Question: A bat is featured on the coat of arms of this Spanish city.
Choices: Palma de Mallorca; Fraga; Valencia; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: What status does the bat have in Chinese folklore and tradition?
Choices: It is believed to be an incarnated spirit.; It is a symbol of happiness and longevity.; It is considered a bad omen.; It is considered simply a pest.
Answer: It is a symbol of happiness and longevity.
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Question: What city in the US state of Texas is a home of the largest bat colony in North America during the summer?
Choices: Morton; Austin; Houston; Pittsburg
Answer: Austin
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Question: What name is commonly used when referring to the bat species Vampyrum spectrum, also known as False Vampire Bat?
Choices: Phantom Bat; Spectral Bat; All of these; Ghostly Bat
Answer: Spectral Bat
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Question: What bat species is considered the largest in the world?
Choices: Livingstoneâs Fruit Bat; Fijian Monkey-faced Bat; Hammer-headed bat; Golden-capped fruit bat
Answer: Golden-capped fruit bat
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Question: What other common name is used for the Kittis Hog-nosed Bat, the smallest bat species in the world?
Choices: Wasp bat; Hummingbird bat; Bumblebee bat; Ladybug bat
Answer: Bumblebee bat
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Question: During what geological time period did the ammonites evolve?
Choices: The Devonian period; The Silurian period; The Triassic period; The Carboniferous period
Answer: The Devonian period
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Question: The nautilus is the closest living relative of the ammonite.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Name the largest known species of ammonite, which was found in Germany in 1895.
Choices: Parapuzosia seppenradensis; Allonautilus perforatus; Nautilus pompilius; Parapuzosia bradyi
Answer: Parapuzosia seppenradensis
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Question: What is the greatest depth the shell of a nautilus can withstand before imploding?
Choices: 800 meters; 100 meters; 300 meters; 187 meters
Answer: 800 meters
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Question: Were the shells of all ammonites coiled?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: What is the average lifespan of a nautilus?
Choices: 10 years; 20 years; 2 years; 40 years
Answer: 20 years
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Question: Ammonites lived on the ocean floor.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Ammonites became extinct at the end of what geological period?
Choices: Cretaceous; Jurassic; Triassic; Permian
Answer: Cretaceous
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Question: What flower remedy would be most beneficial to a stand-offish horse that gets irritated quickly and has a hard time accepting change?
Choices: Birch; Cerery; Beech; Cerato
Answer: Beech
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Question: Aspen is beneficial to a horse that is nervous and anxious, shies at invisible objects in a familiar arena and bolts for no reason.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Rescue remedy is a combination of Rock Rose, Star of Bethlehem, Impatiens, Cherry Plum and Clematis essences.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: All Bach flower remedies can be used by people.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Up to how many different Bach remedies can you combine?
Choices: 4; as many as you want to; 1; 7
Answer: 7
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Question: The Cerato essence is suitable for horses that withhold their emotions despite suffering from a pain or disease.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Which of the following is used as a cleansing remedy?
Choices: Cherry Plum; Gentian; None of these; Crab Apple
Answer: Crab Apple
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Question: Salix vitellina is the scientific name of this essence usually given to a horse that appears to sulk, goes into moods and refuses any sort of attention.
Choices: Wild Rose; Wild Oat; Willow; Water Violet
Answer: Willow
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Question: What kind of animals are the colugos, or cobegos, which is found only in Asia?
Choices: Mammals; Reptiles; Birds; Amphibians
Answer: Mammals
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Question: What other name is commonly used for the Japanese Macaque, a monkey native to Japan?
Choices: Snow Monkey; All of these; Whistling Monkey; Storm Monkey
Answer: Snow Monkey
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Question: Which of these Asian tortoise species is a very popular pet in many countries around the world?
Choices: Cuora; Russian Tortoise; Keeled Box Turtle; Rafetus
Answer: Russian Tortoise
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Question: What is the color of the legs, bill and eye rims of the Green Magpie, a small Asian bird with bright green plumage?
Choices: Purple; Blue; Red; Bright pink
Answer: Red
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Question: To which Asian country is the Giant Panda native?
Choices: Indonesia; India; Japan; China
Answer: China
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Question: What is the name of the smallest bat species on the planet, endemic to the Asian continent?
Choices: Mouse-tailed Bat; Sucker-footed Bat; Bulldog Bat; Kittis Hog-nosed Bat
Answer: Kittis Hog-nosed Bat
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Question: What name is used for the enigmatic bovid mammal Kting Voar, which is believed to populate Cambodia and Vietnam in Asia?
Choices: Snake-eating Cow; Lizard-eating Goat; All of these; Frog-chewing Sheep
Answer: Snake-eating Cow
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Question: What sense of the Malayan Tapir, also called Asian Tapir, is underdeveloped?
Choices: Eyesight; Hearing; Smell; Touch
Answer: Eyesight
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Question: How many horns does the Indian Rhinoceros, found only in Asia, have on its snout?
Choices: None; Two; Three; One
Answer: One
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Question: What is the favorite food of the Fairy-bluebird, which is found only in Asia?
Choices: Goji berries; Grasshoppers; All of these; Figs
Answer: Figs
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Question: What term is used the denote the terrestrial stage of the development of the young newt?
Choices: Eft; Imago; Elf; Larva
Answer: Eft
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Question: To what country is the Rhinoderma rufum, a species of frog from the family Rhinodermatidae, endemic?
Choices: India; United States; Chile; Brazil
Answer: Chile
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Question: What is the literal translation of the Greek word amphibios, from which the modern word amphibian originated?
Choices: Water and land; Both kinds of life; Two in one; Water and air
Answer: Both kinds of life
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Question: What interesting characteristic do all amphibians called caecilians share?
Choices: They have no legs.; They are hermaphrodites.; They have four eyes.; They have external ears.
Answer: They have no legs.
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Question: What animal does the greater siren, a nocturnal amphibian, resemble externally?
Choices: An eel; A lizard; A gecko; A frog
Answer: An eel
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Question: Which of these statements is wrong about the Glass frogs from the amphibian family Centrolenidae?
Choices: They are arboreal animals.; They are found mainly in Australia and Tasmania.; All of these; Their skin is transparent.
Answer: They are found mainly in Australia and Tasmania.
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Question: What other interesting name is used commonly to refer to the Purple frog, an amphibian endemic to the Western Ghats in India?
Choices: Pignose Frog; Chicken frog; All of these; Mole frog
Answer: Pignose Frog
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Question: What does the diet of the Eastern Tiger Salamander mainly consist of?
Choices: Shrimp; Leaves; Insects; Fish
Answer: Insects
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Question: What behavior is typical of the Argentine horned frog, also known as Argentine wide-mouthed frog?
Choices: It never stops moving.; It sings almost incessantly.; It would eat up anything that comes in its eyesight.; All of these
Answer: It would eat up anything that comes in its eyesight.
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Question: Where does the female Suriname Toad keep its eggs until they develop into young frogs?
Choices: In its vocal sac; Between its hind legs; On its back; In its stomach
Answer: On its back
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Question: How many orders of trilobite are there?
Choices: 9; 3; 15; 10
Answer: 10
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Question: What order of trilobite was the only one to survive the Devonian mass extinction?
Choices: Proetida; None of these; Phacopida; Lichida
Answer: Proetida
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Question: Approximately how many species of trilobite existed over the duration of the Paleozoic?
Choices: 12,000; 9,000; 17,000; 18,000
Answer: 17,000
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Question: Trilobites developed one of the first complex visual systems.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Not all trilobites had eyes.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: What genus and species did the largest complete trilobite fossil ever found belong to?
Choices: None of these; Isotelus rex; Isotelus maximus; Isotelus brachycephalus
Answer: Isotelus rex
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Question: The pygidium refers to what section of a trilobites body?
Choices: The head; None of these; The thorax; The tail
Answer: The tail
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Question: Which of the following is believed to be an ancestor of the trilobites?
Choices: Onega; None of these; Spriggina; Trichophycus
Answer: Spriggina
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Question: Did some trilobites filter-feed as a means of obtaining food?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: To what geographical region is the Aye-aye indigenous?
Choices: Madagascar; New Zealand; Tasmania; Hawaii
Answer: Madagascar
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Question: Which of these statements is true about the lemur Aye-aye?
Choices: It is the second smallest primate on the planet.; It is the second largest primate in the world.; It is the smallest nocturnal primate in the world.; It is the largest nocturnal primate on the planet.
Answer: It is the largest nocturnal primate on the planet.
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Question: What physical feature does the lemur Aye-aye share with rodents, leading to its original classification in order Rodentia?
Choices: Very large incisors; Inability to vomit; All of these; Similarities in the digestive system
Answer: Very large incisors
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Question: What unusual physical characteristic does the lemur Aye-aye possess?
Choices: Its pupils are constantly dilated.; It has 4 nipples.; It has extremely long fingers.; All of these
Answer: It has extremely long fingers.
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Question: In what places does the nocturnal Aye-aye sleep during the daytime?
Choices: On a branch, covering its body with a big leaf; Hanging from a branch.; On trees; In holes in the ground
Answer: On trees
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Question: Which of these statements is true about the reproduction of the Aye-aye?
Choices: None of these; The baby stays with its mother for a year.; Pregnancy lasts about 4 months.; It reaches reproductive age at 3 - 3.5 years.
Answer: None of these
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Question: Where did the name of the Aye-aye originate from according to common hypothesis?
Choices: All of these; From the Malagasy expression for I dont know; From the sound made by the animal; From an exclamation
Answer: All of these
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Question: How is the lemur Aye-aye classified according to its diet?
Choices: Herbivore; Omnivore; Carnivore; Specialized eater
Answer: Omnivore
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Question: What is the Aye-aye traditionally associated with according to ancient Malagasy legends?
Choices: Future marriage; Rain; Luck; Death
Answer: Death
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Question: What is the name of the Aye-aye character from the 2005 animated comedy movie Madagascar?
Choices: Maurice; Marty; Mort; King Julien
Answer: Maurice
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Question: To what geographic area is the koala endemic?
Choices: Tasmania; Australia and Tasmania; Australia; Australia and New Guinea
Answer: Australia
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Question: What unique feature do the the fingers of the koala possess?
Choices: There are six fingers on each leg.; They have fingerprints.; All of these; Each finger consist of 10 bones.
Answer: They have fingerprints.
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Question: What does the diet of the koala almost exclusively consist of?
Choices: Eucalyptus leaves; Grass; All of these; Insects
Answer: Eucalyptus leaves
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Question: What term is used to refer to the infant koala, as well as to any other baby marsupial?
Choices: Jerry; Joey; Jimmy; Jelly
Answer: Joey
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Question: Which of these statements is true about koalas?
Choices: All of these; Keeping a koala as a pet is legal in the USA.; They were nearly erased from the planet due to hunting in the early 20th century.; In August 1927, 100 000 koalas were killed.
Answer: They were nearly erased from the planet due to hunting in the early 20th century.
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Question: This fictional koala character, created by author Dorothy Wall, fist appeared in the 1933 book Jacko - the Broadcasting Kookaburra.
Choices: Nutsy; Jeremy; Noozles; Blinky Bill
Answer: Blinky Bill
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Question: What unusual anatomical characteristic does the koala possess?
Choices: The female has two vaginas.; The female has two uteri.; The make has a bifurcated penis.; All of these
Answer: All of these
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Question: The koala is the only animal species on the planet to possess this quality.
Choices: All of these; It sleeps with open eyes.; When its hungry, it starts sucking on its tail.; Its brain size is extremely reduced.
Answer: Its brain size is extremely reduced.
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Question: What does the Greek word Phascolarctos, denoting the genus to which koalas belong, mean?
Choices: Ash-colored; Pouch bear; Doesnt drink; Monkey bear
Answer: Pouch bear
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Question: When anxious, the koala produces a loud sound similar to the cry made by this creature.
Choices: Baby bear; Crow; Human baby; Rabbit
Answer: Human baby
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Question: What is the literal meaning of the word giraffe considering its Arabic origin?
Choices: Unbelievable; Ambiguous; Scary; Tall
Answer: Tall