General Biology Trivia
Question: What is the other name of the long appendage that hangs from an elephant's face?
Answer: A trunk
Question: Where would you find the cornea?
Answer: Eye
Question: What did a saber-tooth cat's canine teeth resemble?
Answer: Curved knives
Question: What is the offspring of a fish called?
Answer: Fry
Question: How do flowers attract bees and insects?
Answer: Bright colors
Question: What is the name of the long appendage that hangs from an elephant's face?
Answer: A trunk
Question: What is the offspring of a fish called?
Answer: Fry
Question: What probably caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Answer: Asteroid impact
Question: How are domesticated canines more commonly known?
Answer: Dogs
Question: Where do frogs live?
Answer: Freshwater
Question: Simple animals rely on reflex reactions for how much of their behavior?
Answer: Most
Question: Which liquid does a flower produce to attract insects?
Answer: Nectar
Question: What would fossilized skin feel like?
Answer: Hard
Question: How many lungs does the average mammal have?
Answer: 2
Plants & Life Trivia
Question: Which of these performs photosynthesis?
Answer: Plants
Question: What is the base unit of life?
Answer: Cells
Question: Reptiles usually create their green color by mixing yellow and which other pigment?
Answer: Blue
Question: What color is the chest of a male robin?
Answer: Red
Question: What happens to new dinosaur fossils when they are found?
Answer: Named
Question: What is a common name for a fungal infection of the foot?
Answer: Athlete's foot
Question: Which plant takes its name from the Italian phrase for Beautiful women?
Answer: Belladonna
Question: What happens to new dinosaur fossils when they are found?
Answer: Named
Question: What was first obtained from the willow tree in the 1890s?
Answer: Aspirin
Question: What is a common name for a fungal infection of the foot?
Answer: Athlete's foot
Question: Lemons contain which kind of acid?
Answer: Citric
Question: What molecule is produced by photosynthesis?
Answer: Oxygen
Question: Which part of a flower is often scented and attracts insects?
Answer: Petal
Question: Pitcher plants eat what?
Answer: Insects
Question: What are the building blocks of all plants and animals?
Answer: Cells
Animals Trivia
Question: How is the polar bear adapted to survive the cold temperatures?
Answer: Lots of fat
Question: The tallest dog in the world is which breed?
Answer: Great Dane
Question: A buffalo is which of these?
Answer: Herbivore
Question: Beef comes from which animal?
Answer: Cow
Question: The addictive substance in alcoholic drinks is called what?
Answer: Ethanol
Question: Insects make up what percentage of the world's animals?
Answer: 80
Question: Triceratops may have traveled in what?
Answer: Herds
Question: What type of factor is involved in determining eye color?
Answer: Inherited
Question: The anther is the what part of a plant?
Answer: Male
Question: Caterpillars develop into which animal?
Answer: Butterflies
Question: Which of these is a well-known cave-dweller?
Answer: Bat
Question: Toucans are famous for being what?
Answer: Colorful
Question: What is the other name of Japanese giant salamander?
Answer: Giant Pepper Fish
Question: What is the other name of sweetfish?
Answer: Ayu
Question: What type of animal is a bronco?
Answer: Horse
Question: Flying fish do what?
Answer: Glide
Question: What type of clear resin often has insects from the dinosaur era preserved in it?
Answer: Amber
Question: Some snails use what to breathe?
Answer: Gills
Question: Which of these does a caterpillar transform into?
Answer: Butterfly
Question: Honeycomb is made by which creature?
Answer: Bees
Question: Which of these animals hibernates?
Answer: Bears
Question: Which species of bird is the smallest?
Answer: Hummingbird
Question: How many different species of dog are there worldwide?
Answer: 800
Question: Spot the amphibian among the fish.
Answer: Frog
Question: Which insect is red with black spots?
Answer: Ladybird
Question: Which small dog originated in Mexico?
Answer: Chihuahua
Question: Where are Polar Bears native to?
Answer: Arctic
Question: A crocodile is which of these?
Answer: Carnivore
Question: What is the name for an animal who only eats meat?
Answer: Carnivore
Question: A humpback is what type of animal?
Answer: Whale
Nature Trivia
Question: What is the daily recommended calorie intake for an adult male?
Answer: 2000
Question: The use of which pesticide was banned in the US in 1972?
Answer: DDT
Question: What happens to new dinosaur fossils when they are found?
Answer: Named
Question: What is the other name of Japanese giant salamander?
Answer: Giant Pepper Fish
Question: Where do most bioluminescent creatures exist?
Answer: Oceans
Question: Zoophobia is a fear of what?
Answer: Animals
Question: Bamboo is a type of what?
Answer: Grass
Question: Tulips are indigenous to what sort of area?
Answer: Mountains
Question: Collagen and hemoglobin are examples of what?
Answer: Protein
Question: A mushroom is a what?
Answer: Fungus
Question: A shrub that bears leaves all year round is known as?
Answer: Evergreen
Question: By what name is the young of a goose known?
Answer: Gosling
Question: What is the best measure of growth of an organism?
Answer: Dry mass
Question: The sunflower is the state flower of which US state?
Answer: Kansas
Question: What does prehistoric mean?
Answer: Before records
Body Trivia
Question: What is the daily recommended calorie intake for an adult male?
Answer: 2000
Question: What is the addictive substance in alcoholic drinks called?
Answer: Ethanol
Question: What is a common name for a fungal infection of the foot?
Answer: Athlete's foot
Question: The tendon at the top of the human heel is called the what?
Answer: Achilles
Question: What is irregular about the Manx cat?
Answer: No tail
Question: Which teeth are primarily used for cutting food?
Answer: Incisors
Question: The Triceratops had 3 what?
Answer: Horns
Question: What holds root, and therefore the plant, to the ground?
Answer: Gravity
Question: Where would you find the cornea?
Answer: Eye
Question: On average, how many bones does an adult have?
Answer: 206
Question: What is the correct name for modern man?
Answer: Homo sapiens
Question: Which part of a flower becomes the fruit?
Answer: Ovary
Question: What does prehistoric mean?
Answer: Before records
Question: What holds root, and therefore the plant, to the ground?
Answer: Gravity
Question: How many lungs does the average mammal have?
Answer: 2
Question: How many chambers of the heart do plants have?
Answer: None
Question: What is the name for cells solely located within the nervous system?
Answer: Neurons
Question: The shoulder is what type of joint?
Answer: Ball and Socket
Question: The bones in a human head are called what?
Answer: Skull
Question: If an animal has a spine is which of these?
Answer: Vertebrate
Question: Which is the largest muscle in an adult human?
Answer: Gluteus Maximus
Question: How many legs does a normal dog have?
Answer: 4
Question: What is the name for the space in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place?
Answer: Leaf
Question: How many legs do spiders have?
Answer: Eight
Question: What is the average life expectancy of crocodiles?
Answer: 30-40 Years
Question: How many milk teeth do children get?
Answer: 20
Question: The cranium is better known as what?
Answer: Skull
Question: Which of the following is not a common dinosaur trait?
Answer: Having gills
Question: What is the amount of mineral matter per square centimeter of bones known as?
Answer: Bone density
Question: What is the name given to the study of function?
Answer: Physiology
Microbiology Trivia
Question: What is the study of microorganisms called?
Answer: Microbiology
Question: Which microorganism is responsible for causing the common cold?
Answer: Rhinovirus
Question: What is the process of heating a substance to kill or inactivate microorganisms called?
Answer: Sterilization
Question: Which bacterium is responsible for causing tuberculosis?
Answer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Question: What is the term for a substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms?
Answer: Antibiotic
Question: What is the name of the microorganism that causes yeast infections?
Answer: Candida
Question: Which microorganism is responsible for causing malaria?
Answer: Plasmodium
Question: What is the study of viruses called?
Answer: Virology
Question: Which bacterium is responsible for causing food poisoning?
Answer: Salmonella
Question: What is the process of using heat to kill or reduce the number of microorganisms in food called?
Answer: Pasteurization
Question: Which microorganism is responsible for causing strep throat?
Answer: Streptococcus pyogenes
Question: What is the name of the microorganism that causes dental cavities?
Answer: Streptococcus mutans
Question: Which microorganism is responsible for causing urinary tract infections?
Answer: Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Question: What is the term for the study of the immune system and its response to pathogens?
Answer: Immunology
Question: Which microorganism is responsible for causing the flu?
Answer: Influenza virus
Famous Biologists Trivia
Question: Who is known as the "Father of Modern Genetics"?
Answer: Gregor Mendel
Question: Which biologist proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin
Question: Who discovered the structure of DNA along with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins?
Answer: Rosalind Franklin
Question: Who developed the first vaccine for polio?
Answer: Jonas Salk
Question: Which biologist is credited with discovering penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming
Question: Who formulated the theory of continental drift?
Answer: Alfred Wegener
Question: Which biologist is known for developing the theory of spontaneous generation?
Answer: Louis Pasteur
Question: Who is considered the founder of modern bacteriology?
Answer: Robert Koch
Question: Which biologist is known for his work on the theory of endosymbiosis?
Answer: Lynn Margulis
Question: Who developed the concept of gene therapy?
Answer: William French Anderson
Question: Which biologist is known for his work on the theory of genetic inheritance in pea plants?
Answer: Hugo de Vries
Question: Who discovered the process of photosynthesis?
Answer: Jan Ingenhousz
Question: Which biologist proposed the "Germ Theory of Disease"?
Answer: Louis Pasteur
Question: Who discovered the role of chromosomes in heredity?
Answer: Thomas Hunt Morgan
Question: Which biologist is known for his studies on the behavior of chimpanzees?
Answer: Jane Goodall
Ecology Trivia
Question: What word describes how living organisms rely on each other to exist?
Answer: Interdependence
Question: What is one consequence of an increasing human population?
Answer: More waste
Question: Where is most life on Earth?
Answer: In the sea
Question: What is the name for a hunter in the food chain?
Answer: Predator
Question: What is the name for an animal who only eats plants?
Answer: Herbivore
Question: Animals as a whole are often referred to as the animal what?
Answer: Kingdom
Question: What are the names of the genetically identical cells produced in mitosis?
Answer: Daughter cells
Question: One factor scientists have not suggested for dinosaur extinction is what?
Answer: Overcrowding
Question: Which of the following is not a common dinosaur trait?
Answer: Having gills
Question: What is the name for an animal who only eats meat?
Answer: Carnivore
Question: If an animal eats too many carbohydrates what are they converted to?
Answer: Fats
Question: Which of these is an indicator species for water pollution?
Answer: Mayfly larva
Question: What is the space called when an organism decays inside a rock?
Answer: Moulds
Question: What was a saber-tooth cat's average weight?
Answer: 750 pounds
Question: A group of similar cells working together make up a what?
Answer: Tissue
Miscellaneous Biology Trivia
Question: What is the collective noun for ravens?
Answer: Unkindness
Question: What early mammal is an extinct elephant?
Answer: Mammoth
Question: Which of these animals is known for being able to change its skin color?
Answer: Chameleons
Question: Which of these has the Latin name Rattus Rattus?
Answer: Black rat
Question: What is the name for the study of function?
Answer: Physiology
Question: What is the name given to cells solely located within the nervous system?
Answer: Neurons
Question: What is the type of fur a saber-tooth cat most likely had?
Answer: Like a cheetah
Question: Where would you find a 'vacuole'?
Answer: In a plant cell
Question: Enucleation means what of a nucleus?
Answer: Removal
Question: The love apple is the original name for what?
Answer: Tomato
Question: What are trailing or climbing plants also known as?
Answer: Vines
Question: Where would you find the adenoids in a human?
Answer: Nasal passages
Question: What is the job of cytoplasm in a plant cell?
Answer: Production of proteins
Question: What is the scientific term for the 'shoulder blade'?
Answer: Scapula
Question: The mechanism of enzyme activity is often called what?
Answer: Lock and key