General Nature Trivia
Question: Pygmy marmosets live in the basin of which major world river?
Answer: Amazon
Question: Which is the only part of the world which does not have any native felines?
Answer: Australia
Question: What is another name for the spines of a porcupine?
Answer: Quills
Question: What is the main foodstuff of badgers?
Answer: Worms
Question: What is another name for the Pangolin, which rolls into a ball when threatened?
Answer: Scaly Anteater
Question: Roe, red, and fallow are types of which British creature?
Answer: Deer
Question: Dogs are pregnant for around how many weeks?
Answer: 9
Question: What is the plural of octopus?
Answer: Octopi
Question: The word 'vulpine' refers to which animal?
Answer: Fox
Question: Which small animal builds a nest called a drey?
Answer: Squirrel
Question: What is a baby shark called?
Answer: Pup
Question: Which aquatic animal builds dams to block rivers?
Answer: Beaver
Question: What color comes before 'poison dart frog' for the name of a small, poisonous amphibian?
Answer: Blue
Question: Angora yarn can come from a goat and which other animal?
Answer: Rabbit
Question: The name of which animal is also one of the seven deadly sins?
Answer: Sloth
Question: What is the name of the marine creature whose body is called a bell?
Answer: Jellyfish
Question: Sloths can have two or how many toes?
Answer: Three
Question: Which is the largest species in the cat family?
Answer: Tiger
Question: What nationality comes before 'rose tarantula' in the name of a spider?
Answer: Chilean
Question: Meerkats are native to which continent?
Answer: Africa
Question: Male saltwater crocodiles can reach lengths of how many meters?
Answer: 7 meters
Question: A collared peccary looks like which other animal?
Answer: Pig
Question: The chinchilla is part of which animal family?
Answer: Rodents
Question: How many types of Great Apes are there?
Answer: 4
Question: Deathwatch, Colorado potato, and scarab are types of which insect?
Answer: Beetle
Question: What type of eagle is the national symbol of the United States?
Answer: Bald
Question: What type of animal is an Eastern Bongo?
Answer: Antelope
Question: Aviculture is the science of raising which type of creatures in captivity?
Answer: Birds
Question: Portuguese Man-Of-War is a type of which creature?
Answer: Jellyfish
Natural Phenomenon Trivia
Question: What natural phenomenon occurs when electrically charged particles from the sun collide with Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Aurora borealis (Northern Lights)
Question: What is the term for a large swirling storm system characterized by a low-pressure center and strong winds?
Answer: Hurricane
Question: What is the name for the sudden discharge of electricity in the atmosphere, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning?
Answer: Lightning
Question: Which natural phenomenon involves the rapid shaking of the Earth's surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
Answer: Earthquake
Question: What is the term for a massive rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground?
Answer: Tornado
Question: What is the process called when water vapor in the air turns into liquid water, forming droplets on a surface?
Answer: Condensation
Question: What natural phenomenon occurs when a body of water retreats, exposing the seabed due to low tide or other factors?
Answer: Low tide
Question: What is the name for the gradual wearing away of land by the action of wind, water, or ice?
Answer: Erosion
Question: Which natural event involves the sudden and violent release of energy stored in rocks, resulting in a seismic wave?
Answer: Volcanic eruption
Question: What is the term for the movement of the ocean's water in a specific pattern caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun?
Answer: Tidal currents
Question: What is the process called when a solid substance changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first?
Answer: Sublimation
Question: What natural phenomenon occurs when a large body of water, such as a river or lake, overflows onto normally dry land?
Answer: Flood
Question: What is the term for the grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rocks or particles?
Answer: Abrasion
Question: Which natural phenomenon is caused by the rapid expansion of air along a lightning strike, resulting in a loud sound wave?
Answer: Thunder
Question: What is the name for a swirling mass of air characterized by a low-pressure center and circulating winds?
Answer: Cyclone
Question: What natural event involves the gradual movement of soil, rocks, or sediment down a slope due to the force of gravity?
Answer: Landslide
Question: What is the process called when a gas changes into a liquid, typically as a result of cooling or increased pressure?
Answer: Condensation
Question: Which natural phenomenon involves the gradual deposition of sediment, such as sand or silt, by wind or water?
Answer: Sedimentation
Question: What is the term for the gradual warming of Earth's surface due to the trapping of heat by certain gases in the atmosphere?
Answer: Global warming
Question: What natural event occurs when a volcano collapses into a void beneath it, resulting in a depression called a caldera?
Answer: Volcanic caldera
Natural Disasters Trivia
Question: What is the term for a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, resulting in seismic waves?
Answer: Earthquake
Question: Which natural disaster is characterized by the rapid rotation of a powerful funnel-shaped cloud?
Answer: Tornado
Question: What is the name for a massive ocean wave caused by seismic activity, typically an undersea earthquake?
Answer: Tsunami
Question: Which natural disaster involves the eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases from a volcano?
Answer: Volcanic eruption
Question: What is the term for a destructive wall of water caused by the displacement of a large body of water?
Answer: Flood
Question: Which natural disaster occurs when hot, ash-laden gases are ejected explosively from a volcano?
Answer: Pyroclastic flow
Question: What is the name for a violent tropical storm with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or more?
Answer: Hurricane
Question: Which natural disaster is characterized by intense rainfall, leading to rapid and widespread flooding?
Answer: Flash flood
Question: What is the term for a large-scale fire that spreads quickly, typically in vegetation-rich areas?
Answer: Wildfire
Question: Which natural disaster involves the sudden and violent release of energy in the Earth's crust, causing shaking and ground rupture?
Answer: Earthquake
Question: What is the name for a swirling mass of air with low atmospheric pressure, typically forming over warm ocean waters?
Answer: Tropical cyclone
Question: Which natural disaster is caused by the collapse or eruption of a volcano, releasing a cloud of hot ash, rock fragments, and gases?
Answer: Volcanic explosion
Question: What is the term for a sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates?
Answer: Seismic tremor
Question: Which natural disaster is characterized by a rapid, widespread, and uncontrollable fire that consumes buildings and vegetation?
Answer: Conflagration
Question: What is the name for a slow-moving mass of ice, rocks, and debris that slides down a slope?
Answer: Landslide
Question: Which natural disaster is caused by the rapid rotation of a violent thunderstorm, with a characteristic funnel-shaped cloud?
Answer: Tornado
Question: What is the term for a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to water scarcity and crop failure?
Answer: Drought
Question: Which natural disaster is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of rock beneath the Earth's surface?
Answer: Seismic event
Question: What is the name for a powerful and destructive storm system characterized by strong winds and heavy rainfall?
Answer: Cyclone
Question: Which natural disaster involves the sudden and rapid collapse or sinking of the Earth's surface, often forming a large hole?
Answer: Sinkhole
Animal-related Trivia
Question: Cashmere fibre comes from the coat of which type of animal?
Answer: Goat
Question: Pipistrelle is a type of which animal?
Answer: Bat
Question: The adjective ovine describes which type of animal?
Answer: Sheep
Question: What sort of diet does a frugivore animal have?
Answer: Fruit Based
Question: The collective name for which type of bird is a 'murder'?
Answer: Crow
Question: What type of animal is a bittern?
Answer: Bird
Question: What type of creature is a zebra swallowtail?
Answer: Butterfly
Question: What type of creature is a cassowary?
Answer: Bird
Question: Which breed of dog is associated with Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Corgi
Question: The Lhasa Apso is a breed of dog from which country?
Answer: Tibet
Question: Great Dane dogs originate in which European country?
Answer: Germany
Question: The Newfoundland breed of dog originates in which country?
Answer: Canada
Animal-related Trivia
Question: Cashmere fibre comes from the coat of which type of animal?
Answer: Goat
Question: Pipistrelle is a type of which animal?
Answer: Bat
Question: The adjective ovine describes which type of animal?
Answer: Sheep
Question: What sort of diet does a frugivore animal have?
Answer: Fruit Based
Question: The collective name for which type of bird is a 'murder'?
Answer: Crow
Question: What type of animal is a bittern?
Answer: Bird
Question: What type of creature is a zebra swallowtail?
Answer: Butterfly
Question: What type of creature is a cassowary?
Answer: Bird
Question: Which breed of dog is associated with Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Corgi
Question: The Lhasa Apso is a breed of dog from which country?
Answer: Tibet
Question: Great Dane dogs originate in which European country?
Answer: Germany
Question: The Newfoundland breed of dog originates in which country?
Answer: Canada
Question: What is the name of the animal which is covered in bony plates?
Answer: Armadillo
Question: What type of animal would you find in a formicary?
Answer: Ant
Question: What is a young eel called?
Answer: Elver
Question: What word means an animal capable of living on both land and in water?
Answer: Amphibious
Question: Which animals could be proboscis, rhesus, or tamarins?
Answer: Monkeys
Question: What does a Manx cat not have?
Answer: Tail
Question: Abyssinian, Bengal, and Birman are breeds of which type of pet?
Answer: Cat
Question: What is the world's fastest land animal?
Answer: Cheetah
Question: The caiman is a close relative of which other animal?
Answer: Crocodile
Question: Bald and Golden are types of which bird?
Answer: Eagle
Question: Anacondas are found in tropical regions of which continent?
Answer: South America
Question: Which large African mammals live in groups called a crash?
Answer: Rhinos
Question: What type of animal is a corncrake?
Answer: Bird
Question: What is the largest carnivore living on land?
Answer: Polar Bear
Question: Which type of animal lives in a lodge?
Answer: Beaver
Question: What type of animal is sacred in Thailand?
Answer: Elephant
Question: Pipistrelle, Greater Horseshoe, and Whiskered are types of which animal?
Answer: Bat
Question: What type of creature is a pilchard?
Answer: Fish
Question: Where do sloths live?
Answer: Trees
Question: The echidna is native to which country?
Answer: Australia
Question: What is the main food of an otter?
Answer: Fish
Question: Bamboo accounts for what percentage of a panda's diet?
Answer: 99%
Question: The dodo became extinct in which century?
Answer: 17th
Question: What is the name for a baby rabbit?
Answer: Kit
Question: Which animal's name comes from the Malay meaning 'human of the forest'?
Answer: Orangutan
Question: What color is the fur of the mountain hare in winter?
Answer: White
Question: Wildcats are native to which part of the UK?
Answer: Scottish Highlands
Question: The giraffe is native to which continent?
Answer: Africa
Question: Thresher, Hammerhead, and Carpet are types of which creature?
Answer: Fish
Question: Koalas aren't bears; they belong to which group of animals?
Answer: Marsupials
Question: White-beaked, Commerson's, and Ganges River are types of which creature?
Answer: Dolphin
Diseases in Nature Trivia
Question: Which tropical disease is spread by mosquitos?
Answer: Malaria
Question: Ornithology is the scientific study of which type of creatures?
Answer: Birds
Question: What is the scientific name for a fruit-eating animal?
Answer: Frugivore
Question: Which disease is caused by the bite of infected mosquitoes and is characterized by fever, body aches, and fatigue?
Answer: Malaria
Question: What is the infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and transmitted by fleas?
Answer: Plague
Question: Which viral disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks and can cause flu-like symptoms?
Answer: Lyme disease
Question: What is the name for the highly contagious viral disease characterized by the swelling of salivary glands?
Answer: Mumps
Question: Which disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted to humans through the bite of infected black-legged ticks?
Answer: Lyme disease
Question: What is the viral disease transmitted through the Aedes mosquito that causes symptoms such as fever, rash, and joint pain?
Answer: Zika virus
Question: Which disease is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and weakens the immune system?
Answer: AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)
Question: What is the infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and primarily affects the lungs?
Answer: Tuberculosis
Question: Which disease is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and characterized by a blister-like rash, itching, and fever?
Answer: Chickenpox
Question: What is the viral disease characterized by inflammation of the liver and is usually transmitted through contaminated food or water?
Answer: Hepatitis A
Question: Which disease is caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani and leads to muscle stiffness and spasms?
Answer: Tetanus
Question: What is the name for the respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis and characterized by severe coughing fits?
Answer: Whooping cough (Pertussis)
Question: Which viral disease is transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes and can cause fever, joint pain, and rash?
Answer: Dengue fever
Question: What is the infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis and commonly affects livestock and wild animals?
Answer: Anthrax
Question: Which disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and leads to severe diarrhea and dehydration?
Answer: Cholera
Miscellaneous Nature Trivia
Question: English Longhorn, White Park, and Belted Galloway are British breeds of which farm animal?
Answer: Cow
Question: In which country would you find marsupials called quokkas?
Answer: Australia
Question: What type of creature is a piranha?
Answer: Fish
Question: What word is used to describe animals that kill and eat other animals?
Answer: Predatory
Question: What type of creature is a sandpiper?
Answer: Bird
Question: Squirrels in the UK can be grey and which other color?
Answer: Red
Question: Spots known as rosettes are found on which big cat?
Answer: Leopard
Question: A bichon frise is a type of which animal?
Answer: Dog
Question: What would you expect to find in an apiary?
Answer: Bees
Question: How many species of African Rhinoceros are there?
Answer: 2