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Wild Mix: The No-Boring-Facts Quiz 20

A playful mixed-animal quiz for children aged 8-14. This set features Great white pelican, Common clownfish, Bornean orangutan, Giant anteater, Great spotted woodpecker, Whale shark, Polar bear, Capybara, Peregrine falcon, African elephant.

10 questions 10 mins Children 8-14

Question 1 · multiple choice

Which location would make a Great white pelican say, “Finally—this feels like home”?

rivers, lakes, marshes, and coastal waterways steep rocky mountains and alpine valleys cliffs, coasts, open country, and tall city buildings large lakes, deltas, lagoons, and sheltered coasts

Question 2 · multiple choice

A Common clownfish wins a free buffet—but only one table matches its usual diet. Which table?

zooplankton, small crustaceans, algae, and food scraps selected eucalyptus leaves lichens, grasses, sedges, leaves, and fungi mainly insects, with some leaves and flowers

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which timetable would a Bornean orangutan be most likely to approve?

often hunts at night but basks by day travels and feeds by day and builds a new sleeping nest often travels and hunts from evening through night usually active from evening through night

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which movement clue identifies a Giant anteater without showing its face?

knuckle-walks on the ground and climbs carefully when needed hops using elastic hind-leg tendons and balances with a heavy tail walks on its knuckles to protect long front claws walks sure-footedly on padded two-toed feet

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which adaptation gives a Great spotted woodpecker a genuine advantage rather than an imaginary superpower?

wide furry paws act like snowshoes and enlarged nasal passages warm cold air nostril structures manage airflow while a third eyelid protects the eye wide mouth and filter pads separate tiny prey from huge volumes of water shock-absorbing skull structures and a long barbed tongue support drilling and feeding

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which parent-and-young clue correctly points to a Whale shark?

gives birth to live young developing from eggs retained inside the mother the female builds and guards a nest mound of leaves pups are born in a protected underground chamber young are raised in a tree hollow, den, or building cavity

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which group-behaviour clue is a realistic match for a Polar bear?

mostly solitary at sea but gathers at feeding or nesting areas mostly solitary except for mothers, cubs, and temporary gatherings forms loose groups whose membership can change frequently mostly solitary, though food-rich places can attract many individuals

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which behind-the-scenes nature job is performed by a Capybara?

preys on small crustaceans and provides food for larger fish disperses seeds and alters insect colonies while using tools grazes wetland plants and provides prey for large predators recycles nutrients from eucalyptus foliage and browses tree canopies

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which “Stay Safe” instruction was written by nature for a Peregrine falcon?

climbs higher, grips bark, and uses claws when threatened herds bunch together while antlers and hooves deter attackers changes colour, flattens the body, hisses, and bites uses altitude, speed, talons, and alarm calls

Question 10 · true false

True or False: This “strange but true” clue belongs to the african elephant: orangutan mothers have one of the longest intervals between births of any mammal.

True False