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Wild Mix: The No-Boring-Facts Quiz 30

A playful mixed-animal quiz for children aged 8-14. This set features Lion, North American beaver, Llama, Tokay gecko, Spotted hyena, Red kangaroo, Emperor penguin, Saltwater crocodile, Western gorilla, Platypus.

10 questions 10 mins Children 8-14

Question 1 · multiple choice

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

woodland, parks, orchards, and mature gardens savannas, grasslands, and dry open woodlands warm coral reefs with host sea anemones lowland tropical forest, swamp forest, and forest clearings

Question 2 · multiple choice

A North American beaver wins a free buffet—but only one table matches its usual diet. Which table?

plants, seeds, fruit, insects, and small animals grasses, bark, leaves, fruit, and roots bark, twigs, leaves, and aquatic plants mainly seals reached from sea ice

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which timetable would a Llama be most likely to approve?

most active from dusk to dawn, especially around people often active from dusk through night but also hunts by day hunts mainly from dusk through night feeds by day and rests while ruminating

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which movement clue identifies a Tokay gecko without showing its face?

climbs walls and ceilings with adhesive toe pads stalks silently, bursts forward, swims well, and can climb hovers and can fly backward by rotating its wings crawls with arms, jets water through a siphon, and swims briefly

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which adaptation gives a Spotted hyena a genuine advantage rather than an imaginary superpower?

a specialised mucus coating prevents the host anemone from stinging it massive jaws and crushing premolars allow it to process bones large molars and powerful jaw muscles process fibrous plants concentrated urine and dry droppings reduce water loss

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which parent-and-young clue correctly points to a Red kangaroo?

pups are born in a sheltered den and taught to swim later cubs are born in a sheltered rocky den a tiny newborn crawls into the pouch and continues developing there eggs are laid on a simple scrape without a built nest

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which group-behaviour clue is a realistic match for an Emperor penguin?

adults are largely solitary and communicate with scent marks mostly solitary but may share crowded feeding trees breeds and feeds in large, noisy colonies colonies huddle and rotate positions during severe winter weather

Question 8 · multiple choice

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

top predator linking freshwater, estuary, and marine food webs disperses seeds and consumes many aquatic and land invertebrates browses plants beyond the reach of many smaller herbivores disperses seeds and consumes varied dryland foods

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which “Stay Safe” instruction was written by nature for a Western gorilla?

sprints, changes direction rapidly, and kicks forward uses chest beats, displays, and group protection before physical conflict uses size, tusks, group protection, and warning charges relies on camouflage, size, and strong forepaws when threatened

Question 10 · true false

True or False: This “strange but true” clue belongs to the platypus: hums in several situations, including concern, contact, and contentment.

True False