Which African crocodile is the continent’s largest reptile?
Answer
Nile crocodile
83042 Easy Trivia Questions
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What are an African elephant’s tusks modified from?
Answer
Incisors
Which African monkey has a bright blue face and red nose?
Answer
Mandrill
How high can an African impala leap in a single bound?
Answer
About 3 metres
What tail feature is the American Bobtail cat breed specifically named for?
Answer
A naturally short tail
What solid coat color gives the Havana Brown cat breed its name?
Answer
Chocolate brown
Which cat breed was originally developed in the United States as the California Spangled?
Answer
California Spangled
Which island group gave the Kurilian Bobtail cat breed its name?
Answer
Kuril Islands
Which cat breed is named after the Russian region of Siberia?
Answer
Siberian
Which cat breed has a naturally short tail and is associated with Japan?
Answer
Japanese Bobtail
What is an adult male sheep called?
Answer
Ram
Which rabbit breed is the source of the luxury fiber called angora wool?
Answer
Angora rabbit
Which poultry bird is also known as the helmeted guineafowl?
Answer
Guinea fowl
What is a newborn horse called?
Answer
Foal
What is the highest officially recorded air temperature on Earth?
Answer
56.7 °C (134 °F)
Which volcanic eruption in 1991 caused a measurable short-term drop in global temperatures?
Answer
Mount Pinatubo eruption
What name is given to the unusually cold climate of 1816 caused partly by the Mount Tambora eruption?
Answer
Year Without a Summer
What instrument records atmospheric pressure?
Answer
Barometer
What temperature scale sets water’s freezing point at 0 degrees?
Answer
Celsius scale
What effect deflects moving air because Earth rotates?
Answer
Coriolis effect
Which Hans Christian Andersen tale features a steadfast tin soldier in love with a paper ballerina?
Answer
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Which Hans Christian Andersen tale is set in a palace where a nightingale is kept in a cage?
Answer
The Nightingale
Which Hans Christian Andersen tale features a nightingale that sings for an emperor?
Answer
The Nightingale
According to the Gregorian calendar, on what date was Leo Tolstoy born?
Answer
9 September 1828
What illness caused Leo Tolstoy’s death in 1910?
Answer
Pneumonia
How many volumes make up the main narrative of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace?
Answer
Four volumes
Which Leo Tolstoy story, published in 1859, is known in English as Family Happiness?
Answer
Family Happiness
What is the title of Richard Powers's 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel?
Answer
The Overstory