91487 Intermediate Trivia Questions
91487 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which freshwater fish is the only native fish of Australia’s genus Neoceratodus?
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Australian lungfish
Which freshwater fish has been Wisconsin's official state fish since 1955?
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Muskellunge
Which freshwater fish is the largest species of African tigerfish?
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Goliath tigerfish
Which freshwater catfish species is scientifically named Ictalurus punctatus?
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Channel catfish
Which freshwater fish is known as the black ghost knifefish?
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Apteronotus albifrons
Which freshwater fish is also known as the Nile tilapia?
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Oreochromis niloticus
At which bay do migrating red knots gather to feed on horseshoe crab eggs?
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Delaware Bay
Which bird holds the record for the longest nonstop flight, flying from Alaska to Tasmania?
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Bar-tailed godwit
What is the scientific name of the African bush elephant, the largest living land animal?
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Loxodonta africana
Which animal is the world’s largest living amphibian?
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Chinese giant salamander
Which primate is the largest living member of the great ape family?
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Eastern gorilla
Which animal is the world’s largest land carnivore by average body mass?
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Polar bear
Which desert plant is famous for producing only two continuously growing leaves during its lifetime?
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Welwitschia mirabilis
Which plant was the first to have its genome completely sequenced?
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Arabidopsis thaliana
Which primate is the world’s smallest by average body mass?
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Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur
Which blood pigment gives a horseshoe crab’s blood its blue colour?
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Hemocyanin
What material makes up most of a rhinoceros’s horn?
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Keratin
How many chambers does a cow’s stomach have?
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Four
The goldfish is a domesticated form of which wild carp species?
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Prussian carp
Which freshwater fish can move over land for short distances using its pectoral fins?
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Walking catfish
What organ do arapaima use as a lung to breathe air at the water's surface?
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Modified swim bladder
Which parrot species became famous for imitating human speech in Alex’s language studies?
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African grey parrot
What visual signal do male fireflies use to attract females?
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Bioluminescent flashes
Which primate is widely known for producing the loudest call of any land animal?
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Howler monkey
What do rattlesnake tail segments produce when they are shaken?
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A warning rattle
Which three predators are distinguished by vervet monkey alarm calls?
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Leopards, eagles and snakes
What is the world’s tallest flowering plant species, with eucalyptus trees exceeding 100 metres?
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Eucalyptus regnans