89712 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89712 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What disease has caused major population declines in Tasmanian devils?
Answer
Devil facial tumour disease
Which Australian bird builds a large mound to incubate its eggs using heat from rotting vegetation?
Answer
Australian brush turkey
What orbital cycle describes changes in Earth’s axial tilt over roughly 41,000 years?
Answer
Obliquity cycle
Who founded the United Kingdom’s first national weather forecasting service in 1854?
Answer
Robert FitzRoy
What is the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere called?
Answer
Tropopause
What scale measures drought severity using precipitation, temperature, and soil-water data?
Answer
Palmer Drought Severity Index
Which cattle breed, developed in England, is recognized for its red body and white face?
Answer
Hereford cattle
Which sheep breed is famous for often having four horns?
Answer
Jacob sheep
What is a castrated male horse called?
Answer
Gelding
In the Brothers Grimm tale “The Twelve Dancing Princesses,” what do the princesses wear out every night?
Answer
Their dancing shoes
What is the deepest known fish habitat, where the Mariana snailfish has been observed?
Answer
The hadal zone
Which whale is the deepest-diving marine mammal?
Answer
Cuvier's beaked whale
Which marine animal is the fastest swimmer among penguins?
Answer
Gentoo penguin
Which crustacean is the largest living land arthropod?
Answer
Coconut crab
What body feature lets sharks detect weak electric fields in seawater?
Answer
Ampullae of Lorenzini
Which turtle can dive deeper than any other living sea turtle?
Answer
Leatherback sea turtle
Which marine animal has the largest brain of any animal?
Answer
Sperm whale
What toxin is found in the tissues of many pufferfish?
Answer
Tetrodotoxin
Which African safari animal has a prehensile upper lip for grasping leaves?
Answer
Black rhinoceros
Which African antelope is the largest species in the world?
Answer
Giant eland
Which African bird is famous for killing prey by stamping on it with powerful legs?
Answer
Secretarybird
What is the main prey of an African fish eagle?
Answer
Fish
Which African safari animal is the largest living rhinoceros species?
Answer
White rhinoceros
Which African bird of prey is famous for killing snakes by stamping on them?
Answer
Secretarybird
Which bird of prey can locate carrion partly by its highly developed sense of smell?
Answer
Turkey vulture
Which bird of prey is known as the monkey-eating eagle?
Answer
Philippine eagle
Which bird of prey is the largest living bird in the United Kingdom?
Answer
White-tailed eagle