Elephants quiz
Today, some questions relating to elephants. How many can you guess? One guess allowed per question. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1.What country, starting with the letter B, has the most wild elephants? Botswana
2.What fictional elephant could fly, thanks to his gigantic ears? Dumbo
3.What is a male elephant called? a Bull
4.What tiny animals are elephants supposedly afraid of? Mice
5.What country has the most Asian elephants? India
6.What prehensile part of an elephant's body is also called a proboscis? The Trunk
7.What substance do elephants use as sunscreen? Mud
8.Unlike almost all mammals, what are elephants unable to do? Jump
9.What lasts two years in elephants - longer than in any other animal? Gestation
10.What general from Carthage famously employed elephants when he
attacked the Roman Republic? Hannibal
11.What type of elephants are considered sacred in Thailand? White Elephants
12.What well-known Hindu god has the head of an elephant? Ganesh
13.What close relative of the elephant lived in cold climates and went extinct around 1650 BC? Mammoth
14.What more-distant elephant relative went extinct around 10,000 BC? Mastodon
15.What American political party is symbolized by an elephant? The Republican
Party
16.What M word refers to the old female elephant who leads a group? Matriarch
17.What valuable white material is made from elephant tusks? Ivory
18.What fictional elephant is a beloved children's character in France? Babar
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1.What country, starting with the letter B, has the most wild elephants? Botswana
2.What fictional elephant could fly, thanks to his gigantic ears? Dumbo
3.What is a male elephant called? a Bull
4.What tiny animals are elephants supposedly afraid of? Mice
5.What country has the most Asian elephants? India
6.What prehensile part of an elephant's body is also called a proboscis? The Trunk
7.What substance do elephants use as sunscreen? Mud
8.Unlike almost all mammals, what are elephants unable to do? Jump
9.What lasts two years in elephants - longer than in any other animal? Gestation
10.What general from Carthage famously employed elephants when he
attacked the Roman Republic? Hannibal
11.What type of elephants are considered sacred in Thailand? White Elephants
12.What well-known Hindu god has the head of an elephant? Ganesh
13.What close relative of the elephant lived in cold climates and went extinct around 1650 BC? Mammoth
14.What more-distant elephant relative went extinct around 10,000 BC? Mastodon
15.What American political party is symbolized by an elephant? The Republican
Party
16.What M word refers to the old female elephant who leads a group? Matriarch
17.What valuable white material is made from elephant tusks? Ivory
18.What fictional elephant is a beloved children's character in France? Babar
