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Animal Trivia Questions and Quizzes

Hairy, feathery or scaly, animals tend to bring out the gentleness or bravado in people. People like knowing about them whether they are cute and cuddly or vast and scary. To many children, animals are characters from their favorite stories. To many adults, animals are precious parts of this fragile world we live in and worthy of preservation. There is a tremendous amount of little-known facts about animals great and small, and knowing these details will be a fun way to spend time with people you like while helping each other learn something new every time. Test your trivia knowledge or become a quiz master with these challenging animal trivia questions with answers.

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Which animal has human-like fingerprints?

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Which animal has human-like fingerprints?
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The Koala.
Koala fingerprints were discovered in 1996. Although there are other animals with fingerprints similar to human, the remarkable thing is that the fingerprints of koalas have been evolved independently and recently during their evolutionary history.

Who was “Unsinkable Sam”?

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Who was “unsinkable sam”?
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It is the name of a cat that survived 3 shipwrecks during World War II.
The original name of the ship’s cat was Oskar and is reported to serve during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships. “Oscar” was derived from the International Code of Signals for the letter ‘O,’ which is code for “Man Overboard”(the German spelling, “Oskar,” was sometimes used since he was a German cat).

Can dogs smell cancer in humans?

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Can dogs smell cancer in humans?
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Dogs can sniff out certain diseases, including cancer.
According to researchers, dogs can detect many types of cancers in humans. Like many other diseases, cancers leave specific traces, or odor signatures, in body fluids. Cancer cells, or healthy cells affected by cancer, produce and release these odor signatures.

What color are Polar bears’ tongues?

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What color are polar bears’ tongues?
White.
Incorrect.
Blue.
Correct!
Polar bears although they have a white coat of fur that helps them blend into the snow and ice their skin is black to keep them warm by absorbing heat from the sun’s rays. Their tongues are also dark, often ranging from blue to purple.
Red.
Incorrect.

What animal is the emblem of the U.S. Democratic political party?

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What animal is the emblem of the u.s. democratic political party?
Elephant.
Incorrect.
Donkey.
Correct!
The United States Democratic party is recognized by the symbol of a donkey, and the Republican party is represented by an elephant. The Democratic donkey was first associated in 1828 with Democrat Andrew Jackson’s campaign. His opponents had called him a donkey, so Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed donkey on his posters. Later, famous cartoonist Thomas Nast used the donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
Eagle.
Incorrect.