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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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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).

Are dogs color blind?

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Are dogs color blind?
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No.
Contrary to common belief dogs are’t colorblind in the sense that they see more than just black, white, and gray. However, the color range they perceive is limited compared to the spectrum humans see. They can see shades of yellow, blue, green and gray. The red color registers on a gray scale in a dog’s vision.

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

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What animal is the emblem of the u.s. republican political party?
Donkey.
Incorrect.
Eagle.
Incorrect.
Elephant.
Correct!
The United States Republican party is represented by an elephant and the Democratic party by a donkey. In a cartoon that appeared in 1874 in Harper’s Weekly, cartoonist Thomas Nast drew a donkey covered in lion’s skin and scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals was an elephant that was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That’s how the elephant became the emblemRepublican Party.