Zoos and Aquariums
What famous aquarium was the topic of two movies, and which two animals has put them in the spotlight to this very day?
What is Clearwater Marine Aquarium? Who are Winter and Hope?
Name the pelican from Finding Nemo.
Who is Nigel?
This bird of prey was once endangered in the U.S., but is now thriving in almost all parts of the country thanks to conservation efforts. It is most commonly known for its position as the national bird of the United States.
What is the bald eagle?
This member of the Felidae family is the largest big cat species on record.
What is an Amur tiger?
What is a whale shark?
This female mammal, residing at the Animal Adventure Park in New York, went viral on the internet in 2017, and had the birth of her calf Tajiri livestreamed on multiple platforms.
Who is April the giraffe?
In Dolphin Tale 2, what name did Sawyer and Hazel give the sea turtle they found wrapped in fishing net?
Who is Mavis?
This reptile is the world's heaviest snake and gives birth to live young rather than lay eggs. It was also the antagonist of its own horror movie in 1997.
What is the green anaconda?
This animal has the largest brain-to-body ratio, next to humans.
What is a bottlenose dolphin?
What are: green, hawksbill, loggerhead, leatherback, flatback, kemp's ridley, olive ridley
This zoo is the main institution featured on National Geographic's Secrets of the Zoo. (2 correct answers)
What is the Columbus Zoo? What is the Tampa Zoo?
Name an animal under the Mee family's care in We Bought a Zoo.
Who is: Buster (Grizzly Bear), Solomon (Lion), Spar (Tiger), Peaches (Peacock), etc.
This mammal is a marsupial native to the island of Tasmania, and is a voracious carnivore known for its bad temper. It is currently listed as endangered due to its populations being threatened by a contagious form of cancer.
What is the Tasmanian devil?
This animal holds the Guinness World Records for slowest heart beat, largest heart, largest lungs, heaviest tongue, largest migrant animal, loudest animal, and largest animal ever.
What is a blue whale?
Humpback whales migrate upwards of 5,000 miles between summer feeding grounds and winter calving grounds. In the Pacific Ocean, this group of islands serves as ideal calving grounds for these whales.
What is Hawai'i?
These species of cartilaginous fish are found almost exclusively at the Georgia Aquarium, and are housed in their 6.3 million gallon Ocean Voyager exhibit.
What are whale sharks? What are manta rays?
In the 2012 film Big Miracle, starring John Krasinski, these animals are helped by scientists after being trapped off the coast of Alaska by ice floes.
What are grey whales?
This shark is a favorite target of some sport fishers, being the fastest species on the planet, and one of the most powerful, reaching top speeds of 45 mph.
What is the shortfin mako shark?
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal. What is the second fastest land animal?
It is said that we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about our own oceans. Approximately how much of the ocean is still seen as "unexplored/uncharted" by scientists?
What is around 2/3rds (about 80%)?
What new animal did the Birmingham Zoo most recently welcome into its animal family in the Trails of Africa exhibit?
What is an Eastern Bongo? (Named Nakuru)
This species of reptile was proclaimed extinct for over 100 years until a living female specimen was found by Extinct or Alive host Forrest Galante in 2019.
What is the Fernandina tortoise?
The largest species of toothed whale, known for regularly diving to depths of 1,000 to 2,000 meters in search of their primary prey source, giant squid.
What is a sperm whale?
This species of seabird has the largest wingspan of any flying bird, measuring up to nearly 12 feet across.
What is the wandering albatross?
My favorite species of fish.
What are sailfish?