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100
Because a rat's front teeth never stop growing, they perform this action to keep them short.
What is gnawing?
100
The European city of Hamelin inspired this famous rat story.
What is the Pied Piper?
100
In many gangster and crime films, a rat refers to this type of person.
What is a snitch/mole/spy?
100
Rats are incredible swimmers, and can tread water for up to this amount of time nonstop.
What is three days?
100
A rat can jump vertically up to this height.
What is three feet?
200
Rat belong to this scientific order of mammals, which include squirrels and beavers.
What are rodents?
200
Rats have become an invasive species on the islands of this country.
What is New Zealand?
200
This character in the cartoon series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was a rat and the master of the mutant turtles.
Who is Master Splinter?
200
Rats are one of 65 species that can perform this action, but rats do it at such a high frequency that humans often miss it.
What is laughing?
200
A group of rats can be called a pack, a colony, or one of these two names.
What is a plague or mischief?
300
Rats use these to navigate tight spaces and sense their surroundings.
What are whiskers?
300
The Black Death was caused by a widespread diseased carried throughout Europe in the 1300's by rats and this.
What are fleas?
300
In this famous novel that was a commentary about communism in Russia, the main character Winston fears rats more than anything.
What is 1984?
300
In Cambodia, rats amazing sense of smell have been used to detect these.
What are landmines?
Also accepted: Tuberculosis
300
Rats are capable of experiencing this, which has led to them freeing their rat friends from traps.
What is empathy?
Also accepted: Emotional Intelligence
400
This is the worst physical sense in rats.
What is sight/vision?
400
This continent was believed to be the original home to the brown rat until it spread worldwide.
What is Asia?
400
Le Blue Train is the name of a famous restaurant which was inspiration for this film.
What is Ratatouille?
400
Rats can fall from this height and still live due to their low body weight. (Answer is in ft.)
What is 50 feet?
400
Wild rats tend to have a condition called "neophobia", which is the fear of this.
What are new things, objects, and foods?
500
A rat's skull is so small, that it can squeeze through holes as small as this coin.
What is a quarter?
500
This city earned the title "Rat City" because of its historical rat infestation problems in alleys and railyards.
What is Chicago?
500
This children's book by E.B. White features a lovable rat named Templeton.
What is Charlotte's Web?
500
Researches have taught rats to drive miniature cars, which is important to this field of science.
What is neuroscience or neurology?
500
Is this a rat?
No. It is not a rat.