Baby animals
Name for a baby penguin
What is a chick?
The collective name for a group of antelope
What is a herd?
A Zoo in Florida had to shelter animals in bathrooms and hallways to keep them safe from this storm.
What is Hurricane Helene?
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, news broke that this giant bug had been discovered in the United States, far from its native habitat in Asia.
What is an Asian Giant Hornet, or "murder hornet"?
The British monarch who served the longest term
Who is Elizabeth II?
The word for a baby kangaroo.
What is a joey?
The collective name for a group of dolphins.
What is a pod?
This fish has new-found freedom to travel up-stream after dams on the Kalmath river on the California-Oregon boarder were taken down last week.
What are Salmon fish?
A dog called Laika, a stray found wandering the streets of Moscow, was launched into space by the Soviet Union on this spacecraft.
What was Sputnik 2?
The first successful man-made satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
What is Sputnik 1?
These are the names of a baby fish. (two possible; one answer acceptable)
What is a fry or a fingerling?
The collective name for a group of crows (not flock).
What is a murder of crows?
This pygmy hippo became an internet sensation after videos of her went viral, leading to a sponsorship with the Utah Jazz.
(name of this individual animal)
What is Moo Deng the pygmy hippo?
An animal of large dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period. It was discovered in 1975, near Moab, UT.
What is a Utahraptor?
The best-selling album of all time, released in 1982
The name for a baby koala.
What is a joey?
The collective name for a group of Baboon monkeys.
What is a Troop?
What are racoons?
Artist Albrecht Dürer created a woodcut of this animal, having never seen it himself. The woodcut was based on a written description by a European explorer.
What is a Rhinoceros?
Iconic phrase Richard Nixson used during the Watergate scandal, which eventually lead to his resignation as president?
The name of a baby llama.
What is a "cria"?
These are the three commonly used names for a group of bats
What are "a colony", "a cloud" or "a cauldron"?
This annual event, celebrating an animal getting ready for hibernation, involves a sports-bracket style tournament where the public votes to decide which specimen prepared the best for winter.
What is "Fat Bear Week"?
During World War 1, an animal called "Cher Ami" was responsible for saving the lives of many soldiers after delivering a message, despite being injured on the journey to delivery.
(type of animal)
The US postal system added this to their addressal system in 1963.
What is a ZIP code?