Spider Basics
Amazing Spider Facts
Spider Habits
Famous Spiders in Pop Culture
Challenging Spider Trivia
100

What type of animal is a spider?

  • A) Insect
  • B) Arachnid 
  • C) Reptile
  • D) Crustacean
  • B) Arachnid 
100

Spiders are found on every continent except:

  • A) Europe
  • B) North America
  • C) Antarctica 
  • D) Australia
  • C) Antarctica 
100

Most spiders are active at:

  • A) Night 
  • B) Noon
  • C) Sunrise only
  • D) Sunset only
  • A) Night 
100

Which superhero gained spider-like abilities after a spider bite?

  • A) Batman
  • B) Superman
  • C) Spider-Man 
  • D) Iron Man
  • C) Spider-Man 
100

What part of a spider contains its spinnerets, which produce silk?

  • A) Head
  • B) Legs
  • C) Abdomen 
  • D) Fangs

C) Abdomen

200

How many legs does a spider have?

  • A) 6
  • B) 8 
  • C) 10
  • D) 12
  • B) 8 
200

What do spiders primarily eat?

  • A) Leaves
  • B) Seeds
  • C) Insects 
  • D) Fruit
  • C) Insects 
200

A spider sheds its outer covering in a process called:

  • A) Molting 
  • B) Hatching
  • C) Spinning
  • D) Nesting
  • A) Molting 
200

What is the name of the friendly spider in the book Charlotte's Web?

  • A) Wilma
  • B) Charlotte 
  • C) Daisy
  • D) Lucy
  • B) Charlotte 
200

Which spider is one of the largest in the world by leg span?

  • A) Black Widow
  • B) Wolf Spider
  • C) Goliath Birdeater 
  • D) Garden Spider
  • C) Goliath Birdeater 
300

What do spiders use to make webs?

  • A) Saliva
  • B) Venom
  • C) Silk 
  • D) Hair
  • C) Silk 
300

Which spider is famous for building large, circular webs?

  • A) Wolf Spider
  • B) Orb-Weaver 
  • C) Tarantula
  • D) Jumping Spider
  • B) Orb-Weaver 
300

Which spider hunts by jumping on its prey instead of using a web?

  • A) Orb-Weaver
  • B) Jumping Spider 
  • C) Cellar Spider
  • D) Garden Spider
  • B) Jumping Spider 
300

Charlotte's friend Wilbur is what kind of animal?

  • A) Horse
  • B) Sheep
  • C) Pig 
  • D) Goat
  • C) Pig 
300

What is the name of a spider's venom-injecting mouthpart?

  • A) Mandible
  • B) Fang 
  • C) Claw
  • D) Stinger
  • B) Fang 
400

Most spiders have how many eyes?

  • A) 2
  • B) 4
  • C) 6
  • D) 8 
  • D) 8 
400

Some spiders can travel long distances through the air using silk. This is called:

  • A) Gliding
  • B) Ballooning 
  • C) Swinging
  • D) Floating
  • B) Ballooning 
400

What is a group of baby spiders called?

  • A) Brood
  • B) Hatchlings
  • C) Spiderlings 
  • D) Nestlings
  • C) Spiderlings 
400

Spider-Man first appeared in comic books during which decade?

  • A) 1940s
  • B) 1950s
  • C) 1960s 
  • D) 1970s

C) 1960s

400

Which spider is known for carrying its egg sac attached to its spinnerets?

  • A) Wolf Spider 
  • B) Tarantula
  • C) Orb-Weaver
  • D) Crab Spider
  • A) Wolf Spider 
500

What is the main purpose of a spider's web?

  • A) Decoration
  • B) Shelter only
  • C) Catching prey 
  • D) Keeping warm
  • C) Catching prey 
500

Approximately how many spider species have scientists identified worldwide?

  • A) 1,000
  • B) 5,000
  • C) 30,000
  • D) 50,000 

D) 50,000

500

Female spiders often lay their eggs in a protective:

  • A) Cocoon
  • B) Egg Sac 
  • C) Nest Box
  • D) Burrow
  • B) Egg Sac 
500

Who wrote Charlotte's Web?

  • A) Robert Louis Stevenson
  • B) E. B. White 
  • C) Beverly Cleary
  • D) Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • B) E. B. White 
500

What is the scientific study of spiders called?

  • A) Entomology
  • B) Zoology
  • C) Arachnology 
  • D) Ornithology
  • C) Arachnology