Animals and Sports

What Sport is This?

100

-a ball 

-a hoop

-you cannot touch the ball with your feet

Basketball

200

-a bat

-home plate

-pitcher

baseball

300

-racket

-a yellow ball

-Wimbledon

Tennis

400

-goggles

-race

-butterfly

Swimming

500

-goalkeeper 

-sticks

-helmets

hockey

Animal Names

100

A great white, a hammerhead and a sand are all different types of what animal?

a) a shark

b) a dolphin

c)a whale

Shark

200

TRUE OR FALSE"

Cats are considered to be "man's best friend"?

FALSE: dogs are 

300

Which of the following is NOT a type of dog breed? 

a) Sphinx

b) Labrador

c) Great Pyrenees

A sphinx is a breed of cat. 

400

The "Mountain Chicken" is another name for an animal that lives in the Caribbean; however, it is not actually a chicken. What type of animal is it?

a) a frog

b) a turkey

c) a snake

It's a frog! It is most commonly called the Giant ditch frog. 

500

A "Trash Panda" is another name for this mischievous animal:

a) raccoon

b) rabbit

c) squirrel 

Raccoon

Sports Mascots

100

The American football team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a very patriotic mascot. What is it?

a) a bulldog

b) an eagle

c) a bear

The Philadelphia Eagles

200

The baseball team in St. Louis, Missouri, and the American football team in Phoenix, Arizona, share the name of this red bird. 

a) raven

b) cardinal

c) falcon

St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Cardinals

300

The Blue Jays are the only professional baseball team in Canada. What Canadian city are they from? 

a)Toronto

b) Saint John

c) Winnipeg

Toronto

400

The Chicago Bears are an American football team. Bears are famous for hibernating during the winter. Which of the following animals does NOT hibernate?

a) bats

b) turtles

c) foxes 

Foxes

500

The hockey team from Boston, Massachusetts, is called the Boston Bruins. A bruin is another name for what animal?

a)a bear

b) a duck

c) a deer

A bear

Athletic Animals

100

Invertebrates can be very flexible. Which of the following animals is NOT an invertebrate?

a) snake

b) octopus

c) butterfly 

Snake

200

A Silverback Gorilla is how many times stronger than the average human man?

a) 20 times

b) 5 times

c) 7 times

20 times. Silverback Gorilla are believed to be able to lift ten times their body weight. 

300

Which animal can jump a distance that is 20 times longer than the length of its own body?

a)frog

b) grasshopper

c) kangaroo

Grasshopper

400

Between a lion, a tiger, and a cheetah, which is the SLOWEST?

a)lion

b)tiger

c)cheetah

Answer: Tiger (64km/hour)

Lion (80km/hour) Cheetah (93km/hour)

500

The Peregrine is the fastest bird in the world (321km/hour). What type of bird is it?

a) falcon

b) eagle

c) seagull 

Falcon

Potpurri

100

About how long does a baby kangaroo live in its mother's pouch?

a) half a year

b) nine months

c) one year

Nine months. 

200

Which two countries played in the championship game of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games for basketball?
 

a) Spain and Argentina

b)USA and Serbia

c)Spain and USA

Spain and USA. The U.S. defeated Spain both times ;)

300

Which animal has fingerprints that are most similar to a human's fingerprints?

a) monkey

b) koala bear

c) gorilla

Koala Bear. There have been cases in which a koala's fingerprints were mistaken for a human's! Who knows how many crimes koalas have gotten away with?.....

400

Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. What other sport did he play professionally?

a) tennis

b) American football

c) baseball 

Baseball: Jordan played two seasons of professional baseball with the Chicago White Sox organization's second division team in 1994 and 1995. 

500

Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts. What country is Naismith originally from?

a) Canada

b) Ireland

c) England 

Canada