?'s about Elephants
Elephant Trivia
Elephant Run
All about Nick
History and Culture
100
The number of muscles in an elephant's trunk.
What is 150,000.
100
African elephants can be distinguished from Asian elephants by the size of these.
What are ears.
100
In the book Elephant Run, alms bowls were used to obtain this.
What is food?
100
Country where Nick was born.
What is Myanmar, Burma?
100
"The man who sits on the neck?"
What is a mahout?
200
The grandmother elephant is called this is an elephant herd.
What is a matriarch?
200
Elephants have the biggest one of these in the animal kingdom.
What is a brain?
200
Mosquito netting was used to protect people from getting this disease.
What is malaria?
200
Nick's age when returning to Burma?
What is 14?
200
The short sticks used by mahouts to guide elephants.
What is a choon?
300
Elephants have this personality trait.
What is they are loyal?
300
Wears a bell to warn people to flee.
What is Hannibal?
300
The capital of Burma.
What is Rangoon?
300
Nick kept these under his father's desk.
What are toy soldiers?
300
Group of people that cannot become mahouts in Burma.
What are women?
400
A baby elephant's favorite toy.
What is a trunk?
400
Elephants can respond to over 60 types of this kind of command.
What are verbal commands?
400
The country where Hilltop was born.
What is India?
400
Nick's mother sent Nick to Burma following this event.
What is the bombing of their apartment building?
400
The Burmese name for Mahout. (Mahout is actually the Indian name)
What is oozie?
500
An elephant uses this for defense.
What are tusks?
500
Elephants spend about 3/4 of their time doing this.
What is eating?
500
The current name of Burma.
What is Myanmar?
500
Heirloom given to Nick by his father.
What is a knife?
500
The two enemies of the USA and Britain during WWII.
What are Japan and Germany?