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British Animals Quiz: How Well Do You Know UK Animals?


Questions

  1. What species of kite was reintroduced to the UK in the late 20th century?
  2. What unusual defence mechanism do common lizards use to escape predators?
  3. What are the largest native land mammals?
  4. What is the name of the UK’s smallest bird?
  5. Can you name the UK’s only venomous snake?
  6. How many species of moth are there in the UK: (a) 2,500, (b) 250, or (c) 25?
  7. With its striking appearance and colourful bill, which bird has been nicknamed the "clown of the sea"?
  8. What are baby hedgehogs called?
  9. Which civilisation is believed to have introduced the European hare to Great Britain?
  10. In 1980, which large cat was captured in Inverness-shire, Scotland, given the name "Felicity", and put into the Highland Wildlife Park zoo?
  11. What are the most common and widespread of all British bats?
  12. Popular among cat owners, what is the oldest recorded cat breed in England?
  13. Which town in south-eastern Staffordshire gives its name to a British breed of domestic pig?
  14. Which woodland grouse gets its name from the Scottish Gaelic word meaning "horse of the woodland"?
  15. Kerry Hill is a breed of sheep dating back to the 19th century that originated in which Welsh county?
  16. The English breed of draught horse, the Suffolk Horse or Suffolk Sorrel, is historically known by what better-known name?
  17. Which dog breed is also known as the "Merry Spaniel" due to its constantly wagging tail?
  18. Bizarrely, one of Loch Lomond’s islands, Inchconnachan, is home to a colony of red-necked what?
  19. Lutra lutra is the scientific name of which elusive carnivore?
  20. Well into the 20th century, coal miners brought which birds into coal mines as an early warning signal for toxic gases?
  21. Pica pica is the scientific name of which resident breeding bird?
  22. Which cathedral city on the River Wye gives its name to a breed of cattle?

Answers

  1. Red Kite
  2. Shedding their tails
  3. Red deer
  4. Goldcrest
  5. Adder
  6. (a) 2,500
  7. Puffin
  8. Hoglets or urchins
  9. The Romans
  10. Puma
  11. Pipistrelle bats
  12. British Shorthair
  13. Tamworth
  14. Capercaillie
  15. Powys
  16. Suffolk Punch
  17. English Cocker Spaniel
  18. Wallabies
  19. Otter
  20. Canaries
  21. Eurasian magpie (common magpie)
  22. Hereford