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Questions About Jungles
- The word jungle, meaning rough and arid, originates from which language?
- Tarzan of the Apes is a 1912 novel by which American writer?
- The Rumble in the Jungle was a 1974 historic boxing event held in which country?
- Who played the Tarzan-like jungle character in Carry on up the Jungle?
- Which animales have the nickname "The King of the Jungle"?
- What word starting with the letter 'c' describes the above ground area made up of the overlapping branches and leaves of the jungle's trees?
- Who is the boy hero of the The Jungle Book series of books?
- The law of the jungle is an expression and phrase first used in a poem by which writer?
- Which 1997 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman is a spoof of Tarzan?
- Which animal's name is derived from two Malay words meaning "man of the forest"?
- Which island, the third largest island in the world, is almost entirely jungle?
- Which animal known as the "forest giraffe" looks like a cross between a deer and a zebra?
- Can you name the second-largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon?
- Are spider monkeys found in Africa, Indonesia, or South America?
- Starting with the letter 'r', what's the name for the black spots on a leopard's fur?
- The 100 mile section of impassible jungle called the Darien Gap can be found separating two countries, name one of these countries?
- Name any of the three African countries in which there are populations of mountain gorillas?
- The vast majority of an estimated 100 or more isolated tribes live in which country?
- Rafflesia arnoldii is found in the jungles of Indonesia - what is it?
- Weighing up to 550 pounds, what are the largest snakes in the world?
- Which 1950 film tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city?
Answers:
- Sanskrit
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Terry Scott
- Lions (although they typically live in savannah and grassland)
- Canopy
- Mowgli
- Rudyard Kipling
- George of the Jungle
- Orangutan
- Borneo
- Okapi
- Congo Rainforest
- South America (also in Central America)
- Rosettes
- Colombia or Pananama
- Rwanda, Uganda, or the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Brazil
- A flower - with the largest bloom in the world, which grows to 3 feet across
- Green anacondas
- The Asphalt Jungle