World Wildlife Day Quiz

World Wildlife Day is celebrated every year on March 3. The objective is to raise awareness of wildlife.

This commemorates the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973.

World Wildlife Day is observed by all UN member states.

It is celebrated under different themes each year.

2021 Theme-Forests and Livelihoods: sustaining people and planet

1. Which of the following is the world’s largest conservation organisation?

A. The International Fund for Animal Welfare – IFAW

B. The World Wide Fund for Nature – WWF

C. The Nature Conservancy

Answer: B

2. What is the colour of a polar bear’s skin?

A. White

B. Brown

C. Black

Answer: C

3. Which of the following is the only bird species that can fly backwards?

A. Hummingbird

B. Scarlet robin

C. Spotted pardalote

Answer: A

4. Which animal is featured on the logo of the World Wild Fund?

A. A dodo

B. A koala

C. A panda

Answer: C

5. Approximately how many muscles are there in a trunk of an elephant?

A. Around 5,000

B. Around 40,000

C. Around 100,000

Answer: B

6. Around how many eggs could a sea turtle often lay at one time?

A. Around 50 eggs

B. Around 240 eggs

C. Around 530 eggs

Answer: B

7. After successful hunting, which lion in the group tends to eat first?

A. Cubs

B. Females

C. Males

Answer: C

8. Which of the following statements is a true fact about koalas?

A. They have opposable thumbs

B. They live in Australia and New Zealand

C. Koalas and bears are in the same family

Answer: A

9. Over the period from 1970 to 2010, the global population increased by more than 50 per cent. How much percentage did the wildlife population decreases in the same period?

A. Around 20 per cent

B. Around 40 per cent

C. Around 60 per cent

Answer: C

10. Which unique tactic does a pangolin often use to defend and protect themselves?

A. To play dead

B. To roll up into a ball

C. To release a stinky smell

Answer: B

11. What are the horns of rhinoceroses made from?

A. Hair

B. Bone

C. Ivory

Answer: A

12. Which of the following is the national mammal of the United States?

A. Black bear

B. Mule

C. American bison

Answer: C

13. What is the other name of “Cape hunting dog” or “painting dog”?

A. European wild dog

B. American wild dog

C. African wild dog

Answer: C

14. It is not easy to differentiate between a leopard and a jaguar. In addition to the body size, which other physical feature can help us tell them apart?

A. The length of the legs

B. The markings on the fur

C. The tail

Answer: B

15. Which of the following animals cannot be found in the wild in Britain anymore?

A. Beaver

B. Wolf

C. Wallaby

Answer: B

16. How long does it normally take for a sloth to digest all the food?

A. Around 1 week

B. Around 1 month

C. Around 6 months

Answer: B

17. What is the biggest animal on Earth?

A. Blue whale

B. Colossal squid

C. African elephant

Answer: A

18. Which word is used to call a group of sharks?

A. A sharklet

B. A flotilla

C. A shoal

Answer: C

19. Black-footed ferrets completely depend on which animal for shelter and food?

A. Voles

B. Prairie dogs

C. Grasshoppers

Answer: B

20. The blue whale is the animal with the slowest heart rate at … times per minute, while the pygmy shrew is the animal with the quickest heart rate at … times per minute.

A. 1 – 300

B. 3 – 700

C. 8 – 1200

Answer: C

21. Which of the following animals has the longest migration distance with up to 71,000 km per year?

A. Arctic tern

B. Humpback whale

C. Wandering albatross

Answer: A

22. Why do bees and other pollinators are important to life on the planet?

A. They provide us with food

B. They reduce the population of harmful pests

C. They aid in oxygen production

Answer: A

23. Which of the following species can easily adapt to life on a river thanks to their dense fur and webbed feet?

A. Sea lion

B. Otter

C. Walrus

Answer: B

24. Billions of which birds used to inhabit North America in the 1800s before they were hunted by humans to extinction?

A. Dodo

B. Labrador duck

C. Passenger pigeon

Answer: C

25. What is stored in the hump of a camel?

A. Fat

B. Water

C. Food

Answer: A

26. In which of the following animals do the males give birth?

A. Sea dragon

B. Dragonfly

C. Shrimp

Answer: A

27. Which of the following big cats cannot roar?

A. Cheetah

B. Tiger

C. Snow leopard

Answer: C

28. On which part of the body is the heart of a shrimp located?

A. Stomach

B. Head

C. Tail

Answer: B

29. Which of these most common types of deer has the longest lifespan?

A. Axis Deer

B. Moose

C. Roe Deer

Answer: A

30. Which of the following programming languages is named after a wild animal?

A. Perl

B. Cobra

C. Cobol

Answer: B

31. Which animal only move the hind legs together on land, but can kick each leg independently in the water to swim?

A. Cheetah

B. Kangaroo

C. Hippopotamus

Answer: B 

32. What is the animal symbol of W. W. F (World Wildlife Fund) ?

a) Red Panda

b) Giant Panda

c) Tiger

d) Kangaroo

33. The most important human activity, leading to the extinction of wildlife, is

a) Pollution of wildlife, is

b) Hunting for valuable wildlife products

c) Introduction of alien species

d) Alternation and destruction of the natural habitats

34. If we uncover half of the forest, covering of the earth, what crisis will be produced at most and at first?

a) Some species will be extincted

b) Population and ecological imbalance will rise up

c) Energy crisis will occur

d) Rest half forests will maintain this imbalance

35. When is the World Wildlife week ?

a) First week of September

b) Last week of September

c) First week of October

d) Last week of October

36. Red Data Book Provides data on

a) Red flowered plants

b) Red colored fishes

c) Lists of plants and animals

d) Endangered plants and animals

37. Wild life is continuously decreasing. What is the main reason of this?

a) Predation

b) Cutting down of forest

c) Destruction of habitat

d) Hunting

38. What is the major cause of diminishing wildlife number?

a) Felling of trees

b) Cannibalism

c) Habitat destruction

d) Paucity of drinking water

39. Viable material of endangered species can be preserved by

a) Gene bank

b) Gene library

c) Gene pool

d) Herbarium

40. Which group of vertebrates comprises the highest number of endangered species?

a) Mammals

b) Fishes

c) Birds

d) Reptiles

41.  Which of the following is mainly responsible for the extinction of wild life

a) Pollution of air and water

b) Hunting of flesh

c) Destruction of Habitats

d) All of these