Extinct Animals and the Fish That Survived

Question 1

Identify this animal.

Accepted Answer

Quagga

Answer

Bubal hartebeest

Answer

Schomburgk's deer

Answer

Thylacine

Question 2

Why did a 1938 discovery of this animal astonish scientists?

Accepted Answer

It showed a lineage thought extinct was still alive

Answer

It was the first fish found in the deep ocean

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It was the first fish known to have scales

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It proved all ancient fish species still survived

Question 3

In what year were the last confirmed members of this species killed on Eldey Island?

Accepted Answer

1844

Answer

1814

Answer

1874

Answer

1904

Question 4

Which habitat was this animal associated with?

Accepted Answer

The Monteverde cloud forests of Costa Rica

Answer

The wetlands of central Thailand

Answer

The grasslands of South Africa

Answer

The dry forests of Mauritius

Question 5

What was the name of the last known member of this species?

Accepted Answer

Martha

Answer

Booming Ben

Answer

Benjamin

Answer

Inca

Question 6

Which human activities contributed to this animal's decline?

Accepted Answer

Heavy fishing, pollution, boat traffic and dams

Answer

Logging and the introduction of cats

Answer

Grassland burning and livestock grazing

Answer

Poaching for horns and forest clearing

Question 7

Where did the last known member of this species die in 1936?

Accepted Answer

Hobart Zoo, Tasmania

Answer

Amsterdam Zoo, Netherlands

Answer

Cincinnati Zoo, United States

Answer

London Zoo, England

Question 8

What was recorded during the last confirmed sighting of this bird in 1987?

Accepted Answer

A male calling for a mate

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A flock migrating between islands

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A pair feeding their young

Answer

A bird building a nest

Question 9

The Last Heathern Hen's name was Liling Liva

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 10

What is the name of the man that took the picture of the extinct Barbary Lion

Accepted Answer

Marcelin Flandrin

Answer

Marcelin Jeffenstine

Answer

Louis Daguerre

Answer

Nicéphore Niépce

Question 11

Around which century did this group of birds disappear?

Accepted Answer

15th century

Answer

11th century

Answer

17th century

Answer

19th century

Question 12

What year did the Carribean Monk Seal go extinct

Accepted Answer

2008

Answer

2009

Answer

1987

Answer

1900

Question 13

Which introduced animals contributed to this bird's extinction by eating its eggs and young?

Accepted Answer

Rats, pigs and monkeys

Answer

Cats, stoats and foxes

Answer

Rabbits, deer and goats

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Dogs, mongooses and ferrets

Question 14

Why did the Toolache Wallaby go extinct

Accepted Answer

because of hunting and habitat destruction.

Answer

a combination of a massive asteroid impact and severe volcanic activity

Answer

declining prey availability, intense food competition, and changing climate conditions

Answer

because people kept them as pets

Question 15

How wide can a tasmanian tiger open its mouth

Accepted Answer

80 to 120 degrees

Answer

80 to 270 degrees

Answer

80 to 360 degrees

Answer

80 to 5 million degrees

Question 16

The Bubal Hartebesst, Great Auk and Thylacine last species__________

Accepted Answer

Shot

Answer

Sick

Answer

Driving

Answer

Swimming

Question 17

What year was the last pink-headed duck seen before it went to extinction

Accepted Answer

1949

Answer

1900

Answer

1940

Answer

1987

Question 18

Identify this animal.

Accepted Answer

Quagga

Answer

Mountain zebra

Answer

Grévy's zebra

Answer

Plains zebra

Question 19

Identify where it was before it went extinct

Accepted Answer

Amsterdam Zoo

Answer

Hubart Zoo

Answer

Abuja Zoo

Answer

Zebra Land

Question 20

Where did the Zanzibar Leopard Live

Accepted Answer

Unguja Island in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Answer

Paris, France

Answer

Hawaii, Morocco

Answer

Pushkar, India

Extinct Animals and the Fish That Survived

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