Aardvarks to Zebras

1 What is the first animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary?

2 What is the second animal listed in the Oxford English Dictionary?

3 Which article of clothing is also the name for the young of a crane fly?

4 What is the alternative canine name for a marmot?

5 What is a natterjack?

6 Susan was the name of the Queen’s first what?

7 What is the smallest breed of horse?

8 What is the alternative name for the African barkless dog?

9 Taurophobia is the fear of which animal?

10 Smuck is the collective noun for which marine creatures?

11 Who is the best friend of Little Jackie Paper?

12 A troubling is a group of what, the female of which is known as a twit when pregnant?

13 What animal does the adjective ursine refer to?

14 Which bird family does the jay belong to?

15 Ruddock is a poetic name for which bird?

16 Which is the only animal that has oval blood cells?

17 Urchin was an ancient name for which creature indigenous to the British Isles?

18 Which bird was the emblem of the Roman Empire?

19 What is a young hare called?

20 What was the first bird to be released from Noah’s Ark?

21 Which bird family does the mynah bird belong to?

22 What animal is depicted on the logo of Toys R Us?

23 Sandwich, arctic, little and common are all species of which bird?

24 Nandini, a symbol of fertility in Hindu mythology, is what type of animal?

25 What breed of terrier was named after the largest island of the Inner Hebrides?

26 Blister, Hercules and stag are all varieties of which small creature?

27 In the 1980s, the Australian government instigated a vasectomy programme for which wild animal?

28 Which animal is sometimes referred to as the quill pig?

29 What animal has a name that means little thief in Latin?

30 The quagga is an extinct relative of which equine creature?

Answers

1 Aardvark
2 Aardwolf
3 Leatherjacket
4 Prairie dog
5 Toad
6 Corgi
7 Fallabella
8 Basenji
9 Bulls
10 Jellyfish
11 Puff the Magic Dragon
12 Goldfish
13 Bear
14 Crow
15 Robin
16 Camel
17 Hedgehog
18 Eagle
19 Leveret
20 Raven
21 Starling
22 Giraffe
23 Tern
24 Cow
25 Skye terrier
26 Beetle
27 Koala bear
28 Porcupine
29 Ferret
30 Zebra