Zoological

MONKEY BUSINESS

1 What animal has a name that means, man of the woods?

2 What is the largest species of monkey?

3 Which 1968 film starring Charlton Heston was remade in 2001 with Mark Wahlberg?

4 Residents of which English town are known as monkey hangers?

5 What was the name of the monkey in the TV show Pipkins?

CANINE CONUNDRUMS

6 What part of a dogs body can be described as butterfly, cherry or dudley?

7 Which cartoon character was originally to be called Dippy Dawg?

8 Which song contains the line, “you can tell your dog to bite my leg”?

9 What is the only breed of dog that can contract gout?

10 What breed of dog was named after the capital of Tibet?

FELINE FACTS

11 What type of animal was Hodori, the official mascot of the Seoul Olympics?

12 Who is described as, the indisputable leader of the gang?

13 In which country were the Tamil Tigers guerrilla movement founded?

14 Who raised a lioness cub called Elsa then wrote of her exploits in the book Born Free?

15 In which film did James Bond have Pussy Galore?

SOMETHING FISHY

16 What is the world’s largest fish?

17 In which film did John Cleese play Archie Leach?

18 According to an old proverb where should you never fish?

19 Why did the stonefish gain entry into the Guinness Book of World Records?

20 Flying Fish Cove is the capital of which island?

FOR THE BIRD BRAINS

21 On which continent did pheasants originate?

22 What was the call sign of Kris Kristofferson in the film Convoy?

23 What four letter word is the collective noun for a group of buzzards?

24 In Toy Story 2 what kind of bird is Wheezy?

25 Who played the Pigeon Lady in the film Home Alone 2?

SNAKES ALIVE

26 What type of dance is also the collective noun for a group of rattlesnakes?

27 What is a snake doing when desquamating?

28 What was the name of the snake in The Sooty Show?

29 During which monarch’s reign was Blackadder II set?

30 What number is represented by the phrase snakes alive in bingo terminology?

ANSWERS TO MONKEY BUSINESS
1 Orang-utan
2 Mandrill
3 Planet of the Apes
4 Hartlepool
5 Topov

ANSWERS TO CANINES
6 Nose
7 Pluto
8 Achy Breaky Heart
9 Dalmatian
10 Lhasa Apso

ANSWERS TO FELINES
11 Tiger
12 Top Cat
13 Sri Lanka
14 Joy Adamson
15 Goldfinger

ANSWERS TO FISH
16 Whale shark
17 A Fish Called Wanda
18 In troubled waters
19 The world’s most poisonous fish
20 Christmas Island

ANSWERS TO BIRDS
21 Asia
22 Rubber Duck
23 Wake
24 Penguin
25 Brenda Fricker

ANSWERS TO SNAKES
26 Rumba
27 Shedding its skin
28 Ramsbottom
29 Queen Elizabeth I
30 55