Q 01/05

Which antelope stampedes through a gorge in Disney's The Lion King, in the scene where Mufasa is killed?

A) Hartebeest

B) Wildebeest

C) Tsessebe

D) Reedbuck

Answer · why

B) Wildebeest

Wildebeest herds make a believable stampede: they are the most abundant big-game animals in East Africa. Disney's animators built a few of them in 3D ...

Q 02/05

Which antelope, the national animal of South Africa, appears on the reverse of every Krugerrand gold coin?

A) Springbok

B) Gemsbok

C) Cape grysbok

D) Steenbok

Answer · why

A) Springbok

Springbok comes from the Afrikaans words for jump and buck, and the coin shows the animal in mid-leap. South Africa's national rugby team plays under ...

Q 03/05

Which graceful African antelope, able to leap three metres into the air, gave its name to a classic Chevrolet?

A) Nyala

B) Lechwe

C) Impala

D) Puku

Answer · why

C) Impala

Impala became a Chevrolet model for 1958, with the leaping antelope as the car's logo. The real animal can cover 10 metres in a single bound.

Q 04/05

Antelope horns have a bony core covered by a sheath of which protein, also found in human fingernails?

A) Collagen

B) Chitin

C) Elastin

D) Keratin

Answer · why

D) Keratin

Keratin keeps growing over the bone and is never shed. That is the big difference from a deer's antlers, which are bare bone and fall off to be regrow...

Q 05/05

Which North American animal is nicknamed the American antelope, although it belongs to a separate family of its own?

A) Pronghorn

B) Mule deer

C) Bighorn sheep

D) Mountain goat

Answer · why

A) Pronghorn

Pronghorn only look like antelopes because they evolved to fill the same role on open plains. Their closest living relatives are the giraffe and the o...