Q 01/05

How many kinds of bear are alive in the world today?

A) Two

B) Eight

C) Thirty

D) One hundred

Answer · why

B) Eight

Eight is all there are, and for years nobody was sure the giant panda belonged on the list: scientists argued over whether it was a bear or a kind of ...

Q 02/05

What is a bear's long winter sleep called?

A) Migration

B) Hibernation

C) Moulting

D) Camouflage

Answer · why

B) Hibernation

Hibernation lets a bear go for months without eating, drinking or going to the toilet, living all that time off what its body stored up beforehand.

Q 03/05

Which is the smallest kind of bear?

A) Polar

B) Grizzly

C) Panda

D) Sun

Answer · why

D) Sun

The sun bear of Southeast Asia's rainforests is named for the golden patch on its chest, which is said to look like the rising sun and is a little dif...

Q 04/05

What do giant pandas eat almost all day long?

A) Bamboo

B) Fish

C) Honey

D) Eucalyptus

Answer · why

A) Bamboo

Bamboo makes up about 99 percent of a giant panda's meals, but there is so little goodness in it that the panda has to spend around 12 hours a day eat...

Q 05/05

Which country do giant pandas come from?

A) China

B) Japan

C) India

D) Thailand

Answer · why

A) China

China is the only country where they live wild, mostly in the mountain forests of Sichuan, and nearly every panda in a foreign zoo is only on loan: ba...