Q 01/05

A black bear cub that a Canadian army vet left at London Zoo during World War I inspired which storybook character?

A) Paddington Bear

B) Winnie-the-Pooh

C) Corduroy

D) Rupert Bear

Answer · why

B) Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh took his name from Winnie, a cub the vet had bought from a hunter at a train stop in Ontario. Christopher Robin Milne visited her so o...

Q 02/05

The living Smokey Bear, a rescued black bear cub, got so much mail that the Postal Service gave him what?

A) A ZIP Code

B) A private mailbox

C) A postmaster title

D) A mail truck

Answer · why

A) A ZIP Code

A ZIP Code of his own, 20252, was assigned in 1964 because more than 13,000 letters a week were arriving for the bear. The code is still in use.

Q 03/05

The fur of the Canadian black bear is used to make the tall ceremonial caps worn by which British soldiers?

A) The Gurkhas

B) The Royal Marines

C) The Yeomen Warders

D) The Foot Guards

Answer · why

D) The Foot Guards

The Foot Guards wear bearskin caps that stand 11 inches tall at the front and weigh about a pound and a half. The Grenadier Guards adopted the style a...

Q 04/05

The black bear that inspired the film Cocaine Bear died after eating smugglers' drugs in which southern state?

A) Kentucky

B) Florida

C) Georgia

D) Arkansas

Answer · why

C) Georgia

Georgia investigators found the 175-pound female in 1985 after she ate cocaine dropped from a smuggler's plane. A stuffed bear said to be her is displ...

Q 05/05

Safety experts advise doing what if a black bear attacks, the opposite of the usual advice for a grizzly?

A) Play dead

B) Fight back

C) Curl into a ball

D) Stand very still

Answer · why

B) Fight back

Fight back with kicks and blows aimed at the bear's face and muzzle. Black bear attacks tend to be driven by hunger rather than defense, so playing de...