Q 01/05

What is an adult male donkey called?

A) A jack

B) A jenny

C) A colt

D) A hob

Answer · why

A) A jack

A female is a jenny or jennet, and a youngster of either sex is a foal.

Q 02/05

Which animal is the direct ancestor of the domestic donkey?

A) The Asian onager

B) The African wild ass

C) Przewalski's horse

D) The plains zebra

Answer · why

B) The African wild ass

Its scientific name is either Equus africanus asinus or simply Equus asinus, depending on the taxonomist.

Q 03/05

On which continent was the donkey first domesticated?

A) Asia

B) Europe

C) Africa

D) South America

Answer · why

C) Africa

Pastoral people in Nubia probably tamed it 5,000 to 7,000 years ago, and it replaced the ox as their pack animal.

Q 04/05

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and what?

A) A female zebra

B) A female donkey

C) A female pony

D) A female horse

Answer · why

D) A female horse

The reverse cross, a stallion with a jenny, produces the rarer hinny.

Q 05/05

What is the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey called?

A) A hinny

B) A zonkey

C) A jennet

D) A burro

Answer · why

A) A hinny

Hinnies are usually smaller than mules, with shorter ears and a tasselled tail like their donkey mother.