Q 01/05

The impala is jokingly nicknamed after which fast-food chain, partly because its rump markings resemble its logo?

A) Burger King

B) Steers

C) McDonald's

D) Nando's

Answer · why

C) McDonald's

McDonald's fits twice over: the dark stripes on an impala's rump and tail sketch the chain's logo, and the antelope is one of the most common meals fo...

Q 02/05

Which American car brand named a full-size model after the impala and used the antelope as its logo?

A) Chevrolet

B) Oldsmobile

C) Plymouth

D) Mercury

Answer · why

A) Chevrolet

Chevrolet first used the name on a 1956 General Motors show car, then launched the Impala as a top-of-the-line model for 1958.

Q 03/05

Kampala, whose name comes from a phrase meaning hill of the impala, is the capital of which country?

A) Kenya

B) Tanzania

C) Zambia

D) Uganda

Answer · why

D) Uganda

Uganda's capital grew around a hill that had been a royal hunting reserve rich in impala. British officials called it the Hill of the Impala, and the ...

Q 04/05

During the rut, male impalas make which surprisingly fierce sound, audible up to two kilometres away?

A) A whistle

B) A roar

C) A bleat

D) A honk

Answer · why

B) A roar

A roar from a rutting impala begins with one to three loud snorts and ends in a run of deep grunts, given with the mouth open and the chin and tail ra...

Q 05/05

Which birds ride on impalas to eat parasites, making the impala the smallest hoofed animal they regularly use?

A) Hornbills

B) Weaver birds

C) Oxpeckers

D) Bee-eaters

Answer · why

C) Oxpeckers

Oxpeckers clean the places an impala cannot reach for itself, such as the eyelids and forehead. They have even been seen perching on a female's udder ...