Q 01/05

The name of the plant-eating markhor comes from two Persian words usually translated as what?

A) Mountain king

B) Snake eater

C) Cliff leaper

D) Wolf killer

Answer · why

B) Snake eater

Snake eater is the usual reading of the Persian mar and khor, though the markhor eats only plants. Folklore held that it killed serpents; others think...

Q 02/05

In 2018 a leaping markhor was unveiled as the new brand symbol of which Pakistani organisation?

A) The state railway

B) The national cricket board

C) The postal service

D) The national airline

Answer · why

D) The national airline

The national airline, PIA, put the markhor on its aircraft tails so travellers abroad would recognise it. Pakistan's Supreme Court barred the logo, an...

Q 03/05

Which future US president's younger brother Elliott wrote of shooting two markhor on an 1881 hunt?

A) Theodore Roosevelt

B) Grover Cleveland

C) William McKinley

D) William Howard Taft

Answer · why

A) Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt's brother Elliott shot his first markhor on 8 July 1881 and a second on 1 August. Hunters in British India rated the animal among t...

Q 04/05

Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor was the first feature film made entirely with which video game software?

A) Unity Engine

B) CryEngine

C) Unreal Engine

D) Amazon Lumberyard

Answer · why

C) Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine, software built for video games, rendered the whole 2018 film. Its story of a boy and a markhor named Mehru carries a message against th...

Q 05/05

Which big cat, named Pakistan's national predator, is among the main hunters of the markhor?

A) Snow leopard

B) Bengal tiger

C) Asiatic lion

D) Asiatic cheetah

Answer · why

A) Snow leopard

Snow leopard and markhor share the same crags, and the cat counts the goat among its preferred wild prey. Markhor rely on keen eyesight and smell, and...