Q 01/05

The moose is the largest living member of which animal family?

A) Cattle

B) Deer

C) Antelope

D) Horse

Answer · why

B) Deer

It is the only surviving species in the genus Alces and, after the bison, the second-heaviest land animal in North America.

Q 02/05

What is the animal Americans call a moose called in British English?

A) Stag

B) Wapiti

C) Reindeer

D) Elk

Answer · why

D) Elk

Confusingly, Americans use 'elk' for a different deer, the wapiti.

Q 03/05

The word 'moose' entered English by 1606 from which language family?

A) Inuit

B) Norse

C) Algonquian

D) Finnish

Answer · why

C) Algonquian

Early sources trace it to a word meaning 'he strips off', for the way the animal strips bark and twigs.

Q 04/05

How are a bull moose's antlers described, in contrast to the twig-shaped antlers of other deer?

A) Palmate, like an open hand

B) Spiral, like a kudu's horns

C) Single straight spikes

D) Ring-shaped like a crown

Answer · why

A) Palmate, like an open hand

They take only three to five months to grow fully, making them one of the fastest-growing organs in the animal kingdom.

Q 05/05

What is the fold of skin hanging under a moose's chin called?

A) A wattle or comb

B) A dewlap or bell

C) A snood or caruncle

D) A crop or pouch

Answer · why

B) A dewlap or bell

Both males and females have one.