Q 01/05

The ostrich is native to which continent?

A) Australia

B) South America

C) Asia

D) Africa

Answer · why

D) Africa

Africa: feather hunters had almost wiped ostriches out there by the 18th century, and farming the birds for their plumes instead probably saved them.

Q 02/05

A male ostrich's booming call is often compared to which sound?

A) A hyena's laugh

B) A lion's roar

C) An elephant's trumpet

D) A baboon's bark

Answer · why

B) A lion's roar

A lion's roar: the low, muffled boom carries across great distances, warning rival males off his territory and telling hens he is ready to mate.

Q 03/05

In Egyptian myth, the hearts of the dead were weighed against the ostrich feather of which goddess?

A) Isis

B) Hathor

C) Maat

D) Bastet

Answer · why

C) Maat

Maat: in the Book of the Dead, a heart heavier than her feather of truth was fed to a waiting monster, the 'devourer of the dead', and its owner was s...

Q 04/05

Which extinct birds laid larger eggs than the ostrich?

A) The dodo and the great auk

B) The terror birds

C) The passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet

D) The elephant bird and the giant moa

Answer · why

D) The elephant bird and the giant moa

The elephant bird and the giant moa: David Attenborough has treasured an elephant bird egg since he acquired it in Madagascar in 1960, and half a cent...

Q 05/05

A newly hatched ostrich is about the size of which bird?

A) A sparrow

B) A pigeon

C) A chicken

D) A goose

Answer · why

C) A chicken

A chicken: the hatchling doesn't stay small for long, growing about 30 cm a month, and at a month old it can already keep up with running adults.