Q 01/05

A giant panda skull was found in the tomb of Empress Dowager Bo, who died in 155 BC during which Chinese dynasty?

A) Han

B) Qin

C) Zhou

D) Tang

Answer · why

A) Han

Han: Bo was the mother of Emperor Wen, and in 2023 archaeologists reported a complete panda skeleton in a pit beside Wen's own tomb, laid with its hea...

Q 02/05

The Qinling panda, a subspecies with rare brown-and-white animals, lives only in which Chinese province, home of the Terracotta Army?

A) Yunnan

B) Gansu

C) Shaanxi

D) Guizhou

Answer · why

C) Shaanxi

Shaanxi: the subspecies is confined to the Qinling Mountains there, and despite its fame for brown coats most Qinling pandas are ordinary black and wh...

Q 03/05

What are the two main colors of a giant panda's fur?

A) Brown and white

B) Gray and white

C) Black and white

D) Black and brown

Answer · why

C) Black and white

Giant pandas are famous for their distinctive black and white fur. They have black patches around their eyes, ears, shoulders, and legs, with the rest...

Q 04/05

A giant panda is the logo of which international conservation organization?

A) Greenpeace

B) The Nature Conservancy

C) Conservation International

D) WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

Answer · why

D) WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

WWF (World Wildlife Fund) has used the panda since its founding in 1961: naturalist Sir Peter Scott drew the first logo from sketches by Gerald Watter...

Q 05/05

Bamboo, which makes up nearly all of a wild giant panda's diet, belongs to which group of plants?

A) Grasses

B) Palms

C) Ferns

D) Conifers

Answer · why

A) Grasses

Grasses: bamboo is a woody giant of the grass family that stays green all year, and pandas eat its leaves, stems and shoots.