Q 01/05

How many distinct compartments are there in the stomach of a domestic sheep?

A) Two

B) Four

C) Three

D) Five

Answer · why

B) Four

The first chamber alone holds 19 to 38 litres of fermenting feed; the last, the abomasum, works most like a human stomach and is nicknamed the 'true s...

Q 02/05

In the proverbial warning about hidden enemies, which animal comes disguised in sheep's clothing?

A) Fox

B) Wolf

C) Lion

D) Snake

Answer · why

B) Wolf

Wolf: the image comes from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus warns his listeners to watch out for false prophets who arrive in sheep's clothing but...

Q 03/05

What shape are the pupils of a sheep's eyes?

A) Perfect circle

B) Horizontal slit

C) Curved crescent

D) Vertical slit

Answer · why

B) Horizontal slit

A horizontal slit gives a grazing sheep such wide peripheral vision that it can see behind itself without turning its head, a useful trick for an anim...

Q 04/05

In which region were sheep first domesticated?

A) The Danube Basin

B) The Fertile Crescent

C) The Yellow River Valley

D) The Ethiopian Highlands

Answer · why

B) The Fertile Crescent

The Fertile Crescent: herders there tamed wild sheep at least 10,000 years ago, at first for meat rather than fleece, and woolly sheep were only bred ...

Q 05/05

A rare hybrid of a sheep and a goat is popularly known by what name?

A) Geep

B) Shoap

C) Sheat

D) Goap

Answer · why

A) Geep

A geep is rare because sheep have 54 chromosomes and goats 60, so most such pregnancies end in stillbirth and a fertile survivor is rarer still.