Q 01/05

The Siberian tiger is also named after which river that forms part of the Russia–China border?

A) Volga

B) Amur

C) Lena

D) Yenisei

Answer · why

B) Amur

Amur is the river, and the name 'Amur tiger' was used in 1933 for cats shot beside it for an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.

Q 02/05

The Siberian tiger is often called the biggest cat, but which lion–tigress hybrid grows even larger?

A) Tigon

B) Leopon

C) Liger

D) Jaglion

Answer · why

C) Liger

Liger is the name for the cub of a male lion and a tigress, and it typically grows larger than either parent, unlike the reverse cross.

Q 03/05

Hodori, a friendly cartoon Siberian tiger, was the mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics in which city?

A) Seoul

B) Moscow

C) Barcelona

D) Montreal

Answer · why

A) Seoul

Seoul's mascot drew on the tiger's place as a national symbol of the Korean people, and the name Hodori was picked from 2,295 public suggestions.

Q 04/05

In 2015 a Siberian tiger in a Russian safari park befriended which animal put in his pen as food?

A) A rabbit

B) A sheep

C) A piglet

D) A goat

Answer · why

D) A goat

A goat named Timur stood his ground with horns forward and ended up sleeping in the tiger's own shelter, until the pair fell out in 2016.

Q 05/05

To the colour-blind deer it hunts, a Siberian tiger's orange coat probably looks like which colour?

A) Green

B) Yellow

C) Brown

D) Blue

Answer · why

A) Green

Green is how the tiger's prey may perceive its orange fur, so the cat blends into the vegetation instead of standing out.