Q 01/05

Which bird is the state bird of seven states, more than any other?

A) Northern cardinal

B) Western meadowlark

C) American robin

D) Northern mockingbird

Answer · why

A) Northern cardinal

Northern cardinal. In spring, cardinals guard their territory so fiercely that they attack their own reflections in windows and car mirrors.

Q 02/05

Which bird represents six states, including Kansas, Montana and Wyoming?

A) Mountain bluebird

B) Western meadowlark

C) Lark bunting

D) American goldfinch

Answer · why

B) Western meadowlark

Western meadowlark. Audubon gave it the species name neglecta, Latin for overlooked, because explorers after Lewis and Clark had passed over so common...

Q 03/05

Which bird is the state bird of five states, including Texas and Tennessee?

A) Northern cardinal

B) Eastern bluebird

C) Northern mockingbird

D) Yellow-breasted chat

Answer · why

C) Northern mockingbird

Northern mockingbird. Its song made it so prized as a cage bird in the 1800s that trapping probably made it scarce along parts of the East Coast.

Q 04/05

Which bird only became the official US national bird in December 2024?

A) Golden eagle

B) Wild turkey

C) Peregrine falcon

D) Bald eagle

Answer · why

D) Bald eagle

Bald eagle. On the Great Seal since 1782, it nearly vanished from the lower 48 before the 1972 ban on DDT helped it recover.

Q 05/05

Which animal is the national mammal of the United States?

A) American bison

B) Grizzly bear

C) White-tailed deer

D) Gray wolf

Answer · why

A) American bison

American bison. Hunting cut herds of tens of millions to a few hundred animals by the late 1800s, and in 2016 Congress made the survivor the national ...