Q 01/05

Which TV wildlife presenter died in 2006 when a stingray barb pierced his chest on the Great Barrier Reef?

A) Jacques Cousteau

B) Bear Grylls

C) Steve Irwin

D) Jeff Corwin

Answer · why

C) Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin was filming a documentary called Ocean's Deadliest at the time. Fatal stings are so rare that his was only the second recorded in Australi...

Q 02/05

In Greek myth, which hero of the Trojan War was killed by a spear tipped with a stingray spine?

A) Odysseus

B) Achilles

C) Ajax

D) Hector

Answer · why

A) Odysseus

Odysseus was accidentally killed by Telegonus, his own son by the sorceress Circe. The death fulfilled a prophecy that his end would come out of the s...

Q 03/05

What do lifeguards and doctors use to ease the pain of a stingray wound, often by soaking the limb?

A) Ice packs

B) Hot water

C) Vinegar

D) Sea water

Answer · why

B) Hot water

Hot water has been shown to ease the pain of a sting, yet nobody is sure why. The old idea that heat destroys the venom has been questioned.

Q 04/05

Like their cousins the sharks, stingrays have no bones; what flexible tissue forms a stingray's skeleton instead?

A) Keratin

B) Chitin

C) Ligaments

D) Cartilage

Answer · why

D) Cartilage

Cartilage, the same material you can feel in the tip of your nose, supports a stingray's whole body. That places rays beside sharks rather than among ...

Q 05/05

Stingray City, where tourists wade among dozens of wild stingrays on sandbars, lies in which Caribbean territory?

A) Cayman Islands

B) The Bahamas

C) Turks and Caicos

D) Saint Lucia

Answer · why

A) Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands attraction sits in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, where visitors can pet and interact with wild southern stingrays.