Q 01/05

Which bird, the largest in the world, cannot fly but lays the biggest eggs of any land animal?

A) Swan

B) Pelican

C) Ostrich

D) Peacock

Answer · why

C) Ostrich

An ostrich egg weighs more than 20 chicken eggs put together. The ostrich is also the fastest animal on two legs, sprinting at about 43 miles per hour...

Q 02/05

Which furry animal is the only mammal that can truly fly and rests hanging upside down?

A) Mole

B) Bat

C) Mouse

D) Otter

Answer · why

B) Bat

Many kinds of bat catch insects in the dark by squeaking and listening for the echoes. Flying squirrels only glide, so they do not count as true flier...

Q 03/05

Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet because rusty iron dust covers much of its surface?

A) Venus

B) Jupiter

C) Mercury

D) Mars

Answer · why

D) Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and has two tiny moons named Phobos and Deimos. Its red dust is iron oxide, the same stuff as rust on an old bi...

Q 04/05

Which long-legged bird turns pink from the food it eats and often stands on just one leg?

A) Flamingo

B) Stork

C) Cormorant

D) Heron

Answer · why

A) Flamingo

A flamingo chick hatches with grayish feathers and only turns pink as it grows up. The color comes from the tiny shrimp and algae in its meals.

Q 05/05

Which fairy-tale girl loses a glass slipper while running from a royal ball at midnight?

A) Rapunzel

B) Snow White

C) Cinderella

D) Thumbelina

Answer · why

C) Cinderella

Cinderella has to leave by midnight because that is when her fairy godmother's spell is broken. The prince then uses the lost slipper to find her.