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| What is the favorite food of the giant panda? | Bamboo shoots |
| What is the fastest animal on 2 legs? | Ostrich |
| What leaves does a silkworm prefer to eat? | Mulberry |
| What kind of animal is a marmoset? | An American monkey |
| What name is given to the microscopic plants found in great numbers in rivers, lakes, and oceans? | Algae |
| What are the young of bats called? | Pups |
| Which European tree lives the longest? | Yew |
| Socrates was poisoned by a potion made from which plant? | Hemlock |
| What is the larva of a toad called? | Tadpoles |
| Of which reptile are there only 2 species, 1 in Missippi and the other in China? | Alligator |
| Which microscopic organisms form the basis of marine and freshwater food chains? | Plankton |
| Which digestive organ is well developed in grass eating herbivores but only vestigal in humans | Appendix |
| Which rodent rears its young, called kittens, in a nest called a drey | Squirrel |
| Which is the most abundant substance in the plant kingdom, which no mammal produces the enzyme to digest? | Cellulose |
| Which South American vulture can have a wing span of up to 3 m. and a body weight of up to 13 kg? | Condor |
| What grow as parasites and saprotrophs, contains no chlorphyll and reproduce by means of spores? | Fungi |
| What type of seaweed grows up to 100m in length and is farmed for its alginates? | Kelp |
| Which Hindu god is represented as elephant-headed? | Ganesh |
| Photosynthesis is carried out in which part of the cell? | Chloroplast |
| What is the name of the food storage organ found in many birds? | Crop |
| What do baleen whales eat? | Krill |
| The maidenhair tree is the sole survivor of which class of plant? | Ginkgo |
| What is the name of the lustrous substance that forms pearl and mother-of-pearl? | Nacre |
| Which acid is contained in rhubarb leaves, making them poisonous to eat? | Oxalic acid |
| What is the Latin word for liquid which we mean the fluid produce by the tree Ficus elestica? | Latex |
| Which antipodean bird is the largest member of the kingfisher family? | Kookaburra |
| What is the state of inactivity through the dry summer season as hibernation is the dormancy of winter? | Aestivation |
| Machiavelli use which plants name as the title of one of his books? | Mandrake |
| The best longbows were constructed from which wood? | Yew |
| Which is the biggest flower in the world? | Stinking corpse lily |
| What is the name of the evolutionary theory suggesting that evolution has an uneven pace? | Punctuated equilibrium |
| What is the name of the so called "1st bird"? | Archaeopteryx |
