The Urban Wildlife Society's
gee whiz animal quiz
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What bird has been a domesticated friend to man longer than any other?
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What animal has helped save so many people that you might not exist had
one of your ancestors not been saved by one of them?
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What animal is the traditional symbol of love and peace? (Be specific.)
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What animals can routinely find their way home from strange places over
hundreds or even thousands of miles away?
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What winged creature can think abstractly, form concepts, recognize itself in a
mirror, and commit images
to memory many times faster than human beings?
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What birds did Queen Victoria raise and love?
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What animal formed a basis for Charles Darwin’s studies and later became
his loving friends?
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What animals did Picasso love so much he named his daughter after them?
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What animal has Jimmy Smits grown to love, personally, because of the character
he plays in the hit TV show NYPD Blue?
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What kind of dove did Noah release from the ark? (Be specific)
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What bird was used to take aerial photography?
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What animal did Lockheed Aircraft Company use to send messages between
facilities across Los Angeles in order to avoid traffic?
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What bird has no sound for pain – and therefore suffers and dies in silence?
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What animal has been revered for 12,000 years and, only in the last century,
has been severely abused by man?
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What bird brings life to an often otherwise bleak inner-city landscape?
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What non-native bird inhabits areas without displacing native species?
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What animal was used in Desert Storm to send messages that otherwise would
not have gotten through due to intense radio jamming?
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What was a favorite animal of the famous artists Picasso, Monet and Matisse?
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What animals are encouraged to provide a fertilizer of choice for famous
brands of champagne?
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What is the common name for the Rock Dove?
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What word in the dictionary means the same as the word "dove"?
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What bird is falsely accused of spreading many diseases to people?
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What birds feed milk to their babies?
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What birds solved incredibly complex puzzles to become one of the two top
birdbrains of England?
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What bird is commonly sacrificed as nothing more than live targets placed
in the sights at the end of a shotgun?
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What bird adorns foods, beauty products, a famous bank, and credit cards
worldwide? (Be specific)
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What is one member of the dinosaur family who is still alive and well today?
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Unscramble the following word to find the answer to these questions: GINEPO
(c) D.L. Roth, 10 March, 1997; 2006
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here for answers and explanations – but don’t cheat!
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