Good morning everyone! I completely forgot to post the winners this week – just blame it on Covid Brain. So, congratulations to Mike at Alittlebitoutoffocus for the best overall score of 9/16, and to Sarah for the best score on British mammals with 8/8. Well done to both! But next week I think we’ll do something plant-related. Watch this space….
Dear Readers,
Here are the answers to my most fiendish quiz so far.
Part One
1) e) Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
2) a) Edible dormouse (Glis glis)
3)h) Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
4)c) Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
5)g) Water vole (Arvicola amphibius)
6)b) Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
7)f) Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
8) d) Common shrew (Sorex araneus)
Part Two
9)f) Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) ii) Alpine Europe
10) d) Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) iv) US great plains
11). e) Vancouver Island marmot (Marmotta vancouverensis) i) Vancouver Island, Canada
12) h) Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) vii) Southern Africa
13) a) Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) vii) Southern Africa
14) b) Large-eared pika (Ochotona macrotis) vi) Mountain regions of Asia
15) c) Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris) v) Eastern Brazil
16) g) Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) iii) Australia
So, what did you think folks? Too hard? Too easy? Too many rodents? All feedback greatly received.
I take it you beat us all, revealing us to be ignoramuses as far as rodents are concerned. You put together an interesting collection of photographs and highlighted a gap in my knowledge. Large animals, birds, and butterflies more recently, as well as several snakes and a few gecko species and perhaps bats. I have a lot to learn!
I need to find an excuse for an African Wildlife quiz, for sure…
I’d say it was just about right. Not too easy but challenging enough, with a few ‘clues’ in the images to give you a chance to work some things out (like the Large-eared pika). Quizzes are always opportunities to learn about something new. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it, Mike.
I am amazed that I only missed two!
Well done you! I thought it was really difficult.
I loved it! A couple that were straightforward, some which could be worked out by elimination, and the rest educated guesses – or less educated 😄 Who knew a wombat looked like that? It’s nice to ring the changes between the different kingdoms, and groupings biological and geographical. You put in an immense amount of work, and I am very grateful.
Thanks, Rosalind! I loved the wombat, though I did think that he looked a little sad. I remember that when Neighbours the Aussie soap started, Jason Donovan had a pet wombat and my love affair started with them then!
I would have done very poorly on this one had I been on time!!!