Dear Readers, today’s quiz is all about precision. We might know that an animal is a bear, for example, but what kind of bear? And how do you tell the difference between a white and a black rhino. Thinking caps on, folks.

All you need to do is match the photo to the species and pop them in the comments. As usual, write them down first if you don’t want to be influenced by speedy people. Answers will be posted next Friday, so if you want to be marked get your answers in by 5 p.m. UK time on Thursday 17th December.

So, if you think the animal in the first picture is a cheetah, your answer is 1)A.

Is this

A) A cheetah

B) A leopard

C) A jaguar

D) A serval

Is this:

A) A sun bear

B) A sloth bear

C) A spectacled bear

D) A black bear?

Is this:

A) A white rhinoceros

B) A Sumatran rhinoceros

C) A black rhinoceros

D) An Indian rhinoceros?

Are these:

A) Ostriches

B) Emus

C) Rheas

D) Cassowaries?

Is this handsome bird

A) A king penguin

B) An emperor penguin

C) A Humboldt penguin

D) A gentoo penguin?

Is this handsome critter

A) A Lady Amherst’s pheasant?

B) A Mountain peacock?

C) A Himalayan monal?

D) A quetzalcoatl?

Is this splendid chap

A) A bearded vulture (lammergeier)

B) A king vulture

C) An Andean condor

D) A red kite?

Is this

A) A dhole

B) A maned wolf

C) A Tibetan wolf

D) An Ethiopian red wolf?

Is this little dude

A) A mouse lemur

B) A potto

C) A tarsier

D) A pygmy marmoset?

And finally, what creature is this?

A) A log lizard

B) A giant newt

C) A hellbender

D) A protocambrian gecko.

Dear Readers, you knocked it out of the park again! Congratulations to Susan, Anne and Fran and Bobby Freelove who all got 30 out of 30, with Mike at Alittlebitoutoffocus with 28 out of 30 (though he gave me the idea for the quiz so I am going to give an extra 2 points, that puts him on 30 out of 30 as well). Well done everybody! Let’s see how we get on tomorrow. And I am thinking of something fiendish for over the Christmas break, so watch this space….

National Animals

Country Outlines

All maps uploaded from https://freevectormaps.com/all a most excellent resource! Maps are free with attribution, or can be uploaded without attribution for a small fee. 

Photo Credits

Title Photo  By Kevin Pluck – Flickr: The King., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=755560

Photo One  By Steve from washington, dc, usa – American Beaver, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3963858

Photo Two By Raul654 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47647

Photo Three By Tony Hisgett – Flickr: Red Squirrel 1c, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14621510

Photo Four By Falco_rusticolus_white.jpg: Ólafur Larsenderivative work: Bogbumper (talk) – Falco_rusticolus_white.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10719893

Photo Five By Alex Dunkel (Maky) – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8621909

Photo Six By Erzengel – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=584361

Photo Seven By Aram Kazandjian – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96750693

Photo Eight By ivabalk https://pixabay.com/pt/users/ivabalk-782511/ – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/pt/photos/beta-guerreiro-aqu%C3%A1rio-peixe-v%C3%A9us-3424566/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79067216

Photo Nine By USAID Afghanistan – originally posted to Flickr as Rangers Protect Afghan EnvironmentUploaded using F2ComButton, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10856177

Photo Ten by By J. Folmer, nl:Gebruiker:Jcwf – Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=124793

Dear Readers, we are all doing very well this week, with Fran and Bobby Freelove and Mike from Alittlebitoutoffocus both getting 15 out of 15. A special shout out to Molly who completed her first quiz this week and also got 15 out of 15! And an extra special shout out to Rosalind and her husband, who had a jolly good bash at the quiz in spite of both professing ignorance on the subject of little brown jobs – you got 8 out of 15 which is more than half so that still counts as at least a silver star in my book. No wooden spoons here (unless you are short of one in the kitchen, in which case I’ll see what I can do). Well done everybody, and thank you for having a bash. 

Here are the answers, and I can promise you that tomorrow’s quiz will be a little bit different…

Photo Credits

Photo One A by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo One Jacob Spinks from Northamptonshire, England, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Two by Steve Garvie at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbirder/4731493332/

Photo Three by Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Four by Rory from Glasgow, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Five by Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Six by Matt Prosser, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Seven by Charles J Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eight by Alpo Roikola, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Nine by cheloVechek / talk, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Ten by Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eleven by David Friel, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Twelve by Ken Billington, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Thirteen by Francesco Veronesi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fourteen by Stefan Berndtsson, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fifteen by Charles J Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Dear Readers,

Well, this was a bit of a puzzler! We had a wide range of results, which is great because it means that people aren’t afraid of having a go. The answers are below, but top marks go to Fran and Bobby Freelove with 30 out of 30, followed very closely by Ringgi with 29 out of 30, Christine with 27 out of 30, Sylvie with 22 out of 30 and finally Alittlebitoutoffocus who was having a most unusual off day with 11 out of 30. I think I can hear the sound of someone kicking themselves :-). Well done everyone, thank you for taking part, and I hope you enjoyed it!

Leaves and twigs

London Plane (Platanus x hispanica)

Spindle (Euonymus europaea)

Crack Willow (Salix fragilis)

Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

English Oak (Quercus robur)

Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)

Dog Rose (Rosa canina)

Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Photo Credits

Photo One by Oxfordian Kissuth, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo E by Muriel Bendel, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Two by © Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Photo H By Stefan.lefnaer – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46841517

Photo Three By Willow – Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2653825

Photo G by AnRo0002, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Four by Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo B by Peter O’Connor aka anemoneprojectors from Stevenage, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Five by Peter O’Connor aka anemoneprojectors from Stevenage, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo I by Peter O’Connor aka anemoneprojectors from Stevenage, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Six by Giovanni Caudullo, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo C by _Alicja_ from Pixabay

Photo Seven by AnRo0002, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo J by Peter O’Connor aka anemoneprojectors from Stevenage, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eight by Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo F by Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Nine by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo D by Muriel Bendel, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Ten by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=232790

Photo A by Peter O’Connor aka anemoneprojectors from Stevenage, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

Dear Readers, another bumper week for our quiz goers – Christine (and her partner Daan in the Netherlands), Fran and Bobby and Mike at Alittlebitoutoffocus all got 15 out of 15. Well done everyone!

Photo Credits

Photo One By Mvuijlst at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3456255

Photo Two Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Three by Olei, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Four by Judy_and_Ed at https://www.flickr.com/photos/65924740@N00/5163153538/

Photo Five By Kilessan – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9002871

Photo Six By Viridiflavus – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4956453

Photo Seven by Kamran Safi, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eight by Stu’s Images, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Nine by Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Ten by Mathias Krumbholz, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Eleven by Dunpharlain, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Twelve by krzysztofniewolny on Pixabay, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Thirteen by Dave at https://www.flickr.com/photos/83993153@N00/123404678

Photo Fourteen by Björn S…, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Fifteen by Natural England at https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturalengland/6122837987

Dear Readers, congratulations this week to Sylvie Higgins, who not only got all the countries right but the breeds as well, so that’s an impressive 30 out of 31 (it was a Shetland Sheepdog not a collie which might explain why your rabbit wasn’t quite as big as the one in the picture :-)). FEARN got 29 out of 31 which is also mightily impressive, so it was a very close run thing, and many congratulations to both of you. I am having a break from the quiz tomorrow because I sense that people are getting busier, but they will be back shortly for sure!

Photo Credits

Photo One from https://www.riggitgallowaycattlesociety.co.uk/cattle-for-sale

Photo 1 from https://no.pinterest.com/pin/92464598579808972/

Photo 2 by Nilfanion / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Photo 3 by By Amada44 – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1433953

Photo 4 from Dux / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Photo 5 by By José Reynaldo da Fonseca – Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3189664

Photo 6 from Effervescing Elephant / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

Photo 7 by HeatherLion / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Photo 8 by Stamatisclan / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Photo 9 by akial / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

Photo Ten by Andreas Tille / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Photo 11 by Ulruppelt / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

Photo 12 by fugzu / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

Photo 13 by By Volatilde – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=870240

Photo 14 by By Zingpix – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8861774

Photo 15 by By User Carl-Johan Aberger on sv.wikipedia – Carl-Johan Aberger, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1124487