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1. True or False? In 1914, the last passenger pigeon died in captivity at Cincinnati Zoo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Which two reasons make grey squirrels dangerous to endangered red squirrels?<\/strong>
\na) They attack them and eat them
\nb) They eat the acorns first and carry a disease that kills them<\/p>\n

3 True or False? A dire wolf\u2019s powerful bite-force could crush a skull.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. What is the name of this endangered creature?<\/strong>
\na) Pademelon
\nb) Pangolin
\nc) Peccary
\nd) Potoroo<\/p>\n

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5. True or False? The Irish elk was the biggest deer in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. What is the name of the world\u2019s last surviving male northern white rhinoceros, who went viral in 2017 when a picture of him was posted on Twitter?<\/strong>
\na) Syria
\nb) Sri Lanka
\nc) Somalia
\nd) Sudan<\/p>\n

7. What is the earliest known Dinosaur?<\/b><\/strong>
\na) Tyrannosaurus Rex
\nb) Brontosaurus
\nc) Nyasasaurus
\nd) Coelophysis<\/p>\n

8. Which two types of creatures, native to the UK, are now thriving in the wild again after being hunted to extinction centuries ago?<\/strong>
\na) Beavers and Wild Boar
\nb) Ducks and Stoats<\/p>\n

9. Which animal is this, perhaps the most famous of all extinct animals?<\/strong>
\na) Pagan Reed-warbler
\nb) Elephant bird
\nc) Dodo
\nd) Guadalupe caracara<\/p>\n

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10. True or False? Dinosaurs never lived in Antarctica.<\/strong><\/p>\n

11. Russian Scientists are hoping to clone which extinct Ice Age Animal, after finding a perfectly preserved corpse \u2013 thought to be up to 50,000 years old \u2013 in Siberia?<\/strong>
\na) Mammoth
\nb) Cave Lion
\nc) Mastodon
\nd) Sabre-tooth tiger<\/p>\n

12. True or False? Aurochs, the ancestor of domestic cows, only grew to 4 feet in height.<\/strong><\/p>\n

13. What has Stephen Hawking warned could lead to the extinction of humans?<\/strong>
\na) Artificial Intelligence
\nb) Obesity
\nc) Stupidity
\nd) Climate Change<\/p>\n

14. Which bird was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s due to its colourful feathers?<\/strong>
\na) Saint Helena cuckoo
\nb) Carolina Parakeet<\/p>\n

15. What is unusual about the 1938 re-discovery of the coelacanth?<\/strong>
\na) There are over 1 million of them in the wild today
\nb) It was thought to be extinct for over 65 million years
\nc) it was discovered in a fish tank at a pet store<\/p>\n

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Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. True<\/li>\n
  2. B<\/li>\n
  3. True<\/li>\n
  4. B<\/li>\n
  5. True<\/li>\n
  6. D<\/li>\n
  7. C<\/li>\n
  8. A<\/li>\n
  9. C<\/li>\n
  10. False: Paleontologists confirmed that dinosaurs lived on all of the continents, including Antarctica.<\/li>\n
  11. B<\/li>\n
  12. Aurochs were huge animals that grew to a height of nearly 6 feet.<\/li>\n
  13. A<\/li>\n
  14. B<\/li>\n
  15. B<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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