1. Which animal, native to Britain, is alternatively known as ‘brock’?

2. The capercaillie is a bird well known to Highland sportsmen. To what family of birds does it belong?

3. What is the name given to the scientific art of locating hidden water, minerals or objects, by holding in both hands a forked stick, which dips abruptly over the correct spot?

4. What is the name given to the ferocious fossil dinosaur which was the largest known carnivore to walk erect on its hind legs?

5. With which country is the breed of dogs known as ‘corgis’ associated?

6. To what animal does the adjective ‘vulpine’ refer?

7. The koala, the wombat and the kangaroo are all marsupials, what does marsupial mean?

8. What name is popularly given to a baby kangaroo?

9. What is the male honey bee known as?

10. What kind of animal is a pangolin?

Answer:

1. The badger

2. The grouse

3. Dowsing

4. Tyrannosaurus Rex

5. Wales

6. To the fox

7. Animals that carry their babies in pouches

8. Joey

9. A drone

10. A scaly ant-eater