Statistics for A Whale of a Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Largest type of whale	Blue Whale	98%
Another name for killer whales	Orcas	93%
Type of whale with a single long tusk	Narwhal	83%
Fictional whale hated by Captain Ahab	Moby Dick	80%
Primary food of the above	Krill	79%
Country that kills thousands of whales for "research" (but really for food)	Japan	78%
Type of small whale that is white and lives in the Arctic	Beluga	73%
Insulating layer of fat	Blubber	73%
Movie about a boy who helped a killer whale to escape	Free Willy	71%
Largest type of toothed whale, once hunted for "whale oil"	Sperm Whale	70%
Type of whale most common for whale-watching	Humpback	69%
Hole through which whales breathe	Blowhole	67%
Bible character swallowed by a whale	Jonah	67%
Word for a young whale	Calf	57%
Word for when a whale jumps out of the water	Breach	46%
Ambergris is a whale product once used to make what	Perfume	39%
Primary food of the above	Squid	36%
Filter-feeding body part also called whalebone	Baleen	31%
Taxonomic order that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises	Cetacea	23%
Word for a whale's tail fin (hint: starts with F)	Fluke	23%