Unfortunately, there does not exist a good source for this on the internet. If there are errors or differences of opinion I apologize. I hope you'll just try to enjoy the quiz.
Really? The dodo is pretty famous. It's the face of modern extinction. Plus, can you think of any other animals indiginous to Mauritius off the top of your head?
I didn't even notice that it said extinct animals count! I just guessed dodo because that's the island they lived on, and it's pretty much the only thing I know about Mauritius.
Why? I have known that forever. I think the last dodos that lived on earth lived there, and it's on their coat of arms. 25% is actually pretty low, these quizzes are frequented by a lot of geography/trivia nerds, so I'm actually surprised how low that is
Educated guess on my part. It's the only animal I could think of that is uniquely associated with Mauritius. I too did a report on dodos (in elementary school IIRC). I didn't notice that Mauritius was in blue, thanks to my blue blocker, and I didn't catch the instruction about extinction, thanks to my haste.
The description of the unicorn on the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom is as follows:
a Unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a Coronet Or composed of Crosses patées and Fleurs-de-lis a Chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or.
on QI i learnt that englands national animal was actually a leopard despite what everyone says, the english had not seen a lion ever before at the point in history when it was first depicted on richard the lion heart, they did however know about leopards and in some form of document it was said to be a leopard, so... YOU WRONG
I'm of French descent and I never knew France's animal was the rooster. Uh. You learn something new every day. Beating myself over the head about missing the Russian bear, though.
The difference is nobody cares to memorize all of the state animals. There might be one autistic kid in Scottsdale that has done it, but, he doesn't use JetPunk. So for everyone else.. impossible.
I embarrassed myself on this quiz. I am always learning just how much important stuff I just don't know. But thanks to this delightful quiz, I now know that the rooster is France's national animal, and that the lowly Carp is Japan's. BTW, I didn't even think of trying "BALD Eagle" for America, and I have no idea whatsoever why, when I came to South Africa, I entered "Springbok" without a hiccup. That said, I am still kicking myself for missing "Bull". Egad.
Every time i take This quiz i forget that they only ask for national animals of these countries and i start naming national animals of all countries I know lol
I gained 3 points on this quiz but my overall score went down by 1 point. This is not the first time this has happened today. What is wrong with this website?
Quizzes get updated from time to time and your previous score on those quizzes gets reset when this happens. There is a page with "new and reset quizzes" if you want to retake a reset quiz to maintain your points.
There's a great episode of Stuff the British Stole about the dodo, for all you dodo enthusiasts out there :)
a Unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a Coronet Or composed of Crosses patées and Fleurs-de-lis a Chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or.
Makes me wonder what they think a lion's mane is though...
QI does tend to stretch the truth quite a lot
One thing to point out, the quiz has the dragon as real and the panda as mythical. I mean pandas are extremely rare though, and it is kinda funny.