Statistics for North American Animals: Alphabet Quiz

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Letter	Hint	Answer	% Correct
A	See ya later, ___.	alligator	97%
B	previously much hunted for its meat and hide; the national mammal of the USA	buffalo	82%
T	often eaten on Thanksgiving Day in the USA	turkey	70%
S	victims of this animal's smelly spray are often advised to bathe in tomato juice	skunk	68%
M	called an elk in Eurasia; bulls have large, thick antlers	moose	66%
N	sea mammal related to the beluga; has a single long "tusk"	narwhal	63%
Q	hard-boiled eggs of this diminutive fowl are a common appetizer at cocktail parties	quail	63%
R	non-primate mammal with hand-like paws and a "mask"	raccoon	63%
F	often has pink or orange plumage due to its plankton diet	flamingo	61%
I	tropical lizard with a spiny back and a "third eye"	iguana	58%
G	venomous desert-dwelling lizard	gila monster	54%
H	has the highest metabolism of all non-insect animals; drinks nectar	hummingbird	54%
U	spiny ocean critter that usually feeds on algae	urchin	52%
W	a sneaky person is said to behave like this slinky mammal	weasel	52%
O	wild cat with patterned fur; e.g. Babou on the TV show Archer	ocelot	51%
C	commonly appears as a trickster character in Native American mythology	coyote	46%
K	big, furry hibernating carnivore named after an archipelago in Alaska	Kodiak bear	46%
L	popularly thought to commit suicide en masse by rushing over the edges of cliffs	lemming	44%
P	despite the name, it's a rodent, not a canine	prairie dog	35%
V	porpoise whose name means "little cow" in Spanish	vaquita	15%
D	rodent with large eyes, dark dorsal fur, and white abdominal fur	deer mouse	11%
Y	small bat named after a fort in California	yuma myotis	11%
J	also called an eyra cat; has a spotless coat	jaguarundi	10%
X	long-tailed ovenbird found in Mexico	xenops	8%
Z	species of tiny salamander found along the US east coast	zigzag salamander	6%
E	flying rodent that roosts in trees, buildings, etc., but not in caves	evening bat	3%