Statistics for General Knowledge: Answers are Animals #2

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In the Bible, what animal tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden?	serpent	88%
What animal in Pennsylvania, United States, supposedly predicts when spring will arrive each year?	groundhog	87%
Little Red Riding Hood was stalked by what animal?	wolf	87%
What animal made trade across the Sahara possible?	camel	85%
What animal is considered sacred in Hinduism?	cattle	85%
What animal produces the fiber used to make silk fabric?	silk moth caterpillar	85%
What animal produces the greatest share of the world's meat?	pigs	83%
Throughout East Asia, a pair of sculptures of what animal commonly guards the entrances of buildings?	lions	77%
Hannibal famously crossed the Alps with what animal?	elephants	74%
Weird gray lumps of stuff occasionally wash up on beaches all over the world. Known as ambergris, it has been used since ancient times as incense, medicine, a perfume ingredient, and even a food additive. In the 19th century, we finally discovered where it comes from. It's an intestinal blockage from what animal?	sperm whale	73%
According to legend, the founder of Rome was raised by what animal?	wolf	71%
What was the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell?	sheep	70%
What animal is the antagonist in The Jungle Book?	tiger	66%
What animal was introduced to North America in the 16th century and led to drastic changes in the lifestyles of many Native American groups?	horse	64%
Depictions of North American frontiersmen often show them wearing hats made from the skin of what animal?	raccoon	59%
The main characters in Watership Down are what animal?	rabbits	56%
In one of Aesop's fables, what animal rescues a trapped lion?	mouse	49%
In Greek mythology, the musician Arion was saved from drowning by what animal?	dolphin	32%
In East Asian folklore, what animal is portrayed as a cunning shape-shifter?	fox	27%
The "Big Five" African animals considered the most difficult to hunt on foot are the elephant, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, and what?	cape buffalo	26%
Another perfume ingredient is castoreum, which comes from the nether regions of what animal? (Urban legends have claimed that it is added to food as an imitation vanilla, raspberry, or strawberry flavor, but this is false.)	beaver	20%
The giant bags that contained the lifting gas inside early airships were made of a material called goldbeater's skins, which are made from the intestines of what animal?	cattle	15%
In ancient and medieval Europe it was believed that what animal was immune to fire?	salamander	12%
Once every 48-50 years in an event known as mautam, an entire forest of Melocanna baccifera bamboo blooms and covers the ground with its seeds, leading to a population explosion of what animal?	rats	8%
The Hindu creator god Brahma rode on what animal?	goose or swan	4%