Fun with Quizzes

Are you a Cetacean expert?

Instructions
To pass the test you must answer correctly at least 7 questions out of 10. For each question, one or more answers can be correct and you need to select all the correct options to score a point. Test evaluation is immediate and does not require you to provide any personal data.

1.

Some tourists tell you they have seen a mother and calf Gray whale pair in Patagonia:

It could be, but only during the Southern Hemisphere winter

It is impossible, because the Gray whale only inhabits the West coast of South America

It is impossible, because the Gray whale only inhabits the Northern Hemisphere

It is very possible, since the Gray whale is the most sighted cetacean in Patagonia

2.

The so-called melon in Odontoceti plays a crucial role in:

Focusing the sounds used in echolocation

Excreting

Feeding

Mating

3.

The Hector's dolphin is:

One of the smallest of all cetaceans

A dolphin that can only be found in New Zealand waters

A highly endangered species

A close relative of the Hector's beaked whale

4.

Which of the following baleen whales have typical callosities on its head?

Humpback whale

Right whale

Gray whale

Bryde's whale

5.

Which of the following baleen whales are unmistakable because of their typical V-shaped blow?

Gray whale

Right whale

Minke whale

Humpback whale

6.

Where can Minke whales be observed?

In the Southern Hemisphere only

In both Northern and Southern Hemispheres

In the Northern Hemisphere only

It is sadly already extinct

7.

Which of the following countries has formalised a moral opposition to whaling and prohibits killing and harassing of cetaceans to its citizens anywhere in the world?

Australia

Japan

Norway

Iceland

8.

Balaena mysticetus is the scientific name for:

Bowhead whale

Humpback whale

It is a synonym with Mysticeti

Great Misty whale

9.

Which of the following cetaceans belong to the Delphinidae family?

Orca

False killer whale

Cuvier's Beaked whale

Manatee

10.

Is Orcinus orca a toothed or a toothless cetacean?

Toothless

Toothed

Orca is not a cetacean

None of the above