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.

What is the biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth?

The Sperm whale

The Fin whale

Some dinosaur

The Blue whale

2.

Which of the following species are known to sometimes kill other marine mammals?

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Orca (Orcinus orca)

3.

The number of blowholes in Mysticeti is:

Two

One or two, depending on the species

One

Always two, except for the Bowhead whale which has only one

4.

The Pilot whale has a higher than normal rate of:

Liver diseases

Twin births

Lactic acid formation when diving longer than 15 minutes

Stranding

5.

Some river dolphins are:

Able to crawl for more than a mile on land

Almost completely blind

In great danger of extinction

Well adapted to feed on birds

6.

Which of the following places are known to be summerly feeding grounds for migrating whales?

Tonga

The Bering Sea

Maldives

Antarctica

7.

Which of the following species can be sometimes mistaken for Orcas by Whale Watchers?

Risso's dolphin

Gray whale

False killer whale

Beluga

8.

Which of the following animals are not cetaceans?

Dugong

Manatee

Sperm whale

Beluga

9.

The Mexican bays and lagoons of San Ignacio, Guerrero Negro and Magdalena are world-famous breeding grounds for:

Humpback whales

Blue whales

Sperm whales

Gray whales

10.

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

Gray whale

Right whale

Minke whale

Humpback whale