Facts about Elephants quiz
Taking a slightly different approach, here are 12 questions relating to facts about elephants taken mainly from the WWF website. The first 10 questions are not ones that you might ordinarily be expected to know. So what will happen is that you make your best guess and in each case the person whose guess is nearest to the answer gets a point – in the event of a tie there will be a point each. Questions 11 and 12 will operate in the usual manner. So good luck and no internet of course.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to MIDNIGHT tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What is the average height of an African elephant in feet?
2. What is the average weight of an adult male African elephant in tonnes?
3. When do male elephants typically reach their full size - answer in 5 year spreads (e.g. 3 to 8 years)?
4. How much can a baby elephant weigh at birth in stones?
5. How many muscle units are there in an elephant’s trunk?
6. What is the maximum amount of water that an adult elephant’s trunk can hold in litres?
7. How thick is an adult elephant’s skin in most places in cms?
8. How much food does an adult elephant typically need to eat in a day in kilograms?
9. How quickly can a baby elephant stand after birth in minutes?
10. How many African countries do elephant herds wander through?
11. Which species of elephant has smaller ears? African or Indian
12. Which of these Asian countries no longer has any wild elephants? Iran, Malaysia or Nepal
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to MIDNIGHT tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. What is the average height of an African elephant in feet?
2. What is the average weight of an adult male African elephant in tonnes?
3. When do male elephants typically reach their full size - answer in 5 year spreads (e.g. 3 to 8 years)?
4. How much can a baby elephant weigh at birth in stones?
5. How many muscle units are there in an elephant’s trunk?
6. What is the maximum amount of water that an adult elephant’s trunk can hold in litres?
7. How thick is an adult elephant’s skin in most places in cms?
8. How much food does an adult elephant typically need to eat in a day in kilograms?
9. How quickly can a baby elephant stand after birth in minutes?
10. How many African countries do elephant herds wander through?
11. Which species of elephant has smaller ears? African or Indian
12. Which of these Asian countries no longer has any wild elephants? Iran, Malaysia or Nepal
