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.

Balaena mysticetus is the scientific name for:

Bowhead whale

Humpback whale

It is a synonym with Mysticeti

Great Misty whale

2.

Is Orcinus orca a toothed or a toothless cetacean?

Toothless

Toothed

Orca is not a cetacean

None of the above

3.

Which of the following assertions about Pilot whales are true?

There are two species, one called short-finned and the other long-finned

Two different species are known, both belonging to the genus Globicephala

Two different species are known, whose distributions rarely overlap

Two different species are known, whose distributions broadly overlap

4.

Cetaceans are mammals. It follows that:

They cannot be very streamlined

They lay eggs

They need to surface from time to time in order to breathe

They nourish their young with milk

5.

In which place(s) are Orcas known to attack mother and calf Gray whale pairs?

Monterey Bay (CA, United States)

Kaikoura (New Zealand)

Portofino (Italy)

Peninsula Valdes (Argentina)

6.

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

7.

Which whale species is unique in having three ridges on the top of its head rather than only one?

Blue whale

Fin whale

Humpback whale

Bryde's whale

8.

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

9.

Porpoises have the following distinctive features:

Lack of beak

Lack of blowhole

Spade-shaped teeth

They belong to the Phocoenidae family

10.

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

The Sperm whale

The Fin whale

Some dinosaur

The Blue whale