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Quiz Game Instructions

This is a Quiz to see how good your general knowledge is on dolphins. There are 15 questions to answer some are more difficult than others but most of the answers can be found in this website. Each question has a multiple choice answer, simply click on the answer you think is correct for each question and at the end see how well you have done.

Good luck !

 

1. Which of the following is the smallest?

Dusky Dolphin
Tucuxi Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin

2. Dolphin whistles are made up of approximately how many short pulses a second?

200
300
450

3. How many species of cetaceans are in the Delphinadae family?

26
30
32

4. Dolphins swim at ease to speeds of up to what?

55km/hr
65km/hr
75km/hr

5. Dolphins and fish often get confused. Do dolphins swim...

The same as fish
Differently to fish

6. Dolphins can submerge for how long?

15 minutes
30  minutes
60  minutes

7. Dolphins can dive up to depths of what?

100 meters
200 meters
300 meters

8. Dolphins sleep how long in a day?

8 hours
12  hours
they do not sleep

9. How many blow holes do dolphins have?

One
Two

10. If you find a stranded dolphin you should do what?

Leave it alone
Keep the skin moist, get help and keep the upper side facing up
Cover the blowhole, get help and cuddle the dolphin to keep it warm

11. Bottlenose dolphins eat what?

Fish and squid only
Octopus and other cetaceans
Both of the above

12. At birth bottlenose dolphins weigh between which of the following weights?

15-30 kg
31-50 kg
51-80 kg

13. The Atlantic spotted dolphin is also known as what?

Stenella attenuata
Sotalia fluviatilis
Stenella frontalis

14. It is possible to estimate the age of a dolphin by which of the following processes?

Measuring the size of the animal
Measuring the 'growth' rings inside their teeth
Measuring the weight of the animal

15. Risso's dolphins have how many teeth in their upper jaw?

None
1-4
5-16