Quiz on Crocodiles

Which fashion brand features a green crocodile as its logo?

• Lacoste ✓ (Correct answer)
• Puma
• Fila
• Kappa

Source: Founder Rene Lacoste was nicknamed 'The Crocodile' for his tenacity on the tennis court.

In Disney's Peter Pan, what sound signals the crocodile is approaching?

• Ringing bell
• Ticking clock ✓ (Correct answer)
• Barking dog
• Whistling wind

Source: The ticking comes from a clock the croc once swallowed, so Captain Hook always hears it coming.

Which Australian TV personality was famous as 'The Crocodile Hunter'?

• Bear Grylls
• Steve Irwin ✓ (Correct answer)
• Jeff Corwin
• David Attenborough

Source: Steve Irwin's khaki shorts and his trademark 'Crikey!' made him the face of wildlife TV.

The phrase 'crocodile tears' describes what kind of display?

• Sudden anger
• Nervous laughter
• Genuine grief
• Fake sadness ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: The myth that crocodiles weep while eating gave us a phrase for fake, performative tears.

Which crocodile is the largest living species on Earth?

• Nile crocodile
• American crocodile
• Saltwater crocodile ✓ (Correct answer)
• Mugger crocodile

Source: Saltwater crocs can top 1,000 kg, making them the largest living reptile in the world.

Unlike alligators, crocodiles can survive in what kind of water?

• Salt water ✓ (Correct answer)
• Frozen water
• Muddy water
• Boiling water

Source: Special salt glands let crocodiles cross open ocean, something alligators simply cannot do.

Crocodiles deliberately swallow what to help break down their food?

• Sand
• Leaves
• Stones ✓ (Correct answer)
• Bones

Source: These swallowed stones, called gastroliths, act like a built-in food processor in the stomach.

How does a crocodile tear apart large prey it cannot swallow whole?

• Power dive
• Spin trap
• Twist bite
• Death roll ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: The death roll lets a crocodile spin off chunks of prey too big to gulp down at once.

A crocodile's snout is typically shaped how, compared with an alligator's?

• Short and round
• Flat and square
• Narrow and V-shaped ✓ (Correct answer)
• Curved upward

Source: A crocodile's pointy snout shows teeth even when closed; an alligator hides its in a rounded U.

While resting underwater, how long can a crocodile typically hold its breath?

• About one minute
• About five minutes
• About ten minutes
• About one hour ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: At rest a crocodile can stay submerged for around an hour on a single breath.

Which 1986 film follows an Australian Outback legend who visits New York City?

• Rogue
• Lake Placid
• Black Water
• Crocodile Dundee ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Paul Hogan's outback charmer became a global smash, famous for the 'that's a knife' scene.

Which ancient Egyptian god was portrayed with a crocodile's head?

• Sobek ✓ (Correct answer)
• Anubis
• Horus
• Set

Source: Egyptians both feared and worshipped Sobek, sometimes mummifying crocodiles in his honor.

Crocodiles hold the record for the strongest bite force of any what?

• Living mammal
• Living bird
• Living animal ✓ (Correct answer)
• Living fish

Source: The saltwater crocodile's bite is the most powerful ever measured in any living animal.

What decides whether a crocodile hatchling becomes male or female?

• Egg size
• Nest temperature ✓ (Correct answer)
• Water depth
• Mother's age

Source: Warmer nests tend to make males and cooler ones females, so climate literally sets the sex.

Crocodiles' closest living relatives are surprisingly which group of animals?

• Birds ✓ (Correct answer)
• Lizards
• Snakes
• Turtles

Source: Crocodiles share a closer ancestor with birds than with lizards, making them living dinosaurs.

Roughly how long have crocodilians existed largely unchanged?

• About 200 million years ✓ (Correct answer)
• About 60 million years
• About 20 million years
• About 5 million years

Source: Crocodilians have looked much the same for over 200 million years, outlasting the dinosaurs.

Crocodile teeth grip and tear prey well but cannot do what?

• Hold prey
• Grind food ✓ (Correct answer)
• Pierce skin
• Crush shells

Source: Their teeth cannot grind, so crocodiles gulp prey down in torn-off chunks.

Unlike most reptiles, crocodiles have a heart with how many chambers?

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Crocodiles have a four-chambered heart, more advanced than the three-chambered hearts of other reptiles.

What is a group of crocodiles commonly called?

• A pride
• A bask ✓ (Correct answer)
• A colony
• A pod

Source: A gathering of sun-warming crocodiles is fittingly called a 'bask'.

Tiny dome-shaped organs on a crocodile's jaws are built to detect what?

• Distant blood
• Low rumbles
• Water ripples ✓ (Correct answer)
• Body heat

Source: These pressure sensors let a crocodile feel a single ripple in total darkness.