Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "Rabbits": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.
▶ Play today's quizWhich cartoon rabbit is famous for asking 'What's up, Doc?'
Source: Bugs Bunny's carrot-chomping catchphrase debuted in 1940 and became one of cinema's most quoted lines.
Which gentle rabbit teaches Bambi to walk on ice in the Disney film?
Source: Thumper got his name from drumming his big hind foot — a real rabbit signal used to warn of danger.
What do a rabbit's teeth do throughout its entire life?
Source: Rabbit teeth never stop growing — constant chewing on hay wears them down to keep them the right length.
Who created the children's character Peter Rabbit?
Source: Beatrix Potter first sketched Peter in a 1893 letter to a sick child before he became a publishing sensation.
What is a baby rabbit commonly called?
Source: Baby rabbits are 'kits' — short for kitten, the same word once used for many small mammals.
What should make up the bulk of a healthy pet rabbit's diet?
Source: Despite cartoons, carrots are sugary treats — endless hay is what really keeps a rabbit's gut and teeth healthy.
What is the network of underground burrows where wild rabbits live called?
Source: A warren can stretch for metres with multiple exits — handy escape hatches when a fox comes calling.
At which time of day are rabbits naturally most active?
Source: Rabbits are crepuscular, not nocturnal — they peak at dawn and dusk to dodge daytime and night predators alike.
The Easter Bunny tradition is widely traced back to which country?
Source: German Lutherans created the egg-laying 'Osterhase,' a folklore hare that settlers later carried to America.
Rabbits are often mistaken for rodents, but belong to which group?
Source: Rabbits are lagomorphs, set apart from rodents by a hidden second pair of upper front teeth.
Which of these is the largest domestic rabbit breed?
Source: A Flemish Giant can top 10 kg and stretch over 80 cm — bigger than many small dogs.
On which continent did introduced rabbits become a catastrophic invasive pest after the 1850s?
Source: Two dozen rabbits released in 1859 exploded into hundreds of millions, devastating Australian farmland and native species.
Which of these is a rabbit physically unable to do?
Source: Rabbits can't vomit — their digestive valve is one-way, which is why a blocked gut is a true emergency.
Rabbits eat some of their own droppings, called cecotropes, in order to do what?
Source: By re-eating soft cecotropes, rabbits give plant matter a second pass to extract vitamins they missed the first time.
Roughly how long is a rabbit's pregnancy?
Source: At around 31 days, a rabbit's super-short pregnancy is a big reason they multiply so famously fast.
Rabbits have nearly 360-degree vision but a blind spot located where?
Source: Eyes on the sides give near-panoramic view, but rabbits can't see right under their nose — they sniff and whisker their food instead.
How soon after giving birth can a female rabbit become pregnant again?
Source: A doe can conceive again within hours of giving birth — the literal origin of 'breeding like rabbits.'
Which disease was deliberately released to control Australia's rabbit plague?
Source: Myxomatosis wiped out most of Australia's rabbits in the 1950s — until survivors bred resistance and the population rebounded.
As 'induced ovulators,' female rabbits release eggs only in response to what?
Source: Rabbits ovulate on demand, triggered by mating itself — so almost every mating can lead to pregnancy.
In the novel Watership Down, what is the rabbits' invented language called?
Source: Author Richard Adams built a whole rabbit tongue, Lapine, including 'silflay' — to go above ground and feed.