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HISTORY

A quick quiz to test your knowledge of beasts in the before-times and pets of the past!

1. The Ancient Egyptians worshipped what common pet animal as gods? a) Dogs     b) Cats     c) Hamsters

2. Colonies of what flea-carrying animal helped spread the plague across Europe in the middle ages?

3. Pigeons were once used to send secret messages. But which of these is not a collective noun used for pigeons?
a) Flight    b) Kit     c) Plop     d) Dropping

4. In 1996 Dolly became the first cloned mammal. But what animal was Dolly?   (Clue - she hung out in a flock)

5. In Amundsen and Scott’s race to the South Pole, what two groups of animals were used to pull the sleds?
a) A pack of __________   b) A string of ___________

6. Jonathan was born before Victoria became Queen and is still hanging out with his ‘creep’ on their island home of St Helena. What animal is Jonathan?

7. In 1947 a ‘business’ of what insect were the first group of animals to be sent into space?

8. Then in 1961, Ham returned safely to Earth after a successful space flight. But what kind of animal was Ham?

Don’t worry if you don’t have a printer, just grab a blank piece of paper and answer away!