Giant Panda Bear - Quiz
Giant Panda Bear
  • 1. What continent are giant pandas native to?
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Australia
D) South America
  • 2. What is the primary food source of giant pandas in the wild?
A) Berries
B) Grass
C) Meat
D) Bamboo
  • 3. Which organization uses the giant panda as its logo?
A) UNICEF
B) Greenpeace
C) World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
D) Red Cross
  • 4. Giant pandas communicate through vocalizations, but what is their main form of communication?
A) Roaring
B) Growling
C) Squealing
D) Scent marking
  • 5. What is the primary reason why giant pandas are endangered?
A) Disease
B) Poaching
C) Climate change
D) Habitat loss
  • 6. How much can a giant panda eat in a single day?
A) Up to 20 pounds (9 kilograms)
B) Up to 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms)
C) Up to 40 pounds (18 kilograms)
D) Up to 30 pounds (13.5 kilograms)
  • 7. What is the scientific name of the giant panda?
A) Ursus arctos
B) Elephas maximus
C) Panthera leo
D) Ailuropoda melanoleuca
  • 8. What is the status of giant pandas in terms of conservation?
A) Critically Endangered
B) Least Concern
C) Endangered
D) Vulnerable
  • 9. What is the longest known lifespan of a giant panda?
A) 25 years old
B) 38 years old
C) 15 years old
D) 50 years old
  • 10. How many giant pandas were estimated to be in the wild according to the Fourth National Survey (2011–2014)?
A) 100 individuals
B) 3,000 individuals
C) 500 individuals
D) 1,864 individuals over 1.5 years old
  • 11. What is the estimated total number of pandas based on the Fourth National Survey and IUCN estimates?
A) Nearly 5,000
B) About 1,500
C) Approximately 2,060
D) Around 3,000
  • 12. What are the common names for giant pandas in China?
A) Huāxióng or zhúxióng
B) Mòxióng or huāmāo
C) Ponya or xiǎoxióngmāo
D) Dàxióngmāo or xióngmāo
  • 13. What is the closest candidate for the origin of the word 'panda'?
A) The Nepali word ponya
B) The French word panda
C) The Latin word ursus
D) The Chinese word xiǎoxióngmāo
  • 14. What is the meaning of the binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca?
A) Black and white cat-foot
B) Bamboo bear
C) Giant bear
D) Spotted bear
  • 15. How many giant pandas were in captivity outside China by 2007?
A) 50
B) 100
C) 10
D) 27
  • 16. What is the primary reason for the decline of giant panda habitats?
A) Natural predators
B) Climate change
C) Farming, deforestation, and infrastructural development.
D) Pandemic diseases
  • 17. What is a unique physical feature of the giant panda that aids in feeding?
A) Webbed feet for swimming
B) A thumb on its forepaw.
C) Long tail for balance
D) Sharp claws for digging
  • 18. What is the estimated percentage of cubs in the giant panda population?
A) 15%
B) 5%
C) 9.6%
D) 20%
  • 19. In which family is the giant panda classified?
A) Mustelidae
B) Canidae
C) Ursidae
D) Procyonidae
  • 20. What is the most basal member of the Ursidae family?
A) Brown bear
B) American black bear
C) Giant panda
D) Polar bear
  • 21. Where are most extant populations of the nominate subspecies, A. m. melanoleuca, found?
A) Tibet
B) Sichuan
C) Yunnan
D) Qinling Mountains
  • 22. Why might a panda choose to avoid a scent mark?
A) Avoidance is based solely on the color of the mark.
B) If the signaler's competitive ability outweighs their own, they may avoid it.
C) They avoid scent marks that are too old.
D) Pandas always avoid all scent marks from other pandas.
  • 23. What is the primary reason for low giant panda populations in areas with many medium-to-large-sized mammals?
A) High levels of pollution
B) Lack of food resources
C) Predation by larger animals
D) Avoidance of interspecific competition
  • 24. Which vocalization indicates inferiority and submission in a giant panda?
A) Chirp.
B) Squeals.
C) Blatting sound.
D) Roar or growl.
  • 25. What legendary creature is commonly interpreted as referring to the giant panda?
A) Dragon
B) Pixiu (貔貅)
C) Qilin
D) Phoenix
  • 26. How does the Erya describe mo?
A) As a bear-like creature
B) As a righteous animal
C) As a mythical dragon
D) As a 'white leopard'
  • 27. What percentage of the macronutrients absorbed by giant pandas is protein?
A) 50%
B) 30%
C) 90%
D) 70%
  • 28. How did China respond to the reclassification of giant pandas from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable'?
A) Reduced funding for conservation
B) Reinforced conservation efforts
C) Lowered conservation level
D) Stopped conservation efforts
  • 29. In which country is the giant panda endemic?
A) India
B) Russia
C) Japan
D) China
  • 30. What was the estimated decline in the giant panda's range by 2001?
A) 75%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) About 99%
  • 31. What was the primary method of breeding giant pandas in captivity initially?
A) Cloning
B) Natural mating
C) Interspecific pregnancy
D) Artificial insemination
  • 32. Which area is the only known habitat where both giant and red pandas coexist?
A) Qinling Mountains
B) The Tibetan Plateau
C) Sichuan province
D) Yunnan province
  • 33. As of 2020, what percentage of the entire panda population in China was in the new national park?
A) 60 percent
B) 80 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 50 percent
  • 34. During whose reign was a captured zouyu sent from Kaifeng?
A) Qin Shi Huang
B) Emperor Taizong of Tang
C) The Yongle Emperor
D) Emperor Wu of Han
  • 35. What type of digestive system does a giant panda have despite its herbivorous diet?
A) Omnivore's digestive system
B) Carnivore's digestive system
C) Insectivore's digestive system
D) Herbivore's digestive system
  • 36. What causes the captive female giant panda to die?
A) Baylisascariasis
B) Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii
C) Canine distemper virus
D) Clostridium welchii infection
  • 37. Which type of forests do giant pandas predominantly inhabit?
A) Urban areas
B) Grasslands
C) Old-growth forests with a healthy concentration of bamboos
D) Desert regions
  • 38. What sound do giant pandas emit during peaceful interactions?
A) A blatting sound.
B) Chirps.
C) Squeals.
D) A roar or growl.
  • 39. What is the estimated percentage decrease in the giant panda's distribution by 2100 due to climate change?
A) 75%
B) 100%
C) 50%
D) 25%
  • 40. Which nematode is known to infect giant panda intestines and cause a deadly disease?
A) Clostridium welchii
B) Baylisascaris schroederi
C) Toxoplasma gondii
D) Escherichia coli
  • 41. In what year did scientists report that the number of giant pandas living in the wild may have been underestimated?
A) 1998
B) 2016
C) 2020
D) 2006
  • 42. Which zoo's panda, Chi Chi, became very popular and influenced the World Wildlife Fund to use a panda as its symbol?
A) San Diego Zoo
B) Memphis Zoo
C) London Zoo
D) Chapultepec Zoo
  • 43. How does the black fur on a giant panda serve as camouflage?
A) Makes them invisible to predators
B) Allows them to mimic other animals
C) Conceals them in shade
D) Helps them blend into urban environments
  • 44. When was the first successful birth from artificial insemination using frozen sperm confirmed?
A) January 1995
B) December 2010
C) July 2009
D) March 2005
  • 45. Which organization launched a program called 'On the Trail of Giant Panda' in 2012?
A) Earthwatch Institute
B) UNESCO
C) WWF
D) Greenpeace
  • 46. In what year did Chinese conservation authorities announce that giant pandas are no longer endangered in the wild?
A) 2021
B) 2016
C) 2020
D) 2018
  • 47. Which international agreement lists the giant panda as requiring protection to avoid extinction?
A) Biodiversity Treaty
B) CITES Appendix I
C) IUCN Red List
D) Endangered Species Act
  • 48. How do the skull size and molars of A. m. qinlingensis compare to its relatives?
A) Smaller skull, same molars
B) Same skull size, same molars
C) Smaller skull, larger molars
D) Larger skull, smaller molars
  • 49. When were pandas first recorded to have been exhibited again in China's zoos after their initial appearance during the Western Han Dynasty?
A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1950s
D) 1980s
  • 50. In what year was the Wolong National Nature Reserve established to save the declining panda population?
A) 1963
B) 1950
C) 1975
D) 1988
  • 51. What enzyme is expressed in the peroxisome of giant panda cells?
A) Alanine—glyoxylate transaminase
B) Amylase
C) Protease
D) Lactase
  • 52. Which ancient Chinese dictionary describes the mo as bear-like but yellow-and-black?
A) Erya
B) Shuowen Jiezi (Eastern Han Dynasty)
C) Classic of Mountains and Seas
D) I Ching
  • 53. Which part of the bamboo is most important in a giant panda's diet?
A) Leaves
B) Shoots
C) Roots
D) Stems
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