Paws and Reflect: How Well Do You Know the Cat Kingdom

#5 Week 2

Author

Sigrun Sørumgård
January 07, 2025

From mighty lions to sneaky ocelots, how well do you know the world’s most purr-fect predators?

  1. Which cat is the largest member of the cat family (Felidae)?

  2. What are the names of the four living species of lynx?

  3. What is the colour of the eyes of a Siamese cat?

  4. Cheetahs’ are know for its speed, but what is the fastest sprint that have been measured by a cheetah?

  5. What is the name of an offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?

  6. What is the name of the black panther in The Jungle Book, written by Rudyard Kipling?

  7. What is the name of the oldest known breed of domestic cat?

  8. Which member of the cat family is known for being the smallest?

  9. What is unique about a snow leopard's roar compared to other big cats?

  10. Nearly all wild lions live in Africa, but one small population exists elsewhere, in what country is this?

The Wonder Wall

  • Cats can jump 5 times their own height.

  • Cats have a whopping 32 muscles in each of their ears, allowing them to swivel their ears to hone in on the exact source of a noise. Additionally, cats can rotate their ears to 180 degrees!

  • In Ancient Egypt, members of a family would shave their eyebrows in mourning if their cat died. Cats were also sometimes mummified and placed in tombs with their owners.

Yesterday´s Answers

  1. The Eiffel Tower was an entrance to the 1889 World Fair in the 100th anniversary of the French revolution.

  2. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon.

  3. Agra, India.

  4. 96 meters

  5. 410 days.

  6. Athena, the goddess was seen as the protector of various cities throughout Greece, but particularly of the city of Athens, from which she most likely got her name.

  7. 50,000 spectators.

  8. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.

  9. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in.

  10. It reached the peak at 5.5 degrees, nearly 15 feet (4,57 meters) from its base. A massive restoration program reduced the tilt to “only” 3.97 degrees.