Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (511 results returned)

#9210, aired 2024-11-22ZOOLOGY GLOSSARY $200: As their name implies, decapods like crawfish or crabs have this number of legs 10
#9210, aired 2024-11-22ZOOLOGY GLOSSARY $400: Derived from the Greek for "living a double life", this class of animal lives on land typically but breeds in water an amphibian
#9210, aired 2024-11-22ZOOLOGY GLOSSARY $600: In layman's terms a marsupial's marsupium is this its pouch
#9210, aired 2024-11-22ZOOLOGY GLOSSARY $800: These small, cylindrical polyps build their limestone skeletons by drawing calcium out of seawater coral
#9210, aired 2024-11-22ZOOLOGY GLOSSARY $1000: "C" is for this, the hard-shelled covering for the pupa of a butterfly chrysalis
#8289, aired 2020-11-26ZOOLOGY $400: Pigs wallow in the mud to cool themselves because they don't have functional ones of these glands in their skin sweat glands
#8289, aired 2020-11-26ZOOLOGY $800: Like cows, goats & sheep also have this suspended organ that produces milk an udder
#8289, aired 2020-11-26ZOOLOGY $1200: It's the term for when a whale jumps out of the water, though scientists aren't sure why they do it breaching
#8289, aired 2020-11-26ZOOLOGY $2000: The equivalent of a human knuckle, this "F word" is the protruding joint at the back of a horse's leg above the hoof the fetlock
#8289, aired 2020-11-26ZOOLOGY $5,400 (Daily Double): Stony corals build up their skeletons by drawing in this metallic element from saltwater & secreting limestone around their bodies calcium
#7607, aired 2017-10-10ZOOLOGY $400: The pouch of this water bird can hold up to 3 gallons, 2 to 3 times what its stomach can hold the pelican
#7607, aired 2017-10-10ZOOLOGY $800: Throw that baby shower quick! Of mammals, this American marsupial has the shortest gestation, 12-13 days the opossum
#7607, aired 2017-10-10ZOOLOGY $1200: These desert arachnids bear live young that crawl onto their mothers' backs & stay there weeks to nourish a scorpion
#7607, aired 2017-10-10ZOOLOGY $1600: The indri is the largest of these primates of which the ring-tailed species is better known lemurs
#7607, aired 2017-10-10ZOOLOGY $3,500 (Daily Double): On rare occasions this Arctic cetacean can grow 2 spiral tusks a narwhal
#7223, aired 2016-01-27ZOOLOGY $400: An African type of this carrion eater, the Ruppell's griffon has been known to fly as high as 7 miles a vulture
#7223, aired 2016-01-27ZOOLOGY $800: Anteaters belong to a suborder called vermilingua, which means "worm" this in Latin tongue
#7223, aired 2016-01-27ZOOLOGY $1200: This swift African cat has claws that are not fully retractable, enabling it to grip the ground when running after prey a cheetah
#7223, aired 2016-01-27ZOOLOGY $1600: The nesting group of this large tropical seabird is called a colony, not a hatch a booby
#7223, aired 2016-01-27ZOOLOGY $2000: This toothed whale has the largest brain of any animal & can dive to a depth of almost 2 miles the sperm whale
#6686, aired 2013-10-14ZOOLOGY $400: Now extinct, the huge, flightless Aepyornis maximus was called this "bird", like the one born in "Horton Hatches the Egg" the elephant bird
#6686, aired 2013-10-14ZOOLOGY $800: Just 3/10 inch long, the world's smallest amphibian is a species of this found on New Guinea a frog
#6686, aired 2013-10-14ZOOLOGY $2000: 2 basic substances in snake venom are neurotoxins & these, a word for poisons that damage blood vessels hemotoxins
#6331, aired 2012-03-12ZOOLOGY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some insects on the monitor.) Belonging to the same insect order as the stick insect is another inconspicuous one--look closer--aptly named this a leaf insect
#6331, aired 2012-03-12ZOOLOGY $800: National Geographic calls it "the prickliest of rodents" a porcupine
#6331, aired 2012-03-12ZOOLOGY $1600: They're the respiratory organs of squid & octopi as well as fish gills
#6331, aired 2012-03-12ZOOLOGY $2000: The 2-inch-long golden poison dart one of these has enough venom to kill 10 men a frog
#5664, aired 2009-04-02ZOOLOGY $200: Dolphins & porpoises belong to a suborder called Odontoceti, which means they have these teeth
#5664, aired 2009-04-02ZOOLOGY $400: During courtship & fast maneuvers, this bird can beat its wings more than 200 times per second a hummingbird
#5664, aired 2009-04-02ZOOLOGY $600: Not only does it have armor to protect itself, the 3-banded variety of this can also roll into a ball the armadillo
#5664, aired 2009-04-02ZOOLOGY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates two fur patterns on the monitor.) It's easy to mistake a jaguar for a leopard, but on closer examination, jaguars often have spots inside these flowery-named markings; the leopard doesn't rosettes
#5664, aired 2009-04-02ZOOLOGY $1000: The male of this baboon relative is quite colorful--blue cheeks, a long red nose & a red, blue & violet rump a mandrill
#5516, aired 2008-09-08ZOOLOGY $200: In the Amazon one species of this flying mammal hangs out (literally) in a tent that it makes out of a big leaf a bat
#5516, aired 2008-09-08ZOOLOGY $400: Until adulthood this "paternal" spiderlike arachnid molts, a process that takes about 20 minutes daddy longlegs
#5516, aired 2008-09-08ZOOLOGY $600: Many fish use camouflage as protection, like the sargassum fish, which has evolved to resemble this seaweed
#5516, aired 2008-09-08ZOOLOGY $800: The hair of this Arctic ruminant may reach a length of 4 feet a musk ox
#5516, aired 2008-09-08ZOOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): The collared species of this rodent known for its migrations has dark fur except in the winter, when it's totally white a lemming
#5473, aired 2008-05-28ZOOLOGY $200: Strains of the Norway species of this animal are the ones used in labs rats
#5473, aired 2008-05-28ZOOLOGY $400: The turkey type of this bird has an exceptional sense of smell for detecting carrion on the ground the vulture
#5473, aired 2008-05-28ZOOLOGY $600: The fact that this lizard's name is from the Greek for "ground lion" never changes chameleon
#5473, aired 2008-05-28ZOOLOGY $800: The common type of this marsupial has coarse, thick fur, while that of the hairy-nosed is short & silky a wombat
#5473, aired 2008-05-28ZOOLOGY $1000: Indians prized the eulachon, also called this kind of "fish", because it was so oily it could be burned like one a candlefish
#5348, aired 2007-12-05ZOOLOGY $200 (Daily Double): The rare white alligator, seen here, has a condition called leucism, meaning it lacks this skin pigment melanin
#5348, aired 2007-12-05ZOOLOGY $200: The giant Pacific octopus may have as many as 1,600 of these on its arms; they help it to taste & touch suckers
#5348, aired 2007-12-05ZOOLOGY $400: While it doesn't breathe fire, this largest lizard does kill its prey with its deadly saliva a Komodo dragon
#5348, aired 2007-12-05ZOOLOGY $600: Doggone it! A mudpuppy isn't a little doggie but a large one of these amphibians a salamander
#5348, aired 2007-12-05ZOOLOGY $800: A type of this snake that sounds like a James Clavell novel is Australia's deadliest & most feared a taipan
#5036, aired 2006-07-03ZOOLOGY $400: Marine biologists call this gelatinous invertebrate of class Scyphozoa & Hydrozoa a medusa a jellyfish
#5036, aired 2006-07-03ZOOLOGY $800: The African rock species of this is the continent's longest snake, reaching more than 25 feet in length a python
#5036, aired 2006-07-03ZOOLOGY $1200: 3 flightless birds are native to the South Pacific: the kiwi, the cassowary & this one in Ausralia the emu
#5036, aired 2006-07-03ZOOLOGY $1,600 (Daily Double): The greater long-nosed species of this is found only in the rain forest & usually has 7 or 8 bands, not 9 armadillo
#5036, aired 2006-07-03ZOOLOGY $2000: This hairy "ursine" caterpillar grows into the Isabella tiger moth the wooly bear
#4702, aired 2005-02-01ZOOLOGY $200: This group of large, hairy spiders gets its name from a wolf spider found around Tarranto, Italy tarantula
#4702, aired 2005-02-01ZOOLOGY $400: The green sea type of this swims over 1,000 miles from South America to Ascension Island, in order to breed turtle
#4702, aired 2005-02-01ZOOLOGY $600: Species of this ray are sometimes mistaken for sharks because the tips of their wings resemble shark fins manta rays
#4702, aired 2005-02-01ZOOLOGY $800: In the scientific classification of animals, it's next in line after kingdom, phylum, class... order
#4702, aired 2005-02-01ZOOLOGY $1000: In most toads this process of gradually developing from a tadpole into a fully formed toad takes 3-8 weeks metamorphosis
#4657, aired 2004-11-30ZOOLOGY $400: Giraffes are divided by sex into cows & these bulls
#4657, aired 2004-11-30ZOOLOGY $800: While swimming, the anaconda can close off a valve inside these to keep water out its nostrils
#4657, aired 2004-11-30ZOOLOGY $1200: It's the common litter size of llamas, hippos & kangaroos one
#4657, aired 2004-11-30ZOOLOGY $1600: One type of terrier was specially bred in England to hunt this other member of the dog family a fox
#4657, aired 2004-11-30ZOOLOGY $2000: As it's a fave of caribou, the lichen they eat is called this moss reindeer moss
#3956, aired 2001-11-12ZOOLOGY $100: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the San Diego Zoo.) All apes, including the siamang, are, unfortunately, now on this list the endangered species list
#3956, aired 2001-11-12ZOOLOGY $200: Hermit crabs have 2 pairs of antennae & 4 pairs of these legs
#3956, aired 2001-11-12ZOOLOGY $300: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from SeaWorld.) The otter is the most aquatically adapted of this animal family the weasel family
#3956, aired 2001-11-12ZOOLOGY $400: Strains of the Norway species of this animal are the ones used in labs rats
#3956, aired 2001-11-12ZOOLOGY $500: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the San Diego Zoo.) Unlike humans, sheep don't have these front cutting teeth on their upper jaw, but they do have eight on their lower jaw incisors
#3933, aired 2001-10-10BIBLICAL ZOOLOGY $200: Daniel probably would have preferred it if Darius had a big-screen TV in his den instead of these lions
#3933, aired 2001-10-10BIBLICAL ZOOLOGY $400: Abraham owned the dromedary type of this animal camel
#3933, aired 2001-10-10BIBLICAL ZOOLOGY $600: A rule in Deuteronomy 22 says you shouldn't yoke an ass & this together to plow ox
#3933, aired 2001-10-10BIBLICAL ZOOLOGY $800: Worshipped by the ancient Egyptians as Bast, there's not one mention of this animal in the Bible cat
#3933, aired 2001-10-10BIBLICAL ZOOLOGY $1000: In one of Jesus' parables these were separated from the sheep & herded on the unfavorable left side goats
#3849, aired 2001-05-03ZOOLOGY $100: A squirrel uses this fluffy appendage for balance when it leaps & climbs its tail
#3849, aired 2001-05-03ZOOLOGY $200: Wow! The upside-down type of this "feline" fish really does swim upside-down catfish
#3849, aired 2001-05-03ZOOLOGY $300: The basket type of this undersea animal seen here probably isn't the kind you have in your bathtub sponge
#3849, aired 2001-05-03ZOOLOGY $400: Some of these fleshy growths that top roosters' heads are V-shaped & some look like a walnut combs
#3849, aired 2001-05-03ZOOLOGY $500: This arthropod is nicknamed the "hundred-legger", though some may have 170 pairs of legs centipede
#3642, aired 2000-06-06ZOOLOGY $200: Unlike other crabs, it has a shell on its abdomen, forcing it to look constantly for temporary housing a hermit crab
#3642, aired 2000-06-06ZOOLOGY $400: This Greek philosopher who studied animals in the 300s B.C. is often called the "Father of Zoology" Aristotle
#3642, aired 2000-06-06ZOOLOGY $600: This pet bird comes in 2 main types, depending on its singing: choppers & rollers canaries
#3642, aired 2000-06-06ZOOLOGY $800: The name of this colorful baboon relative sounds like it could be a synonym for a guy with a jackhammer a mandrill
#3642, aired 2000-06-06ZOOLOGY $1000: This burrowing rodent has fur-lined pouches on the outside of its cheeks in which it carries food a pocket gopher
#3610, aired 2000-04-21ZOOLOGY $100: When the European mole wants lunch, it goes after this annelid that comes out after the rain an earthworm
#3610, aired 2000-04-21ZOOLOGY $200: Rodents native to this continent include the cavy, coypu & capybara South America
#3610, aired 2000-04-21ZOOLOGY $300: The white variety of this pachyderm is the only type that eats by grazing Rhinoceros
#3610, aired 2000-04-21ZOOLOGY $400: The big toe on a marmoset doesn't have a claw like its other digits; it has one of these, like you Nail
#3610, aired 2000-04-21ZOOLOGY $500: Unlike birds today, the Hesperornis of the Cretaceous period had these, all the better to eat fish with teeth
#3198, aired 1998-06-24ZOOLOGY $200: These wingless bloodsuckers often infest sleeping quarters; don't let 'em bite! Bedbugs
#3198, aired 1998-06-24ZOOLOGY $400: The woolly bear caterpillar grows up to be the Isabella tiger species of this insect Moth
#3198, aired 1998-06-24ZOOLOGY $800: The "straw-necked" type of this wading bird isn't as well-known as the "sacred" or the "scarlet" Ibis
#3198, aired 1998-06-24ZOOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): This African mammal is named for the distinctive features seen here in close-up: Warthog
#3198, aired 1998-06-24ZOOLOGY $1000: Sadly, the black-footed type of this small member of the weasel family is endangered Ferret
#3052, aired 1997-12-02ZOOLOGY $200: Some spiders have a special organ called a cribellum that enables them to do this; how artistic spin a web (spin silk, weave accepted)
#3052, aired 1997-12-02ZOOLOGY $400: Wasps are noted for this "slim" feature, which helps the abdomen move freely & makes stinging easier the waist
#3052, aired 1997-12-02ZOOLOGY $600: Found in Africa, the caffre, or Felis libyca, may have been the first wild one of these animals domesticated (Wild) Cat
#2983, aired 1997-07-16ZOOLOGY $200: The Baltimore Oriole is also called a hangbird because it builds a hanging one of these structures Nest
#2983, aired 1997-07-16ZOOLOGY $400: The bullhead, a type of this fish, has hornlike barbels near its mouth that look like whiskers Catfish
#2983, aired 1997-07-16ZOOLOGY $600: Like Tasmanian Devils, bandicoots belong to this order of mammals Marsupials
#2983, aired 1997-07-16ZOOLOGY $800: Standing about 4 1/2 feet tall, the Sumatran is the smallest species of this large, horned land mammal Rhinoceros
#2983, aired 1997-07-16ZOOLOGY $1000: The spectacled bear, the only bear native to this continent, weighs only 200-300 pounds South America
#2881, aired 1997-02-24ZOOLOGY $100: The peach type of this insect attacks peaches, plums & other fruit, but not clothing Moth
#2881, aired 1997-02-24ZOOLOGY $200: The wolf type of this arachnid rides on its mother's back when it's a baby Spider
#2881, aired 1997-02-24ZOOLOGY $300: The nine-banded type of this mammal almost always gives birth to quadruplets of the same sex Armadillo
#2881, aired 1997-02-24ZOOLOGY $400: These marine animals of the phylum Porifera, which means pore-bearing, have no heads or internal organs Sponges
#2881, aired 1997-02-24ZOOLOGY $500 (Daily Double): The agouti, about the size of a rabbit but related to the guinea pig, belongs to this order of mammals Rodents
#2871, aired 1997-02-10ZOOLOGY $100: The Burchell's species of this striped equine is found in many parts of eastern Africa zebra
#2871, aired 1997-02-10ZOOLOGY $200: The "wolf" type of this arachnid pounces on its victims like a wolf spider
#2871, aired 1997-02-10ZOOLOGY $300: Both the chinchilla & the chinchilla rat belong to this order of mammals rodents
#2871, aired 1997-02-10ZOOLOGY $500 (Daily Double): This shaggy wild ox of Tibet holds its head low like the American bison yak
#2871, aired 1997-02-10ZOOLOGY $500: Among the most primitive fish are the hagfish & this other scaleless fish that looks like an eel lamprey
#2858, aired 1997-01-22ZOOLOGY $200: This slow-moving South American mammal eats, sleeps, mates & gives birth while hanging upside down in a tree Sloth
#2858, aired 1997-01-22ZOOLOGY $400: A zedonk is the hybrid of these 2 animals Zebra & Donkey
#2858, aired 1997-01-22ZOOLOGY $600: Having tiny eyes & poor vision, these small, flightless New Zealand birds hunt by scent Kiwi
#2858, aired 1997-01-22ZOOLOGY $800: When this fish first leaves fresh water for the sea, it's called a smolt Salmon
#2858, aired 1997-01-22ZOOLOGY $1000: Named for a people of Siberia, this pet pooch has been called "the white dog with the smiling face" Samoyed
#2748, aired 1996-07-10ZOOLOGY $100: The conger variety of this fish spawns only once before it dies an eel
#2748, aired 1996-07-10ZOOLOGY $200: A domesticated pig weighing 120 pounds or more is usually referred to by this term a hog
#2748, aired 1996-07-10ZOOLOGY $300: Special folds of skin act as a parachute when this rodent glides through the air a flying squirrel
#2748, aired 1996-07-10ZOOLOGY $400: It's also known as a silvertip bear a grizzly
#2748, aired 1996-07-10ZOOLOGY $500: The mud dauber is classified as a solitary type of this insect a wasp
#2681, aired 1996-04-08ZOOLOGY $200: This bat is not only unique in drinking blood, it can also walk & run upright the vampire bat
#2681, aired 1996-04-08ZOOLOGY $400: 3 distinct groups make up the amphibians: caecilians, newts & salamanders & this pair frogs & toads
#2681, aired 1996-04-08ZOOLOGY $600: The Chinook is the Pacihc variety of this fish that migrates the farthest the salmon
#2681, aired 1996-04-08ZOOLOGY $800: It's the common Spanish term for a small donkey that's used as a pack animal a burro
#2681, aired 1996-04-08ZOOLOGY $1000: Seen running across ceilings, this tropical lizard is the only lizard with a distinct call other than a hiss the gecko
#2641, aired 1996-02-12ZOOLOGY $100: The kiwi is the only bird with nostrils at the tip of this beak
#2641, aired 1996-02-12ZOOLOGY $200: If a glass lizard breaks off this body part, another one can grow tail
#2641, aired 1996-02-12ZOOLOGY $300: Ctenocephalides felis is a flea best known for pestering these animals cats
#2641, aired 1996-02-12ZOOLOGY $400: Some female Indian elephants have extremely short ones of these called tushes tusks
#2641, aired 1996-02-12ZOOLOGY $500: Typically, this flatfish whose name comes from the word "holy" has both eyes on the right side of its head halibut
#2621, aired 1996-01-15ZOOLOGY $200: Komodo dragons, which belong to the monitor family of these, have been known to kill human beings lizards
#2621, aired 1996-01-15ZOOLOGY $400: The Indian is the largest Asian species of this "nose-horned" land mammal the rhino
#2621, aired 1996-01-15ZOOLOGY $600: These tallest mammals can gallop at a speed of 30 miles per hour giraffe
#2621, aired 1996-01-15ZOOLOGY $800: Both hairy-nosed species of this marsupial live on Australian grasslands wombats
#2621, aired 1996-01-15ZOOLOGY $1000: 2 of the 3 breeds of dogs called setters (2 of) Irish, English, & Gordon
#2607, aired 1995-12-26ZOOLOGY $100: The Indian type of this pachyderm is smaller than the African one the elephant
#2607, aired 1995-12-26ZOOLOGY $200: The upside-down type of this "feline" fish actually swims upside-down a catfish
#2607, aired 1995-12-26ZOOLOGY $300: A pangolin can extend this sticky organ as much as 10 inches its tongue
#2607, aired 1995-12-26ZOOLOGY $400: This single-humped camel is also known as the Arabian camel the dromedary
#2607, aired 1995-12-26ZOOLOGY $500: The La Plata dolphin is found in the rivers & eastern coastal waters of this continent South America
#2581, aired 1995-11-20ZOOLOGY $200: Unlike the octopus or squid, the nautilus may have up to 90 of these armlike appendages Tentacles
#2581, aired 1995-11-20ZOOLOGY $400: An insect called a webspinner spins this fiber as it runs back & forth Silk
#2581, aired 1995-11-20ZOOLOGY $600: Estivation is the summer equivalent of this winter sleeplike stage Hibernation
#2581, aired 1995-11-20ZOOLOGY $800: In most cud-chewing animals, this is made up of the reticulum, rumen, omasum & abomasum Stomach
#2581, aired 1995-11-20ZOOLOGY $1000: Reaching over 2 feet long, the hellbender is a large one of these tailed amphibians salamander
#2572, aired 1995-11-07ZOOLOGY $100: It may shock you, but this snakelike "electric" fish can be 8 feet long an eel
#2558, aired 1995-10-18ZOOLOGY $100: Some trace the origins of this smallest dog to ones that accompanied Cortes in 1519 the Chihuahua
#2558, aired 1995-10-18ZOOLOGY $200: Anthonomus grandis is the scientific name of this cotton pest the boll weevil
#2558, aired 1995-10-18ZOOLOGY $300: The thresher type of this fish in names for its long, driving tail fin a shark
#2558, aired 1995-10-18ZOOLOGY $400: Reaching over 20 feet in length, this snake of the boa family is the longest snake in the Western Hemisphere an anaconda
#2558, aired 1995-10-18ZOOLOGY $500 (Daily Double): Found on Madagascar, the indri is the largest surviving member of these primates lemurs
#2524, aired 1995-07-20ZOOLOGY $100: One species of this "reclusive" crab lives in sections of old bamboo cane the hermit crab
#2524, aired 1995-07-20ZOOLOGY $200: On average this breed of goat yield about 8 pounds of mohair each year the angora goat
#2524, aired 1995-07-20ZOOLOGY $300: Anteaters feed almost entirely on ants & these insects termites
#2524, aired 1995-07-20ZOOLOGY $400: The demise of Australia's Tasmanian wolf has been blamed on this wild dog the dingo
#2524, aired 1995-07-20ZOOLOGY $500: The eggs of this large flightless South American bird can weigh up to 2 pound the rhea
#2503, aired 1995-06-21ZOOLOGY $200: The Emperor & the Adelie are among species of this bird that breed in Antarctica the penguin
#2503, aired 1995-06-21ZOOLOGY $400: Gordon, Irish & English are breeds of this type of dog Setters
#2503, aired 1995-06-21ZOOLOGY $600: This species of rattlesnake found in the southeastern U.S. is the heaviest of all poisonous snakes the diamondback
#2503, aired 1995-06-21ZOOLOGY $1000: This narrow-snouted crocodilian of Asia is in danger of extinction a gavial
#2497, aired 1995-06-13ZOOLOGY $200: This snake family is divided into 2 main groups--"pit" & "true" vipers
#2497, aired 1995-06-13ZOOLOGY $400: When this largest South American member of the camel family gets angry, it spits the llama
#2497, aired 1995-06-13ZOOLOGY $600: The spiny type of this crustacean has an unusual, leaf-shaped larval form called the phyllosome the lobster
#2497, aired 1995-06-13ZOOLOGY $800: The cone type of this gastropod can paralyze or kill small animals with its venom a snail
#2497, aired 1995-06-13ZOOLOGY $1000: The syrinx, a complex vocal organ, allows some of these animals to make 2 sounds at the same time birds
#2461, aired 1995-04-24ZOOLOGY $100: In contrast to its whitish fur, the skin of this bear is black, which helps it retain heat the polar bear
#2461, aired 1995-04-24ZOOLOGY $200: Sometimes called the mountain lion, it's the most widespread wild feline in the Americas the cougar (puma)
#2461, aired 1995-04-24ZOOLOGY $300: Helix aspersa is the scientific name for the common garden variety of this mollusk a snail
#2461, aired 1995-04-24ZOOLOGY $400: Whether you call it a jenny or a jennet, it's still the female of this animal donkey
#2461, aired 1995-04-24ZOOLOGY $500: This bird which became extinct in 1914 was once the most abundant species in the world a passenger pigeon
#2452, aired 1995-04-11ZOOLOGY $200: This black & white forest dweller of China eats about 80 pounds of bamboo shoots daily a panda bear
#2452, aired 1995-04-11ZOOLOGY $400: Outweighing 20 elephants, it's the largest & heaviest animal that ever lived a blue whale
#2452, aired 1995-04-11ZOOLOGY $600: The sewellel or mountain beaver is the most primitive member of this order of mammals a rodent
#2452, aired 1995-04-11ZOOLOGY $800: The siamang, found in Malaysia & Sumatra, is the largest of these small apes a gibbon
#2452, aired 1995-04-11ZOOLOGY $1000: In Peru this smallest member of the camel family is protected by law vicuna
#2448, aired 1995-04-05ZOOLOGY $200: The bite of a fer-de-lance, a type of this animal, can be fatal to humans a snake
#2448, aired 1995-04-05ZOOLOGY $400: A wombat spends about the first 6 months of its life in here its mother's pouch
#2448, aired 1995-04-05ZOOLOGY $600: While flying, they use their bioluminescence to attract mates fireflies
#2448, aired 1995-04-05ZOOLOGY $800: This extinct bird's name came from a Portuguese word for "stupid" dodo
#2448, aired 1995-04-05ZOOLOGY $1000: These African members of the family Suidae have 2 pairs of tusks warthogs
#2424, aired 1995-03-02ZOOLOGY $100: It's the familiar term for a marsupial's marsupium the pouch
#2424, aired 1995-03-02ZOOLOGY $200: It's the term for the change in an organism from larval to adult form, like a caterpillar to a Butterfly the metamorphosis
#2424, aired 1995-03-02ZOOLOGY $300: Its the more common name for the ringhals, a snake famous for squirting its venom several feet the king cobra
#2424, aired 1995-03-02ZOOLOGY $400: In rare instances, the male of this whale will grow 2 spiral tusks instead of 1 the narwhal
#2424, aired 1995-03-02ZOOLOGY $800 (Daily Double): In the Weddell species of this animal, the female is larger than the male a seal
#2312, aired 1994-09-27ZOOLOGY $100: The banded anteater, a marsupial, is native only to this continent Australia
#2312, aired 1994-09-27ZOOLOGY $200: Of leopard moths, leopard frogs or leopard sharks, the ones formerly used in pregnancy tests leopard frogs
#2312, aired 1994-09-27ZOOLOGY $300: Newts belong to the Salamander family of this class of vertebrates amphibians
#2312, aired 1994-09-27ZOOLOGY $400: Canis rufus is the scientific name of this "color" wolf red wolf
#2312, aired 1994-09-27ZOOLOGY $500: The European type of this wildcat known for its tufted ears is now quite scarce a lynx
#2286, aired 1994-07-11ZOOLOGY $100: The filmy dome & bowl-and-doily types of these arachnids weave flat, sheet-like webs spiders
#2286, aired 1994-07-11ZOOLOGY $200: The bellies of most snakes are covered with scutes, large types of these scales
#2286, aired 1994-07-11ZOOLOGY $300: Like salamanders, caecilians belong to this class of animals amphibians
#2286, aired 1994-07-11ZOOLOGY $500: The steenbok, this kind of animal, sometimes seeks refuge in an abandoned aardvark burrow (dwarf) antelope
#2286, aired 1994-07-11ZOOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): The vinegar eel isn't a fish but a nematode, one of these invertebrates worm
#2272, aired 1994-06-21ZOOLOGY $100: After several days without food or water, this animal's hump will soften & lean to one side a camel
#2272, aired 1994-06-21ZOOLOGY $200: The pouch of this water bird holds more than its stomach, about 3 gallons the pelican
#2272, aired 1994-06-21ZOOLOGY $300: Herpetology is the study of reptiles & these amphibians
#2272, aired 1994-06-21ZOOLOGY $400: This chambered relative of the squid & octopus is the only cephalopod with a true external shell a nautilus
#2272, aired 1994-06-21ZOOLOGY $500: While the musk type of this animal has no antlers, it does have 2 tiny tusks the deer
#2247, aired 1994-05-17ZOOLOGY $100: Unlike bees, most wasps do not collect this pollen
#2247, aired 1994-05-17ZOOLOGY $200: The unau sloth has 2 toes on each of its front feet, while the ai sloth has this many 3
#2247, aired 1994-05-17ZOOLOGY $300: Types of these rodents include fox, Eastern Gray & flying squirrels
#2247, aired 1994-05-17ZOOLOGY $400: The ptarmigan's feathers are speckled in summer but turn this color in winter white
#2247, aired 1994-05-17ZOOLOGY $500: The mammalian order Proboscidea consists of the Asian & African species of this animal the elephant
#2196, aired 1994-03-07ZOOLOGY $100: The spiny type of this large crustacean is also called a sea crayfish a lobster
#2196, aired 1994-03-07ZOOLOGY $200: This Andean beast of burden is the largest member of the camel family in the New World the llama
#2196, aired 1994-03-07ZOOLOGY $300: The eastern species of this squirrel-like rodent has creamier flank stripes than the western species the chipmunk
#2196, aired 1994-03-07ZOOLOGY $400: This largest wild cat of the Western Hemisphere was considered a god by the Maya Indians a jaguar
#2196, aired 1994-03-07ZOOLOGY $500: The wallaby is one of the chief foods of this Australian wild dog a dingo
#2156, aired 1994-01-10ZOOLOGY $200: This largest bird has the fewest toes, 2 on each foot an ostrich
#2156, aired 1994-01-10ZOOLOGY $400: During this winter dormancy, some animals' body temperatures drop to near freezing hibernation
#2156, aired 1994-01-10ZOOLOGY $600: On a chameleon, this organ is as long as its body his tongue
#2156, aired 1994-01-10ZOOLOGY $800: Males of the stag species of this insect have jaws that resemble antlers beetle
#2156, aired 1994-01-10ZOOLOGY $1000: The world's smallest monkeys, they include the pygmy & the golden lion tamarin the marmoset
#2148, aired 1993-12-29ZOOLOGY $100: Burchell's is the most common species of this striped African mammal a zebra
#2148, aired 1993-12-29ZOOLOGY $200: This largest of Louisiana's reptiles can attain a length of 16 feet an alligator
#2148, aired 1993-12-29ZOOLOGY $300: Unlike most marsupials, the numbat doesn't have a marsupium, which is one of these a pouch
#2148, aired 1993-12-29ZOOLOGY $400: Reddish fluid from the skin of this African river mammal led to the belief that it sweated blood the hippopotamus
#2148, aired 1993-12-29ZOOLOGY $500: The white winter fur of this weasel was used by Europeans as a badge of royalty ermine
#2124, aired 1993-11-25ZOOLOGY $100: These cheetah features are not retractile, unlike those of other big cats Claws
#2124, aired 1993-11-25ZOOLOGY $200: Of the ant bear, the sloth bear or the koala bear, the only one that really belongs to the bear family Sloth bear
#2124, aired 1993-11-25ZOOLOGY $300: This term for the hair below a Clydesdale's knees is the same as the word for a bird's plumage Feathers
#2124, aired 1993-11-25ZOOLOGY $400: Some of these two-humped camels still roam the Gobi Desert Bactrian camels
#2124, aired 1993-11-25ZOOLOGY $500: The long flap of skin that hangs beneath the throat of this largest deer is called a bell Moose
#2069, aired 1993-09-09ZOOLOGY $100: Its scientific name is Mantis religiosa the praying mantis
#2069, aired 1993-09-09ZOOLOGY $200: Unlike most other sockeyes, the kokanee type of this fish lives entirely in fresh water a salmon
#2069, aired 1993-09-09ZOOLOGY $300: A metalmark, whose wing markings look metallic, is this kind of insect a butterfly
#2069, aired 1993-09-09ZOOLOGY $400: A horned toad isn't really a toad; it's one of these a lizard
#2069, aired 1993-09-09ZOOLOGY $500: The honey possum, a marsupial that feeds on nectar, is native to this continent Australia
#2060, aired 1993-07-16ZOOLOGY $100: This part of an elephant's anatomy contains thousands of muscles but no bones trunk
#2060, aired 1993-07-16ZOOLOGY $200: This "regal" hooded snake is also called a hamadryad king cobra
#2060, aired 1993-07-16ZOOLOGY $300: The 3 species of this mammal, Grevy's, mountain & Burchell's, all have different stripe patterns zebra
#2060, aired 1993-07-16ZOOLOGY $400 (Daily Double): Fossils indicate that this stinging arthropod may have been the first and animal scorpion
#2060, aired 1993-07-16ZOOLOGY $400: Fruit bats like the Samoan are also known as "flying" ones of these foxes
#1994, aired 1993-04-15ZOOLOGY $200: Similar to a human baby's teeth, a baby elephant grows "milk" ones of these which fall out by age 2 tusks
#1994, aired 1993-04-15ZOOLOGY $400: A new species of this primate, the Maues marmoset, was recently discovered in the Amazon rain forest a monkey
#1994, aired 1993-04-15ZOOLOGY $600: Also called a paint horse, it wasn't officially recognized as a breed until 1963 a Pinto
#1994, aired 1993-04-15ZOOLOGY $800: The Yapok of South America, a species of this mammal, is the only marsupial that can live in water a possum
#1994, aired 1993-04-15ZOOLOGY $1000: The Arctic species of this bird breeds in summer near the North Pole, then winters in Antarctica the tern
#1951, aired 1993-02-15ZOOLOGY $100: Though llamas are related to camels, they lack this distinctive camel feature hump
#1951, aired 1993-02-15ZOOLOGY $200: Australians call the monitor types of these creatures goannas lizards
#1951, aired 1993-02-15ZOOLOGY $300: The pockets, or pouches, on a pocket gopher's cheeks are lined with this covering fur
#1951, aired 1993-02-15ZOOLOGY $400: The "angler" type of this animal attracts its food with a fleshy bait that grows from its head fish
#1951, aired 1993-02-15ZOOLOGY $500: This order of mammals is divided into 2 suborders: anthropoids & prosimians primate
#1907, aired 1992-12-15ZOOLOGY $100: This animal used in bathtubs doesn't have a nervous system a sponge
#1907, aired 1992-12-15ZOOLOGY $200: The affenpinscher is grouped as one of these small "plaything" dogs a toy
#1907, aired 1992-12-15ZOOLOGY $300: Also called puffers, these fish are known for their ability to inflate themselves blowfish
#1907, aired 1992-12-15ZOOLOGY $400: It's the second-largest wildcat in the Americas puma or mountain lion
#1907, aired 1992-12-15ZOOLOGY $500: These apes who live on the Rock of Gibraltar are tailless monkeys, not true apes the Barbary apes
#1894, aired 1992-11-26ZOOLOGY $200: After a dry spell, this desert mammal will replenish itself, drinking as much as 25 gallons of water a camel
#1894, aired 1992-11-26ZOOLOGY $400: During metamorphosis, a tadpole's gills disappear & these organs replace them lungs
#1894, aired 1992-11-26ZOOLOGY $600: This winter sleep-like state in some animals is thought to be caused by a chem. imbalance in their blood hibernation
#1894, aired 1992-11-26ZOOLOGY $800: It's the name shared by types of ants & bees which build their nests in wood carpenter ants & bees
#1894, aired 1992-11-26ZOOLOGY $2,200 (Daily Double): Malacology is the zoology branch that deals with these invertebrates, such as snails & clams mollusks
#1831, aired 1992-07-13ZOOLOGY $200: The only truly venomous lizards are the beaded lizard of Mexico & this "monster" the Gila monster
#1831, aired 1992-07-13ZOOLOGY $400: In a honeybee hive, there are 3 kinds of bees: the queen, the drones & these the workers
#1831, aired 1992-07-13ZOOLOGY $600: The male of the great gray species of this Australian animal is often called the "boomer" or "old man" the kangaroo
#1831, aired 1992-07-13ZOOLOGY $800: According to Guinness, the longest horns of any animal belong to this "aquatic" ox of Asia the water buffalo
#1831, aired 1992-07-13ZOOLOGY $1000: Standing about 5 feet at the shoulder, the okapi is this African animal's closest relative the giraffe
#1754, aired 1992-03-26ZOOLOGY $100: Dutch colonists in South Africa gave the gnu this name meaning "wild beast" wildebeest
#1754, aired 1992-03-26ZOOLOGY $200: Although its neck can be 6 feet long, it often has 7 bones -- the same as humans giraffe
#1754, aired 1992-03-26ZOOLOGY $300: A popular activity in Thailand is watching these quarrelsome fish attack each other Siamese fighting fish
#1754, aired 1992-03-26ZOOLOGY $400: The name of this deadly snake of tropical North & South America is French for "lance head" fer-de-lance
#1754, aired 1992-03-26ZOOLOGY $800 (Daily Double): One species of this long-snouted piglike South American mammal wasn't discovered until the 1820s tapir
#1723, aired 1992-02-12ZOOLOGY $100: The African kind of this animal has 2 fleshy knobs on its prehensile trunk, the Asiatic has only 1 elephant
#1723, aired 1992-02-12ZOOLOGY $200: The alpaca, guanaco & llama are members of this family that is at home in arid regions camel family
#1723, aired 1992-02-12ZOOLOGY $300: South America's poisonous fer-de-lance is a member of the "pit" group of this snake family viper
#1723, aired 1992-02-12ZOOLOGY $400: Marine iguanas are found only in this Ecuadorian island group Galapagos Islands
#1723, aired 1992-02-12ZOOLOGY $500: This fish is valuable as a source of isinglass, a type of gelatin, as well as beluga caviar sturgeon
#1688, aired 1991-12-25ZOOLOGY $200: It's the branch of zoology that studies insects entomology
#1688, aired 1991-12-25ZOOLOGY $400: It's the process by which a bird cleans, smoothes & oils its feathers preening
#1688, aired 1991-12-25ZOOLOGY $600: This mollusk has a long, internal shell called a pen, & like the octopus, can shoot ink a squid
#1688, aired 1991-12-25ZOOLOGY $800: It's the term for the grasping claw on a crab or lobster pincer
#1688, aired 1991-12-25ZOOLOGY $1000: Referring to its large nose, Nasalis larvatus is the scientific name for this monkey proboscis monkey
#1651, aired 1991-11-04ZOOLOGY $200: The cape buffalo uses its horns to defend itself, & a warthog uses these Tusks
#1651, aired 1991-11-04ZOOLOGY $400: World Book calls this common tree dweller the smartest rodent Squirrel
#1651, aired 1991-11-04ZOOLOGY $600: The highly vascular fine-haired skin on a deer's antlers is called this velvet
#1651, aired 1991-11-04ZOOLOGY $800: The opposite of hibernate; lungfish & some snails do it Estivate (sleep during the summer)
#1651, aired 1991-11-04ZOOLOGY $1000: Either of the smallest or largest types of monkey whose names both begin with the letter M marmosets or mandrills
#1635, aired 1991-10-11ZOOLOGY $100: Great Danes were developed to hunt these fierce, powerful hogs boars
#1635, aired 1991-10-11ZOOLOGY $200: The Grevy's species of this striped animal is found in Kenya, Ethiopia & Somalia zebra
#1635, aired 1991-10-11ZOOLOGY $300: This massively built ox is sometimes found 20,000 feet above sea level a yak
#1635, aired 1991-10-11ZOOLOGY $500: The pocket gopher was named for the fur-lined pockets on this part of its body cheeks
#1635, aired 1991-10-11ZOOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): The golden marmoset, whose hair looks like a lion's mane, is one of the smallest of these anlmals monkeys
#1593, aired 1991-07-03ZOOLOGY $200: Scientists believe that all dogs are descended from these wild animals wolves
#1593, aired 1991-07-03ZOOLOGY $400: Striped almost completely down to its hoofs, the Grevy's is the largest one of these zebras
#1593, aired 1991-07-03ZOOLOGY $600: With an 18-to 23-month gestation period, it has the longest pregnancy of any mammal elephant
#1593, aired 1991-07-03ZOOLOGY $800: This fierce, furry member of the weasel family gave Michigan its state nickname wolverine
#1593, aired 1991-07-03ZOOLOGY $1000: Resembling a giant guinea pig, this South American mammal is the world's largest rodent capybara
#1582, aired 1991-06-18ZOOLOGY $100: Though it's been given the scientific name Nessiteras rhombopteryx, many still doubt its existence the Loch Ness Monster
#1582, aired 1991-06-18ZOOLOGY $200: The legs on this "crazy"-sounding North American bird are encased within its body down to the ankle the loon
#1582, aired 1991-06-18ZOOLOGY $300: While the count on the front feet may differ, a sloth always has this many toes on a back foot 3
#1582, aired 1991-06-18ZOOLOGY $400: Like bats, toothed whales use a form of this to locate their prey sonar
#1582, aired 1991-06-18ZOOLOGY $500: Some of these marsupials that tend to smell like eucalyptus have harems koala bears (koalas)
#1562, aired 1991-05-21ZOOLOGY $100: The pygmy hippopotamus of this continent is in danger of becoming extinct Africa
#1562, aired 1991-05-21ZOOLOGY $200: A female wolf spider encloses these in a sac, attaches it to her spinnerets & drags it behind her her eggs
#1562, aired 1991-05-21ZOOLOGY $300: Some of these mollusks related to the octopus are also known as sea arrows squids
#1562, aired 1991-05-21ZOOLOGY $400: The lesser panda is also known as this color panda the red panda
#1562, aired 1991-05-21ZOOLOGY $500: Gypsy moths are most destructive at this stage of development the larval stage
#1494, aired 1991-02-14ZOOLOGY $100: An onager is a wild one of these & a burro is a small domesticated one a donkey
#1494, aired 1991-02-14ZOOLOGY $200: Few undertake "the taming of" this high-strung creature, the smallest insect-eating mammal a shrew
#1494, aired 1991-02-14ZOOLOGY $300: There are 40 species of these land turtles that have stumpy legs instead of flippers & webbed feet a tortoise
#1494, aired 1991-02-14ZOOLOGY $400: Alphabetically, this mammal, named "earth pig" by the Dutch, is first among animals an aardvark
#1494, aired 1991-02-14ZOOLOGY $500: The U.S. gov't urged a logging ban on 3 million acres in the northwest to save this threatened bird the spotted owl
#1474, aired 1991-01-17ZOOLOGY $200: Mama snakes can't remind their kids to do this to their food, since most snakes' teeth aren't made to do it Chewing
#1474, aired 1991-01-17ZOOLOGY $400: Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of this primate, the black-faced lion tamarin monkey
#1474, aired 1991-01-17ZOOLOGY $600: This floating sea creature which resembles a jellyfish was probably named for a type of ship Man-O'-War
#1474, aired 1991-01-17ZOOLOGY $1000: Eskimos of Greenland hunt this whale for its single long ivory tusk Narwhal
#1474, aired 1991-01-17ZOOLOGY $1,500 (Daily Double): In winter, when its brown coat turns to white, the short-tailed weasel is called this Ermine
#1443, aired 1990-12-05ZOOLOGY $100: As a warning, it will stamp its front feet & growl before spraying a skunk
#1443, aired 1990-12-05ZOOLOGY $200: The Indian species of this animal hunted for its horn is endangered a rhinoceros
#1443, aired 1990-12-05ZOOLOGY $300: Horned lizards have the unusual ability to squirt this from their eyes blood
#1443, aired 1990-12-05ZOOLOGY $500: While a moth develops in a cocoon, a butterfly develops within this hard shell covering a chrysalis
#1443, aired 1990-12-05ZOOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): Numbats & wombats belong to this order of mammals marsupials
#1417, aired 1990-10-30ZOOLOGY $200: A male snake encourages a female to do this by stroking her with his chin & body coils mate
#1417, aired 1990-10-30ZOOLOGY $400: There are about 5,000 species of these extremely porous animals which have no heads or internal organs sponges
#1417, aired 1990-10-30ZOOLOGY $600: Unlike most other big cats, leopards spend time in these & are known for hiding their victims there trees
#1417, aired 1990-10-30ZOOLOGY $800: The greater bamboo-eating lemur, thought to be extinct, was discovered in 1986 on this African island Madagascar
#1417, aired 1990-10-30ZOOLOGY $1000: The coati, a South American relative of the raccoon, is also known by this longer name coatimundi
#1372, aired 1990-07-17ZOOLOGY $100: The aardwolf isn't a wolf but is related to these, which is no laughing matter hyenas
#1372, aired 1990-07-17ZOOLOGY $200: Arachnids have from 1 to 5 pairs of simple ones, not compound ones eyes
#1372, aired 1990-07-17ZOOLOGY $300: Of Poland, China or Ohio, the place where the Poland China hog originated Ohio
#1372, aired 1990-07-17ZOOLOGY $400: Zebus are humped cattle which originated in this country India
#1372, aired 1990-07-17ZOOLOGY $500: The Himalayan ibex is a wild one of these a goat
#1355, aired 1990-06-22ZOOLOGY $200 (Daily Double): A viviparous insect differs from an oviparious insect in this way the way they give birth
#1355, aired 1990-06-22ZOOLOGY $200: These members of the phylum Porifera can be used for cleaning & bathing sponges
#1355, aired 1990-06-22ZOOLOGY $400: The flying fox of Southeast Asia isn't a fox at all but one of these bat
#1355, aired 1990-06-22ZOOLOGY $600: It's theorized this class of animals evolved as ponds dried up; they learned to also live on land amphibians
#1355, aired 1990-06-22ZOOLOGY $1000: Animals that are dormant in winter are said to hibernate; those dormant in summer are said to do this aestivate
#1329, aired 1990-05-17ZOOLOGY $100: A turtle's can be elongated or spherical, & turtles usually bury them in sand, mud or rotting plants Eggs
#1329, aired 1990-05-17ZOOLOGY $200: This Antarctic bird's name was 1st applied to the now extinct flightless great auk of the Arctic Penguin
#1329, aired 1990-05-17ZOOLOGY $300: Both male & female hartebeests have lyre-shaped ones Horns
#1329, aired 1990-05-17ZOOLOGY $400: Chinchillas, which are known for their fur, belong to this order of mammals Rodents
#1329, aired 1990-05-17ZOOLOGY $500: 1 of the raccoon's most distinctive features; most raccoons have 5 to 7 of them Tail rings
#1312, aired 1990-04-24ZOOLOGY $100: In Texas the most common variety of these armored mammals is the nine-banded one Armadillo
#1312, aired 1990-04-24ZOOLOGY $200: The term for a female rabbit, it can also refer to a female deer Doe
#1312, aired 1990-04-24ZOOLOGY $300: Of all bears, this one is the best swimmer Polar Bear
#1312, aired 1990-04-24ZOOLOGY $400: A pit viper's pits are highly sensitive to this & help it find its prey in the dark Heat
#1312, aired 1990-04-24ZOOLOGY $500: Sometimes called the bird spider, it's the largest of all spiders Tarantula
#1260, aired 1990-02-09ZOOLOGY $200: Swans often do this in a "V" formation Fly
#1260, aired 1990-02-09ZOOLOGY $400: Scientists say this relative of the squid has the most highly developed brain among invertebrates Octopus
#1260, aired 1990-02-09ZOOLOGY $600: The glass snake isn't really a snake, it's a limbless variety of this reptile Lizard
#1260, aired 1990-02-09ZOOLOGY $800: The indri is the largest of these mammals, but the ring-tailed is probably the best-known Lemurs
#1260, aired 1990-02-09ZOOLOGY $1000: Weighing up to 110 lbs. or more, the capybara is the largest member of this order of mammals Rodents
#1237, aired 1990-01-09ZOOLOGY $100: It's the spotted variety of this African carnivore, not the striped, that's known for its laugh a hyena
#1237, aired 1990-01-09ZOOLOGY $200: You may pin the tail on the donkey, but a pintail is this type of bird duck
#1237, aired 1990-01-09ZOOLOGY $300: Sir Richard Owen coined this word around 1841 to describe the ancient creature he dug up & displayed dinosaur
#1237, aired 1990-01-09ZOOLOGY $400: The hartebeest, a large antelope, is native to this continent Africa
#1237, aired 1990-01-09ZOOLOGY $500: North American porcupines who gnaw the bark off trees are part of this "gnawing" order rodents
#1227, aired 1989-12-26ZOOLOGY $100: Despite its name, it can have anywhere from 14 to 177 pairs of legs a centipede
#1227, aired 1989-12-26ZOOLOGY $200: This relative of the llama & the alpaca was hunted to near extinction for its wool Vicuna
#1227, aired 1989-12-26ZOOLOGY $300: This behavior in gorillas can express exuberance or intimidate Chest-beating
#1227, aired 1989-12-26ZOOLOGY $400: South American Indians use the jaws of these fish as scissors Piranhas
#1227, aired 1989-12-26ZOOLOGY $500: This animal family includes the largest of the carnivores Bear
#1219, aired 1989-12-14ZOOLOGY $100: The Spaniel's name indicates it must have originated in this country Spain
#1219, aired 1989-12-14ZOOLOGY $200: At nearly 250 pounds & 6 feet tall, it's the largest marsupial the kangaroo
#1219, aired 1989-12-14ZOOLOGY $300: Of bird, reptile or monkey, the animal group that includes the cassowary bird
#1219, aired 1989-12-14ZOOLOGY $400: It's the largest living primate the gorilla
#1219, aired 1989-12-14ZOOLOGY $500: Unlike an octopus which has 8, a squid has this many tentacles 10
#1175, aired 1989-10-13ZOOLOGY $100: 2 of the varieties of this African wildebeest are the brindled & white-tailed the gnu
#1175, aired 1989-10-13ZOOLOGY $200: Nearly all penguins live in this hemisphere the Southern Hemisphere
#1175, aired 1989-10-13ZOOLOGY $300: Most animals known as anteaters are of the order edentata, meaning without these teeth
#1175, aired 1989-10-13ZOOLOGY $400: This fish swims upright & uses its prehensile tail to anchor itself to coral or algae the seahorse
#1175, aired 1989-10-13ZOOLOGY $500: The males among these baboons have bright blue ridges on their cheeks & brilliant red noses mandrills
#1152, aired 1989-09-12ZOOLOGY $100: The naked mole-rat found in northern Kenya is a burrowing rodent that lacks this sense sight
#1152, aired 1989-09-12ZOOLOGY $200: The mule deer is so named because of these large features ears
#1152, aired 1989-09-12ZOOLOGY $300: It's the offspring of a male tiger & a female lion a tiglon (or a tigon)
#1152, aired 1989-09-12ZOOLOGY $400: The Viking name for this tusked Arctic animal meant "whale horse" walrus
#1152, aired 1989-09-12ZOOLOGY $500: The world's most potent venom is secreted from the skin of one of these amphibians a frog
#1136, aired 1989-07-10ZOOLOGY $200: It's estimated chimpanzees spend 50 to 75% of the day in these trees
#1136, aired 1989-07-10ZOOLOGY $400: The only place in Asia in which these big cats are still found in the wild is the Gir Forest in India lions
#1136, aired 1989-07-10ZOOLOGY $600: Each time a rattlesnake does this, it adds another segment to the end of its tail shed its skin
#1136, aired 1989-07-10ZOOLOGY $800: The male of this bird is called a cob, the female, a pen a swan
#1136, aired 1989-07-10ZOOLOGY $1000: Among the different species of thse on the African plains are the Grant's, Speke's & Thomson's gazelles
#1090, aired 1989-05-05ZOOLOGY $100: Another name for the frigate bird, or a Portuguese jellyfish man o' war
#1090, aired 1989-05-05ZOOLOGY $500: The eggs of a fish in the ovary, or a big deer roe
#1076, aired 1989-04-17ZOOLOGY $100: Some fish have these sense organs on other parts of their bodies, not just in their mouths taste buds
#1076, aired 1989-04-17ZOOLOGY $200: In most sharks a white protective membrane covers these organs when they bite their victims the eyes
#1076, aired 1989-04-17ZOOLOGY $300: Florida's Everglade kite is a bird of prey that eats only these slow mollusks freshwater snails
#1069, aired 1989-04-06ZOOLOGY $100: Its Latin name is "Panthera leo" a lion
#1069, aired 1989-04-06ZOOLOGY $200: "Canis familiaris" a dog
#1069, aired 1989-04-06ZOOLOGY $300: "Equus caballus" a horse
#1069, aired 1989-04-06ZOOLOGY $400: "Musca domestica" the common housefly
#1069, aired 1989-04-06ZOOLOGY $500: "Ursus horribilis" a (grizzly) bear
#1034, aired 1989-02-16ZOOLOGY $200: The desert-dwelling sand grouse uses its feathers to carry this back to its young water
#1034, aired 1989-02-16ZOOLOGY $400: This large animal's name comes from the Greek for "river horse" although it's more closely related to the pig a hippopotamus
#1034, aired 1989-02-16ZOOLOGY $600: One species of fish in Oman can regrow the optic lobes on this organ, the only vertebrate known to do so the brain
#1034, aired 1989-02-16ZOOLOGY $800: Pit Organs in some snakes allow them to locate & strike at prey by sensing this heat
#1034, aired 1989-02-16ZOOLOGY $1000: This zoologist's writings include "My Friends, the Wild Chimpanzees & "In the Shadow of Man" Jane Goodall
#996, aired 1988-12-26ZOOLOGY $200: Some snails breathe with gills while others breathe by use of these lungs
#996, aired 1988-12-26ZOOLOGY $400: These bears have traveled as far south as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, over 700 mi. from the Arctic Circle polar bears
#996, aired 1988-12-26ZOOLOGY $600: Fireflies are not flies but, like ladybugs, are these beetles
#996, aired 1988-12-26ZOOLOGY $800: Species of this animal include the common brown, leaf-nosed & flying fox bats
#996, aired 1988-12-26ZOOLOGY $1000: In birds, this thoracic bone is proportionately big in order to support the large muscles used in flight sternum (breastbone)
#959, aired 1988-11-03ZOOLOGY $200: While adult frogs have lungs, tadpoles breathe by means of these gills
#959, aired 1988-11-03ZOOLOGY $400: The white bear to the Chinese, some say it's a bear while others say it's a cousin to the raccoon panda
#959, aired 1988-11-03ZOOLOGY $800: Only continent where poisonous snakes, like the Taipan, outnumber harmless ones Australia
#959, aired 1988-11-03ZOOLOGY $1000: These hair-like projections move in waves & enable a one-celled paramecium to move forward cilia
#959, aired 1988-11-03ZOOLOGY $4,100 (Daily Double): A boll weevil is this type of insect of which there are 300,000 species beetle
#946, aired 1988-10-17ZOOLOGY $100: Found in South American waters, they have enough power in their tails to light a dozen lightbulbs electric eels
#946, aired 1988-10-17ZOOLOGY $200: A scorpion's stinger is located there tail
#946, aired 1988-10-17ZOOLOGY $300: In the tropics, these insects may consume up to 1/3 of annual production of dead grass, leaves & wood termites
#946, aired 1988-10-17ZOOLOGY $400: About 90% of flea species are found on mammals while about 10% are found on these animals birds
#946, aired 1988-10-17ZOOLOGY $500: Snake family named for the facial indentations where their heat sensors are located pit vipers
#911, aired 1988-07-18ZOOLOGY $100: In Joan Embery's "Amazing Animal Facts", the only "Q" & "Z" entries are the extinct quagga & this living relative the zebra
#911, aired 1988-07-18ZOOLOGY $200: This longest invertebrate, whose stinging tentacles can be as long as 120', can get you in a jam the jellyfish
#911, aired 1988-07-18ZOOLOGY $300: Of on land, in the water, or both, where tortoises live on land
#911, aired 1988-07-18ZOOLOGY $400: It's still the state bird of Louisiana, though its population there was once decimated by DDT the pelican
#911, aired 1988-07-18ZOOLOGY $500 (Daily Double): The largest wild animal on this continent is the hoglike tapir, which grows as large as a pony South America
#870, aired 1988-05-20ZOOLOGY $100: Sloths usually give birth while hanging around this way upside down
#870, aired 1988-05-20ZOOLOGY $200: Of the 18 species of this bird, only the emperor & Adelie live in Antarctica penguins
#870, aired 1988-05-20ZOOLOGY $300: Many experts believe this dandy household pest may have been Earth's 1st flying creature cockroach
#870, aired 1988-05-20ZOOLOGY $400: Spending much time alone, this Asian species is the most solitary of the great apes orangutan
#870, aired 1988-05-20ZOOLOGY $500: A cat's great night vision comes from light passing twice through this rear part of the eye retina
#854, aired 1988-04-28ZOOLOGY $100: It's the largest frog in the United States, not the largest bovine bullfrog
#854, aired 1988-04-28ZOOLOGY $200: The "frill" on a frilled lizard encircles this part of its body, making it look somewhat Elizabethan neck
#854, aired 1988-04-28ZOOLOGY $300: While many insects have 4 wings, a mosquito has this number 2
#854, aired 1988-04-28ZOOLOGY $400: The embryos of the sand tiger variety of these fish eat their siblings before birth sharks
#854, aired 1988-04-28ZOOLOGY $500: The unau species of this mammal has 2 toes on its front feet, while the slower ai has 3 sloth
#833, aired 1988-03-30ZOOLOGY $100: Common name for the curved, pointed organ found within a scorpion's tail a stinger
#833, aired 1988-03-30ZOOLOGY $200: This animal, Panthera leo, spends about 20 hours a day resting & grooming a lion
#833, aired 1988-03-30ZOOLOGY $300: Of brains, hearts or eyes, it's what an octopus has 3 of hearts
#833, aired 1988-03-30ZOOLOGY $400: This largest member of the deer family loves to muss itself by rolling in mud holes a moose
#833, aired 1988-03-30ZOOLOGY $500: This bird's scientific name is Struthio camelus because it somewhat resembles a camel an ostrich
#821, aired 1988-03-14ZOOLOGY $200: Dromedaries have this many humps 1
#821, aired 1988-03-14ZOOLOGY $400: Called "the poor man's cow", it often gives more milk than a cow for the amount of food it eats goat
#821, aired 1988-03-14ZOOLOGY $600: Reason it is illegal to import most products made of crocodile leather into the U.S. crocodile is endangered species
#821, aired 1988-03-14ZOOLOGY $800: 1 of 3 independent countries over 1000 sq. mil. in size where snakes don't occur naturally (1 of) Ireland, (New Zealand or Iceland)
#821, aired 1988-03-14ZOOLOGY $3,000 (Daily Double): Seen here, this animal was unknown to science until about the year 1900: okapi
#807, aired 1988-02-23ZOOLOGY $200: The alligator snapper is a large freshwater one of these a turtle
#807, aired 1988-02-23ZOOLOGY $400: The nearest relative to this Australian animal may be Canis pallipes, a wolf in India a dingo
#807, aired 1988-02-23ZOOLOGY $600: After its final change, an inchworm becomes one of these a moth
#807, aired 1988-02-23ZOOLOGY $800: Some say the "white" in this African animal's name came from the Dutch "weid", meaning "wide" a rhino
#807, aired 1988-02-23ZOOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): Audubon calls them "the most completely aquatic of living birds" penguins
#801, aired 1988-02-15ZOOLOGY $100: These, sometimes called "white ants", think it's lunchtime if you yell "Timber!" termites
#801, aired 1988-02-15ZOOLOGY $200: A crossbreeding experiment in Brazil resulted in accidental escape of these "homicidal" hive dwellers killer bees
#801, aired 1988-02-15ZOOLOGY $300: The banded anteater has some 50 of these, more than any other land mammal, but doesn't use them for eating teeth
#801, aired 1988-02-15ZOOLOGY $400: The dibitag, klipspringer & bongo are 3 types of these antelopes
#801, aired 1988-02-15ZOOLOGY $500: Mollusks who have shells with 2 similar halves are classed as these bivalves
#772, aired 1988-01-05ZOOLOGY $100: On some chipmunks, the pouches found here can extend as far back as their shoulders the cheeks
#772, aired 1988-01-05ZOOLOGY $200: The 500 pound tridacna, found on reefs of the Indian & Pacific Oceans, is largest of these bivalves clams
#772, aired 1988-01-05ZOOLOGY $300: These parts of the African elephant act like car radiators, dissipating heat from their vast surfaces the ears
#772, aired 1988-01-05ZOOLOGY $400: Term for a female fox a vixen
#772, aired 1988-01-05ZOOLOGY $500: The gecko was named onomatopoetically, from this the sound it makes
#753, aired 1987-12-09ZOOLOGY $200: The human anatomy's equivalent to a porcupine's quills hair
#753, aired 1987-12-09ZOOLOGY $400: If bitten by one of these spiders with a red hourglass marking on its underside, your time may be up black widow
#753, aired 1987-12-09ZOOLOGY $600: From Latin for "first", monkeys, apes, & lemurs are classified as these primates
#753, aired 1987-12-09ZOOLOGY $800: Of all the animals in the Zodiac, the 2 which are invertebrates crab (Cancer) & Scorpio
#753, aired 1987-12-09ZOOLOGY $1000: The Park Service wants to repopulate Yellowstone with this predator which was driven out in the '20s timberwolves
#718, aired 1987-10-21ZOOLOGY $200: Despite rumors, the female of this arachnid species doesn't always kill its mate after sex black widows
#718, aired 1987-10-21ZOOLOGY $400: In ant colonies, they exist only for a short reproductive season & are not really part of colony life drones or males
#718, aired 1987-10-21ZOOLOGY $600: Dogs pant to regulate this bodily temperature
#718, aired 1987-10-21ZOOLOGY $1000: Alligators & crocodiles are closely related to this non-reptile class that evolved from reptiles birds
#718, aired 1987-10-21ZOOLOGY $1,500 (Daily Double): This is the only species in the family "hominidae" Homo sapiens (or man)
#573, aired 1987-02-18ZOOLOGY $200: A marsupium is this part of a female marsupial, used to shelter her young pouch
#573, aired 1987-02-18ZOOLOGY $400: The name of this animal is a corruption of the Spanish "el lagarto", the lizard alligator
#573, aired 1987-02-18ZOOLOGY $600: The largest wild member of canidae, the dog family wolf
#573, aired 1987-02-18ZOOLOGY $800: Number of horns on an African rhinoceros 2
#573, aired 1987-02-18ZOOLOGY $1000: The chameleon-like cuttlefish isn't really a fish but a species of this squid
#546, aired 1987-01-12ZOOLOGY $200: With eyelids & ear openings, the glass snake is actually a legless form of this reptile the lizard
#546, aired 1987-01-12ZOOLOGY $400: Of a pectoral, pelvic, or dorsal fin, the one on top of a fish a dorsal
#546, aired 1987-01-12ZOOLOGY $600: Turning this organ inside out, a starfish slips it between the shells of oysters to digest them its stomach
#546, aired 1987-01-12ZOOLOGY $1000: Though spiders are not insects, both are related as members of this "joint footed" animal phylum arthropods
#546, aired 1987-01-12ZOOLOGY $2,500 (Daily Double): Aside from mammals, only birds are homoiothermic, meaning this warm-blooded
#500, aired 1986-11-07ZOOLOGY $100: The mosquitos that "bite" are of this sex female
#500, aired 1986-11-07ZOOLOGY $200: Creature that has 3 hearts & 8 tentacles an octopus
#500, aired 1986-11-07ZOOLOGY $300: Spider, howler & marmoset monkeys
#500, aired 1986-11-07ZOOLOGY $400: While "equine" is horselike & "vulpine" is foxlike, "porcine" refers to this animal a pig
#500, aired 1986-11-07ZOOLOGY $500: Reader's Digest pointed out resemblance of this water creature, aka the sea cow, to G. Cleveland a manatee
#484, aired 1986-10-16ZOOLOGY $100: To get this 3-toed animal to move faster, you might say, "Ai, wish you'd shake a leg!" a sloth
#484, aired 1986-10-16ZOOLOGY $200: Snow geese are found naturally only on this continent North America
#484, aired 1986-10-16ZOOLOGY $300: Among swine, it's boar, sow & pig, while among the ursids, it's boar, sow & this cub
#484, aired 1986-10-16ZOOLOGY $400: Named for the sound it makes, the dik-dik is the smallest member of this group in the bovid family antelope
#484, aired 1986-10-16ZOOLOGY $500: Moving at speeds of 175-180 mph, this "wandering" falcon is the fastest animal on earth the peregrine falcon
#420, aired 1986-04-18ZOOLOGY $100: Volcano rabbits trot instead of doing this hopping
#420, aired 1986-04-18ZOOLOGY $200: Since it's related to the mongoose, this mammal may just "laugh" if you say it resembles a dog the hyena
#420, aired 1986-04-18ZOOLOGY $300: Support provided by buoyancy allows these mammals to grow larger than any land animal a whale
#420, aired 1986-04-18ZOOLOGY $400: Drunk by Laplanders, it has 4 to 5 times the fat of cow's milk reindeer milk
#420, aired 1986-04-18ZOOLOGY $500: 18th c. zoologists believed 1st stuffed specimens of this oviparous mammal were frauds the duck-billed platypus
#403, aired 1986-03-26ZOOLOGY $100: It is the male heron who begins building this the nest
#403, aired 1986-03-26ZOOLOGY $200: Under artificial conditions, animals may slip out-of-phase & enter this state during spring or summer hibernation
#403, aired 1986-03-26ZOOLOGY $300: "Soaking up" life around them, these creatures are theoretically immortal sponges
#403, aired 1986-03-26ZOOLOGY $400: Kind of insect with the longest known migration, 2000-3000 miles a butterfly
#403, aired 1986-03-26ZOOLOGY $500: Under stress, some species of the horned lizard squirt this from their eyes blood
#388, aired 1986-03-05ZOOLOGY $100: They can drink up to 25 gallons of water at a time, but they don't store it in their hump a camel
#388, aired 1986-03-05ZOOLOGY $200: Slang in the human world for a woman-chaser, in the animal world they're monogamous a wolf
#388, aired 1986-03-05ZOOLOGY $300: The most widespread turtle in U.S., it's also the most dangerous to fingers the snapping turtle
#388, aired 1986-03-05ZOOLOGY $400: Hunting by sight, these 6' torpedo-shaped fish are attracted to moving bright colors barracuda
#388, aired 1986-03-05ZOOLOGY $500: This talking bird is a type of starling a myna bird
#384, aired 1986-02-27ZOOLOGY $100: A neutered bull is not only as strong as one, he is one an ox
#384, aired 1986-02-27ZOOLOGY $200: The only 2 forms of hippopotamus are the common large size & this type the pygmy
#384, aired 1986-02-27ZOOLOGY $300: Divided by eating habits, these mammals are fruit-eating, insectivorous & bloodsucking bats
#384, aired 1986-02-27ZOOLOGY $400: Crocodiles carry several pounds of these in the stomach as ballast rocks (stones)
#384, aired 1986-02-27ZOOLOGY $500: In winter, this animal is called an ermine a weasel
#305, aired 1985-11-08ZOOLOGY $100: Technical term for a vegetarian animal a herbivore
#305, aired 1985-11-08ZOOLOGY $200: In the wild, gorillas eat the tree itself as well as this yellow fruit found on it a banana
#305, aired 1985-11-08ZOOLOGY $300: This extremely common, small tropical fish was discovered by a minister in 1866 on Trinidad guppy
#305, aired 1985-11-08ZOOLOGY $400: Most animals have enzymes that convert this nutrient group into vitamin C the carbohydrates
#279, aired 1985-10-03ZOOLOGY $100: The only mammal capable of sustained flight a bat
#279, aired 1985-10-03ZOOLOGY $200: Of a rat, a raven, & a spineless jellyfish the one which can be taught to count raven
#279, aired 1985-10-03ZOOLOGY $400: Since 1955 ultrasonic vibrations have repelled these crusty creatures from ship hulls barnacles
#279, aired 1985-10-03ZOOLOGY $500 (Daily Double): A luna moth's are feathered, a june bug's leaflike, & a cockroach's are feelers antennae
#279, aired 1985-10-03ZOOLOGY $500: Often called the panther, its name was originally given to the cat now known as the cheetah a leopard
#127, aired 1985-03-05ZOOLOGY $100: On television, it "roars" for MTM a pussycat
#127, aired 1985-03-05ZOOLOGY $200: The largest anthropoid apes, they eat meat only in captivity gorillas
#127, aired 1985-03-05ZOOLOGY $300: Longest-lived vertebrate animal the tortoise
#127, aired 1985-03-05ZOOLOGY $400: Branch of zoology that deals with birds ornithology
#63, aired 1984-12-05ZOOLOGY $200: Finned on fish, scaly on lizards, nonexistent on humans & manx cats tails
#63, aired 1984-12-05ZOOLOGY $400: From Latin "to gnaw", there are more of this group than all other mammals combined rodents
#63, aired 1984-12-05ZOOLOGY $600: In mammals, trait determined by presence or absence of Y-chromosome sex

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (2 results returned)

#3910, aired 2001-09-07ZOOLOGY: Animal species that's the subject of the longest consecutive study of any group of wild animals, 40 years chimpanzees
#1788, aired 1992-05-13ZOOLOGY: The scientific name of this mammal is abbreviated H. amphibius a hippopotamus



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