Animal Quiz Games for August 26, 2026: answers and stories
The five questions everyone got on August 26, 2026. Each answer has a short story.
Key facts
- On August 26, 2026 the five answers were Toronto, Canada, Isfahan, Iran, Toulouse, France, Gansbaai, South Africa, and Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA.
- The five answers came from 4 different parts of the world.
- A perfect day scores 1,000 points.
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1. Where was the Sphynx cat first bred?
Answer: Toronto, Canada
Sphynx cats look ancient, but the modern breed began in Toronto, Canada. In 1966 a hairless kitten named Prune was born to an ordinary house cat there. Breeders built the breed from Prune's family line and other hairless kittens that turned up later.
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2. Where did the Persian cat first come from?
Answer: Isfahan, Iran
Long haired cats from Persia, the old name of Iran, reached Europe in the 1600s and became popular pets. Persian cats are usually traced to that part of the world. Isfahan is a famous old city in central Iran with grand mosques and gardens.
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3. Where does the Toulouse goose come from?
Answer: Toulouse, France
Toulouse geese are named for the city of Toulouse in south-west France. They are big, grey geese, and some have a loose fold of skin under the beak called a dewlap. Like most European farm geese, they descend from the wild greylag goose. They are among the heaviest kinds of domestic goose.
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4. Where do wild great white sharks live?
Answer: Gansbaai, South Africa
Great white sharks patrol the cold coast near Gansbaai in South Africa. A narrow channel between Dyer Island and Geyser Rock, nicknamed Shark Alley, is full of Cape fur seals, which are one of the sharks' main foods. Researchers and visitors watch the sharks from boats, keeping a safe distance.
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5. Where do Texas horned lizards live in the wild?
Answer: Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA
Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle has red cliffs, dry grassland and scrub. Texas horned lizards live in open, sandy country like this and eat mostly harvester ants. Their flat, spiky bodies blend in with the ground.
| # | Name | Answer: | Latitude | Longitude |
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| 1 | Sphynx cat | Toronto, Canada | 43.6532 | -79.3832 |
| 2 | Persian cat | Isfahan, Iran | 32.6546 | 51.668 |
| 3 | Toulouse goose | Toulouse, France | 43.6047 | 1.4442 |
| 4 | Great white shark | Gansbaai, South Africa | -34.58 | 19.35 |
| 5 | Texas horned lizard | Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA | 34.95 | -101.68 |