Animal Quiz Games for August 27, 2026: answers and stories
The five questions everyone got on August 27, 2026. Each answer has a short story.
Key facts
- On August 27, 2026 the five answers were Glacier National Park, Montana, United States, Nemegt Basin, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, Brașov, Romania, Mbarara, Uganda, and Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico.
- The five answers came from 4 different parts of the world.
- A perfect day scores 1,000 points.
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1. Where do grizzly bears live in the wild?
Answer: Glacier National Park, Montana, United States
Glacier National Park sits in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, right next to the border with Canada. Grizzly bears wander its valleys and mountain meadows, digging up roots and eating berries in late summer. Visitors are told to stay far away and to make noise on trails so bears know they are coming.
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2. Where have Therizinosaurus fossils been found?
Answer: Nemegt Basin, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
In 1948 a Soviet and Mongolian expedition found giant claws in the Nemegt Basin of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. At first scientists thought they came from a huge turtle. Later finds showed it was a plant-eating dinosaur with claws about half a metre long.
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3. Where do wild brown bears live in Europe?
Answer: Brașov, Romania
Brașov, in central Romania, sits at the foot of forested mountains in the Carpathians. This part of Europe holds one of the biggest brown bear populations on the continent. Bears sometimes wander to the edge of town looking for food. Brown bears also live in Russia, Asia and North America.
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4. Where do Ankole cattle come from?
Answer: Mbarara, Uganda
Ankole cattle are named for Ankole, a historic kingdom in south-western Uganda. Cattle have long been a sign of wealth for the herders there, who raised these long-horned animals for many generations. Mbarara is the main town of the area today. The horns of Ankole cattle are huge and curved, and they can grow longer than a metre.
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5. Where do wild axolotls live?
Answer: Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico
Xochimilco is a network of canals in the south of Mexico City, left over from a huge lake system that was once there. Wild axolotls now live only in these canals, and they are very rare. Axolotls keep their feathery gills all their lives and stay in the water.
| # | Name | Answer: | Latitude | Longitude |
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| 1 | Grizzly bear | Glacier National Park, Montana, United States | 48.76 | -113.79 |
| 2 | Therizinosaurus | Nemegt Basin, Gobi Desert, Mongolia | 43.5 | 100.9 |
| 3 | Brown bear | Brașov, Romania | 45.64 | 25.59 |
| 4 | Ankole cattle | Mbarara, Uganda | -0.6071 | 30.6545 |
| 5 | Axolotl | Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico | 19.26 | -99.1 |