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Animal Quiz Games for September 7, 2026: answers and stories

The five questions everyone got on September 7, 2026. Each answer has a short story.

Key facts

  • On September 7, 2026 the five answers were Portland, Maine, United States, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Monfragüe National Park, Spain, Hauturu (Little Barrier Island), New Zealand, and Tehuacán Valley, Mexico.
  • The five answers came from 4 different parts of the world.
  • A perfect day scores 1,000 points.
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Numbered pins show where the five answers were.

  1. 1. Where was the Maine Coon first bred?

    Maine Coon

    Answer: Portland, Maine, United States

    Maine Coons are one of the largest house cat breeds. They are usually traced to farm and barn cats in the state of Maine, where thick shaggy coats helped them through snowy winters. Portland is the biggest city in Maine, and the state named the Maine Coon its official state cat in 1985.

    Facts about Maine Coon

  2. 2. Where do wild Himalayan monals live?

    Himalayan monal

    Answer: Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

    Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal surrounds Mount Everest and is full of steep valleys and high forests. The Himalayan monal, called danphe in Nepali, is the national bird of Nepal. It lives on high slopes and meadows, digging in the soil for roots and insects. In winter it moves lower down to escape the deepest snow.

    Facts about Himalayan monal

  3. 3. Where does the Eurasian eagle-owl live in the wild?

    Eurasian eagle-owl

    Answer: Monfragüe National Park, Spain

    Monfragüe National Park in western Spain is a valley of cork oaks, rocky cliffs and the Tagus River. The cliffs are a famous home for big birds such as vultures, eagles and eagle-owls. Eagle-owls nest on rocky ledges and hunt at night for rabbits and other animals. They fly almost silently thanks to soft wing feathers.

    Facts about Eurasian eagle-owl

  4. 4. Where do wild giant wētā live?

    Giant wētā

    Answer: Hauturu (Little Barrier Island), New Zealand

    Giant wētā live only in New Zealand, where they are some of the heaviest insects in the world. The biggest kind, the wētāpunga, survived naturally on only one island, Hauturu, also called Little Barrier Island. Rats and cats hunted giant wētā on the mainland, so many now live on islands free of these animals. They cannot fly and come out at night to eat leaves and fruit.

    Facts about Giant wētā

  5. 5. Where were turkeys first domesticated?

    Domestic turkey

    Answer: Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

    Farm turkeys come from wild turkeys of Mexico, which people began keeping for meat and feathers about 2,000 years ago or more. Exactly where is debated, but central and southern Mexico fits best, and the Tehuacán Valley in Puebla is one place from that region. Spanish sailors took turkeys to Europe in the early 1500s, and European settlers later brought them back to North America.

    Facts about Domestic turkey