Animal Quiz Games for September 14, 2026: answers and stories
The five questions everyone got on September 14, 2026. Each answer has a short story.
Key facts
- On September 14, 2026 the five answers were Cozumel, Mexico, Nusa Penida, Indonesia, Machu Picchu, Peru, Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, Australia, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 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 do wild moray eels live?
Answer: Cozumel, Mexico
Moray eels hide in holes and cracks in the coral reefs off Cozumel, an island in the Caribbean Sea near Mexico's Yucatán coast. They poke out their heads during the day and hunt fish, crabs and octopus at night. Their open mouths look scary, but the eel is just breathing.
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2. Where does the ocean sunfish live in the wild?
Answer: Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Ocean sunfish roam the warm and mild oceans of the world, but they visit Nusa Penida, an island next to Bali in Indonesia. From about July to October, cool water rises from the deep and brings sunfish up to reefs such as Crystal Bay. There, small cleaner fish pick parasites off their skin. Sunfish mostly eat jellyfish.
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3. Where does the Andean cock-of-the-rock live in the wild?
Answer: Machu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu sits on a mountain ridge in the Andes of Peru, surrounded by misty cloud forest. The forest around it is home to the Andean cock-of-the-rock, Peru's national bird. Males gather at display spots called leks, where they bob, flap and squawk to attract the brown females.
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4. Where does the bottlenose dolphin live in the wild?
Answer: Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, Australia
Bottlenose dolphins live in warm and mild seas around the world, and Monkey Mia in Shark Bay, Western Australia, is a famous place to meet them. Wild dolphins swim right up to the beach here, and park rangers watch over the visits. Some Shark Bay dolphins carry pieces of sea sponge on their snouts to protect them while they search the sea floor for fish.
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5. Where does the wild turkey live?
Answer: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, in the Appalachian Mountains. Wild turkeys search its oak forests and open valleys such as Cades Cove for acorns, seeds and insects. By the 1930s, wild turkeys had become rare in much of the United States, but careful wildlife management has brought them back.
| # | Name | Answer: | Latitude | Longitude |
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| 1 | Moray eel | Cozumel, Mexico | 20.42 | -86.92 |
| 2 | Ocean sunfish | Nusa Penida, Indonesia | -8.73 | 115.54 |
| 3 | Andean cock-of-the-rock | Machu Picchu, Peru | -13.16 | -72.54 |
| 4 | Bottlenose dolphin | Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, Australia | -25.79 | 113.72 |
| 5 | Wild turkey | Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA | 35.6 | -83.5 |