Animal Quiz Games for September 16, 2026: answers and stories
The five questions everyone got on September 16, 2026. Each answer has a short story.
Key facts
- On September 16, 2026 the five answers were Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA, West Lake, Hangzhou, China, Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, Pantanal, Brazil, and Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica.
- The five answers came from 4 different parts of the world.
- A perfect day scores 1,000 points.
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1. Where does the Gila monster live in the wild?
Answer: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona lies in the Sonoran Desert, where tall cacti grow among rocky hills. Gila monsters spend most of their lives underground in burrows and come out mainly in spring and early summer. They are slow, shy lizards that eat eggs, baby birds and small mammals.
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2. Where do goldfish come from originally?
Answer: West Lake, Hangzhou, China
Goldfish are usually traced to China, where their wild ancestors, a kind of carp, lived in ponds and streams. People there began keeping gold-coloured ones in ponds more than 1,000 years ago. West Lake in Hangzhou is a famous old place for keeping ornamental fish.
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3. Where do wild sacred scarabs live?
Answer: Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Sacred scarabs are dung beetles that live in sandy, sunny places around the Mediterranean, including Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza stand in the same dry landscape. Ancient Egyptians carved scarabs on amulets and jewellery. The beetle shapes dung into a ball, rolls it away and buries it as food for itself and its young.
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4. Where does the toco toucan live in the wild?
Answer: Pantanal, Brazil
Brazil's Pantanal is the biggest tropical wetland in the world. Every year rivers flood the plains, leaving patches of forest and grass. Toco toucans perch in the tops of trees around the wetland and pick fruit with the tip of their long bills. They also eat insects and eggs.
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5. Where in the world do wild scarlet macaws live?
Answer: Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Corcovado National Park covers a big part of the Osa Peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Its rainforest is home to one of the biggest groups of scarlet macaws in the country. Pairs fly above the trees calling loudly, and they feed on seeds, nuts and fruit.
| # | Name | Answer: | Latitude | Longitude |
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| 1 | Gila monster | Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA | 31.95 | -112.8 |
| 2 | Goldfish | West Lake, Hangzhou, China | 30.2439 | 120.1489 |
| 3 | Sacred scarab | Pyramids of Giza, Egypt | 29.98 | 31.13 |
| 4 | Toco toucan | Pantanal, Brazil | -17.8 | -57.3 |
| 5 | Scarlet macaw | Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica | 8.5 | -83.55 |