Animal Quiz Games for September 25, 2026: answers and stories
The five questions everyone got on September 25, 2026. Each answer has a short story.
Key facts
- On September 25, 2026 the five answers were Tokyo, Japan, Haystack Rock, Oregon, United States, Lake Titicaca, Peru, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, Australia, and Washington, D.C., United States.
- The five answers came from 4 different parts of the world.
- A perfect day scores 1,000 points.
-
1. Where does the Japanese Bobtail come from?
Answer: Tokyo, Japan
Short tailed cats have lived in Japan for hundreds of years, and the Japanese Bobtail is usually traced to them. Cats with short tails appear in old Japanese paintings and prints. Tokyo is the capital of Japan today.
-
2. Where do wild sea anemones live?
Answer: Haystack Rock, Oregon, United States
At low tide, the pools around Haystack Rock on the Oregon coast fill with green and pink sea anemones. Haystack Rock is a huge sea stack that rises out of the beach at Cannon Beach, and volunteers help visitors look at the tide pool animals without harming them. Anemones stay put and wait for small animals to drift by, then sting them with their tentacles.
-
3. Where do llamas come from?
Answer: Lake Titicaca, Peru
Llamas were tamed from wild guanacos in the high Andes of South America, and the herders who did it lived in what is now Peru and Bolivia. This happened about 5,000 years ago or more. Lake Titicaca sits in that high country, more than 3,800 metres above sea level. Llamas carried loads for the Inca and other Andean peoples, and they still work as pack animals in the mountains.
-
4. Where do short-beaked echidnas live in the wild?
Answer: Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, Australia
Flinders Chase National Park covers the western end of Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia. Short-beaked echidnas snuffle through the bush here, using long snouts to find ants and termites. When frightened, an echidna digs straight down or curls up, leaving only its spines showing. Echidnas have no teeth, so they crush their food with the tongue against the roof of the mouth.
-
5. Where do wild periodical cicadas live?
Answer: Washington, D.C., United States
Periodical cicadas spend 13 or 17 years underground, feeding on tree roots, then climb out together in huge numbers. A 17-year group called Brood X came up around Washington DC in 2004 and again in 2021. The males sing loudly in the trees to attract females, and after a few weeks the adults die.
| # | Name | Answer: | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese Bobtail | Tokyo, Japan | 35.6762 | 139.6503 |
| 2 | Sea anemone | Haystack Rock, Oregon, United States | 45.88 | -123.97 |
| 3 | Llama | Lake Titicaca, Peru | -15.8 | -69.4 |
| 4 | Short-beaked echidna | Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, Australia | -35.95 | 136.75 |
| 5 | Periodical cicada | Washington, D.C., United States | 38.91 | -77.04 |