Animal Quiz Games for September 29, 2026: answers and stories
The five questions everyone got on September 29, 2026. Each answer has a short story.
Key facts
- On September 29, 2026 the five answers were Bridger, Montana, USA, Donsol, Philippines, Punta Tombo, Argentina, Doñana National Park, Spain, and Monterey Canyon, United States.
- The five answers came from 4 different parts of the world.
- A perfect day scores 1,000 points.
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1. Where was the first Deinonychus fossil found?
Answer: Bridger, Montana, USA
Deinonychus bones were found in 1964 near Bridger in southern Montana, in rocks called the Cloverly Formation. It was a fast, agile hunter that lived about 110 million years ago. The discovery changed how scientists picture dinosaurs, as active, bird-like animals rather than slow lizards.
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2. Where do wild whale sharks live?
Answer: Donsol, Philippines
Donsol, on the southern tip of Luzon in the Philippines, is a well-known place to see whale sharks. They come to feed on plankton in the rich water of the bay, and local people call them butanding. Whale sharks are the biggest fish in the sea, yet they are gentle and eat mostly tiny food.
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3. Where do wild Magellanic penguins live?
Answer: Punta Tombo, Argentina
Punta Tombo is a rocky point on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia in southern Argentina. It has one of the biggest colonies of Magellanic penguins in the world, with hundreds of thousands of birds in the breeding season. The penguins dig burrows under bushes and swim out to sea to catch fish and squid.
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4. Where does the Iberian lynx live in the wild?
Answer: Doñana National Park, Spain
Doñana National Park in southern Spain is a mix of marshes, pine woods and sand dunes near the Atlantic coast. It is one of the places where the Iberian lynx still lives in the wild. This spotted cat hunts wild rabbits in the scrubby thickets. Careful protection and work to help rabbits have helped its numbers grow.
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5. Where do wild anglerfish live?
Answer: Monterey Canyon, United States
Monterey Canyon is a huge underwater valley that starts close to the shore of California and drops more than three thousand metres deep. Scientists have sent robot submarines into its dark water and filmed deep-sea anglerfish there. A female anglerfish dangles a glowing lure in front of her mouth to attract fish. The light comes from tiny glowing bacteria.
| # | Name | Answer: | Latitude | Longitude |
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| 1 | Deinonychus | Bridger, Montana, USA | 45.29 | -108.91 |
| 2 | Whale shark | Donsol, Philippines | 12.9 | 123.6 |
| 3 | Magellanic penguin | Punta Tombo, Argentina | -44.03 | -65.22 |
| 4 | Iberian lynx | Doñana National Park, Spain | 37 | -6.43 |
| 5 | Anglerfish | Monterey Canyon, United States | 36.75 | -122 |