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Animal Quiz Games for October 1, 2026: answers and stories

The five questions everyone got on October 1, 2026. Each answer has a short story.

Key facts

  • On October 1, 2026 the five answers were Rinca Island, Indonesia, Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, and Fort Peck, Montana, USA.
  • 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 does the Komodo dragon live in the wild?

    Komodo dragon

    Answer: Rinca Island, Indonesia

    Rinca is one of the main islands in Komodo National Park, in Indonesia. Its hot, dry hills and open grassland are home to Komodo dragons, and park rangers keep watch over them. Komodo dragons hunt deer and wild pigs, and they can smell food from far away.

    Facts about Komodo dragon

  2. 2. Where do wild green iguanas live?

    Green iguana

    Answer: Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

    Manuel Antonio National Park is a small park of forest and beaches on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Green iguanas rest on branches in the sun and climb high into the trees, where they eat leaves, flowers and fruit. If danger comes near, an iguana may leap straight into the water below and swim away.

    Facts about Green iguana

  3. 3. Where do giant tortoises roam free on a chain of volcanic islands?

    Galápagos giant tortoise

    Answer: Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

    Santa Cruz is one of the Galápagos Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean that belongs to Ecuador. Wild tortoises roam its cool, misty highlands, where they graze on grass and fruit and rest in muddy pools. The islands are named after the tortoises, since galápago is an old Spanish word for tortoise.

    Facts about Galápagos giant tortoise

  4. 4. Where do wild Alpine ibex live?

    Alpine ibex

    Answer: Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

    Gran Paradiso National Park in the Italian Alps was once a royal hunting ground. In the 1800s only a small group of Alpine ibex survived in these mountains, and the royal reserve helped protect them. Ibex from here were later used to bring the species back to other parts of the Alps. Today they graze steep, rocky slopes high above the trees.

    Facts about Alpine ibex

  5. 5. Where was the first Ankylosaurus fossil found?

    Ankylosaurus

    Answer: Fort Peck, Montana, USA

    Ankylosaurus was named in 1908 from bones found in the Hell Creek rocks of Montana. The land around Fort Peck Lake is part of this fossil-rich region. Ankylosaurus was covered in bony armour and lived about 66 million years ago, near the end of the age of dinosaurs.

    Facts about Ankylosaurus