Guinea Pig Trivia – A Quiz About Our Lovable Cavy Friends
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How much do you know about guinea pigs? Take this short test of cavy knowledge and find out. You may be delighted by many of the answers.
1. What are baby guinea pigs called?
a. Puppies
b. Guppies
c. Sprouts
d. Forest Gump
2. Guinea pigs have to be given daily supplements of which vitamin?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin B
c. Vitamin C
d. Flintstones chewables
3. Which of these wild animals is the closest relative to the guinea pig?
a. Bunny
b. Penguin
c. Beaver
d. Forest Gump
4. Where do guinea pigs historically come from?
a. Africa
b. South America
c. K-Mart
d. Their moms
5. When guinea pigs spring into the air, it is called
a. Percolating
b. Tiddly Winking
c. Popcorning
d. Springing into the air
And now for the answers:
1. Strangely enough, baby guinea pigs are referred to as puppies. You might expect them to be called piglets in order to maintain the pig analogy - because adult male guinea pigs are called boars and female fully grown guinea pigs are called sows.
2. Guinea pigs absolutely must be given daily vitamin C supplements because they, like humans, are lacking a particular enzyme needed to create this essential vitamin in their bodies.
3. The beaver is most strongly related to the guinea pig. (Forest Gump is most closely related to the summer sausage.)
4. Guinea pigs are historically from the Andean region of South America which is composed of current day Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Tribal people domesticated and raised them as food. (I hear they had a guinea pig meatloaf that was to die for. It was great smothered in cavy gravy... Just kidding)
5. When guinea pigs spring into the air, it is referred to as popcorning. Those of you who answered springing into the air get extra credit for your amazing grip on the obvious.
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