How it works
How slowly does a sleeping bear's heart beat, and which star guards the Great Bear? These bear trivia questions cover all eight species, with the polar bear in every round but the last.
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Trivia questions about bears, round by round
The rounds are The eight bears, Body and senses, Food and foraging, Cubs, dens and winter sleep and Names, stars and stories. The American black bear turns up as the best climber with the shortest claws, the one bear that keeps to North America, and a forager by day.
Polar bear trivia questions and answers
The polar bear rows ask about hollow hairs and furry soles, seals and blubber, scent left in tracks, and the brown bears it descends from. Questions come ten at a time; each tap is answered with a reason and its article, and Scored round grades twenty in one go.
Questions and answers
How many kinds of bear are there?
Eight living species: the brown bear, the polar bear, the American black bear, the Asian black bear, the sun bear, the sloth bear, the spectacled bear and the giant panda.
Do all bears hibernate?
Most, not all. Most species spend the winter in a den for a long hibernation, and northern bears such as the American black bear and the grizzly are among them.
What do bears eat?
Most bears are omnivores that eat more plants than animals: leaves, roots and berries, insects, carrion, meat and fish. The polar bear is mostly carnivorous and the giant panda almost entirely herbivorous.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked under it: Bear, or Sloth bear for one question. Conservation listings, attacks on people, bears kept for shows or farms, and storybook and cartoon bears are left out.