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Easy Goat Trivia Quiz Questions

Free printable easy goat trivia quiz questions with answers.

 

Easy Goat Trivia  Questions

 

What is a goat?
A: The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

How many distinct breeds of goats are there?
A: Over 300.

Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species, and have been used for their “what” over much of the world?
A: Milk, meat, hair, and skins.

How many live goats were there around the world in 2011?
A: More than 924 million.

What are female goats called?
A: Does, or nannies.

How are intact males referred to?
A: Bucks or billies.

Juveniles of both sexes are called what?
A: Kids.

What are castrated males called?
A: Wethers.

Neolithic farmers began to herd wild goats primarily for easy access to what?
A: Milk and meat, as well as to their dung, which was used for fuel.

Goat hide has been used for water and wine bottles in what ways?
A: Traveling and transporting wine for sale.

Each recognized breed of goats has specific weight ranges, which vary from what to what?
A: Over 300 lb for bucks of larger breeds such as the Boer, to 45 to 60 lb for smaller goat does.

As an adult, how high at the shoulder dose the African Pygmy stand?
A: 16 to 23 in.

Their horns are made of what?
A: Living bone surrounded by keratin and other proteins.

What do goats use their horns for?
A: For defense, dominance, and territoriality.

Why are the horns often removed in commercial dairy goat herds?
A: To reduce the injuries to humans and other goats.

Goats reach puberty at what age?
A: Between three and 15 months.

How long is gestation?
A: Approximately 150 days.

Dairy goats generally produce how much milk?
A: Between 1,500 and 4,000 lb. of milk per 305-day lactation.

Goats will not actually eat what?
A: Inedible material.

Goats are browsing animals, not grazers like what animals?
A: Cattle and sheep.

What will goats chew on and taste?
A: Just about anything remotely resembling plant matter to decide whether it is good to eat.