Question 1: Which country has the largest population of tigers in the world?
- India
- China
- Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: India
Fact: Seventy percent of the global population of tigers—over 3,600—lives in India. Tigers arrived in India around 16,500 years ago and live in various landscapes across the country, from grasslands and mangrove swamps to tropical forests and mountains.
Question 2: What is the smallest subspecies of tiger?
- Sumatran tiger
- Bengal tiger
- Siberian tiger
Correct Answer: Sumatran tiger
Fact: The Sumatran tiger, found exclusively on the Indonesian island of the same name, is the last surviving tiger population in the Sunda Islands. Males average 8 feet in length and weigh about 260 pounds. By contrast, the largest subspecies, Siberian tigers, can measure more than 10 feet from head to tail and weigh up to 660 pounds.
Question 3: In what novel does a boy find himself stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger?
- Midnight’s Children
- Life of Pi
- The God of Small Things
Correct Answer: Life of Pi
Fact: Yann Martel’s 2001 novel ‘Life of Pi’ sees its protagonist Piscine ‘Pi’ Patel adrift on the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat after a shipwreck. His only companion is a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The novel poses questions about how we perceive and explain reality. The book was made into a film in 2012.