Mastodon Quiz
Try out this Mastodon quiz to test your knowledge. Mastodon trivia offers a fun introduction to an ancient mammal that belonged to the genus Mammut and roamed North America from the late Miocene to the early Holocene.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
260 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which line of evidence is often cited in support of browsing as the dominant feeding strategy in American mastodons?
Question 2 · Easy · 10 pts
On which continent did mastodons live?
Question 3 · Easy · 10 pts
Did mastodons live on land or in the sea?
Question 4 · Easy · 10 pts
What family did mastodons belong to?
Question 5 · Medium · 20 pts
What was the name of the Ohio mastodon discovered in 1989 that became especially famous?
Question 6 · Easy · 10 pts
How would a mastodon calf have entered the world?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
What term describes mastodon molars, contrasting with the strongly lamellar pattern seen in mammoths?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
What can serial sampling of mastodon tusk chemistry help reconstruct?
Question 9 · Easy · 10 pts
What genus does a mastodon belong to?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
What joking name did people give the wave of users fleeing Twitter/X for Mastodon?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the best-known species of mastodon called?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the scientific name of the American mastodon?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
What long feature stuck out from a mastodon's mouth?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
What material were mastodon tusks made of?
Question 15 · Medium · 20 pts
Which French naturalist gave the mastodon genus its name in the early 19th century?