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Who didn’t love animal crackers when we were kids? And who doesn’t still love animal crackers now? The benefit of animal crackers is that they aren’t just delicious, but fun to play with. Can you name all of the animals in the current box of Barnum’s animal crackers in six minutes?
Take the Quiz: Animal Crackers.
18 out of 20. Six minutes was way too long. Gave me plenty of time for guessing.
posted by toddes on 11-13-2008 at 12:56 pm
There are really all those animals in the box?
With a toddler we do Animal Crackers and I don’t recall seeing even half of them in the box. Of course most of the time they are broken, even before opening.
posted by beth on 11-13-2008 at 1:24 pm
So how do would you tell the difference between the jaguar and the cougar? Aren’t they, in the world of animal crackers, basically the same thing? Maybe the cougar is around 40 with a 23 year old mate…..
posted by bzzyb on 11-13-2008 at 1:30 pm
I missed the primates! I fail as an anthropology major.
And cougar? WTF? I thought when I guessed jaguar that it was pretty stupid, as tigers and lions were already in it. So I tried mountain lion and panther, but no cougar. Lame.
posted by Leah on 11-13-2008 at 2:31 pm
Missed Bison, Cougar, Hyena, and Sheep
recaptcha: amusement 54 7/8
posted by Nerak on 11-14-2008 at 2:45 pm