19 December 2011 Last updated at 13:01

Quiz: Test your knowledge of 2011's animal news

2011 was the year that Downing Street got a cat and two giant pandas from China came to live in the U.K.

They're just a couple of the big animal headlines from the past year. Play Newsround's quiz to see how much you remember about 2011's top animal stories...

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Newsround's Animal Quiz 2011

Think you know which animals made the headlines this year? Then it's time to play Newsround's quiz on the big animal stories of 2011.

1.) Question 1

Giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived from China in December. But which zoo do they live at?

Edinburgh Zoo
Blackpool Zoo
Chester Zoo

2.) Question 2

Heidi the opossum became an internet hit at the beginning of this year. What did she become famous for?

Being cross-eyed
Having one leg longer than the others
Having one leg missing

3.) Question 3

Thousands of birds fell from the sky in *

Arkansas
California
New York

4.) Question 4

Prime Minister David Cameron adopted a cat earlier this year to help catch mice at Downing Street. What's the name of the cat?

Jimmy
Larry
Holli

5.) Question 5

A penguin that got lost and ended up in New Zealand thousands of miles away from its home was given which nickname?

Wheezy the Penguin
Pingu
Happy Feet

6.) Question 6

Three baby seals survived a 300 mile journey after being swept out to sea in a storm in Northumberland. Where did they end up?

Iceland
Holland
France

7.) Question 7

The dog with the world's longest ears is called *

Harbor
Spike
Fluffy

8.) Question 8

Where did these spider webs spookily cover trees?

Pakistan
Japan
Australia

9.) Question 9

Big Jake is the world's tallest horse, but just how tall is he?

100 inches
82.75 inches
65.50 inches

10.) Question 10

Smokey the cat entered the Guinness World Records for what?

Being the smallest cat in the world
Having the loudest purr in the world
Being the biggest cat in the world

Answers

Tian Tian and Yang Guang live at Edinburgh Zoo. They were a gift from China and will stay at the zoo for 10 years.
Heidi became famous for being cross-eyed. She even had a song written about her and a toy made to look like her.
The red-winged blackbirds fell in the town of Beebe in Arkansas. Some people think the birds were scared by fireworks, causing them to crash into homes.
Larry is the name of Downing Street's cat.
He was nicknamed Happy Feet after the character from the film.
The seals were found washed up on the coast of Holland.
Harbor is the name of the dog with the world's longest ears. He lives in Colorado in America and his ears measure a lengthy 34.3cm.
The trees were covered in Sindh, Pakistan. Thousands of spiders climbed on to them to avoid the water when heavy flooding hit the country.
Big Jake measures a huge 82.75 inches. That's just over two metres tall!
12-year-old Smokey has the loudest purr in the world. It measured 67.7 decibels, which is about 16 times louder than a normal cat.