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The trivia contest has now closed and winners are being individually notified.
Beaver Trivia answers are posted below.
Contest details:
- Starting on Friday, Jan. 3, pick up a copy of the One Book Steamboat Trivia Contest at the library, either upstairs at the Reference Desk or downstairs at the Circulation Desk.
- Answer the trivia questions at your leisure. As your public library, we encourage research.
- Make sure to include your name and email address on your submission so we can contact you if you win.
- Drop your completed contest submission in the One Book Trivia Contest Box by the self check-out machines on the Library’s first floor. The deadline is library closing time, 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 15!
- One entry per person.
- Eight winners will be selected by random drawing from the submissions with the most correct answers. (P.S. We'll post the answers on this web page after the contest closes.)
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Winners will be notified by Monday, Jan. 20. (*** Winners have been notified!)
One Book Steamboat Trivia Contest Answers
Winners have been notified. Thanks for playing, Steamboat!
- What is the scientific name for the North American beaver? Castor canadensis
- What is the term for a group of beavers living together? colony
- What is the beaver’s primary purpose of building dams? Creating a water barrier, protection
- Beavers’ incisor teeth that grow continuously throughout their lives. What is this characteristic called? Ever-growing teeth/ hypsodonty
- Beavers are the second-largest rodents in the world. What is the largest rodent species? capybara
- What is the term for a beaver’s home, which is a dome-shaped structure made of sticks and mud? lodge
- What is a beaver’s specialized gland that produces a substance used to mark its territory? Castor gland
- Which part of a beaver’s body is sensitive to touch and helps them detect disturbances in the water? whiskers
- Beavers build dams to create deep water habitats called… ponds
- What is the primary diet of beavers during the winter when other food sources are scarce? Tree bark and twigs
- Beavers have a unique behavior to warn other beavers of potential danger. What is this warning behavior? Tail slapping
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What is the average lifespan of a wild beaver? 10-12 years
One Book Steamboat
This is a featured event to enhance the ONE BOOK STEAMBOAT community reading of Ben Goldfarb's book Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter and a Yampa Valley-wide conversation about resilience in our local environment.
