Q24 / 50Tricky15.0s
Which snake is the longest in the world?
AReticulated python
BGreen anaconda
CKing cobra
DBurmese python
118 pts+10

October 2026 edition

Snakes quiz

How much do you really know about snakes? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from rattlesnakes and pythons to giant prehistoric snakes.

Snakes · October 2026 edition

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Q14 / 50Easy
Which of these countries has no native snakes?
ADenmark
BNorway
CIreland
DScotland

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerSpitting venom, snakebite myths and Burmese pythons
2EasySea snakes, coral snake colours and swallowing prey whole
3TrickyTitanoboa, venom versus poison and the fear of snakes
4HardViper eyes, boomslangs and the biggest rattlesnake
5BrutalHeat pits, black mamba venom and snake ancestry
Snakes titlesout of 500
Clean shed50 / 50
Snake whisperer350+
Herpetologist275+
Keeper200+
Handler100+
Curious onlooker1+
Slippery one0

44 of 50 right · six short of Clean shed

You vs Priya BSnakes · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Priya
How do most sea snakes breathe?
Through a blowhole
By surfacing for air✓GBKB
Through gills
Through their skin only

Speed scores

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Fifteen seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which country has no native snakes? Don't freeze.

The ramp

Gentle start, venomous finish.

Five rounds of ten, each one harder than the last.

Titles

Shed your skin.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Slippery one if you score nothing, Clean shed if you get every question right.

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