Geckos Challenge – A 10-Question Trivia Quiz

Geckos cling to glass using billions of microscopic hairs on their toes, and the geckos challenge reveals the science that inspired new adhesives. Meet leaf-tailed geckos in Madagascar, crested geckos once thought extinct in New Caledonia and the barking geckos of the Kalahari.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Toes
How do geckos stick to smooth walls?
Voice
What is unusual about many geckos compared with other lizards?
Eyelids
How do most geckos clean their eyes?
Leaf
Which Madagascar gecko looks like a dead leaf?
Crested
Which gecko was thought extinct until rediscovered in 1994?
Pet
Which gecko is a popular pet with eyelids?
Tail
How do some geckos use their tails?
Bark
Which gecko is famous for barking calls in the Kalahari?
Day
Which bright green geckos are active in daytime?
Tech
What technology have gecko feet inspired?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: How do geckos stick to smooth walls?
Answer: Tiny hairs on their toes
Weak molecular forces add up.
Q2: What is unusual about many geckos compared with other lizards?
Answer: They make sounds
Some chirp, click or bark.
Q3: How do most geckos clean their eyes?
Answer: They lick them
Most lack movable eyelids.
Q4: Which Madagascar gecko looks like a dead leaf?
Answer: Leaf-tailed gecko
It is a master of camouflage.
Q5: Which gecko was thought extinct until rediscovered in 1994?
Answer: Crested gecko
It lives in New Caledonia.
Q6: Which gecko is a popular pet with eyelids?
Answer: Leopard gecko
It comes from South Asia.
Q7: How do some geckos use their tails?
Answer: To store fat
A fat tail is a sign of good health.
Q8: Which gecko is famous for barking calls in the Kalahari?
Answer: Barking gecko
Choruses fill the evening.
Q9: Which bright green geckos are active in daytime?
Answer: Day geckos
Many live in Madagascar.
Q10: What technology have gecko feet inspired?
Answer: Dry adhesives
Gecko tape can be reused.

Geckos Challenge – Masters of Grip

Geckos are small to medium lizards found in warm regions around the world. There are over 1,500 species, many of them active at night, and they are famous for climbing smooth walls and even ceilings.

Gecko toes are covered with millions of tiny hairs that split into billions of even tinier tips. These create weak attractive forces that together hold the gecko in place. Engineers have copied this design to make reusable dry adhesives.

Geckos are also unusual for their voices, with calls that range from chirps to barks. Many lack eyelids and lick their eyes clean. Some, like the leaf-tailed geckos of Madagascar, are threatened by habitat loss and the pet trade.

What This Quiz Teaches

Reptile fans and science lovers will enjoy these questions.

How geckos stick
Why geckos lick their eyes
Which geckos make sounds
Which gecko was rediscovered
What geckos inspired

Did You Know?

Tokay geckos have a loud call.
Some geckos are parthenogenetic.
Geckos can drop and regrow tails.
Flying geckos glide with skin flaps.
Gecko feet stay clean by themselves.