Quiz game

[Rusty Edge]

Do Gazelle and Wildebeest fit in there somewhere?

Actually, this is fun looking this stuff up.

Widebeests- are equal to a lion in a sprint, and faster over distances. A good guess.

Gazelle- while it wasn't on my original list from Wikipedia, it is listed as 60 m.p.h. on a different wikipedia page, so I'll accept that  as a tie for second place behind the cheetah. Lorizael- 1 correct.

Impala- another good guess at the popular 50m.p.h., but it can do that speed in a zig-zag!

Okapi- I have to seek other sources, but it appears to be 35 m.p.h., but that's still fast in the woods.

Clue - Of the original 3 mammals on my list, one was a species of African antelope, the other two are New World critters.

[Buster's Uncle]

Is it cheating to go upstairs and ask my mom's opinion?

[Rusty Edge]

Let's establish a quiz precedent. As long as they don't research the answers on your behalf, talking to your Mom is always allowed, and even encouraged. That's a good outcome. We all know that asking Mom isn't going to stop with a simple answer, it will entail a conversation.

Anybody object?

[Buster's Uncle]

...Perhaps anything as active as a phone call is searching, but asking someone you live with or something VERY low-effort consulting a non-expert you're talking to anyway is not?...

[Rusty Edge]

I was thinking of it more in terms of it would be a good thing for most of us nerd guys to talk to our Moms regardless of pretext, but asking my genius wife with the database memory sitting beside me, or asking a question in a kitchen where the PhDs frequent might be an unfair advantage over those who frequent this forum.

Besides, Doctor Mylochka, can play for herself.  But I'd really like somebody else's input. We want this thread to become more than the Buncle and Rusty show.

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay, fair enough.  Mom has a Master's in Edumaction, though...

I am the least educated person in my immediate family, on paper, with only two undergrad degrees...

[ColdWizard]

My participation is curtailed by the fact that I know nothing and remember less. Also I've looked up the answers after not having the faintest clue and was surprised each time.

[Rusty Edge]

Hopefully we'll get another guess. I would have thought somebody besides me would have an idea about fastest animal in North America.

I've got stuff to do but will make a determination by midnight Central time.

[Buster's Uncle]

Petey's mom -I rather doubt she finished high school- says white-tailed deer.  I say that's a mostly-forest creature who needs agility among the trees far more than blinding speed, and it's probably a plains or tundra animal built for and hunted on flattish ground, so I'm going to say bison and elk.

[Rusty Edge]

White-tail Deer- 47 m.p.h.

Elk- 44 m.p.h. , but apparently elk are inclined to fight predatory animals rather than run. Well they do have-  some serious head weapons, a protective mane, a nasty kick and they travel in herds.

Bison- 35-40 m.p.h.

[Rusty Edge]

Since there were no lucky guesses, the answers are-

#2 The Free-Tailed Bat - 60 m.p.h.
(I never would have guessed that one. The ones I know are quick, but only fly about 5 or 10 m.p.h.)

 Some attribute such flying capabilities specifically to the Mexican free-tailed bat.[27] Tail wind is what allows free-tailed bats to reach such high speeds.

  ( I say regardless, this means that this bat has mastered flight in a bird-like manner, unlike other species of bats )

#3 The Pronghorn - 55 m.p.h. ( the one I knew of as a game animal ) The pronghorn (American antelope) is the fastest animal over long distances; it can run 56 km/h for 6 km (35 mph for 4 mi), 67 km/h for 1.6 km (42 mph for 1 mi), and 88.5 km/h for 0.8 km (55 mph for 0.5 mi).[1]
( I guess there used to be a cheetah-like cat providing evolutionary pressure )

#4 The Springbok- 55m.p.h. The springbok, an antelope of the gazelle tribe in southern Africa,[35] can make long jumps and sharp turns while running. Unlike pronghorns, springboks are poor long-distance runners.[1]

SINCE LORIZAEL HAD THE ONLY CORRECT GUESS, IT"S HIS TURN TO POSE THE QUESTION. I got stuff to do tomorrow anyway.