Multiple choice general knowledge

When Spanish Explorers first landed in the New World they discovered an animal which had been previously unknown to them. For want of a better name they simply called it El Lagarto. What is the common English name of this animal today?

  1. Cockroach

  2. Butterfly

  3. Lizard

  4. Alligator

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D Correct answer
Explanation

El Lagarto is Spanish for the lizard. Spanish explorers in the Americas used this term to refer to alligators which they had never seen before. The word evolved into the English term alligator.