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What bird did Geoffrey Chaucer describe as, “a prophet of doom”?
Barn Owl
Red, fennec, Arctic and bat-eared are all species of which animal?
Fox
What is a female peacock called?
Peahen
What is a leveret
A young hare
What famous writer is credited with originating the expression “rain cats and dogs”?
Jonathan Swift, in A Complete Collection of Polite and Ingenious Conversation, which he originally had published under the pseudonym Simon Wagstaff, Esquire.
What is an animal’s spoor?
Its footprint or track
How many cubic feet of gas does a cow belch on an average day?
35
Collective nouns – An army of what?
Caterpillars
What did Hong Kong health honchos slaughter a million of, to combat a flu outbreak?
Chickens
Who played Houdini in the 1953 biopic about the famous escapologist?
Tony Curtis
What M word is the technical name for a kangaroo’s pouch?
Marsupium
What animal is the source of the luxuriously soft wool known as cashmere?
The Kashmir goat, which lives in mountainous regions of Kashmir in India, China, and Iran
Hippoglossus-hippoglossus is which common sea fish?
Halibut
A collection of what birds is called a “spring
Pheasants
What famous writer claimed she did most of the plotting for her books while sitting in a bathtub munching on apples?
Agatha Christie
Six geese a laying — What name is given to a group of geese in flight?
Skein
Men’s formal dress coat has what’s called “tails” at the back, what bird are these named after?
Swallow
How many beats per second does a bumblebee flap is wings?
160
What is a gross minus a score?
124
Where is the hock of a horse?
The winter sleep of bears and other animals in cold climates is known as hibernation. What do we call the summer sleep of desert snails and other creatures in excessively warm or dry climates.?
Estivation
To which bird family does the jay belong?
Crow
Before 1938 toothbrushes were made using hairs from what
Beaver
What are the four fundamental forces of nature?
Gravity; electromagnetic force; strong nuclear force; weak nuclear force
What’s a water moccasin often called, due to the white inside its mouth?
Cottonmouth