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Venery, Venery, All is Venery!

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Introduction:
"Collective nouns can be very descriptive, like a murder of crows, for instance. Venery - which is the old name for collective nouns - dates back to the Middle ages. Try your hand at this quiz about Collective Nouns for members of the animal kingdom."


1. One seldom sees owls in bunches, but if that were to happen, what would one call a bunch of owls?
    A Congregation
    A Court
    An Assembly
    A Parliament


2. Shelley wrote an ode 'To A Skylark'. What is the collective term for larks?
    Pride
    Exaltation
    Choir
    Symphony


3. I wonder if Ben Franklin knew that this was the collective noun for turkeys?
    Revolution
    Congregation
    Fellowship
    Rafter


4. A goose is a goose is a goose, but what would you call a whole flock of geese?
    Answer: (One Word. Sounds restrictive)


5. One ape is an ape, two apes is a pair, but what is the word that means three or more apes?
    Riot
    Nuisance
    Filibuster
    Shrewdness


6. Peacocks seldom stroll around in groups - except in zoos - but if they do, they're a - what?
    Flirtation
    Muster
    Display
    Covey


7. A beater could tell you that when you flush pheasants, they're called this -
    Flurry
    Flight
    Bouquet
    Ascension


8. If you run across a whole bunch of bears (which is highly unlikely), you'd be looking at a what?
    Prowl
    Hunger
    Sloth
    Growl


9. Wild geese always fly in groups (except for one or two who lose their bearings). What's the collective noun for wild geese in flight?
    Vector
    Wing
    Formation
    Skein


10. Whales are often seen in groups. What is the collective noun for a group of whales?
    Shoal
    Army
    Gam
    School


11. How would you properly refer to a group of swans?
    Bevy
    Beauty
    Elegance
    Line


12. Rabbits and wombats share the same collective noun. What is it?
    Pack
    Warren
    Troop
    Burrow


13. Other animals sharing a collective noun are boar and swine (probably because they are related). What's the noun?
    Sounder
    Sowse
    Grunt
    Root


14. One of the most descriptive collective nouns is that applied to jays. Which one of these is it?
    Squabble
    Dispute
    Scold
    Screech


15. A group of mice can be called a Mischief of Mice, which is pretty descriptive, but the more common collective noun is which of these?
    Hole
    Nest
    Nibble
    Company


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