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Quiz about Animal Groupings with a Twist

Animal Groupings with a Twist Trivia Quiz

The names which define animal groupings commonly have other meanings in the English language. Can you figure out what the common animal grouping is based upon the clues? Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by mikej941. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
mikej941

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
186,941

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. The highest legislative authority in the United Kingdom shares its name with the collective term for a group of what?
Hint

Asses

Owls

Sharks

Foxes

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Question 2 of 10

2. This type of year (adjective), which occurs once ever four years, also refers to a group (noun) of what animals?
Hint

Hyenas

Frogs

Leopards

Toads

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Question 3 of 10

3. Al Capone, John Gotti, Lucky Luciano, George "Bugs" Moran, Bugsy Siegel, and? Hint

Porcupines

Badgers

Kangaroos

Leopards

4. Keesshoo is a healthy, young Eskimo man. He has just been kicked out of his house in northern Nunavut after a bitter fight with his wife. It is mid winter and he is dressed only in jockey shorts and a tee shirt. What group of animals (noun) shares its name with what this man's body would predictably and involuntarily do (verb) to increase his body temperature?
Hint

Tigers

Trout

Sharks

Crows

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Question 5 of 10

5. The first word in the title of Jane Austen's most popular novel also shares its name with a group of what?
Hint

Lions

Woodpeckers

Crows

Hummingbirds

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Question 6 of 10

6. The collective term for a group of turtles is also? Hint

What one ties when they get married

A homonym of what one must post in order to avoid staying in jail

A homonym of the past participle of the verb "to hear"

The military branch you will find yourself in if Uncle Sam decides to draft you

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Question 7 of 10

7. What group of animals shares its name with what people do to their toilets?
Hint

Nightingales

Frogs

Kangaroos

Mallards

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Question 8 of 10

8. Many pregnant women opt to have an epidural to decrease the pains caused by this? "This" is also a collective term for a group of what?
Hint

Moles

Bees

Beavers

Guillemots

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Question 9 of 10

9. Stomach torsion occurring in large dogs is also known by this name, which is also the collective name for a group of what?
Hint

Rhinoceroses

Hippopotamuses

Hyenas

Oxen

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Question 10 of 10

10. What group of animals shares its name with what happened in the Rue Morgue in a short story by Edgar Allan Poe? The word for this grouping appears in the title of the short story.
Hint

Crows

Moles

Ravens

Woodpeckers

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1. The highest legislative authority in the United Kingdom shares its name with the collective term for a group of what?

Answer: Owls

The highest legislative authority in the United Kingdom is Parliament. A parliament is also the collective term for a group of owls. A group of asses is called a pace. A group of sharks is called a shiver. A group of foxes is called a skulk or a leash.

2. This type of year (adjective), which occurs once ever four years, also refers to a group (noun) of what animals?

Answer: Leopards

A leap year occurs every four years. A group of leopards is called a leap. A group of frogs is called an army. A group of toads is called a knot. A group of hyenas is called a cackle or a clan.

3. Al Capone, John Gotti, Lucky Luciano, George "Bugs" Moran, Bugsy Siegel, and?

Answer: Kangaroos

All of the above were notorious members of the "Mob." A group of kangaroos is a mob as well. A group of badgers is a cete. A group of leopards is a leap. A group of porcupines is a prickle.

Answer: Sharks

Nunavut is way up in the frozen north of Canada where it is bitterly cold in the winter. If Keeshoo went outside with just jockey shorts and a tee-shirt on in sub zero weather he would involuntarily shiver. A shiver is the collective term for a group of sharks.

A decision to hover (group of trout) or streak (group of tigers) would be voluntary actions. While Keeshoo might involuntarily murder (group of crows) his wife, such a response is not predictable.

5. The first word in the title of Jane Austen's most popular novel also shares its name with a group of what?

Answer: Lions

Jane Austen's 1813 novel "Pride and Prejudice" has won her the most acclaim. A group of lions is a pride. A group of crows is a murder. A group of woodpeckers is a descent. A group of hummingbirds is a charm.

6. The collective term for a group of turtles is also?

Answer: A homonym of what one must post in order to avoid staying in jail

A group of turtles is called a bale. Bail is what one posts if they want to avoid staying in jail. One "ties the knot" when they get married. A knot is also the name for a group of toads. If you are drafted by Uncle Sam you are drafted into the army. An army is the collective term for a group of frogs.

7. What group of animals shares its name with what people do to their toilets?

Answer: Mallards

People flush their toilets. A flush is also the name for a group of mallards. A group of nightingales is a watch. A group of kangaroos are a mob, and a group of frogs are an army.

8. Many pregnant women opt to have an epidural to decrease the pains caused by this? "This" is also a collective term for a group of what?

Answer: Moles

Many women opt to have an epidural to reduce the pains of labor. A labor also refers to a group of moles. A group of beavers is called a colony or family. A group of guillemots (northern seabird) is called a bazaar. A group of bees is called a hive or a swarm.

9. Stomach torsion occurring in large dogs is also known by this name, which is also the collective name for a group of what?

Answer: Hippopotamuses

Stomach torsion is more commonly called bloat. A bloat is also the corrective term for a group of hippos. The others are a crash of rhinos, a clan or cackle of hyenas and a yoke of oxen.

10. What group of animals shares its name with what happened in the Rue Morgue in a short story by Edgar Allan Poe? The word for this grouping appears in the title of the short story.

Answer: Crows

"Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a well-known short story by Edgar Allan Poe. A group of crows is a murder. A group of ravens is an unkindness. A group of moles is a labor, and a group of woodpeckers is a descent.

Source: Author mikej941

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