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1. We'll start our trip in the North American desert where we find a group of rattlesnakes. This collective shares a name with which dance?
2. Trying to escape the rattlesnakes, we seek shelter in an ghost town. Unfortunately, we have not been there long when the town is burned to the ground by a band of arsonists. What fiery term denotes this destruction of multiple buildings?
3. America seems to hold too much danger so our next stop is England. We have a refreshing cup of tea with my friend. She has a collection of over 300 teddy bears. What cute collective term could be used to describe this collection?
4. Refreshed from the tea, we take a walk in the nearby woods and find a group of mushrooms. We are hungry, so stop and munch on a few. What is the correct collective term for the group of fungi we have discovered?
5. We possibly shouldn't have eaten those mushrooms, because the next thing we know we are surrounded by a group of unicorns. By what collective term could we call them?
6. Falling into a deep sleep after seeing the magical beasts, we are eventually woken by the cawing of a group of ravens. What term would we NOT use to describe this group?
7. We now travel to India where we meet a group of rhinoceros (or rhinoceroses if you prefer). What noisy term can we use to denote them?
8. A trip to Africa is next on our tour. Here we observe a group of baboons in the wild. This collective could be called a flange. By what other term could we also call them?
9. On our trip to Africa, we are joined by a group of junior commissioned English Army Officers. These sub alterns seem like a very pleasant bunch of boys, so we can't quite understand the seemingly derogatory term for their group. What is this?
10. The sub-alterns tell us that one of their favourite sports is ferret racing. By what term could we denote a group of ferrets?
11. Leaving the sub-alterns, and their ferrets behind we travel to South Africa, in search for a collective of diamonds. After all, they are a girl's best friend. Unfortunately, we don't find any but we are suprised to find lots of corn fields. They seem harmless, yet a lot of corn has which eerie collective noun?
12. No trip around the world would be complete for this girl without some retail therapy and where better than Paris? Haute couture is well out of my price range but the Parisian markets offer a range of both modern and vintage clothing at reasonable prices. What collective term can any group of merchants go by?
13. Time to go home. We head back to Australia to the beautiful beaches of Far North Queensland. Port Douglas is lovely, but we can't swim outside of the nets due to an infestation of jellyfish in the sea. These horrible creatures go by which suitably violent name?
14. It's hot in the tropics, so we decide to have a refreshing beverage in one of Port Douglas' many drinking establishments. We are lucky though, because the bartender tells us that the following week all the pubs will be closed as he and all the other barmen in the area will be attending a conference. What would we call this collection of barmen?
15. Finally, it's time to get back to Melbourne and just one stop before we can get some well needed sleep. In the 1880's the Heidelberg School developed in what was once one of Melbourne's rural outskirts. Which of the following collective terms does NOT denote a group of painters?
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