Mocking Bird Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hybrid

"Mockingjay" is the title of the third and final book in "The Hunger Games" series, a dystopian saga about a young woman named Katniss Everdeen. In the series, the mockingjay is both a type of bird and a symbol of rebellion against an oppressive social order. It is a hybrid of a "jabberjay" and a mockingbird.

Answer: Alexandra

Alexandra (1844-1925) was the wife of Edward VII. The crown with the Koh-i-Noor diamond was later worn by Queen Mary, and then by Elizabeth, the "Queen Mother", mother of Queen Elizabeth II.

Answer: Red Queen

This quotation from one of the two "Alice" books by Lewis Carroll has provided the name for a concept known as the Red Queen hypothesis, which proposes that constant change is necessary not only for evolutionary success, but even for mere everyday survival.

Answer: Preston

Preston's own recording of the song is less well known than the one by Joe Cocker. Preston, who died in 2006, was a multifaceted artist who performed on tracks by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Perhaps his best known recording of his own material is the 1974 hit "Nothing from Nothing".

Answer: Elephants

The term can also be used of other male land animals like giraffes, hippos and moose, as well as sea creatures like seals, whales and walruses.

Answer: Rottweiler

Rottweilers were also used as herd dogs. Although they are often thought of as fierce, they generally have a calm and loyal disposition. Border collies are also herd dogs; Labrador retrievers were bred for duck hunting, while the Jack Russell was originally a fox hunter.

Answer: Landau

A Landau (named for a German city) is a four-wheeled carriage that can be open or covered. Depictions of Cinderella's pumpkin coach (such as the one in the Walt Disney animated film) often resemble a Landau. It was first built in the mid-1700s, and continues to be used on certain ceremonial occasions by the British royal family.

Answer: Emilie

Émilie was the first of the quintuplets to die, at the age of 20, due to an epileptic seizure. The five girls, born in 1935, were given massive popular media exposure long before this was a common phenomenon. Their care even was taken over by the government of the province of Ontario, which profited by marketing them as a tourist attraction.

Answer: Early in the morning

The song, which has been used in several movies, was written in 1935 by Harold ("Hal") Warren and Al Dubin. It won the Best Original Song Oscar in 1936, after it had been used in "Gold Diggers of 1935". Doris Day sang it in a 1951 movie named for the song.

Answer: Harper Lee

Harper Lee's 1961 book "To Kill a Mockingird", about a lawyer bringing up his two children in the American South during the early days of the fight for equal rights for African Americans, is one of the most beloved American novels. It won a Pulitzer Prize and was made into a greatly loved movie starring Gregory Peck as the novel's hero, lawyer Atticus Finch.