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1. Many people enjoyed Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller, "The Birds," in the movie theaters "back in the day," as they say. But the true early bird would have caught the Greek comedy with the same name. Whose masterpiece of "The Birds" was first performed in Athens in 414 BC?
2. Which of the following former residents of Alcatraz Island was the infamous "Birdman of Alcatraz"?
3. Edgar Alan Poe is famous for his poem called "The Raven," but the early bird would recognize in the Raven a famous hero of early Texas. This Virginia-born American statesman lived as a youth among the Cherokee, who gave him the name "the Raven." He was eventually adopted into the tribe, as well as marrying into it. What is the more well-known name of this leader in Texas history?
4. In 1976 this young pitcher was the talk of the baseball world, winning the American League Rookie of the Year Award and appearing on the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine. Called "The Bird" because of his resemblance to "Sesame Street's" character Big Bird, he won 19 games that year for the Detroit Tigers. Name this unique individual.
5. Many people are familiar with the Red Baron, Germany's most famous World War I flying ace. But the early bird would recognize "der Adler von Lille," meaning "the Eagle of Lille," as Germany's first ace, even though he only accumulated 15 aerial victories, compared to 80 by the Red Baron. Can you guess "the Eagle's" name?
6. Penguins made it big in the 2006 animated feature "Happy Feet," starring Robin Williams and Elijah Wood. But the early bird might recognize two figures known as "the Penguin," one a baseball star for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s, and the other as a foe of Batman in the "Batman" tv series of the 1960s. Can you identify these two "players," each called "the Penguin"?
7. Although this Parisian songbird's birth name was Gassion, today she is remembered by the French word for "sparrow." Her adult singing career began in 1935 at age 20, and she soon became known as "the little sparrow" due to her apparent nervousness and diminutive size (she was four feet, eight inches tall). Most often associated with the song, "La vie en rose," what name is she known by?
8. A favorite target of cartoonist Thomas Nast, this New York City politician was once depicted by the German muckraker as a vulture along with three of his cronies. Who was the Tammany Hall leader highlighted in the 1871 cartoon from "Harper's Weekly" entitled, "A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to 'Blow Over' -- 'Let Us Prey'"?
9. Our next bird is the Nightingale, but this time the early bird does NOT get the worm in our quiz. We have two nightingales to consider, both born in 1820, one in May and one in October. But our question concerns the October Nightingale, a famous singer known as the Swedish Nightingale. What was her name?
10. Many English sports fans recall with a smile the exploits of Eddie the Eagle, the first Englishman to compete in Olympic ski jumping in 1988. However the early bird might know of an even more famous Englishman who earned the nickname of "the Eagle" from Spanish and Portuguese troops. Who was this English hero whose many other nicknames included "the Iron Duke," "Old Nosey," and "Europe's Liberator"?
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