Some form a parliament,
Others a company, congregation or convocation,
The mob can see a murder, or clamor and wake,
A bouquet is presented when flushed.
What are we?
Birds. These are collective nouns for groups of birds.
parliament – owls
company – parrots
congregation – plovers
convocation – eagles
mob – emus
murder – crows clamor – rooks
wake – buzzards
bouquet – pheasants (when flushed)
Birds. These are collective nouns for groups of birds.
parliament – owls
company – parrots
congregation – plovers
convocation – eagles
mob – emus
murder – crows clamor – rooks
wake – buzzards
bouquet – pheasants (when flushed)
Your doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How much time will have passed by the time you’ve taken all three pills?
One hour. You take the first pill, then wait a half hour and take the second pill, then at the hour mark you take the third and last pill.
One hour. You take the first pill, then wait a half hour and take the second pill, then at the hour mark you take the third and last pill.
What’s special about the word “strengths”?
It has a record nine letters but only one vowel, and it’s one of the longest one-syllable words in English.
It has a record nine letters but only one vowel, and it’s one of the longest one-syllable words in English.
What letter comes next letter in this series?
A E F H I ___
K. It’s the series of capital letters without curves in alphabetical order.
K. It’s the series of capital letters without curves in alphabetical order.
One tooth to bite,
He’s the forest’s foe.
One tooth to fight,
As all Norse know.
What is it?
An axe.
If you look at my face you won’t see 13 in any place. What am I?
A clock face. It only has the numbers 1 through 12.
A clock face. It only has the numbers 1 through 12.
I won’t break if thrown from the highest building, but I will break if placed in the ocean. What am I?
Tissue.
I was not born, but I am here.
I have no name, but I am given many.
I was made by science and life.
What am I?
A clone.
These are names given to groups of creatures or things, but they have been scrambled. What is the correct arrangement?
Colony of Birds
Horde of Spiders
Den of Wild Pigs
Clutter of Crows
Nest of Snakes
Park of Elks
Doylt of Ferrets
Gang of Machine Guns
Business of Swine
Volery of Artillery
Hover of Gnats
Drift of Frogs
Colony of Frogs
Horde of Gnats
Den of Snakes
Clutter of Spiders
Nest of Machine Guns
Park of Artillery
Doylt of Swine
Gang of Elks
Business of Ferrets
Volery of Birds
Hover of Crows
Drift of Wild Pigs
Colony of Frogs
Horde of Gnats
Den of Snakes
Clutter of Spiders
Nest of Machine Guns
Park of Artillery
Doylt of Swine
Gang of Elks
Business of Ferrets
Volery of Birds
Hover of Crows
Drift of Wild Pigs
A cloth poorly dyed
And an early morning sky
How are they the same?
Their color both change easily.
Their color both change easily.