Quiz - Animal Collective Nouns

Post by **gonk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:24 pm

D & B wrote:
gonk wrote:A knot of stretford end-ians?
Very good.

The last two letters make up the first two letters of the species.

a knot of otters?

Post by **D & B** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:25 pm

Stran wrote:a shrewdness of apes

Correcto

Post by **D & B** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:26 pm

gonk wrote:
D & B wrote:
gonk wrote:A knot of stretford end-ians?
Very good.

The last two letters make up the first two letters of the species.
a knot of otters?

reverse the two letters.

Post by **D & B** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:27 pm

D & B wrote:Which species does each refer?

1. Cackle
2. Charm
3. Colony
4. Intrusion - Cockroaches - Gonk
5. Knot
6. Labour
7. Murder - Crows - Randy
8. Parliament - Owls - Stran
9. Plague - Locusts - Gonk
10. Pod - Dolphins - Gonk
11. Pride - Lions - Gonk
12. Shrewdness - Apes - Stran
13. Smack
14. Streak
15. Unkindness

Post by **gonk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:30 pm

Toads?
Tony o'sheas?

Post by **Justin Credible** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:30 pm

I believe its a colony of bats

whee are all the hankey fans ?

Post by **D & B** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:30 pm

gonk wrote:Toads?
Tony o'sheas?

Toads is correct.

Post by **D & B** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:31 pm

Justin Credible wrote:I believe its a colony of bats

whee are all the hankey fans ?

correct

Post by **gonk** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:31 pm

And I'm totally spent

Post by **D & B** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:33 pm

Which species does each refer?

1. Cackle - HYENAS
2. Charm - FINCHES
3. Colony - Bats - JC
4. Intrusion - Cockroaches - Gonk
5. Knot - Toads - Gonk
6. Labour - MOLES
7. Murder - Crows - Randy
8. Parliament - Owls - Stran
9. Plague - Locusts - Gonk
10. Pod - Dolphins - Gonk
11. Pride - Lions - Gonk
12. Shrewdness - Apes - Stran
13. Smack - JELLYFISH
14. Streak - PISS
15. Unkindness -RAVENS

Post by **Justin Credible** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:34 pm

D & B wrote:
Justin Credible wrote:I believe its a colony of bats

whee are all the hankey fans ?
correct

can also refer to weasels, stoats, rats, and others.

As for the others, I know I know what labour is but for the life of me cannot remember now