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Animal Groups
As you may know, a group of fish is called a "school", a group of lions is called a "pride", and a group of seagulls is called a "flock". Some are a little more unusual. See if you can guess what animals belong to the following groups:
Crash
Exaltation
Mob
Murder
Parliament
Pod
Sounder
Crash
Exaltation
Mob
Murder
Parliament
Pod
Sounder
Answer
Crash - RhinocerosExaltation - Lark
Mob - Kangaroo
Murder - Crow
Parliament - Owl
Pod - Whale
Sounder - Pig/Hog
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Fun stuff!
I love these It is great they decided to accept this kind of teasers this time.
looks like something happened to "sounder" in the clue (ie, it's not there). oh, well... I guess that can be the bonus answer!
hmm, i guess nobody caught my little 80's music reference in the first part of the teaser...
very very tricky but very very good!
i didn't like this one, because it's one that you either know it, or don't. teasers are supposed to be ones that anybody can try to FIGURE OUT. there is no way you could FIGURE THESE OUT if you didn't already know them.
I think that that brainteaser was a very educational thing
I think that that brainteaser was a very educational thing
Look it up on the Net if you want to "FIGURE IT OUT". I wonder who came up with the names for groups of animals? I think I read a riddle once about a Murder...
easy except the second
For a complete listing of these collective nouns, check out http://elmtree.members.beeb.net/htmldb/collectivenouns.htm
sounder is listed in my teaser,that got me tho i grew up in a farming comm et have only heard of a herd of swine.
I was thinking that pod was either Whale or Dolphin...couldn't remember...And I knew murder. Speaking of birds, did anyone know that starlings' poop can peal paint off your car or so I've heard.
Easy because we just did this random thing in school where we got 4 pages of what a group of different types of animals were called. I guess paying attention pays off.
I had no idea but this is very interesting trivia. Good job, you got me.
WELL, you learn something new everyday, thank you for the info, good one,but got me
very interesting, even though the only 1 i got was pod. this is a good trivia ?, don't ya think?! well, it was good, it got me...
You forgot about the herd of llamas. Cmon. I can't believe you.
It was too easy, well except for the 2nd and the 4th, but it was really good
Heh heh heh, as soon as I saw "mob" I was misdirected (for only a brief moment, mind you) and thought of 'gangsters'! LOL!!
Very very enjoyable one this morning... now I have learned to get coffee *first* before trying these!!
Very very enjoyable one this morning... now I have learned to get coffee *first* before trying these!!
this one is really cool (*)
Knew a few but not all I love a Crash of Rhinos very appropriate.
Interesting, very interesting. Like I always say - you learn something new every day. Thanks for teaching ME. It was great to get a web address for more collective nouns, too.
Oops, swordflame, I used copy-paste, and the address didn't work. So sad.
A Crash of kids attended an Exaltation of church goers. An unruly Mob met them after service with a want to Murder the wig wearing members of Parliament. Like two peas in a Pod, Beth and Mike were playing hooky and had gone fishing in Puget Sounder Washington. Who needs Education, religion or politics when they have each other?
HARD HARD I must be on the slow bus because I could not figure this on out
Very educational....I only knew pod. I guess I could have looked them all up, but I found it much easier to just click on the answer...LOL
i didn't know ANY of them......i thought i was smart.....
I can't believe I only got pod and I thought I was an animal enthusiest
The comment either you know it or you don't was right.The answers were interesting,and informative.
kcelf27: Yeah that's people feed them rice so they'll explode or is that pigeons...
Here are some more since we're at it...
locusts plague
crocodiles float
ants army
bacteria culture
coyote band
elks gang
flies swarm
ferrets business
eagles convocation
gnus implausibility
gorillas band
greyhounds leash
housecats nuisance
jays party
lizards lounge
rattlesnakes rhumba
sharks shiver
tigers ambush
toads knot
trout hover
turtles bale
vipers generation
locusts plague
crocodiles float
ants army
bacteria culture
coyote band
elks gang
flies swarm
ferrets business
eagles convocation
gnus implausibility
gorillas band
greyhounds leash
housecats nuisance
jays party
lizards lounge
rattlesnakes rhumba
sharks shiver
tigers ambush
toads knot
trout hover
turtles bale
vipers generation
educational
Very fun. I suppose the collective nouns have a descriptive meaning to them. Very educational!
pretty good. i knew crash, murder, and parliment. although, i don't think this should be in the teaser catigory, it's not a teaser; you can't figure it out... it's cool buy should be in a diferent catigory. at least thats my two cents...
For teasers of this sort, Braingle has developed the Trivia category. That means this IS the right place for it, since it doesn't imply common knowledge but, a bit of research. You will find that Google.com is a great helper when it regards trivia teasers.
took a little research but I got it. great teaser (thank God for google)
Flock of Seagulls!! yay!!!
I only got POD Amazing how you learn something every day. A favorite for me. THANKS.
hmm very tricky.. but i think that you shouldnt ever put those on there again.. because they are supposed to be somthing that NO ONE KNOWS... and it was challanging i give ya that...
I knew pod but no others. Didn't look them up because I don't think that's the purpose of 'teasers'. And sad to say, I'm sure I won't remember the rest after knowing the answers. I guess I need to save my diminishing memory cells for more pertinent things.
Pretty cool. I didn't know any of them.
A murder of ravens. That just sounds scary!
awesome teaser!!!
I got a few(very few) nice tease. Learned something today.
I was stumped, but I liked it.
Here's something interesting I learned from this teaser. There are different group names for animals depending on what 'condition' they are in; for example: you'd have a 'gaggle' of geese while they are on the ground, but a 'skein' of geese while flying, and a 'wedge' of geese while flying in formation!
Pretty neato stuff! This teaser lead to more learning than I was prepared for!!
Pretty neato stuff! This teaser lead to more learning than I was prepared for!!
Neato! I like this! Educational and fun! Keep up the good work- I love this! I got pod, but that was it!
That was interesting!
now i know!thank u so much!
I'd like to meet the guy who thought those up. Murder of crows? Moron.
I did not know one single one of those! Thanks for the enlightenment!
Because I read a lot, The answers came easy.
Really fun teaser. I didn't know most of them. Thanks for the education and thanks for posting.
I said pod of dolphins, got 2 more, loved this teaser!!!!
that was HARD! the only one i know was a murder of crows and that is just cuz i learned it while reading lemony snicket...i've learned alot of usless info from those books!
This was great! I just looked these names up a few months ago (too much time on my hands) Too bad I only remembered 3. Who knew they'd turn up on a teaser?
Only knew crows and whales.
That was FUN and INFORMATIVE. I had heard of most of them, but only remembered a couple. Thanks!
NICE
I found this one a little too hard for me, I did know 4 or 5 , but the rest were not in my memory banks.
I didn't know any of them. Good teaser and very interesting.
AAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!
This link (http://elmtree.members.beeb.net/ htmldb/collectivenouns.htm) is dead!
This link (http://elmtree.members.beeb.net/ htmldb/collectivenouns.htm) is dead!
Thanks neomajic. This teaser was very educational.
cool, I learned something new today! Great teaser!!
how about a corp of corpses?
very educational!
i knew a murder of crows and i saw mob earlier in another teaser.
i knew a murder of crows and i saw mob earlier in another teaser.
Really interesting! I knew a pod of whales and a parliament of owls, and vaguely remembered a murder of crows, but the others are news to me! Great teaser.
Fun, I got most of them, but as stated in one of the older comments you either know this or you don't. Perhaps listing the groups of animals would have given people a fighting chance if they didn't already know them.
The suggestion to look them up, I too don't think is the point of the site.
The suggestion to look them up, I too don't think is the point of the site.
My favorite animal group today is the team of Tigers! We Detroiters are so proud of them! Sorry to take up space in teaser comments for my personal news - but we're excited! Hi and have a great weekend, DH and AS!
The FELIDAE family done a job on those hated Yankees. . And as always a to my ladies.
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions
This is the statement at the top. Can anybody tell me what part of this in not pure trivia????
This is not what I would consider a "Teaser" you either know the answer or you don't.
This is the statement at the top. Can anybody tell me what part of this in not pure trivia????
This is not what I would consider a "Teaser" you either know the answer or you don't.
The newspapers will be more than glad to shout about Mobs in Australia when they're talking about kangaroos.
I knew a murder of crows and a pod of whales--and that's it!!
I still only know 4 or 5 of these. Most are pretty obscure.
Have a great week-end to G and K.
Have a great week-end to G and K.
There are multiple answers for mob and pod on many sources. Agree that this is really more in the line of trivia - you either know/remember the random lore or you do not. Since it tends to be more lore than factual knowledge, there no "figuring out" of these types of questions.
R.U.T. - random (mostly) useless trivia should be re-categorized.
R.U.T. - random (mostly) useless trivia should be re-categorized.
I agree with the ones who say this belongs in the trivia category. A teaser it is not! It is good to learn something, but this one is not something you can figure out or solve like a teaser is meant to do. Sorry!
I won't critique the teaser, I won't make excuses for my pitiful score, I will just admit that I only knew one answer. Pod of whales.
I agree with everyone who said this belongs in the trivia section. While it gives one some information, it is not information of any real value. But probably fun for some.
You missed that a group of Children is known as a Migraine.
I really didn't know any of those, but it was great fun to learn. The only one I knew was Murder of Crows! Haha!
I only knew3 of these, the crows, kangaroos and whales. The rest were very interesting to learn. Not sure this is actually a teaser though.
I admit I looked up the answers for most of these, but in doing so I learned a lot about group names for various animals, so therefore I believe that doing research on a subject can be educational...right? Loved this teaser. One of the most fun yet.
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