Pop Quiz: Match the animals to their collective noun.
Animals
- Butterflies
- Cats
- Crocodiles
- Ferrets
- Hyenas
- Larks
- Gorillas
- Eels
- Flamingoes
- Dolphins
- Owls
- Trout
- Zebras
- Snails
- Quail
- Crows
- Monkeys
- Jellyfish
- Hedgehogs
- Prostitutes
Nouns
k. Kaleidoscope
s. Clowder
h. Bask
d. Busyness
f. Cackle
e. Exultation
g. Band
c. Bed
m. Flamboyance
n. Pod
a. Parliament
l. Hover
i. Dazzle
j. Escargatoire
o. Covey
r. Murder
q. Barrel
p. Fluther
b. Array
t. Anthology of pros.
Answer Key:
Love me some collective nouns. I was looking up one for alligators the other day. I like making them up. A squish of armadillos, a cluster of managers, a buttload of proctologists. I’m leaving now…
Some of these are just so poetic.
The way you ordered these lists for your fluther of readers made this quiz so easy, Chris, that I cackled in exultation. Thanks for another dazzling post.
And thank you for another dazzling comment added to your clowder of comments.