About Animal Group Names Quiz
Why is a group of owls a parliament and a group of crows a murder? Many collective nouns for animals are centuries old, and some were invented just for fun in old books about hunting and manners. The Animal Group Names Quiz asks you to match animals to these names, from the everyday, such as a herd, a flock and a school, to the delightful, such as a crash of rhinoceroses, a skein of geese in flight and an exaltation of larks. Loose words that fit many animals are never used as wrong answers, so each question has one name that belongs.
How to play Animal Group Names Quiz
- Press Start for the first of ten questions. The clock starts with it and stops at your last answer.
- Each question names an animal and asks for the word for a group of them.
- Tap an answer, or press 1 to 4 (or A to D) on a keyboard. Answers are final: you see the right one and a one-line explanation, then press Next.
- Most correct answers ranks first, then the fastest time. Only a member’s first finished quiz of the day counts for the leaderboard.
Tips & strategy
- Some group names describe what the animals do together: a skein of geese is a flying V, a raft of otters floats together.
- Common words like herd, flock, pack and pod fit many animals, so the special names are the ones to learn.
- Many of the hard names come from old hunting books, so think of birds and game animals when a name sounds medieval.
Animal Group Names Quiz: questions and answers
Are these group names real?
Yes. They all appear in established lists of collective nouns, although some are old or playful and are rarely used in everyday speech.
Can an animal have more than one group name?
Often, yes. Geese are a gaggle on the ground and a skein in flight, so the question says which one it means.
How many questions does the Animal Group Names Quiz have?
154 checked questions: 22 easy, 33 medium and 99 hard. Each day takes ten, easiest first, and a question doesn’t come back until its level has been used up.