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A Quiz of Collectives

Test your vocabulary skills on the following list of animal collectives. Match each animal with its appropriate collective noun.

bale
charm
congregation
exaltation
knot leap
siege
watch

brace
cloud
covey
gang
leap
skein

cast
clutter
crash
grist
murder
sleuth

cete
colony
drift
husk
muster
volery

 

1. ______ of ants
2. ______ of badgers
3. ______ of bears
4. ______ of bees
5. ______ of birds
6. ______ of cats
7. ______ of cranes
8. ______ of crows
9. ______ of ducks
10. ______ of elks
11. ______ of geese
12. ______ of gnats
13. ______ of goldfinches

14. ______ of hares
15. ______ of hawks
16. ______ of larks
17. ______ of leopards
18. ______ of nightingales
19. ______ of peacocks
20. ______ of plovers
21. ______ of quail
22. ______ of rhinoceri
23. ______ of swine
24. ______ of toads
25. ______ of turtles

A Bunch of Answers

1. a colony of ants
2. a cete of badgers
3. a sleuth of bears
4. a grist of bees
5. a volery of birds
6. a clutter of cats
7. a siege of cranes
8. a murder of crows
9. a brace of ducks
10. a gang of elks
11. a skein of geese
12. a cloud of gnats
13. a charm of goldfinches

14. a husk of hares
15. a cast of hawks
16. an exaltation of larks
17. a leap of leopards
18. a watch of nightingales
19. a muster of peacocks
20. a congregation of plovers
21. a covey of quail
22. a crash of rhinoceri
23. a drift of swine
24. a knot of toads
25. a bale of turtles

Compiled by Erin Bouma