It's a charm for finches, an ostentation for peacocks, a mustering for storks and a murmuration for starlings. What is?
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Question 2 of 10
You share 99.8% of your DNA with your science teacher, and 98.4% with what animal?
Question 3 of 10
Betelgeuse was the first star to have its surface directly imaged, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope. How do you pronounce that star's name?
Question 4 of 10
Eureka! King Heiro of Syracuse asked Archimedes to figure out if a gold crown was really made of gold. By tradition, what was he doing when he figured out how?
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Question 5 of 10
The laughing owl was wiped out when the British reached what territory?
Question 6 of 10
In 1956, 26 Africanized killer bees escaped from a breeding lab in what country and headed north toward Texas?
Question 7 of 10
Half of which North American trees have been killed since the 1930s by the fungus Ophiostoma ulmi?
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Question 8 of 10
What Spanish word for "beach" is also used to describe dried-up lakes properly known as alkali flats?
Question 9 of 10
What is the main ore from which we get iron?
Question 10 of 10
The "International Space Station" may be a dull name, but back before it involved 16 countries, Ronald Reagan wanted to give it a name with more flair. What?
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Literature Quiz
Do you know who these famous people from the 60s and 70s are?
Everybody likes music, but how much do you know about it?