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HAVE A GUESS (QUIZ)

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Our Em

Our Em Report 27 Oct 2005 13:04

Do you know the collective nouns for the following creatures?

Our Em

Our Em Report 27 Oct 2005 13:04

Ponies Peacocks Jellyfish Pitying Rhinosceroses Ravens Starlings Cattle Seals Crows Toads Ants Flies Hens Apes Fish herons

JenRedPurple

JenRedPurple Report 27 Oct 2005 13:12

Hi Em, here’s my silly guesses A wish of Ponies a flaunt of Peacocks a slime of Jellyfish ?? Pitying a conk of Rhinos a Poe of Ravens a squawk of Starlings a stew of Cattle a club of Seals (sorry!) a scare of Crows an eye of Toads an itch of Ants a buzz of Flies a roast of Hens a climb of Apes a hand of Fish (fingers!) a pond of herons xx Jen

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Oct 2005 13:19

peacocks = muster cattle = drove or herd fishes = school rhincerroses = crash seals = pod toads = knot

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 27 Oct 2005 13:20

peacocks...An ostentation Rhinos....A Crash Cattle...A herd Crows...A Murder Fish....school Herons ...Siege love Jens answers! LOL Christine

Our Em

Our Em Report 27 Oct 2005 13:24

well done carol and christine! Jen!! be quiet!! lol :))))

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 27 Oct 2005 13:24

String of Ponies Ostentstion of Peacocks Smack of Jellyfish Pitying of Doves? Crash of Rhino's and Seals Storytelling of Ravens and Crows Starlings? Herd of Cattle Colony of Seals and Ants and Apes Murder of Crows Toads? Army of Ants Swarm of Flies Brood of Hens Shoal of Fish Herons? Ken xx

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 27 Oct 2005 13:26

A Murmur of Starlings? Ken xx

JenRedPurple

JenRedPurple Report 27 Oct 2005 13:26

*** smiles at Christine and pokes tongue out at Em **** ;-))))

Our Em

Our Em Report 27 Oct 2005 13:26

well done ken, though you got ravens and flies wrong.

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 27 Oct 2005 13:28

Ravens also known as Unkindness but think that is unfair to them Ken xx

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 27 Oct 2005 13:30

Try Tigers, Weasels and Zebras Ken xx

Erikoinen

Erikoinen Report 27 Oct 2005 15:23

good Lisa also Streak of Tigers and Sneak of Weasels how about buzzards, finches and cobras? Ken xx