Tuesday 5 February 2013

Good Question 2

It's Tuesday Night Quiz night again.

Tonight's question is:

How many different names are there for the bird pictured below and what are they? 


I will post the answers tomorrow evening.

In the mean time I'm going to try and complete scouse ringers challenge! 

06.02.13 And the answer is:

The question I asked above was because of something I read in The Bumper Book of Nature by Stephen Moss (which a very, very nice lady called Lucy McRoberts gave to me).

The names I came up with are:

Mistle Thrush
Turdus Viscivorus
Holm Thrush
Storm Cock
Thrice Thrush
Screech Thrush

Peter W - There probably are more names, and I hope you all learnt something looking for them
Scouse Ringer - must try harder.
Richard - your names could be for any birds, so no they don't count, but nice try.
Grandpa - thank you for emailing your welsh name
Tex - thanks for trying
Tom - it was a Mistle not a Song Thrush, but good try.
Phil - maybe next weeks question could be name all the bands with bird names in them.
Daveyman - lots of good guesses, well tried.
Douglas - we got a few of the same ones
Stewart - I never found that one.

Same time next week everyone!



13 comments:

  1. that is a beautiful spotted bird! thrush of some sort, i'm assuming! fieldfare?

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  2. Mavis and Throstle are the only ones iv'e heard of although there's probably more (song thrush)

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  3. Hi Findlay. Well I've heard of missel thrush and storm cock but can't think of any more. Mistle thrush was a female-fronted 1990s alternative rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts but I guess that's not quite what you're after?

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  4. I think I'll scrap mavis and add Storm-cock, may well be more

    Cheers

    DaveyMan

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  5. My contribution to the alternative names for the Mistle Thrush are....

    Missel Thrush
    Stormcock
    Holm Thrush

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  6. Never of Holm thrush Pete - anything to do with ivy and berries?

    Cheers
    D/M

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  7. Hehehe just seen your 'foreign language' tweet - sneaky huh - forgot all about that one - well done

    Cheers

    D/M

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  8. Missel Thrush,Stormcock and Mistletoe eater, last one going on the translation of the scientific name in other words a guess.

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  9. This 'Tuesday Quiz' may get a bit silly Findlay. I just found 18 alternatives to the Mistle Thrush, 15 of which I never heard of. It'll be interesting to see you answers on this one, and where you got them from.

    By the way D/M, if the 'foreign language tweet' is directed at me I'm completely lost on that one.

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  10. Hi Findlay. Do the names that I called the one that appeared in my garden as a 'lifer' last month count? They include "hang on a minute", "you little darling" and "what a cracker", and probably a few others!

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  11. Finn,

    As usual, I have all the correct answers. There are five names for the humble Turdus viscivorus other than Mistle Thrush, they are as follows:
    Barry
    Terry
    Mick
    Derek (also known as Degsy)
    and Denzel.

    Mistle Thrushes are well known for being Scouse....and having apparent gender-identity issues.

    Good work on the Scouse Ringer Challenge!

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