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For The Birds ~ Quiz

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I have never noticed until now how many people there are, real and fictional, that have bird names. This quiz shows 10 people that share their name with a type of bird. Here’s hoping you don’t have to wing it. Good luck!

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    Atticus Finch, lawyer and major character of the classic novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, was created by whom?

    • Ernest Hemingway
    • Harper Lee
    • Annie Proulx
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    Donald Swann was one half of the entertaining duet, Flanders and Swann. In which country was Swann born?

    • England
    • Scotland
    • Wales
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    Martin Luther King, Jr. famously gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of which iconic Washington D.C. building?

    • Lincoln Memorial
    • Washington Monument
    • The White House
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    Trevor Peacock starred as the bumbling Jim Trott, alongside Dawn French, in which British sitcom?

    • The Vicar of Dibley
    • Absolutely Fabulous
    • Keeping Up Appearances
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    The “Lady with the Lamp”, Florence Nightingale, is best known for her work attending to injured soldiers at night during which war?

    • Crimean War
    • World War I
    • American Civil War
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    Which of these was NOT written by Irish writer Jonathan Swift?

    • Gulliver’s Travels
    • A Tale of a Tub
    • The Cricket on the Hearth
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    Actor Russell Crowe, famous for his roles in “Gladiator” and “A Beautiful Mind”, was born in Australia.

    • True
    • False
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    Alan Partridge, fictional radio and television presenter, was created by which British comedian?

    • Steve Coogan
    • David Mitchell
    • Ricky Gervais
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    Christopher Robin is one of the best friends of the beloved children’s book character, Winnie-the-Pooh. Where did Christopher and his friends live?

    • Hundred Acre Wood
    • Forest of Silence
    • The Enchanted Wood
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    Captain Jack Sparrow, one of the central and most popular characters in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, is played by whom?

    • Orlando Bloom
    • Geoffrey Rush
    • Johnny Depp

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Written by Carol DM

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  24. 6 out of 10! Super quiz, Carol, and such an original idea. I was going to ask you what was the connection between MLK and a bird, but it came to me before I embarrassed myself 🙂

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