Friday night quiz - 23.10.2020

Here are your answers to last week's bird themed quiz:

1. What percentage of the world's birds migrate? 40%
   

2. Which bird migrates the furthest distance? Arctic Tern
   

3. Which bird is the national symbol of the USA? Bald Eagle
   

4. What is the largest bird in the world? Ostrich
   

5. What is the fastest bird? Peregrine Falcon
   

6. Which type of bird have tiny claws on their wings? Baby Hoatzins
   

7. Parasitic jaegers gather food by________. ... 'stealing it directly from the mouths of other birds'
   

8. The average lifespan of a hummingbird is_____. 3-5 years
   

9. California condors can have a wingspan of up to_____. 9.5 feet

This week we're back in the garden to test our knowledge:

1. What is the art of cutting shrubs into ornamental shapes called?
   

2. Which garden plant in the 17th century was exchanged as a form of currency?
   

3. The Temperate House is the world’s largest Victorian Greenhouse.  At which location can it be found?
   

4. Which garden is considered to have be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
   

5. By what name is Lancelot Brown usually better known?
   

6. What is the other name for a Mountain-Ash tree?
   

7. What is the alternative name for the aubergine?
   

Good luck!