Bird Quiz
August 2004
The answers to the brain teasing BIRD QUIZ!
Clue Answer
1. Circling cleaner* Vulture
2. Soaring prankster Skylark
3. Bovine flyer Bullfinch
4. Kernel incubated Nuthatch
5. Firm with part of bible Coot
6. Extra layer Moorhen
7. River mesh Linnet
8. Environmentally friendly Greenfinch
9. Yokel with one hydrogen atom inserted Pheasant
10. Large size and wealthy Ostrich
11. Wheat residue with a short span Chaffinch
12. Sounds like a Music hall act Tern
13. Fiancee led by the Greek rho Plover
14. Heavenly flyer Bird of paradise
15. Bit of a ledge Partridge
16. Temp dame* Secretary Bird
17. Burning ring Flamingo
18. River trick Falcon
19. Colourful mimic Parrot
20. Moan a lot Grouse
21. Lifter Crane
22. Sounds like a Sailor's entrance! Jackdaw
23. Bird with Midas touch Goldfinch
24. Idiot Loon
25. Cat's funeral* Kittiwake
26. Found in a kebab Skua
27. Sacred Egyptian Ibis
28. Scottish servant on car check* Guillemot
29. Outsize victim Osprey
30. Mickey taker Mocking Bird
31. Upward jet Harrier
32. Sharp neb Razorbill
33. Down swimmer Eider Duck
34. Mongrel instead Curlew
35. Roast a warren Kookaburra
36. Circuit flapper Lapwing
37. Beach pan Sandpiper
38. Communist beginner Red Start
39 Sounds "astern" Rhea
40. Cringe Quail
41. Found under the bed* Nightjar
42. Mason with a smile Peregrine
43. Don't blow out Puffin
44. Lash needy Shakespeare Whippoorwill
45. Broken zip Fly Catcher
46. Blimey another worker Cormorant
47. Blushing leg Red Shank
48. Cutlery invoice Spoonbill
49. Be difficult Buzzard
50. Place for a short vermouth House Martin
Mavis Smith