Bruh...

I read the answer as ‘mockingbird’ though now that I think about it, it was the jabberjays that mimicked

Probably would have clicked it if the real answer wasn't on top of it.

I got this question right, but among all those who got it wrong, probably most of them hadn't read or seen the Hunger Games, or if they had, they probably clicked too quickly, thinking it was saying mockingbird. If it had, that answer would also be correct. Some may have thought "mockingjay" was simply a more specific name for a mockingbird, and that they're jays. I myself thought for a while that maybe they were, since they're similar in shape to a bluejay. They're not, but they are both songbirds.

Starlings are mean as can be, they are bullies. I love the way they swoop in to land. They have a staccato walk which is quite martial. Compare them to blackbirds to see difference.

and their collective name is a 'murmuration'....why?

Very nicely done! Top of my LB so far, long may you reign 👑

This makes me wonder what my perfect quiz would be about. Which 10 questions would sort of represent me.

Interesting thing to think about.

or know italian...forte = strong, mezzo = half, p = piano = quiet, pp = pianissmo = very quiet. I'm going to retire to Sardinia

I remember the speaker system one from the general knowledge quiz - I did that 3-4 times to get all the points...

Funny enough I managed to use organic chemistry to work out what mesoforte means. Meso in organic chemistry means a compound that exists between two stereoisomers, so I figured mesoforte means in between forte and something else. Now it occurs to me that Mesoamerica also would've worked with this logic but somehow didn’t occur to me.

Nah. Some line up for you. Some don't. And this one is on the tougher end statistically.