| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| a baby chicken is called a ______ | chick | 99%
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| true or false: there are more chickens on earth than any other domestic fowl | true | 88%
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| .......and a female is called a __________ | hen | 64%
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| the extremely cruel ''sport'' of forcing male chickens to fight is called | cockfighting | 59%
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| chickens are ______________, meaning they consume both plant and animal material | omnivores | 58%
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| a male chicken is called a __________........ | rooster | 57%
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| true or false: roosters only crow at sunrise | false | 49%
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| a chicken cam remember over _______ different faces | 100 | 41%
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| fleshy structure atop a chicken's head that aids in displaying and thermoregulation | comb | 36%
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| what is the chicken's (and, to some extent, the ostrich's as well) famous extinct relative? | tyrannosaurus rex | 32%
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| a group of chickens is called a | flock | 29%
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| breed of chicken that resembles a large cotton ball | chinese silkie | 28%
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| another mythological creature, sometimes depicted as a larger version of the above, and depicted in "Harry Potter'' as an enormous snake | basilisk | 23%
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| despite being completely unrelated, chickens are able to hybridize with what other groundfowl? | guinea | 18%
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| when was the chickens' wild ancestor first domesticated? | between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago | 13%
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| which explorer "discovered'' the above? | marco polo | 12%
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| and this was the _______________ | red junglefowl | 9%
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| another huge breed with feathered feet, said to be a cross of the above and a cochin | brahma | 7%
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| mythological creature said to have been born by a toad incubating a chicken's egg | cockatrice | 6%
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| how fast can an average chicken run? | 9 mph | 4%
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| running, exercise and other physical activities can make a chicken hot, but what other activity has the same effect for them? | eating | 4%
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| the longest recorded flight of a chicken is | 13 seconds | 3%
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| how many places in the US have the word "chicken'' in them? Excluding restaurants, fast-food stops, etc | four | 2%
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| the tallest chicken breed on the planet, with an upright posture and a featherless head | malay | 2%
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| fear of chickens | alektrophobia | 1%
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| and how far can they fly? | forty feet | 1%
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| how many breeds of chicken are there? | unknown | 1%
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| after the chicken, what is the second-most numerous bird in the world? | red-billed quelea | 0%
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| chickens can't taste _________________ | sweetness | 0%
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