Saying "animal" with no qualifier (e.g. "imaginary") tends to indicate that it's a *real* animal, at least to me. Maybe "creature" would be a bit more ambiguous.
Animal is defined as "a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli."
A unicorn is not an animal. The clue is deceptive and inaccurate.
I did think that at first and wondered what animals even start with U, but then I remembered that I knew it was a unicorn. I don't think it's necessary to qualify that it's a fictional creature.
I doubt that there has been anyone that went: I know the animal on the scotland coat of arms is the unicorn, but ow, it doesnt specify it has to be an imaginary creature, so it probably isnt the answer.
That is like having a question, curved fruit starting with a b, ow I thought banana, but that can't be it, because they don;t say it has to be yellow..
Sometimes we get answers correctly through deduction, not preexisting knowledge, and that is totally fine. By having an openly misleading and inaccurate clue, the game degrades itself and its players.
If you know it, you know it. It even gives you the U. It is not name the creature, it shouldnt be made too easy. Like instead of national animal of australia, you would add marsupial/has a puch, a big strong tail they lean on and are known to "box". That really takes away from knowing the national animal and would be just about guessing the animal by description.
The problem with these analogies is that you have used adjectives, even in the first you use ‘curved,’ which doesn’t relate to the question or the original commenter’s point, which was that it simply says ‘animal,’ with no qualifier. ‘Curved’ does rather narrow down the range of possible answers far more than simply ‘animal.’ You know it, or you don’t. No dispute there, but with quizzes, you always have the option to guess.
I don't want to be "that" guy, but unicorns actually did existed. Not the Scotish type, though, but rather a wonderful beast called Elasmotherium sibiricum. It's a type of now exticnct rhinoceros, that was probably still alive during the ancient times. It was always deacibed as "an animalnthe size of a horse" and it was just some medieval idiot that fucked up and draw an actual horse with horn why we have the image of the unicorn we know today.
Except that Elasmotherium went extinct no later than around 35,000 years ago, so it's unlikely any medieval folks would've been basing much of anything on them.
I don't know what you are talking about. Unicorns are real, just ask North Korea, they have a unicorn lair, just google it (even covered by the BBC/guardian).
Eh? Ireland and the United Kingdom are two different countries. You may be thinking of Northern Ireland, which is a constituent part of the UK, but not a part of Ireland the country, though it is on the land mass called Ireland. Either way, the UK is not another name for the northern part of Ireland.
Yea even if he mixed up the north of ireland and northern ireland, the UK is not a sub region of northern ireland, but northern ireland is a part of the UK
Ireland is also the name of the island itself though, and the UK does occupy the northern part of that island. I think the question is perfectly clear because it says "comprises," and I got it right without hesitation, but it's correct to say that the UK contains the northern part of Ireland, if you're talking about the island itself.
No it's not, Ulster contains the counties of Northern Ireland (part of the UK) but it also contains 3 counties (Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan) that are not part of the UK.
Finally, someone got it right… well done oatybiscuit! Ulster is a historical province and therefore not an official subdivision of either country. Interestingly, the most northerly place on the island of Ireland is actually not in Northern Ireland. Malin Head on the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal is in the Republic of Ireland (although is part of the province of Ulster).
The Milky Way is also a region that comprises the northern part of Ireland, but it doesn't hurt to exercise some common sense when answering the question.
Good quiz! Two observations: 1. Usually, when part of the answer is in the clue, you don't need to retype it when answering. So the "stan" shouldn't be necessary in "Uzbekistan" (my finger are sooooo tired!). 2. I think this is the first time I've had to write all of "United Kingdom" instead of UK to get an answer right. I feel manipulated... ;)
A unicorn is not an animal. The clue is deceptive and inaccurate.
That is like having a question, curved fruit starting with a b, ow I thought banana, but that can't be it, because they don;t say it has to be yellow..