Saturday, June 13, 2009

Saturday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
Dawn Wells.

Today's question is:
There is a “herd” of cattle, an “army” of ants, a “pride” of lions, and a “gaggle” of geese. What is the term for a large group of larks?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

An exhaltation of larks

Ellen K said...

An ascension or exultation. I like the latter better.

KauaiMark said...

How about a "flight" of larks?

Rho said...

An Exultation?

PeggyU said...

I have no idea ... so I'm guessing a legion? That would be alliterative :) Or maybe a sky?

Fritz J. said...

Dang, I can't remember the lark's term, but I've always liked expressions like these. For example, can you imagine an army of frogs? Or how about a glaring of cats? Now that one I can imagine because my cats frequently glare at me when I try to step over them. But to get back to amphibians, how about a knob of toads? I am always left wondering how such expressions came about. Off to look up the larks.

PeggyU said...

Or maybe it's a flark. A flark of larks sounds good.

Mrs. R said...

An exaltation of larks. There is a whole book about collective nouns with the title "An Exaltation of Larks".

Bo Diddley said...

Rattlesnake collective, anyone?