Duck Quiz: questions and answers

1. Where does the word "duck" come from?

Aramaic

Old Engish

Ancient Greek

2. What is a male duck called?

A drake

A hen

A rooster

3. Where is the Sibrionetta formosa native to?

Canada

Russia

France

4. When did the last known sighting of the Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) occur?

1880

1876

1878

5. What color was the plumage of a female Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius)?

Red

Gray

Black

6. What is the wingspan of a Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)?

660 mm

360 mm

960 mm

7. How big is a Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri)?

90 cm

45 cm

54 cm

8. What is the current conservation status of the Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus)?

Least concern

Extinct in the wild

Endangered

9. In terms of its scientific classification, to which order does the Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) belong?

Apodiformes

Anseriformes

Galliformes

10. What is the name of the sweet and sour Polish soup made of duck blood and clear poultry broth?

Flaki

Pierniki

Czernina

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