Exactly. We Americans aren't really unable to see the ethnocentric questions, because many of them are geared toward (and written by) Americans. By nature, people are blind to their own privilege. That's why we all have to learn about each other! :-D
I'm not complaining, zebra crossing is just not a phrase with which I'm familiar. I figured it must be so-called because of the stripes? Stag night is a phrase I heard decades ago but not in recent times. It was a night when married men took a night out together to drink and play poker without the wives around.
Another option (again in the UK) is a Pelican crossing - PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled crossing - the last 'O' changes to an 'A' to have pelican spelled correctly.
Also a Toucan Crossing in the UK. Again, not widely known. Push button operated traffic lights, that turn red so that pedestrians and cyclists can cross the road, hence 'two can' cross.
Despite a comment above it is not just goverment departments that use the term Puffin crossing in the UK. As a driving instructor I used the term; it most definitely is not at all like a Pelican crossing, I would encourage learner drivers to recognise the difference, could make the difference between killing and not killing a pedestrian. People who already have a driving licence are of course allowed to ignore the highway code and run people down regardless - it will then be someone else's fault.
Got "stag" but it took me a minute. I remember that term from years ago referring to any all-male gathering, but usually something like a "poker night" without the wives/girlfriends; not necessarily a bachelor party.
I've never heard of "stag night", though I have heard of stag parties. But I did get zebra crossing. No complaints, though. I am not opposed to learning something new.
I'm curious why Zebra crossing worked but Puffin didn't. I tried Zebra second so I don't know if Pelican, Toucan or Pegasus would have worked. I like these animal quizzes!
I've heard of alligator arms and crocodile tears, but never alligator tears.
But other than that, great call-outs. I had a pet "smart" as a kid. (I mean, who didn't have one, right?) And one time walking through the woods, I was nearly attacked by a ferocious "buyers".
It is common in the US (in the Northern US at least) to call it a crosswalk. But not knowing that term, I always called it a Zebra Crossing until a New Yorker corrected me.
Zebra crossing--that's just unique to the UK, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Kenya, or wherever they say such silly things.
I got stuck just one, the bear. Don't really think of bears and sad and sinking.
But other than that, great call-outs. I had a pet "smart" as a kid. (I mean, who didn't have one, right?) And one time walking through the woods, I was nearly attacked by a ferocious "buyers".
Also, thanks for the quiz, I enjoyed it!
Only 45% of people who took this quiz know what a zebra crossing is? wow.