It was 100 at one time, and by the late empire declined to about 60. 80 is the most common value, however, and when referring to a century, you are quite right in saying 80 men.
A shoal actually isn't the name for a group of fish. It describes a shallow area of a body of water. Often, fish can be found there, which is why it could easily get conflated.
A procession has a purpose tho...a caravan doesn't need to. Or a convoy... The traveling itself can be their only purpose... Processions are for funerals and inaugurations, perhaps a state visit. But anything else?
I tried a span, but that might not be used as much in english for this specific case? In old english it definitely still existed. And wiktionary still shows that use aswell (without marking it archaic) though I couldnt find it a wikipedia entry about it.
I think the definition of a group here is slightly flawed. It's a group where the individuals are working together. Like Rock Stars. You wouldn't call Mick Jagger, PaulMcCartney and Justin Timberlake a band if they sat at the same table in a cafe. Still they are a group of rock stars. Same about professors. It's not a faculty if it's a professor of mathematics, one of literature and a third of international law. There needs to be something more to tie them together to be able to use those words. Good quiz though! Took some thinking.
Excellent quiz! Got them all with 0:19 left to spare. I'm surprised most people didn't get a group of professors, or the dolphins. The crow, Mongol invaders, and the vehicles were the most difficult for me.
Excellent quiz. Amused by the pedant who thinks the actual number of soldiers is important. I scored only 79% but this was an excellent quiz. None of the answers I failed to get was obscure. A genuinely good test of education and recall. Top marks.
I don't agree with 'clique', even though I eventually guessed it. Although 'clique' refers to a group, the defining aspect of a clique is exclusivity, not the nature or type of its members.
I'm pretty sure you should accept asterism for stars. For the vehicles one, I tried column. Someone else suggested motorcade, which seems like a specific kind of vehicles travelling together.
The "people attending a church service" answer could still work for most any religious service, not just one held in a church specifically. Maybe the clue could be "people attending a religious service".
A band can still be a band if they don't play Rock. Then again a group of musicians is probably too vague for a clue since it could be an orchestra or a choir or...
- a bloat of hippopotami - a cowardice of curs - a leap or lepe of leopards
A Gaggle (which you accept) is a group of geese on the ground or in the water.
a group of geese in flight is called a Skein.