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Hint	Answer	% Correct
a baby chicken is called a ______	chick	99%
true or false: there are more chickens on earth than any other domestic fowl	true	86%
.......and a female is called a __________	hen	60%
the extremely cruel ''sport'' of forcing male chickens to fight is called	cockfighting	55%
chickens are ______________, meaning they consume both plant and animal material	omnivores	55%
a male chicken is called a __________........	rooster	54%
true or false: roosters only crow at sunrise	false	49%
a chicken cam remember over _______ different faces	100	38%
fleshy structure atop a chicken's head that aids in displaying and thermoregulation	comb	29%
what is the chicken's (and, to some extent, the ostrich's as well) famous extinct relative?	tyrannosaurus rex	25%
breed of chicken that resembles a large cotton ball	chinese silkie	24%
a group of chickens is called a	flock	24%
another mythological creature, sometimes depicted as a larger version of the above, and depicted in "Harry Potter'' as an enormous snake	basilisk	23%
despite being completely unrelated, chickens are able to hybridize with what other groundfowl?	guinea	18%
when was the chickens' wild ancestor first domesticated?	between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago	13%
which explorer "discovered'' the above?	marco polo	13%
and this was the _______________	red junglefowl	8%
another huge breed with feathered feet, said to be a cross of the above and a cochin	brahma	6%
mythological creature said to have been born by a toad incubating a chicken's egg	cockatrice	6%
running, exercise and other physical activities can make a chicken hot, but what other activity has the same effect for them?	eating	5%
how fast can an average chicken run?	9 mph	4%
the longest recorded flight of a chicken is	13 seconds	2%
how many places in the US have the word "chicken'' in them? Excluding restaurants, fast-food stops, etc	four	2%
the tallest chicken breed on the planet, with an upright posture and a featherless head	malay	2%
fear of chickens	alektrophobia	1%
and how far can they fly?	forty feet	1%
how many breeds of chicken are there?	unknown	1%
after the chicken, what is the second-most numerous bird in the world?	red-billed quelea	0%
chickens can't taste _________________	sweetness	0%