A great Canberra Birds quiz night on the 15th - thank you Mark

[Kim Farley via Canberrabirds <>]

Haha - I guess it's horses for courses, Philip. I love old films, so The Birds directed by Alfred Hitchcock was a very easy answer. But I know nothing much about PNG birds of paradise and my compatriots on the table offered a few, but still very incorrect ideas. On the other hand we did quite well with the Qld honeyeaters and the set of named Norfolk Island birds....

I did wonder about the inclusion of the astronaut questions, but like (most) birds, astronauts do fly through the air with the greatest of ease (and that is another film reference)

Kim

On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM Philip Veerman via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

Yes, it was nice and fun, thanks to Mark plus helpers. Had a strong theme about what birds live where. What amused me the most is that none on my team (including me) had any idea about the movie question: What movie had three (named) actors and who was the director. Whilst it is OK that none of us knew the answer directly but even trying several times, none of us even got close to a guess of the answer.  As in how obvious. It is a bird quiz - - -  it was “The birds”, (that 1963 American film directed by Alfred Hitchcock). Funny thing in response to that comment from Kim is I thought Raggiana Bird of Paradise is a sort of easy answer.

 

Philip

 

From: Canberrabirds [ On Behalf Of Kim Farley via Canberrabirds
Sent: Thursday, 16 January, 2025 7:24 PM
To: Mark Clayton; Canberra birds
Subject: [Canberrabirds] A great Canberra Birds quiz night on the 15th - thank you Mark

 

Dear Mark

Thank you for organising and running a very successful quiz night on Wednesday evening. Great fun was had by all, despite or perhaps because there were some very hard questions!  Our table certainly didn't know that Gene Cernan was an astronaut who hit a golf ball on the moon in 1972. But we came up with some very imaginative species names for the Bird of Paradise on the PNG flag - with none of our answers even close. 

And for those who couldn't make it last night, the word is that Mark will run the quiz again in January 2026. 

Cheers

Kim

 

President

Canberra Birds/COG

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