# Trivia Set: Parrot  
**Used:** 2025-06-10

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## Regular Questions

### 1. Which parrot was famously taught language skills and emotional bonds by Irene Pepperberg, showing the intelligence of a human 5‑year‑old?  
**Answer:** Alex the African grey parrot  

**Taglines:**  
- The bird proof that brains come in feathers  
- Said “You be good. I love you.” before flying off in style  
- Can spell better than most influencers  
- Outspoken, outsmarted, out of this world  
- The parrot that made scientists cry

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### 2. What is the largest species of parrot, famous for brilliant blue feathers and a lifespan of 50–60 years?  
**Answer:** Hyacinth Macaw  

**Taglines:**  
- Gentle giants with wing spans over 4 feet  
- Big bird energy  
- Blue beauty, no Beast required  
- The parrot that gets respect in all aviaries  
- Outlives your grandkids and still looks good

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### 3. Which colorful Neotropical parrot is popular in captivity—bright blue on top, yellow below, often seen in zoos worldwide?  
**Answer:** Blue-and-yellow Macaw  

**Taglines:**  
- Crowd favorite with both charm and size  
- Loud, proud, and fashion forward  
- Built like a rainbow in workout gear  
- Squawk with style  
- Color coordination game strong

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### 4. What small to medium-sized parrot, common in households, is best known for mimicking human speech keenly and often described as brilliant chatterboxes?  
**Answer:** African Grey Parrot  

**Taglines:**  
- The parrot that thinks faster than most toddlers  
- Fluent in sarcasm and crackers  
- Speaks better English than your ex  
- The professor of parrots  
- Dr. Squawk, PhD in sass

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### 5. Which playfully affectionate rainbow-colored parrot native to Australia and New Guinea can vocalize, learn tricks, and live up to 30 years?  
**Answer:** Rainbow Lorikeet  

**Taglines:**  
- Sweet, noisy, and absolutely eye-catching  
- Looks like it fell in a Skittles machine  
- Buzzes like a bee, cuddles like a teddy  
- Nature’s highlighter pack  
- Tiny scream machine, big on love

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## Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

### 1. Parrots belong to a group of birds called ______, known for curved beaks and feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward.  
**Answer:** psittacines  

**Taglines:**  
- The official club name for talkative, prankster birds  
- Sounds like a spell, behaves like chaos  
- Latin for “tiny chaos engine”  
- Not a pasta, promise  
- Say it five times fast while juggling crackers

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### 2. Some of the largest parrots—like macaws and cockatoos—can live up to ______ years in captivity, even longer with good care.  
**Answer:** 80+  

**Taglines:**  
- These birds bury your lifespan in the pet game  
- Outlive you, your kids, and their crypto  
- Parrot retirement plan = your will  
- Buy the parrot, name it your heir  
- Feathered vampires of time

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### 3. The smallest parrot species known is the ______ parrot from New Guinea.  
**Answer:** pygmy  

**Taglines:**  
- So little, they make budgies look like giants  
- Half an ounce of fury  
- Pocket-sized screecher  
- Fun-sized chaos  
- Blink and you’ll miss it—and your earring

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### 4. A macaw’s beak is strong but actually ______ inside, supported by fine bony struts.  
**Answer:** hollow  

**Taglines:**  
- Think reinforced sandwich crusher  
- Hollow, but still wrecks coconuts  
- All bite, no filler  
- Crunches nuts, fears nothing  
- Softcore anatomy, hardcore crunch

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### 5. Parrots are genetically programmed to be ______; they’ll scream if you don’t give them enough attention.  
**Answer:** flock animals  

**Taglines:**  
- Need social time or they lose their minds—and yours  
- The extroverts of the bird world  
- Clingy with feathers  
- Love language: squawking  
- Group therapy birds

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## Multiple Choice Questions

### 1. Which parrot species has the longest potential lifespan in captivity?  
A. Cockatiel  
B. Budgie  
C. African Grey  
D. Hyacinth Macaw  
**Answer:** D. Hyacinth Macaw  

**Taglines:**  
- Some shine for 50–60+ years in the wild  
- The crypt keeper of parrots  
- Feathers of forever  
- Live long, squawk hard  
- Parrot pension plan included

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### 2. Parrots are best known for which physical trait?  
A. Long legs  
B. Curved beak  
C. Webbed feet  
D. Retractable talons  
**Answer:** B. Curved beak  

**Taglines:**  
- Built for cracking nuts and chewing toys  
- Can opener with attitude  
- Stylish and deadly  
- The Swiss Army knife of bird mouths  
- Smiles like a pirate’s nightmare

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### 3. Which of these parrots is most renowned for advanced mimicking and cognitive ability?  
A. Scarlet Macaw  
B. Sun Conure  
C. African Grey  
D. Kakapo  
**Answer:** C. African Grey  

**Taglines:**  
- Thought-level skills, word-level output  
- Talks the talk, plots the walk  
- The feathered valedictorian  
- Your smartest roommate  
- Parrot with WiFi brain

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### 4. What flightless, nocturnal parrot from New Zealand can live up to 90 years and uses its wings to parachute?  
A. Eclectus  
B. Kakapo  
C. Cockatoo  
D. Ringneck Parakeet  
**Answer:** B. Kakapo  

**Taglines:**  
- The chonky, feather-floor ninja of parrothood  
- Stealthy, cuddly, endangered  
- Night bird with day drama  
- Can’t fly, still fabulous  
- Feathers meet fat suit

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### 5. Which parrot sports green males and red-purple females—so different they were once thought distinct species?  
A. Sun Conure  
B. Eclectus  
C. Scarlet Macaw  
D. Barred Parakeet  
**Answer:** B. Eclectus  

**Taglines:**  
- Nature’s own "opposites attract" color rotation  
- Gender reveal bird but make it fashion  
- Like two parrots in a trench coat  
- Visual chaos, biological sense  
- They came to slay AND confuse
