One for sorrow, two for joy… and three magpies can be a tiding, a charm, or a gulp. A collective noun is used to describe a group or collection of things as a whole. A collective noun that describes a ...

You’ve heard of a flock of birds or a bunch of flowers, but how well do you know other collective nouns? Take our quiz below to test your knowledge of these often bizarre groupings.

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A 'confusion' of questions: find out if you're a collective noun expert with this tricky quiz ...

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