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Which joint bends a flamingo's leg backward, and what does crop milk lack? These flamingo trivia questions fill five rounds, from the grebes in the family tree to the Camargue.
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Five rounds, from a water nymph to Flamingo City
Names, kin and kinds finds a water nymph in a genus name. Legs, bill and breath measures a windpipe longer than the bird. Colonies, nests and chicks asks what crop milk lacks and why zoos hang mirrors. The American flamingo follows a hurricane north. The greater flamingo and people goes from Kazakhstan to an Egyptian god.
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Choose from four answers. The card confirms the right one, says why in a sentence and points to the article where it was read. Ten questions fill a set; Scored round asks twenty and marks none until the last.
Questions and answers
Why do flamingos stand on one leg?
Nobody is sure. One idea is that it conserves body heat during long spells of wading in cold water; another is that it takes less muscular effort. The pose can be held without any muscle activity.
Why are flamingos pink?
Their food colors them. The plankton they eat, animal and plant, carries carotenoids, which liver enzymes break down into pink and reddish pigments. Young flamingos hatch with grayish-red plumage.
What do flamingos eat?
Flamingos are omnivores. They filter brine shrimp and other crustaceans, mollusks, insects, larvae and cyanobacteria out of the water, holding the bill upside down so that it strains mud and silt from the food.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia articles Flamingo, American flamingo or Greater flamingo; every question links its own. Population figures, single named birds, and flamingos as food in ancient Rome are left out.