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For the Birds II

Cast and model of dodo.
Oxford University Natural History Museum.
Image Wikimedia Commons

Today’s questions have no date connection, but there is a theme.

One

This Sebastian Faulks novel published in 1993 is partly set during a major conflict. What is the novel and in what conflict is it partly set?


Two

Columbine, pertaining to the family Columbidae, refers to what?


Three

The dodo is an extinct flightless bird. To where was it native, and in what century was one last seen alive?


Four

The UK’s Hawker Siddeley Harrier evolved from the Hawker P.1127 prototype and which evaluation aircraft? Which branch of the US military also took delivery of more than 100 of these V/STOL aircraft?


Five

Three birds feature on the Australian coat of arms; how many can you name?


Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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