Answer: 32 (teeth)

Comment: lisping you may not be heard by gods

Источник: http://annales.info/2riv/sadaev/23.htm

Автор: Михаил Эстрин

16.

A new species of lizards has been found in the tropical forest of Ecuador. What name of the Italian origin has it been given?

Answer: pinocchio

Источник: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/08/pinocchio-lizard-spotted/

Автор: Ганина Алёна (г. Ижевск)

17. In 1992 the cargo ship with 29,000 plastic ducks left Hong Kong for the USA. During the storm the container with duck toys was washed down into the ocean. Now periodically they show up near Alaska, Hawaii and other areas. What are the scientists studying efficiently thanks to that accidental fleet?

Answer: ocean streams

Comment: there are 1,500 of them are still floating in the ocean

Источник: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/lost-at-sea-on-the-trail-of-mobyduck-2226788.html

Автор: Ольга Нечаева

18. There is a famous American tradition to have an annual weather prediction on the 2^nd of February when the groundhog (сурок) gets out of the burrow (нора). In the Central Russia peasants said, “The spring begins on the 16^th of March when IT gets out of the burrow.” What did peasants expect to get out?

Answer: a bear

Comment: After hibernation

Источник: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_марта

Автор: Александр Митряков

19. A group of hippopotomus is called a crash. A group of fish is called a school

A group of emus is called a mob.A group of elephants is called a parade.

What animals’ group is called a tower?

Группа этих животных по-английски называется “tower”, то есть “башня”. Назовите этих животных

Ответ: жирафы

http://cargocollective.com/learnsomethingeveryday/246250/31-January

Автор:Александр Митряков

20. Birds feathers are used for pillows (подушки), shuttlecocks (воланы для бадминтона) and so on. In these cases not many birds are used. From 2009 to 2011 400 billion birds were used according to statistics. Where were they used? Answer: in the game Angry Birds

Зачет: по смыслу

Комментарий: по 50 на каждого жителя планеты, включая младенцев, неграмотных и безруких

Источник: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds

Автор: Александр Митряков

21. During World War II allies suffered the lack of metal therefore they regarded the idea of using disposable carriers (одноразовые авианосцы) made of IT. IT seemed to be cheap and unsinkable (непотопляемый). Meanwhile it’s rather curious because ships try to avoid them. What is IT? (one word answer).

Answer: iceberg

Комментарий: посчитав, поняли, что это всё же невыгодно.

Источник: http://www.membrana.ru/particle/2936

Автор: Александр Митряков

22. According to the legend, the pelican can feed its babies with its own fresh blood to save them from hunger, therefore it’s a symbol of THESE PEOPLE. Who are THEY? (one word answer)

Answer: donors

Источник:http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD

Автор: Александр Митряков (Ижевск)

23 The winners of the The Best Teacher of the Year Contest are usually self-sacrificing people, donating their best efforts, private time and material resources to their students. Therefore the prize for them is a crystal statue of the bird. What bird?

Answer: a pelican

Источник:http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD

Автор: Александр Митряков (Ижевск)