| 1. What is a scarecrow? | | | | A. Mommet |
| A. A device to scare birds | | | | B. Murmet |
| B. A device to keep farmers company | | | | C. Hodmedod |
| C. A device to motivate gardeners | | | | D. Tattie bogle |
| D. A device to entertain visitors | | | | E. They are all scarecrow names |
| A. A device to scare birds | | | | E. They are all scarecrow names |
| TOPICS: A scarecrow is a device (traditionally a | | | | TOPICS: It is the Mommet in Somerset, the Murmet |
| mannequin) that is used to discourage birds such as | | | | in Devon, the Hodmedod in Berkshire, and the Tattie |
| crows from disturbing crops. | | | | bogle in Scotland. |
| 2. Why is it a scarecrow instead of a scarebird? | | | | 7. One of the oldest designs of bird scarer is the |
| A. Crows are more easily frightened | | | | scarecrow in the shape of a human figure, but |
| B. Crows are not easily frightened | | | | humans have created many different forms of bird |
| C. Crows are the biggest problem bird | | | | scarers. Which is a real bird scarer? |
| D. Crows are the least problem bird | | | | A. Bubbles |
| C. Crows are the biggest problem bird | | | | B. Balloons |
| TOPICS: Crows are large and eat a lot plus they are | | | | C. Kites |
| smart and tend to congregate in large groups. The | | | | D. B and C |
| combination makes them one of the biggest problem | | | | D. B and C |
| birds for farmers and gardeners. | | | | TOPICS: It's true both balloons and kites are used to |
| 3. What other types of "scares" do gardeners and | | | | scare birds although reportedly the kites are more |
| farmers use to repel crows? | | | | effective as many species of bird are also naturally |
| A. Reflective ribbons | | | | afraid of predators such as birds of prey. |
| B. Noise guns | | | | 8. Are there any living scarecrows outside of the |
| C. Dead crows | | | | Wizard of Oz? |
| D. Pictures of cats | | | | A. Humans |
| E. A, B, and C | | | | B. Dogs |
| E. A, B, and C | | | | C. Cats |
| TOPICS: Modern scarecrows seldom take a human | | | | D. Birds |
| shape. On California farmland, highly reflective | | | | E. B and D |
| aluminized PET film ribbons are tied to the plants to | | | | E. B and D |
| create shimmers from the sun. Another approach are | | | | TOPICS: The control of birds by trained border collies |
| automatic noise guns powered with propane gas. In | | | | has been used at aerodromes, golf courses and |
| the southern Appalachians another common method | | | | agricultural land. Falcons and hawks have also been |
| of scaring off crows was use of a dead crow hung | | | | used successfully to control not only birds but rodent |
| upside down from a pole. | | | | populations. The success of this method of bird |
| 4. How are crows a problem? | | | | control is based on the fact that many birds have a |
| A. Eat recently cast seed | | | | natural fear of falcons and hawks as predators, so |
| B. Pull up recently sprouted corn and other plants | | | | their presence in the area encourages problem |
| C. Return to the same place nightly | | | | species to disperse. |
| D. Gather in a group of 20 to 30 | | | | 9. What "toy" is often used to scare birds? |
| E. All of the above | | | | A. Squirt gun |
| E. All of the above | | | | B. Model airplane |
| TOPICS: Crows can be a problem in Spring gardens. | | | | C. Bicycle |
| They can work down a row pulling up recently | | | | D. Baseball bat |
| sprouted corn to eat the remaining seed/seedlings. | | | | B. Model airplane |
| Not only do crows feed on recently cast seed, they | | | | TOPICS: Radio-controlled model aircraft have been |
| also gather nightly, starting with groups of a half | | | | used to scare or 'haze' bird pests since the early |
| dozen which then unite to form a group of 20 to 30 | | | | 1980s, mainly over airfields, but have also been used |
| and so on until the flock is quite large and noisy. It is | | | | over agricultural areas, fisheries and landfill sites. This |
| their habit to return to the same place each night. | | | | method has been shown to be very effective and |
| 5. According to L. Frank Baum, author of "The | | | | birds habituate more slowly to a treatment in which |
| Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the scarecrow wanted | | | | they are being actively hazed. |
| what more than anything? | | | | 10. Ultrasonic scarers are electronic devices that |
| A. A home | | | | produce what kind of sound? |
| B. A brain | | | | A. Too high a pitch for people to hear |
| C. A heart | | | | B. Too low a pitch for people to hear |
| D. Courage | | | | C. Too bass a pitch for people to hear |
| B. A brain | | | | D. Too treble a pitch for people to hear |
| TOPICS: The scarecrow was commonly used in 19th | | | | A. Too high a pitch for people to hear |
| century English Literature, as shown by its presence | | | | TOPICS: Ultrasonic scarers are electronic devices that |
| in the L. Frank Baum tale The Wonderful Wizard of | | | | produce high volume ultrasound. The sound is |
| Oz, as one of the main protagonists. The Scarecrow | | | | designed to be too high pitched for people to hear, |
| of Oz was searching for brains from the Great | | | | but audible to most birds. This has the advantage to |
| Wizard. In the film The Wizard of Oz The Scarecrow | | | | preventing disturbance to neighbouring households. |
| of Oz was portraited by Ray Bolger. | | | | However, these can be heard by some people, |
| 6. In the United Kingdom, where the use of | | | | particularly females and the young, and although this |
| scarecrows as a protector of crops goes back to | | | | ability is generally lost with age it can cause |
| times immemorial, and where dialects were rife, there | | | | discomfort and even headaches for those in |
| are a wide range of alternative names. Which is not | | | | proximity who have sensitive high-range hearing. |
| another name for scarecrow? | | | | |