Problem: What is claimed to be the fastest bird in level flight, (though its record is in dispute from supporters of the White-throated Needletail)?
Answer: red breasted merganser

Problem: The paint calcamine (or kalsomine) is better known by what name?
Answer: whitewash

Problem: What type of animal was Laika, who was the first living animal to orbit the Earth in Sputnik 2, launched by Russia?
Answer: dog

Problem: What was the popular name for Bethlem (or Bethlehem) Hospital, the first home for the insane in Britain established in 1403?
Answer:
bedlam