I watch very little TV and am not a fan of quiz shows. I went into the living room last week when 'Who wants to be a millionaire' was running. The question was "what is a Throstle"? I am aware of less well known words for some UK birds e.g. 'windhover' for kestrel but had never heard the word throsle before.
However it sounds very much like the modern German Drossel which is the word for song thrush. Since many older English and modern German words share a common root I assumed that was what the throstle was.
The answer proved to be correct!
