Me neither. I read a couple of descriptions of striped cuckoos. None mentioned this tidbit and that made me suspicious.

On the other hand, I did find this: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/science-news/cuckoo-chicks-earn-their-keep

It includes a picture of a nest with a cuckoo chick and, although it doesn’t look like a pine cone, you can easily make out the speckled feathers. Also, the article is interesting in asserting that the cuckoos’ parasitism isn’t all bad.

How long before before the instructor is able to put a trick question on the test (i.e., “Both”) because The Pokemon Company has started licensing names to pharmaceutical companies?

No, the two Rs were already revealed. Foxy?