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MAY 1, 2000 from GrumpyQueenOfMoomins 5/01/08 9:04 pm For 100, The Romans stole me and renamed me Venus. Which kat am I? Who is Aphroditie Vivian? For 200, MM's new narrator won an Emmy award for her role as ________ in _______. Who is Dr. Abbey Bartlett in "The West Wing"? For 300, These dominant males wore radio collars in March 2008. Who are Zaphod and Gazebo? (This info can be found on the March 08 names list; "RC" appears in the markings column) For 400, He hangs out near the KMP and thinks he's a cow. Who is Mr. Ernie Eland? For 500, Name the radio-collar-wearing yellow mongoose who is part of a KMP study. Who is Mickey and/or Chocchip? Scoreboard Tosca - 1500 WINNER!!! ********************************************************************* MAY 2, 2008 anniversary tournament ********************************************************************* MAY 3, 2008 from Tosca Quirkie 5/03/08 9:25 pm For 100, who are Mozart's grandmothers? Holly and Vivian For 200, meerkats are accused of eating ostrich eggs: is this true? No, their jaws are too small; they may have been seen eating the remains after some larger animal cracked open the egg. For 300, which meerkat's name means leopard? Kiango (Baobab) For 400, how many pups does Ella have on March names? 3 for sure and an unknown number of the 5 born after Flower died For 500, as of end of March which group was the largest and which the smallest? Nutters, with 20 more or less and Rascals with only 4 For 1 juicy scorpion, if Commando Reggie has beeen mailed back to the Slew's burrow from Rio, where is Mad Max? SCORES Yllohc 1500 and 3 juicy scoprions - love the answer! WINNER *********************************************************************************** MAY 4, 2008 from Yllohc 5/04/08 9:32 pm 100. I was bought for 5 Rand ($1) and ended up being a Dominant Male in 2 groups, who am I? Who is Beetle and he was DM of Whiskers and Hobgoblin 200. I played the DM of the Zappa as Houdini and I share a birthday with a Quirkie sister, who am I? Who is Dougal and Holly’s birthday. 300. I am also known as "knob head" who am I? Who is Teabag VYM113. 400. We are the stand ins for the MM kats when AP took pictures for their new rebranding commercials, who are we? Who are Jengo and Nalo of Fellow Earthlings 500. According to the Kalahari Raptor Identification sheet, what is the Common Meerkat Reaction to the Martial Eagle and how is that different that the reaction to the Tawny Eagle What is S**t a brick and bark from BH and for the Tawny it is only a pebble and bark from BH Cordee--1500-- Winner *********************************************************************************** MAY 5, 2008 from Cordeekat 5/05/08 10:26 pm I'm sorry they're late, our wireless internet was messed up and when my husband got it fixed it has been very slow. Answers and scores!! J All questions came from the KMP and FKMP sites. For 100 In what month was the great group Vivian Lseen? When is Dec. 2007? For 200 What ensures that a meerkat’s identity can be ascertained throughout it’s life in the KMP focal groups? What is a microchip implanted in the scruff of it’s neck? For 300 What has to be present for a number of meerkats to be considered a group in the life history protocol? What is a dominant female? For 400 What is the primary aim of the Kalahari Meerkat Project? What is to investigate the evolutionary causes and ecological consequences of cooperative breeding in mammals? For 500 When was the study site in the Kalahari Gemsbok Park effectively closed? What is May 1998? Scores: Kathy 1000 (Winner) *********************************************************************************** MAY 6, 2008 from Kathyh3 5/06/08 9:26 pm For 100: Why are meerkats placed at Fellow Earthlings?
What is they may be orphaned, injured, old, sick, or the previous facility has simply run out of room and can no longer care for them. For 200: Infanticide is less likely to occur after how long?
What is 4 days after birth. For 300: Play in meerkats is ___________ __________, and must be adaptive given that the cost of play to juveniles (in terms of future reproductive success) was _________ ________. What is energetically costly and potentially high. For 400: Females feed ________ pups significantly more than ________ pups, and males feed pups __ ____ _____ ______. What is female than male pups, and of both sexes equally. For 500: Breeding frequency is related to what and can cease altogether when what?
What is rainfall and when rainfall is unusually low. I gave credit for fill in the blanks when answers said basically the same thing, but in different words, and also drought for the second part of 500. Hope that's okay! jutton99: 1500 {{{WINNER!!}}}
*********************************************************************************** MAY 7, 2008 from Jtutton99 5/07/08 9:47 pm 100 - when is the first Friends visit scheduled? October 2008 200 - aside from being the first Friends visit, what makes this trip special? TCB is going to be there is what I was looking for but I gave each of you half credit. I believe Evi has posted that several times, but it may not be readily available. 300 - what unusual stand-in did Evi say the film-makers occasionally used for Flower in the MM film? pregnant males 400 - what will you find in VanZylsrus in the way of amenities and features? a fuel station, a general store and a hotel (currently being renovated). This is what I wanted, but I took the other answers unless they were really far off. 500 - how many children attend the school and what are the locals called? 300 and Tswana source http://www.kalahari-meerkats.com/index.php?id=krr-local Scores: Witty - 1400 WINNER!!!!! and you complained, shame, shame ***********************************************************************************MAY 8, 2008 from Topkat170 5/08/08 9:28 pm For 100 Describe Forbes? For 100 What is small flowering plants, usually annuals, common after rains? For 200 Pitfall traps are baited with? For 200 What is dung, rotting vegetables/fruit and mushrooms? For 300 The success of the Meerkat Project results primarily from our ability to collect _____ __________ of very detailed and unbiased ___-____ ____ on individually recognised individuals? For 300 What is large quantities and long-term data? For 400 Submissions are initiated by subordinates in the presence of dominant individuals; they can be what? For 400 What is very long or extremely brief and very subtle? For 500 Meerkats apparently compete for food in what conditions? For 500 What is poor? Grumpy - 1500 (((WINNER))) ********************************************************************************************************** MAY 9, 2008 from GrumpyQUeenOfMoomins 5/09/08 9:28 pm For 100, According to the S3 promo, Mozart's family has "moved ___ times in the last year." (Probably not entirely factual, but...) What is 37? For 200, DF Pronker suspects that Machu Pichu may be called by this stage name in S4. Who is Columbus? For 300, The S3 Zaphod promo features this song. What is "The Way I Are" by Timbaland? For 400, This film partially inspired Tim Clutton-Brock to study meerkats. What is Meerkats United? For 500, Take a look at the "pups emerging" picture on our front page. Only 1 of the pups pictured (now an adult) is still present and accounted for at the KMP. Name him/her. Who is Beatrice (VCDF019)? Scoreboard Squirrelly - 1100 (WINNER!!!) ***********************************************************************************************************MAY 10, 2008 from Squirrelly 5/10/08 9:18 pm For 100 Who is Beaker Whiskers great, great grandma? Who is Morgause For 200 Which meerkat has a broken tail tip? Who is Loki For 300 I'm named after South African dried meat..... Who am I? Who is Biltong For 400 SCARY RULERS: At one point this mob had a ruling pair named after a dictator (the DF) and a bounty hunter (the DM) Who is Mussolini and Boba Balrog For 500 In Anthony Brewer's ( Jaffa) meerkat photo gallery, one of the meerkats with the Gattaca mob is named after a Harry Potter character. Who is he/she? Who is Severus Snape Scoreboard: Tosca 1500 Winner!!!! *********************************************************************************************************** MAY 11, 2008 from Tosca-Quirkie 5/11/08 9:29 pm Happy Mothers Day! For 100, who is the most prolific mother? Mabili Drie Doring For 200, which kats had the largest litters? Vialli Whiskers and Ziziphus Lazuli with 7 each For 300, who is Skeeter Drie Doring's mother? Yula Mae (per Slew, Role Playground, 4/6/08) or Beryl Jean nee Griffen (per Slew, Role Playground 4/27/08) .. she has almost as many names as my mother For 400, who is Little My's mother? Sleepy Drie Doring-Moomins For 500, who do we hope is the grandmother of Cody Commandoes? Tosca Whiskers (Jogu was seen hanging out with Zorilla at the right time) SCORES: Cordee 1500 {{winner}} ***********************************************************************************MAY 12, 2008 from Cordeekat 5/12/08 10:19 pm For 100 This group was formed in October 2007, as a motley group consisting of two Commandos females, and two Whiskers males, two wild males, and one Frisky male. Who are the Kung Fu group? For 200 Who were the famous Avatar sisters? Who are Lazuli, Ziziphus, Igraine, and Morgause? For 300 Which group has three wild males that are named after rugby players? Who are the Toyota group? For 400 Performing correct ____-______ behaviour is crucial for prey to survive. What is anti-predator? For 500 Which group was no longer followed by June 2007 and was lost after being encountered, observed, and habituated for than 13 years? Who are the Balrog? Scores: Jtutton 1500(Winner!!) *********************************************************************************** MAY 13, 2008 from Jtutton99 5/13/08 9:50 pm 100 - what is the change in number of pups at the end of the month from March to April? (this could be from births and aging of older pups to juveniles, don't make this too hard) 58 in March to 33 in April, so difference is 25, I gave partial credit here 200 - which group had the most group encounters in April and how many did they have? Toyotas with 5 300 - who is the hottest meerkat researcher? Tom Flowers (this was in honor of Krazy who pointed that obvious fact out) 400 - name the changes in dominants from March to April. Commandos VWM096 to VWM094 (Miles to Baker) Kung Fu - VFM123 to VWM085 (Clinton Baptiste to Ningaloo) Polaris - VHX001 to ? (Carravagio) Rascals - VRRM106 to ? (Hoki) Toyota - no one to VTYM003 Whiskers VWF060 to VWF095 (Rocket Dog to Ella) 500 - who was the initial international film crew that filmed meerkat manor between October 2003 and April 2005? (hint - I found this while trying to find another download site for Ella: a meerkats tale or filming meerkat manor) John Brown and Robin Smith and sound-Matthew Drake and Laura Harvey I gave partial credit here if you got close Here is the article, it's really neat. http://www.iawf.org.uk/index.aspx?page=2&articleid=1005 for a juicy scorpion, what did they say about the meerkats a filming subjects? the meerkats themselves were great subjects; occasionally exasperating, often rather bewildering but always fantastic and charming congrats to cordee for finding this one! Scores: cordee - 1350 WINNER!!!! *********************************************************************************** MAY 14, 2008 from Cordeekat 5/14/08 9:24 pm For 100 Who was the semi-domesticated female meerkat at the KMP? Who was Vivian? For 200 What was the name of the one surviving pup of VYF052 Leia? What is Mickey Weasel VYM065? (from the Roving Roulette and Schnitzel(sp) contest answers) For 300 Which meerkat was described as having a scabby tail base, dark in colour, loves egg, very nervous? Who was VBF013 Mandella? For 400 Early body condition commonly has important downstream effects on what? What is fitness? For 500 What was MM Blossom’s KMP name? What is Sundance? Scores: Topkat 1500 {Winner!!} *********************************************************************************** MAY 15, 2008 from Topkat170 5/15/08 9:35pm For 100 Who are these meerkats and what are doing? Who are Flower, Zaphod, and an unknown Meerkat fighting for food? For 200 What is the name of the local watering hole where the Kalahari teams go to wet their whistle? What is the Vanzylsrus Gemsbok Hotel Bar? For 300 In the One Sentence Meerkat Story Game Grog chickens out and runs away Youssarian walks up to Cazanna and offers to check her for ticks what does Cazanna do? What is she flutters her eyelashes and bites him on the nose? For 400 In Meerkats in Space the next Generation Daisy, who has been sunning herself atop a Kalahari Geometric Tortoise, catches sight of Yoyo in his tinfoil hat and ..... (i think we all know where this is going ... ) what happens? What is she screams and faints? For 500 In Roleplay Daisy pokes her head above ground just as a cloud of Aqua Net approaches. She is just about to (we all know where this is going ... )? What is she screams and faints, but has a coughing fit? Tee Hee every one did great and everybody won... Grumpy 1500 (Winner) ********************************************************************************************************************************* MAY 16, 2008 from GrumpyQueenOfMoomins 5/16/08 9:49 pm For 100, Name the 3 directors of Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins. Who are Chris Barker, Mike Slee, and Jesus Montero (field director)? (partial credit for having the first 2) For 200, During of Evi's visit to the Frisky, she described Clinton Baptiste as trying to __________ . What is get a hole through to Alaska? For 300, We are siblings (tho not from the same litter), we are both dominants, and our mom was over 10 years old when she gave birth to us. Who are Makonkie Drie Doring and Gazebo Drie Doring-Frisky? (Mama was Mabili) For 400, Earthwatchers usually perform this daily household chore when visiting the KMP. What is doing the dishes? (From one of the Earthwatcher diaries...will post link once I find it again) For 500, Name the KMP mobs that still have their original dominant female. Who are the Moomins, Aztecs, Baobab, Kung Fu, Geckos, Van Helsing, Toyota, and Nutters? (Commandos original DF was one of Zorilla's older sisters) (partial credit here too) Scoreboard Tosca - 1050 (WINNER!!! ) ****************************************************** |
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