Quirkie Meerkat Jeopardy

MAY 17 2008 from Tosca-Quirkie 9:39pm

For 100, what is GrumpyQueenof Moomin's new contact call?

-- Bling, bling, bling, bling

For 200, what does CRIMP stand for?

-- Commando Reggie's Intstitue for Malicious Pets (from the comments on Episode 16)

For 300, Mabili had 22 surviving litters and 79 surviving pups during her 10+ year reign; name her currently surviving children.

-- Only Makonkie and Gazebo

For 400, what species did Simon protect Gracie and Mae Mae from, and try to herd out of the area?

-- aardvarks

For 500, what plant that grows in the Kalahari contains a compound that makes you think you're not hungry?

-- hoodia, or Xhoba

Ballet 1500 WINNER I had to give full points for your answers to 100 and 500 - they were so funny

100 - What is "why don't you come up and see me sometime"?; 500 - What is Meerkat Wild Animal Crunch?

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May 18, 2008 from Balletcatterrie 11:02 pm

Sorry this is late - it is 100 degrees in the shade here.

100 - How many meerkats does it take to screw in a light bulb?

200 - Why did the meerkat cross the road?

300 - A meerkat and a Leopard tortoise walk into a bar ....

400 - Zaphod, Yossarian, a fork-tailed drongo and 2 southern pied babblers are in a rowboat when a flock of sociable weavers start building a nest in the bow ...

500 - Give the scientific classification (Kingdom, phylum, class, order, etc.) of the elusive and succulent Bibron's thick toed gecko.

Answer to 500 is: Animalia; Chordata, Vertebrata (sub-phylum), Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekkoninae (subfamily), Pachydactylus , P. bibronii

Note to all: Scientific Nomenclature :: The Latin-derived scientific names are capitalized except for the specific and subspecific names. The generic, specific, and subspecific names are underlined or italicized. The names of the following are capitalized: kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, subclass, superorder, order, suborder, superfamily, family, subfamily, tribe, genus, subgenus.

The names of the following are not capitalized: superspecies, species, subspecies.

Names of superspecies, species, and subspecies always appear with the name of the genus (or at least the genus abbreviated) so that the full specific name begins with a capital letter.

The full specific name, genus plus species (and superspecies and subspecies, if used), is italicized or underlined.

Winner is ..... ???? TopCat

ToscaQuirkie - Excellent Systema Naturae, but ... cut and paste? Hmmmm ..... However, 400 points for raising this fascinating point: Sauropsida versus Reptilia

In the current cladistic based system, the Linnean classification of the Class Reptilia in terms of four sub-classes has been replaced. Euryapsida is considered either a subgroup of Diaspida or rejected altogether. "Sauropsid" (as a monophyletic clade) is retained to refer to all non-synapsid amniotes (or sometimes just replaced by "Reptilia" even though this group includes birds). The term "Theropsida" is replaced by Synapsida, which now refers to both the old subclass Synapsida and the mammals. In

Correction!!!!!

The winner is SQUIRRELY for being the Last One to Post!!!

topkat's answers:

For 100 What is The sun is shining. The day is young. We've got our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out bulb?

For 200 What is To boldly go where no Meerkat has gone before?

For 300 What is A meerkat walks into a bar with a steering wheel on his pants. The bartender says, "hey, you''ve got a steering wheel on your pants."?
The Meerkat says, "Arrrr, I know. It''s driving me nuts."

For 400 What is Dead ahead, through the pitch-black night, SO Youssy sees a light on a collision course with his rowboat. He sends a signal: "Change your course ten degrees east."
"Change yours ten degrees west," comes the reply.
The captain responds, "I'm a United States Navy captain! Change your course, sir!"
"I'm YO second class," the next message reads. "Change your course, sir."
The captain is furious. "I'm a battleship! I'm not changing course!"
"I'm a lighthouse. It's Your call." ?

tosca-quirkie's answers:

For 100, what is 20 �?1 DF to decide to change the bulb; 1 DM to mate guard her; 3 sentries to stand guard; 1 evicted female to hover on the periphery; 2 babysitters to keep the.. 4 naughty pups out of the way; 4 helpers to clear the burrow entrance; 2 stong older males to carry the ladder; 1 subordinant female to carry the light bulb, and 1 agile yearling to scamper up the ladder and change the bulb?

For 200, to prove that he could get to the other side without getting run over?

For 400, what is Zaphod tries to hip-slam them off the boat but falls off himself; the pied babblers babble at them with no effect; the fork-tailed drongo gives a meerkat alarm call, which the sociable weavers ignore; finally Youssarian crosses his paws and settles back to deliver a long scientific lecture, like he used to give back on the starship KMP Whiskers; pretty soon the sociable weavers�?eyes start to close and they all fall off the boat?

the_Slew's answers:

100-What is do they make sure they are enviromentally safe bulbs?

200-What is it was Skeeter Drie Doring going to a garage sale?

300-What is after ordering their drinks the meerkat asks about details concerning the tortoises' mugging by 2 snails the day before. The tortoise says :" I really cannot remember. It all happened so fast."?

400-What is Zaphod looks into the camera and quips"You don't see this everyday on animal planet."?

Jtutton's answers:

for 100 - what is at least 3, the DF to decide it needs changing, the DM to keep on sentry whilst the changing is taking place, and at least one subdominant to do their bidding?

for 200 - what is to reach the bigger, fatter, tastier scorpions or a female in oestrus?

for 300 - what is I'm horrible at making up jokes?

for 400 - what is Zaphod says to Youssarian "we can't keep our food for ourselves because the drongos keep stealing it, now we'll never get any sleep with the babblers and the weavers here"?

Squirelly's answers:

For 100 What is 10. One to change the lightbulb and 9 to stand around looking cute

For 200 What is because he had finished pooping in it

For 300 What is the meerkat and Tortoise look around and say "What are these Rabbi, Priest, and Minister doing in here?"

For 400 What is Youssy says to Zaphod "This would make a good reality show" ***********************************************************************************

MAY 19, 2008 from Squirrelly 9:32 pm

Today's edition of Jeopardy is called ALL STINKER, ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

For 100 What is Stinker's original KMP name ( first and last name)

Tinker Young Ones

For 200 How long was Stinker's reign as Dominant Male of the Balrog?

5 brief days of glory

For 300 In what episode does Stinker mate with Mozart?

Iron Lady

For 400 Name 2 Sons of Stinker who have appeared on Meerkat Manor

Basil/ Big Cy and Izit

For 500 What number is Stinker on the all time top 10 rover list?

number 5

I accepted Alexander for 400 because he is a son of Stinker and he may have appeared in season 3 scenes where the Young Ones where playing the Zappa. Grog is Stinker's half brother, not his son.

Mi shi mo to 1500 WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!*********************************************************************************

MAY 20, 2008 from Mi_Sh_Mo_To 3:11 am

Hey sorry for the delay im at school right now my comp. has crashed again , i tried to do them as quick as i can

For 100 What famous Beverly hills�?cop was Axel named after?

---- Axel Foley

For 200 How many of Morgause's 80 pups made it as dominants?

--13 in total

For 300 Which two meerkats of the famous "7 dwarfs" litter teamed up to make the moomins group?

--Grumpy and Sleepy

For 400 Axel got left behined in a fight between Whiskers and Young ones and was acepted by whiskers wich are not his natal group. Wich other pup and with wih groups has this happend with?

-- i had heard this somewere but didnt think it was FKMPso i wont post the answer

For 500 Which meerkats originally founded whiskers?

--VYF008 holly; VYF011 piglet;VLM002 ARGORN; VLM003 beetle

Squirrelly= 1100(winner!!)

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MAY 21 2008 from Squirrelly 9:32 pm

For 100 What meerkat (first and last name) is named for the character in Harrison Ford's upcoming movie? Who is Indy Zappa

For 200 How are Flower and Asterix related? Asterix is Flower's Aunt. Morgause is Asterix's and Holly's mother and Flower's grandmother

For 300 Which 2 Elveera brothers battled to win the paw of the widowed Morgause? Who are Goblin and Sprite (There is a very good article on meerkat playfighting featuring researcher Lynda Sharpe that describes Goblin and Sprite's fight in naturalhistorymag.com. Several sites, including Evi's have links to it)

For 400 After the migration of the Vivian males into Whiskers in 2001, what mob did Beetle join? What is Hobgoblin (This answer can be found on the FKMP public site, under the previous contests. Beetle was one of the holiday contest questions and it tells how he went to the Hobgoblin)

For 500 This meerkat is named for a character in the pantomime Aladdin who is a pantomime dame (a female character played by a man.) Who is Widow Twanky Balrog.

Grumpy 1500 Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!*****************************************************************************

MAY 22, 2008 from GrumpyQueenOfMoomins 9:27 pm

For 100, Two precious pups named Kala and Hari were born last summer at this U.S. zoo.

-- the San Diego Zoo

For 200, In the MM S3 episode "Journey's End," this Whiskers goofball buried his/herself in sand up to his/her neck and splatted while the others were working to clear burrow entrances.

-- Einstein

For 300, In the publicly available info on the FKMP site, there are only 2 kats who have undergone a name change. Name them (both the original and the new names).

-- Napoleon Dynamite ==> Mau Mau Hoax, and Pinkapop ==> Burdock Whiskers (I like Pinkapop better!) The Game's name was also changed, but I couldn't find it in the publicly available info.

For 400, This mob was named after a South African ethnic/tribal group.

-- the Xhosa

For 500, These two littermates were born on the 40th anniversary of one of the most infamous events in American history. Name the kats, and the infamous historical event.

-- Zaphod and Yossarian, born on the 40th anniv. of the founding of the John Birch Society (watched a creepy documentary on the JBS the other day, and I was like, Dec 9...that date sounds familiar!)

Eruth - 1500 (WINNER!!!)***********************************************************************************************************************MAY 23, 2008 from Eruth 9:47pm

Multiple choice: When you post your answer, just put the letter.

For 100: What is Tosca’s real name?
<DIR> <DIR>

A. Ella

B. Baddiel

C. Lucy

D. Ginger
</DIR></DIR>
For 200: What do adult Meerkats do when the pups become uncontrollable?
<DIR> <DIR>

A. Give them some food

B. Give them a forewarn growl

C. Pick them up by the scruff of their necks

D. Send them to their room with out supper
</DIR></DIR>
For 300: In the episode "On Dangerous Ground," Why does Mitch give the alarm for when the Whiskers are looking for new territory?
<DIR> <DIR>

A. He sees a snake

B. He has to go to the bathroom

C. He sees another mob

D. He sees a Eagle Owl
</DIR></DIR>
For 400: Which Balrog was quite nervous and loves water?
<DIR> <DIR>

A. Papa-Wheelies

B. Rapunzel

C. Willow

D. Owlet
</DIR></DIR>
For 500: Why were the Whiskers chosen as the Meerkat Manor heroes?
<DIR> <DIR>

A. The are the reseachers�?favorite mob

B. They were the friendliest mob
C. They are a well established group

D. They like the cameras
</DIR></DIR>
For a German Chocoscorpion Brownie who is momakat’s favorite meerkat?
<DIR> <DIR>

A. Sophie

B. Flower

C. Flutternutter

D. Shakespeare
</DIR></DIR>
JT - 1000 - Winner

Pronker's answers:

In a hybrid state of mind...Hehehe...You are all too serious for a long holiday weekend including a movie premiere and behind the scenes special. So let me take you behind the spotlight to the real Kalahari meerkats:

For 100: What's in a name? A meerkat by any other name would smell eh the same?

For 200: Well if you look at the Dr. Yoyo's babysitting guide, he uses all of the above, sometimes in a row.

For 300: Poor Mitchy. Didn't you notice he was always on guard duty? It's not really Daisy who was the spaz. Mitch was terrified of unidentified flying objects. Some say he was finally abducted. Sigh I guess we'll never know...

For 400: Yeah you'd be nervous if your family members were from shadow and fire and of course you'd like a nice dip in a pool.

For 500: Darrrlinks, meerkats are meerkats, doesn't matter the name or the size of your family they are all "stars"

For a German Chocoscorpion Brownie Ah-hem, Holly likes the hunky chunky kats...the George Clooney of meerkats.
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