JANUARY 1 2008

from Squirrellygirly 1/01/08 8:08 pm

For 100 This meerkat is named for the Scandinavian thunder god
who is Thor Drie Doring

For 200 Who are the 2 Vivians born in 2007 on the December 2007 name list?
Who are Didly Bong and Meerdogg. I'm not sure if they were pups or wild immigrants, I apologize if they were first seen in 2007 and not born in 2007. But everyone got it right anyways.

For 300 On the KMP gallery "Portraits" album, this dominant male of the Balrogs is proudly wearing his radio collar.
Who is Boba Vivian Balrog. If you click on the thumbnail and enlarge it you can definitely see he's wearing a collar.

For 400 Who was Asterix's mother?
Who is Morgause

For 500 Name the 4 mobs that the legendary Stinker has been a membe of (his birth mob and 3 as dominant male)
What are Young Ones (birth mob) and Vivian, Gattaca, and Balrog as DM.

Scoreboard:

Nikita 1500 WINNER
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JANUARY 2 2008

from NikitaCommando1 1/02/08 11:27 pm

for 100-Which group was the first to be habituated in the kuraman river reserve?

100-who is Zion?

for 200-Which month did Jim Bob die?

200-what is April?

for 300-How do meerkats defend their territory? (there are 3 ways)

300-What is maintaining latrine sites, make impressive visual threats, and fight?

for 400-During the first group split on meerkat manor, in the non-Flower group, who was it that spotted the lazuli coming towards the watering hole?

400-who is Shakespeare?

for 500-How many groups were Started by the Vivian?
500-what is 7?

krazy-1300 WINNER!
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JANUARY 3 2008

from Krazymeerkats 1/03/08 8:16 pm

For 100 What is the smallest mongoose in Africa?
For 100 What is a Dwarf Mongoose?

For 200 Which meerkat sounded a piercing alarm and leapt from Lynda Sharpe's shoulder?
For 200 Who is Bettik?

For 300 If you were a volunteer and getting ready to eat Brinjai Bake what are you eating?
For 300 What is Eggplant?

For 400 When conducting a walking survey volunteers will spread themselves out how much?
For 400 What is 50 meters?

For 500 What are the 3 most forms of foraging competition?
What is Blocking, Pushing and Fighting?

If you got two out of three for 500 I gave you 400 points.

Meerkat1212 - 1500 (((Winner)))
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JANUARY 4 2008

from meerkat1212 1/04/08 8:31 pm

For 100, how many Whiskers girls were pregnant at the end of December?
13 total : 5 in Aztecs, 4 in BBs, 4 in Whiskers (this was not intended to be a trick
question; the 6th girl was pregnant at the begining of December but gave birth during
the month, as most of you noted in 300)

For 200, which lady kat(s) was evicted the most times in December?
Flo Whiskers, (VWF090) 2 times from Aztecs; and Diana (VLF102) and Papillon Lazuli
(VLF128) 2 times each from Lazuli

For 300, who had babies in December?
Monkulus/Maybelline Whiskers-Aztecs VWF063), Makonkie Drie Doring (VDF089), Bootle
Frisky (VFF121), and Punk Zappa (VZZF044)

For 400, what groups on November list are not on the December list?
Hoax, Java, Vivian, and Young Ones per V1.0 1/03; none missing per V2.0 1/04

For 500, what is Tina Sparkle, our Sophie, up to on the December report?
there is no mention of her; she was pregnant and alone at end of November, but not "last
seen" per V1.0; she left the Hoax and was Last Seen per V.2.0 (minus 200 to all who left out Last Seen)


SCORES: and it wasn't easy, let me tell you
flowermozartfan 1500 woo hoo! (I hope you're right that she is still in the area)
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JANUARY 5 2008

from Flowermozartfan 1/05/08 8:31 pm

For 100 This motley group was formed in October 2007.
---Who is the Kung Fu?(Yes krazy that was my first thought when I heard that name too)

For 200 Meerkats from these groups formed the above group.
---Who are Commandos, Whiskers,Frisky and wild males?

For 300 How many absent group members attempted to rejoin their own groups in December?
---What is 14? (This is under the encounter column on life history report as appears. The ones with an asterisk.)

For 400 Why was habituation of JAVA suspended?
---What is in order to focus habituation resources on larger wild groups or groups containing habituated members?

For 500 These 2 Young Ones are still being monitored.
---Who are Homestar Runner & Philippe?

krazy 1200 WINNER!!!(loved your answers!)
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JANUARY 6 2008

from Krazymeerkats 1/06/08 8:12 pm

For 100 Tell me about Grumpy's new DM?
For 100 Who is VMMM042 - Leonardo - Birth/F-see 31 Oct 07? (I did not know about the Ninja Turtle meerkat names but I like it)

For 200 As of Dec 07 Zaphod is the oldest kat, so who is the oldest Subordinate male and Subordinate female?
For 200 Who is Harvey - VRRM064 - 7 Feb 03 and VMMF006 - Little My - 9 Dec 02?

For 300 When Evi visited the Frisky while foraging this meerkat was trying to dig a hole through Alaska?
For 300 Who is Clinton Baptiste?

For 400 Evi said this mob's current sleeping burrow is the worst imaginable and why?
For 400 Who is Elveera and what is it's next to piles of rubbish left by the farm’s workers, and close to two jackal carcasses �?probably victims to poison or a gun.?

For 500 Listen carefully is that the 'Pip Pip' sentinel call and what does it mean?
For 500 What is Pip Pip sentinel call they emit causes those in the near vicinity to look for predators less and spend more time foraging? (If you said Watchman's Song I will accept but in the Field guide I was looking at the 'Pip Pip'...

For one juicy scorpion what call is this: Say what 'mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi' oh no you didn't
- What is the Submissive call?

Wow you guys are good...

JT - 1500 and 1 Juicy Scorpion (((Winner)))
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JANUARY 7 2008

from Jtutton 1/07/08 8:33 pm

For 100 - In season 2, Young Blood, what do we see drinking from the trough (aside from meerkats)?

For 100, what is a yellow mongoose?

For 200 - Define IGI.

For 200, IGI is intergroup interaction from the life history information on FKMP.

For 300 - Which Balrogs are named for fairy tale characters (original fairy tales, not new ones)?

For 300 who are Rapunzel, Gretel, Hanzel, and Cinders. I think Cinders was obscure, so I gave credit whether you had her or not and I didn't take off for not including dead meerkats.

For 400 - Where does Mbabane Balrog's name come from (origin)?

For 400, Mbabane is the capital of Swaziland, you said Switzerland, lolababy, that's why I suggested you go back.

For 500 - How many KMP papers look at vocalizations?
For 500, there are10 papers that look at vocalizations, they also call them "calls," so vocalizations on the database wouldn't bring up all the ones with calls in the title or abstract.

Good game everyone. Here are the scores:

mk1212 - 1400 - WINNER!!!!!
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JANUARY 8 2008

from Meerkat1212 1/08/08 8:32 pm

For 100, when did the first Balrog die from suspected TB?
Feb. 6, 2003

For 200, what is the expected high in Van Zylsrus tomorrow?
95 F. or 35 C.

For 300, what is the total January rainfall for Van Zyslrus? And for December (2007)?
0.47 in / 1.20 cm January; 1.15 in / 2.90 cm December
per weather underground: www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68329.html

For 400, which rover was chased away by a young pup?
Grog

For 500, what happened to litter VY0402 on March 9, 2004?
They were victims of infanticide the day they were born to VYF100;
VYF095 went below, came up with one pup and competed for it with
VYF084 (Asterix) and VEM037

SCORES:
flowermozartfan 1500 the Winner!
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JANUARY 9 2008

from Flowermozartfan 1/09/08 8:22 pm

NOTE: These ALL come from the episode "Iron Lady".
For 100 Who decides to sleep in?
---Who is a pregnant Flower?

For 200 What is the "country club"?
---What is the watering hole?

For 300 Who is most frustrated by the tortoise egg?
---Who is Einstein?

For 400 Who winds up with egg on their faces?
---Who are Flower and Zaphod?

For 500 Which 2 meerkats vie for Mozart's affection and who wins?
---Who are Carlos and Sondheim and Sondheim/Stinker wins?

eruth 1500<<<<<WINNER>>>>>>

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JANUARY 10 2008

from Eruth66 1/10/08 8:24 pm

100: This mob was started by a number of Lazuli females and Drie Doring males back in 2001?

Who are Moomins?

200: There are usually this many students, staff, and volunteers at the KRR study at any one time.

What is 10 �?15?

300: One of the first suggestions for why helpers should assist in rearing the dominants offspring was that the helpers benefited from helping individuals who are related to them. This is called?

What is Kin Selection?

400: What months is the breeding season for Meerkats in the wild?

What are October �?April?

500: How does Professor Tim Clutton-Brock describe the smell of a Meerkat’s scent mark?

What is "musty, but not human, though definitely not human?"


600: In the opening of episode 4, "Death of a Romance," What does Sean Astin say the Starskys�?are doing as the storm approaches?

What is batting down the hatches?

For three juicy Scorpions, in the Commercial for season 3’s premiere, what does the Whispery voice for Flower say?

What is�?
If we could see the future
What would we see
A family
A journey
A forbidden romance
A new home
Another war we may not survive
Something’s coming
I can feel it in the wind
I can feel it in every beating heart around me
It all begins now?

Scores:
Kittyglitter �?1900 Winner
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JANUARY 11 2008

from Kittyglitter 1/11/08 8:21 pm

For 100, Name the kats born into the Young Ones who are present and accounted for as of Dec. 2007.

Who are Axel (VYM137), Philippe (VYM129), Homestar Runner (VYM130), Teabag (VYM113), and Biltong (VYM114)? (The kats remaining with the Young Ones mob were not present and accounted for in Dec. because they not be tracked, which is stated in the notes on the LH page. Also, Habusu was listed as LSeen.)

For 200, In Zambia, meerkats are known as "_____ _____."

What are sun angels?

For 300 (DAILY DOUBLE), Name Mary Pat Gattaca-Commandos�?KMP ID number.

What is VGGF016?

For 400, Name the sub-adult females listed as pregnant in the Dec. 2007 LH.

Who are Amira Whiskers (VWF117), Squig Whiskers-Aztecs (VWF118), Burdock Whiskers-Aztecs (VWF115) and Papillon Lazuli (VLF128)?

For 500, In "Three Degrees of Separation," Sean refers to a non-existant KMP mob when he says that the Starsky sisters had better be careful because they’re in "______ country."

What is "Bandit?" (I wonder if "Bandits" will be the stage name for the RealCommados in S4�?

Golden Scorpion �?Find a major factual error on this page: http://www.oaklandzoo.org/meet_the_animals/slender-tailed-meerkat

(There were several to choose from)

What is "reproduction is not monopolized by an alpha pair"?
What is "females usually have one litter per season"?
What is "turns at sentry duty can last over an hour without relief"?
What is that meerkats are members of the Viverridae family? (Actually they are in the Herpestidae family)

SCOREBOARD
JT �?1800 + GS (WINNER!!!)

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JANUARY 12 2008

from Jtutton_99 1/12/08 8:19 pm

For 100 - How many meerkat hits do you get on youtube?

I was looking for about 1090, that's if you use meerkat, if you use meerkats, you get 544. I gave half credit to all, since no one saw that.

For 200 - Which group had the most meerkats absent at the end of December?

Commandos, 7

For 300 - What non-meerkat do we see drinking from the trough in "Iron Lady" S2?

Tortoises, good guess ratties!

For 400 - In 2004, which Young Ones litter is mentioned most often in the life history, which pups were in that litter, and how many times is it mentioned?

0403; VYM110, VYF108, VYM111 (Habusu), VYM109; and 24 times. I gave partial credit for those that only saw 3 pups, you had to go to the next page to see #4.

For 500 - How many filming opportunities have been taken at KMP, name them?

5, Meerkat Manor, Ella, a meerkat's tale, Meerkat's, Life of mammals, and Meerkat Madness.

For a chocoscorpion, How large are pups when they first emerge from the burrows?

I was looking for 2 inches, but 100 grams is also correct, so I have everyone credit since I didn't specify height not weight.

krazy - 1450 + 1 chocscorpion - WINNER!
I promise, I won't ever require viewing youtube since many don't have high speed connections. I may ask you to search youtube, though. Just remember that when I am quizmaster.

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JANUARY 13 2008

from Krazymeerkats 1/13/08 8:17 pm

For 100 Three meerkat pups were born early August 2006 at my zoo in DC. These pups are the first surviving meerkats to be born at the zoo in how many decades?

For 100 What is 3 decades?

For 200 On the Dec LH report if every pregnant meerkat gave birth to 4 pups how many would we have?

For 200 What is 100 pups?

For 300 Pups overnight weight loss was primary influenced by the amount of weight pups gained during what?

For 300 What is the day, and their age?

For 400 Pups spent more time following productive helpers than what?

For 400 What is Poor Helpers?

For 500 Similarity between play fighting and serious fighting has led to the assersion that play is optimally designed for the enhancement of what?

For 500 What is Combat Skills?

Jtutton 1500 (((Winner)))
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JANUARY 14 2008

from Jtutton_99 1/14/08 8:11 pm

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For 100 - In "no place like home," who does Flower steal a millipede from?
---Who is Mango?

For 200 - Who appears to be the biggest rover in Young Ones in 2004?
---Who is VYM073?

For 300 - What is his name and birthdate?
---Who is Aragorn and his birthdate is Oct. 8, 2000?

For 400 - Tell me about Stitch the meerkat, where does he live, who is his owner, what is his favorite plaything?
---Beck's Bird Barn in Ellerdine, his owner is Rebecca Taylor or Anna Bradbury, his favorite plaything is a child's pushchair under a warmlight?

For 500 - How many eagles have been seen at KRR, and what are their names?
---What is 7? What are Brown-Snake eagle, Black-Bre@sted snake eagle,Steppe eagle,Tawny eagle, Wahlberg's eagle, Martial eagle & Booted eagle?

</DIR>

Scores
meerkatsoul - 1500 - WINNER!!!! you tried to post first, so you rightfully got the first high score
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JANUARY 15 2008

from Meerkatsoul 1/15/08 8:16 pm

For 100 �?These two Avatar sisters formed the Young Ones with Drie Doring males?
For 100- Who are Morgause and Igraine?

For 200- Who was the last DM of the Balrog group?
For 200- Who is Boba?

For 300- Who was the last DF of the Balrog group?
For 300- Who is Wildkat?

For 400- What is the total number of pups from November and December?
For 400- What is 23?
I went ahead and gave credit to those who had 21 pups. since the Whiskers pups were listed on the LHreport for both months and I also gave credit who had 12 pups because the Young Ones might have been a typo. So basically if you got 23,21, or 12 I gave you credit.

For 500- What was the title of the very first MM episode?
For 500- What is "A Family Affair"?

Ratties �?1500 *WINNER*