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Archives : Jeopardy Games December 16-31 2007 from AP
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From: MSN NicknameTosca-Quirkie  (Original Message)Sent: 6/8/2008 4:17 PM

DECEMBER 16 2007

from Squirrellygirly 12/16/07 8:10 pm

for 100 What meerkats are celebrating birthdays today?
Who are new list: Scrutney Gippo
An old list: Marjorie Dawes, Daffyd, Emily Howard, and Foxymoron

for 200 Who was the only top 10 rover not from the Vivian and Young Ones mobs?
Who is Hector Drie Doring

for 300 How much does a pregnant female meerkat weigh?
What is 2.8 pounds (I have no idea what that is in grams!)

for 400 In season 1, which 2 pups ended up in the splinter group (not with Flower) when the ?Whiskers split?
Who are Mary Pat(Popkat) and Petra

for 500 Which meerkats were confirmed dead on the November lifehistory report?(Not just last seen or absent)
Who are Alexander, Foxymoron, and Landie

KittyGlitter 1500 winner
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DECEMBER 17-18 2007

from Meerkat1212 in lieu of KittyGlitter 12/18/07 8:23 pm

For 100, who was the first meerkat seen eating a tortoise egg?
Tosca, in "A Family Affair", after the birth of her litter

For 200, when was Daisy first evicted?
"The Balance of Power", Season 2, Ep. 10 (we can't use the book, except
for the excerpt published on FKMP, because not everyone has a copy)

For 300, what are the names of Rocket dog's first babies?
Nugget and Beaker

For 400, how were the Whiskers first described?
"Flower's courageous little gang", in Season 1, Ep.1 "A Family Afair"

For 500, who was first described as "not your average meerkat"?
Yousarrian, Season 1, Ep. 3 "Some Like it Hot"

SCORES:
Yllohc 1400 (the only one to get 400)
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DECEMBER 19 2007

from Yllohc 12/19/07 8:21 pm

For 100, Of the top 10 rovers, which mob has the most members.
Who are the Young Ones with 5 and runner up is the Vivian with 4.

For 200, Who was the dashing meerkat that shared their birthday with me.
Who was Dougal, AKA Houdini on MM.

For 300, Meerkats can have more that _____ boltholes in their territory.
What is meerkats have more than 1000 boltholes in their territory according to Marta Manser and Matthew

For 400, When foraging Pups will give out these calls for food.
What are "repeat" calls. This is from the Begging Signals in a Mobile Feeding System: The Evolution of Different Call Types

For 500, In an attempt to prevent meerkats from becoming habituated to they are not to be parked closer than _______ to a meerkat group.
What is do not ever park within 100 metres of a meerkat group. From the 2007 Earthwatch guide book.

scoring:
Jutton_99 1500 WINNER
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DECEMBER 20 2007

from Jtutton_99 12/20/07 8:22 pm

For 100, how many of Daisy's first litter in Season 1 were saved and who helped save them? See, I'm getting through those DVDs!
What are 2 and who is Youssarian?

For 200, what bird family is the drongo in? Common name is acceptible here.
What is the shrike or Dicuridae family?

For 300, why do meerkats drag milipedes through the sand?
What is to remove noxious secretions (nasty, toxic, etc. accepted)

For 400, where does Zaphod's name come from?
Where is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, great job those that actually went for the last name.

For 500, how and when is paternity determined in pups?
What is a dna sample is taken when the pup is examined for the first time at 3-4 weeks. I gave half credit for anyone that got half of it in there.

For a golden scorpion, who was Vivian's first pup?
Who is Silks.


NC1 - 1500 and 1 golden scorpion WINNER
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DECEMBER 21 2007

from NikitaCommando1 12/21/07 8:41 pm

100-what three things do meerkats defend their territory from?
-what is neighboring groups, newly formed groups looking for territory, or small groups of maleswanting to mate with females

200-What are two reasons Dominant females evict?
-What is it removes competition for her own pups, and reduces risk of sub. killing her pups. (i also excepted other answers)

300-When was the Commanoes gang first mentioned and what was said about them? (not including when Grog showed)
-What is the episode "Cold Comfort" and "On the other side, the Commandoes have moved in, and they are one aggressive bunch of meerkats"

400-How much does a radiocollar weigh?
-What is 18 grams or less?

500-What day and year did Tom Flower give the progect manager job to Rob Sutcliffe?
-What is 1 June, 2007?

scores:
JTutton-1200 WINNER!
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DECEMBER 22 2007

from Jtutton_99 12/22/07 8:48 pm

For 100, These are 4 prey items a meerkat will eat.
Any number of items or descriptions sufficed from insects, spiders, snails, rodents. birds, eggs, lizards, geckos, scorpions, skinks, etc.

For 200, This many pups were confirmed present in November 2007.
11, 2 Whiskers, and 9 Young Ones

For 300, I was the most evicted meerkat for November 2007 and I was evicted this many times.
VCDF011, Annieannieannie, 4 times

For 400, these are the names of the Seneca meerkats and the person who named us.
Susie B., Millie, N'yah, Lookout, Tracker, & Milak. Named by Ema Stadtmiller in the contest

For 500, this is the structure that protects a meerkats eye.
Third eyelid or nictitating membrane. Much like a shark, this extra part covers the eye instead of the eyelid to protect from sand, etc.

For a chocoscorpion (we're all thinking about food, now aren't we?), I wrote meerkat christmas songs on the AP boards and these are 3 of the song titles.
korkiemama (not me, I don't have that much energy to have 2 screen names here) and Joy to the mob, desert meerkat, meerkat night, no place like roamin', the first meerkat, deck the burrow, desert land. Found in talk about meerkat manor here.

Scores:
Krazy - 1500 WINNER!!!
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DECEMBER 23 2007

from Krazymeerkats 12/23/07 8:19 pm

For 100 Whiskers have mobbed several snakes but in one episode they mob a?
For 100 What is a Genet Cat?

For 200 She is the infamous female subordinate known for killing 2 litters of pups?
For 200 Who is Maja?

For 300 This mob splintered, one part died of a desease and the other combined with wild animals the mob got a new name, who is this mob and what's the new name?
For 300 Who is Zion and new name Quantum?

For 400 According to Tim MM is prepared to tell the hard side, down side, cute side and the?
For 400 What is the up side?

For 500 Meerkat pups are ususally the offspring of the top male and female, but the whole group pitches in to _____, ______, and ______ them?
What is Feed, Guard and Snuggle? (If you said babysit I will accept)

Tornadowarning - 1200 (((Winner)))
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DECEMBER 24 2007

from Tornadowarning 12/24/07 8:27 pm

100-David Brideoake, Australia's most successful showjumping trainer, has a horse on his team that shares the same name as this Dm.
100-ANSWER- ZAPHOD


200-This DM has a name which is also an Afrikan skunklike mammal that is reported to be the smelliest on the planet.
200-ZORILLA

300-This Zappa member may also be remembered by that old movie linee...Do you feel lucky ? Well do ya?
300-DIRTY HARRY

400-This Whiskers has the same same as a MASH character.
400-HAWKEYE


500-John Barrowman played a character on Dr. Who that shares a name with this Vivian kat.
500-CAPTAIN JACK


JT-1500>>>>WINNER
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DECEMBER 25 2007 DOUBLE HEADER

from Jtutton_99 12/25/07 8:27 pm

100 - using the Dec. 2007 name list, name 4 kats with a musical connection.
I did say use the Dec. 2007 list, but when I see Mozart's name, I gotta give credit.
I was looking for Sid Vicious, Aretha, Blondie, Hels Bels, Calypso, Billy, Ella, Miles, Baker, Busta, Axel, Punk, etc. You got the idea and everyone got 100 on that one.

200 Using the 2007 territory map, which group appears to have the smallest territory?
Who are the Frisky?

300 - ______ _____ _____ _____ is used to mark individual meerkats and needs to be reapplied every ____ _____.
What is black, natural hair dye and 5-8 weeks? I gave half credit for this one.

400 - what influences a helper's feeding activity?
I was looking for what's on the FKMP site in the FAQs that says nutritional status and if the pup just had food. I have half credit on this one, too.

500 - In what year were the most groups considered lost?
What is 2001 with 5? 2002 and 1999 had 4 lost groups, 2007 isn't on the list yet.

For a choco scorpion (I know, we need more food, right?) Which single player has the high score in the meerkat dance off and what was the score.
Who is Oppsicheat and a score of 5000018?

Here are the scores:
ratties - 1300 + chocoscorpion
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from Balletcat 12/25/007 9:24 pm

100 �?When no human is around, these make suitable sentry posts.
What are Drie Doring bushes?

200 - A Quivertree is used by the San people for their arrows by hollowing out the soft branches and also plays host to these social birds that Zaphod finds particularly annoying.
What are Social Weaver birds?

300 - However, if noise was what Zaphod found annoying, one would think these birds were a much bigger problem.
What are Pied Babblers? (the key word being Babble)

400 �?This is the scientific term for the meerkats�?use their back patterns as a form of camoflauge.
What is disruptive crypsis?

500 �?This is approximately how often meerkat foraging interrupted to find shelter.
What is 40 minutes?

Golden Scorpion �?"Daisy's Choice" was a nominee for this award at the 2006 International Wildlife Film Festival
What is the Granada Wild Award For Animal Behaviour
Other finalists were
Life in the Undergrowth: The Silk Spinners, BBC Natural History Unit (UK), Co-produced with Animal Planet (WINNER)
The Queen of Trees, A Deeble and Stone Production (UK) for NHK, WNET, Granada International, BBC & ZDF
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo Dereck & Beverly Joubert, Wildlife Films (Botswana)

Scores

WINNER- rattiesrules �?1400 (even tho' i was going for Babblers, how can i deny The Redcrested Korhaan, A Buzzard and the loudest bird in Africa?) and a few large bites of a Golden Scorpion

CHRISTMAS DAY DOUBLE JEOPARDY TOTALS
ratties = 2700 WINNER

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DECEMBER 26 2007

from Rattiesrules 12/26/07 10:41 pm

For 100, Which of Flower’s litters was shown seeing Ostriches when they when they were pups?
--For 100, Who were Suggs, Izzy, and Busta?

For 200, What 3 roving males go roving in Nov but the number of times isn’t recorded?
--For 200, Who was Carravagio Hoax, Philippe Young Ones, and Homestar Runner Young Ones?

For 300, According to kmp who played Malanie Zappa in "The Mission"?
--For 300, Who was Tequila?

For 400, How many pups did kmp say the Gattaca had in 5 years and how long did it take the Commandos to have the same number?
--For 400, What is 33 Pups, and what is 1.5 years?

For 500, What groups has Ningaloo Whiskers belonged to?
--For 500, What is Whiskers, Aztecs, Whiskers (again), and Kung Fu? (Thats a lot of moving around in a year)

Youssy 1500 -but can't play tomorrow since he is in Florida
Meerkat1212 1500- WINNER
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DECEMBER 27 2007

Meerkat1212 12/27/07 8:27 pm

ddddss
for 100, what kind of dunes are in the Kalahari, especially in and around the KRR?
fossilized dunes (fossilized = stabilized by vegetation)

For 200, who are the 2 principal investigators at the KMP, and what are their titles/positions?
Dr. Tim Clutton-Brock, Cambridge University, and Professor Dr. Marta Manser, Zurich
University.

For 300, what are the areas of investigaton of the investigators you named in
question 200?
the evolutionary causes and ecological consequences of cooperative breeding (Clutton-Brock);
and meerkat communication (Manser)

For 400, how tall is the Big Dune?
929 metres

For 500, how tall are the other dunes?
880 - 910 metres

don't ask the source for 400 & 500 - I looked for months, found it again a few weeks ago, and wrote down the figures but not the site.

I found 400 and 500 on Evi's Pangolin Earthwatch diary from August 2005, day 5.

Squirrelly: 1350 WINNER she says: I found 400 and 500 on Evi's Pangolin Earthwatch diary from August 2005, day 5.

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DECEMBER 28 2007

from Squirrellygirly via Eruth 12/28/07 9:00 pm

for 100 This meerkat shares a name with actress Gweneth Paltrow's daughter
Who is Apple Frisky

for 200 This meerkat is named for the Scandinavian trickster, mischief god
Who is Loki Drie Doring

for 300 This Commando got a sex change from the old name list to the new list
Who is Munro Commando

for 400 Who was Morgause's last son?
Who is Grog

for 500 This current Commando's name has been used before for another meerkat in a different mob
Who is Hector Commando/ Hector Drie Doring
Hector Drie Doring was a top ten rover on the KMP Roving Roulette list. He was the answer to a question on Dec. 16th: Who is the only top ten rover not in the Young ONes or Vivian mob?
The key words in this question are CURRENT Commando's name USED BEFORE. Wilson is not on the current list . By an amzing coincidence, Flash is a very good answer! However, i was looking for a real meerkat (not the evil login variety) and Flash of the Evil Login mob wasn't named before Flash Commando. I didn't realize this question would be that hard!

Scores:
Kittyglitter 1500 Winner
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DECEMBER 29 2007

from GrumpQueenOf Moomins 12/29/07 8:24 pm

For 100, This Commando is known as an "egg monster."
Who is Ketamine?

For 200, This meerkat’s nickname is "Pig."
Who is Ms. Grumpy Lazuli-Moomins? (because, like Ketamine, she is quite the egg monster!)

For 300, A tragedy involving meerkats and extreme human stupidity occurred last year at this U.S. zoo.
What is the Minnesota Zoo? (Minneapolis is also an acceptable answer, I’m not that picky. FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=Smile")

For 400, Flower caught and devoured a bird in this MM episode.
What is "Balance of Power" (2-10)?

For 500, Vivian, the founder of the mob that bears her name, was very unusual because ___________.
What is because she was the only tame kat in the history of the project? (I decided to give 1/2 credit for "raised a litter of pups alone," since that is also unusual, but not quite as unusual as the tame thing.)

SCOREBOARD
jtutton - 1500 (WINNER!!!)
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DECEMBER 30 2007

from Jtutton_99 12/30/07 8:31 pm

For 100, which Whiskers has the same name as an NBA player?
Who is Alonzo Mourning?

For 200, which group had the most missing members at the end of November?
Who are the Commandos?

For 300, name the minimum and maximum Earthwatch team size for a KMP visit.
I was looking for 3-6 as it said in the pdf briefing on Earthwatch, but since everyone had the same answer I decided that there was another universal source and all get 1/2 credit for it.

For 400, how large is the Kuruman River Reserve?
What is 32 km2/20 mi2 ?

For 500, who carried Columbus back on his first outing and what was the episode?
Who is Shakespeare and an "Awfully Big Adventure." S1, ep 11.

Scores:
FMF - 1350 - WINNER!
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DECEMBER 31 2007

from Snodin 12/31/07 9:22pm


"Do You Tube?"

For 100, Before one of them disappeared, the Honolulu zoo ‘kats once did a remake of this Oscar-nominated film�?only nobody told them.

ANSWER: What is "Brokeback Mountain?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEAJ0hnk8E0

For 200, This animal specialist can be seen on YouTube calling meerkats "the new penguin."

ANSWER: Who is Jeff the Zoo Guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwa6Kwhny_Q

For 300, This adorable two-part video featuring meerkats that are literally IN YOUR FACE was recorded in a zoo in this country.

ANSWER: What is Germany?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knTXT0a0K5A –Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPbnD57X_E –Part 2

For 400, Two zoo meerkats get into a squabble thanks to "aggro cleaning," and the playfight is set to this rock song.

ANSWER: What is "Carnal Forge?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk3u6zs3c_Y

For 500- DAILY DOUBLE- If you can find it, you'll see rare footage of a sleepy meerkat dozing off to this Disney tune.

ANSWER: What is "Stay Awake" from "Mary Poppins?" (I'll count "Stay awake, don't close your eyes")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykfl9g3Az6g

RESULTS:
squirrellygirly- 1700 points

 

 



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