MARCH 1 2008

from Rattiesrules 3/01/08 9:20 pm

For 100, Females that acquire dominant status develop ________, ________, and ______ characteristics that help them to control other group members.

--For 100, What is Morphological, Physiological and Behavioral?

For 200, What is the average life span of a wild meerkat and what is the average life span of captivity meerkats?

--For 200, What is 10 years in the wild, 15 years in Captivity?

For 300, What company makes the tracking collars used on the meerkats?

--For 300, Who is Sirtrack Wildlife Tracking Solutions?

For 400, According to fkmp what are some reasons that they are opposed to keeping meerkats as pets?

--For 400, What are

Meerkats are exceptionally social animals who will suffer from being alone - like an evicted female suffers in the wilderness. You will not be able to fill the void where a whole meerkat family should be, and whenever you leave, the meerkat will suffer.

The meerkat will defend its family and territory. It might attack and bite intruders - even if they're your friends or pets. It will mark its family and territory (you, your furniture etc.) either with urine or with his anal glands - a revolting smell that keeps for days. Meerkats cannot be housetrained.

You will probably not be able to provide appropriate food and accommodation, i.e. several square kilometers of sand in an arid, but not too cold environment. The meerkat will dig, thus trashing your lawn, house etc. Meerkats are not snoozing most of the day, like cats, but rather dig most of the day.

Some pet meerkats are caught in the wild - pups that were robbed from wild groups. Many of them die during transport, like too many other pups in the international pet smuggling trade.

Last but not least, private ownership of meerkats is illegal in the United States - and it should be everywhere else.

For 500, What percentage of their time do the researchers spend with the groups on average?

--For 500, What is less then 25%? (This is found in the kmp meerkat FAQ section under the question "Did you try to save Flower? When do you intervene?")

-- For a Gummy Gecko, Where can you get an Animal Planet Meerkat playset and what comes with it? (hint: Not on Animal Planets store site)

--For a Gummy Gecko, Where is Toyrus or eBay and what is it comes with 5 meerkats, burrow dwelling with working door, fun pop-up buttons, camera and tripod, and action figure? (and I want one, lol)

Scores:

Topkat: 1000 + half a gummy gecko (you didn’t say what comes with it)

Tosca : 1000 + gummy gecko

Eruth: 1000 + half gummy gecko (you didn’t say what come with it)

FMF: 1500 + gummy gecko *Winner*

Jtutton: 700

Balletcat: 1000 + half gummy gecko

Congratulations FMF...

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MARCH 2 2008

from FLowermozaetfan 3/02/08 9:24 pm

For 100 What is the order of kats in the Season 2 intro?

For 100 What is Flower, Zaphod, Youssarian, Mozart, Mitch, the playful kids and the Lazuli?

For 200 In "The Three Amigos", what is said to be first priority before leaving the cover of the trees?

For 200 What is checking for danger? (Tosca, Sean says this toward the beginning of the episode)

For 300 In "The Godmother", who tries to take Flower's skink?

For 400 In "The Three Amigos", who is given an intact scorpion that it can't handle and who comes to their rescue?

For 500 In "The Godmother", what scent aggitates Flower?

For 500 What is an owl feather?

squirrelly 1475

nikita 1250

slew 1225

tosca 1300

cordee 1300

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MARCH 3 2008

from Kathyh3 3/03/08 9:27 pm

Unscramble the kat's names. (I used the December name list only.)

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MARCH 4 2008

from Lolababykat 3/04/08 9:11 pm

Who is Grumpy?

200 - What does Ernie the eland think he is?

What is a cow or just the landscape?

300 - How large is the study area that they have purchased?

What is 25 square miles?

found it. Sorry - I am wrong

The KRR itself covers 25 square kilometers/15.5 square miles of semi-arid dune country on either side of the dry bed of the Kuruman River in the South African Kalahari.

400 - Meerkats do not use these two clues when locating boltholes?

What is visual and olfactory?

500 - How long did it take researchers to habituate Balrog?

What is 7 years?

Hope you guys had fun! Great to see you again!

TopKat - 1500 WINNER!

jtutton - 1100

FMF - 1100

eruth - 1200

Ratties - 1100

Nikita - 1100

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MARCH 5 2008

from Topkat 3/05/08 9:26 pm

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MARCH 6 2008

from Jtutton99 3/06/08 9:33 pm

Not many players tonight, and another unusual scoring night.

Who am I?

for 100 - I was the namesake of Aladdin's mother and my group is now lost .

Who is Widow Twanky Balrog (VBM063)?

for 200 - On March 4, 2004, I won a DOMBID and on April 22, 2004, I snuck off with Zaphod for a 40 minute quickie.

Who is Veda (VYF095)?

for 300 - We are named after the moons in a galaxy "Far, Far Away"

Who are Endor (VZZM053), Tatooine (VZZF052), and Naboo (VZZM051)?

for 400 - I am named after a province in Panama, I have many brothers and sisters and I'm not sure who my mother is.

Who is Chiriqui (VWF119)?

for 500 - I am named after a movie by Icarus Films about the last surviving South African bushmen.

Who is Regoptaan (VMMF020)

For a juicy gecko, who is Commando Reggie's sidekick and what does he have that Peggy Bundykat is looking for?

Who is Mad Max and a pair of tie dyed tights with "sidekick" painted on the butt in black glitter paint?

I forgot that Tatooine and Naboo were planets, so I will count anthing that has Endor in it as full credit.

Scores

ballet - 1500 + JG

flomo - 1500 + JG

cordee - 1500 + JG

Loving - 1100 + JG

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MARCH 7 2008

from Kathyh3 3/07/08 9:37 pm

For 100: What were Evi's top 3 wildlife encounters on her trip to South Africa/Namibia in 2005?

For 100: What is "Kalahari meerkats, Hoanib desert elephants, the feral horse visiting

For 200: What treats did the researchers try using to encourage the kats to tolerate people so they could collect data? Which treat finally worked?

For 200: What is locusts, peanuts, peanut butter, minced chicken, various sorts of

insectivores' [packaged] diets, mealworms, chicken eggs. What is hard boiled

eggs.

For 300: Pups that played together frequently were just as ______ ______ one another as pairs of pups that played infrequently, and play interactions had no subsequent effect on the _____ of _____.

For 400: After having bad luck with cars, observation was stopped with which group?

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MARCH 8 2008

from Topkat (help from Eruth) 3/08/08 9:36 pm

Congrats slew!

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MARCH 9 2008

from the_Slew 3/09/08 9:26 pm

100-What is the purpose of the nictating membrane?

Acts like a windsheid wiper to keep sand out of the eyes while digging.

200-What is special about a meerkat's ears?

they can be closed.

300-How many claws are on the front paws of a meerkat?

4

400-Sub. females produce milk and feed DF's pups when food is abundant. What is this behaviour called?

Allolactating

500-What do you call the fur on the outside of the coat which a meerkat fluffs while sunbathing?

Gaurd Hairs

JT-1500>>>>>WINNER

flowermozart-1500

yllohc-1500

eruth-1500

tosca-1500

squirrelly-1500

Everyone got perfect scores tonight but JT got in there first. Great game everyone....

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MARCH 10 2008

from Jtutton99 3/10/08 9:51 pm

For 100 - Which female meerkat was "voted off the island" in February 2008?

VCDF019, Beatrice Commandos

For 200 - How many meerkats are preggers and in how many groups?

16, there were 7? and in 10 groups

For 300 - How many pups do we have in February 2008?

60+ but I accepted 60 as well

For 400 - What is the name of the anaethetic used by the KMP when working with the meerkats, what is special about the set-up they have?

anaesthetised using Fluothane; experienced vets and use equipment (including a portable oxygen supply and a flow regulator) usually only available under hospital conditions

For 500 - How many gift memberships have been given out by FKMP?

13 (14 if you count TW)

For a chocoscorpion, who are pictured below, and what are they doing?

It's the big man, Zaphod with his possee (rover coalition) sunning.

Very few players today, wonder what's up with that?

Scores:

Topkat - 1100 + chocoscorpion

Flomo - 1100 + chocoscorpion

eruth - 1200

SG - 1100 + chocoscorpion

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MARCH 11 2008

from GrumpyQueenOfMoomins 3/11/08 9:26 pm

For 100, This kat is named after a character from a hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Who is Mungojerry Lazuli? (Cats is the musical)

For 200, This female encountered another mob in Feb. '08. Name her, her mob, and the mob she encountered.

Who is VRRF094, Tooey Rascals, who encountered the Drie Doring and the Frisky.

For 300, Suppose you are going to visit the KMP as an Earthwatcher or an FKMP friend. After your flight arrives in Cape Town or Johannesberg, you must catch another flight to this city, where you will be picked up and driven to the KMP.

Where is Upington?

For 400, This was the original purpose of the famous "watering hole" shown on MM.

What is a watering trough left over from when the KMP was farmland?

For 500, This kat shares his/her name with a British band that is named after an 18th century agriculturalist (which also happens to be my father's favorite band of all time).

Who is Jethro Lazuli (Jethro Tull is the band)?

Scoreboard

JT - 1500 (WINNER!!!)

Tosca - 1400 (I decided to count your answer for 200 because I was an airhead and had to make a correction)

Just 2 players today...is this some kind of record? Oh well, I know everyone's busy/has internet issues/vacation. . .I know I haven't been playing as much lately because I've been spending 12 hours a day at the office. . .long story, and I've been very frustrated by the situation, but I've discovered that playing Jeopardy helps me chill out when I get stressed.

Great job, and can't wait for your questions tomorrow, JT!

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MARCH 12 2008

from Jtutton99 3/12/03 9:47 pm

For 100, name the only center specializing in meerkat care and its director.

Fellow Earthlings and Pam Bennett-Wallberg

For 200, according to the February 2008 LH report which current DM is the oldest and which the youngest (exclude immigrants since we don't know their birthdays)?

Zaphod My Man! and Hoki Rascals he was born last year. Such a feat!

For 300, according to the February 2008 LH report which current DF is the oldest and which the youngest (exclude immigrants since we don't know their birthdays)?

Grumpy who is 8 and Annie x3 at 2.5

For 400, according to all the available LH reports, how many successful pregnancies (litters born and not labeled as lost or aborted) did Zorilla, Jo Jo Hello, Aretha, and Grumpy have (by DF)?

Zorilla and Jo Jo 1 each and 0 for Aretha and Grumpy

For 500, How many pregnancies for each of the above (by DF)?

3 for Zorilla, Jo Jo, and Aretha and 2 for Grumpy.

For a juicy scorpion, who's birthday is it tomorrow?

Bob, Sheehanigan, Skanks, Hels Bels, but Flower was who I was looking for. Forgot that TCB book says the 15th. Might have to ask Evi to check on that.

Good job everyone!

Scores

Grumpy - 1900

Flomo - 1900 + JS

Meerkatsoul - 1825

SG - 1900 + JS

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MARCH 13 2008

from Flowermozartfan 3/13/08 9:16 pm

Ok, Grumpy has requested I do questions today. So here goes:

For 100 What famous Whisker-loving rover died in February?

For 100 Who is Homestar Runner(VYM130)?

For 200 Which mob had the biggest change in members from January to February?(Do not include the new groups)

For 200 Who are Baobab and/or Kung Fu both up 6 members?

For 300 What two Whiskers females evicted last month were allowed to rejoin the group in February?

For 300 Who are Ella (VWF095) and Wiley Kat(VWF104)?

For 400 What mistake was made on the January life history report?

For 400 What is Murray Whiskers was euthanized for TB at the end of January and this didn't make it to the chart?

For 500 What does Evi have to say about Zaphod this month??

For 500 What is "no news is good news"?

I goofed on 200. There are 2 answers so I will take either or on that one.

TopKat 1300

Ballet 1300

Tosca 400

Squirrelly 1500

Meerkatsoul 1500

Congrats Kathy!!!!!

I also thought it was a rule that if you can't be quizmaster the following day you shouldn't play.

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MARCH 14 2008

from Kathyh3 3/14/08 9:32 pm

300: We are 3 Thundercats. Who are we and when were we born?

400: Which zoo has had it's first meerkat births (in January) since they started keeping meerkats in 1991?

MARCH 15 2008

from Eruth66 3/15/08 9:25 pm