APRIL 16, 2008

from Topkat170 4/16/08 9:10 pm

For 100 Which Quirkie asked our DF this question on AP MM and what was the DF's answer?

Just REALLY curious.... You say you are not w/ the KMP. I know we can't ask about where we work but is it our careers only or just the specific name of our employment?

For 100 Who is Tornadowarning and what is

Yo tornado

What is a "personal choice"

LOL, sorry, still in jeopardy mode. I keep personal stuff out of all messasge boards.

Pronker

For 200 Can you tell me who asked our DF this question on AP MM?

pronkdaddy, are you absolutely sure the MM Commandoes are the Vivians with a sexier TV name? I don't like that they are using a name of a mob that already exists. I don't mind them changing it for ratings, but there are real Commandoes. If they ever find out they might get p-ssed.

For 200 Who is our very own DM Carlos the Rover (Chitownbd)?

For 300 Throughout the year 1999, members of one habituated group were observed to develop what?

For 300 What is what are enlarged lymph nodes of the head and neck that abscessated and burst?

For 400 Nearly two years later, and 13km further along the dry river bed, an immigrant male of unknown origin joined a newly formed group known as?

For 400 Who is X-iles?

For 500 Based on the Life History reports Apr 07 thru Mar 08 how many meerkats are listed as dead?

For 500 What is 40?

Jt - 1450 (((Winner)))

For 100 Which Quirkie asked our DF this question on AP MM and what was the DF's answer?

Just REALLY curious.... You say you are not w/ the KMP. I know we can't ask about where we work but is it our careers only or just the specific name of our employment?

For 100 Who is Tornadowarning and what is

Yo tornado

What is a "personal choice"

LOL, sorry, still in jeopardy mode. I keep personal stuff out of all messasge boards.

Pronker

For 200 Can you tell me who asked our DF this question on AP MM?

pronkdaddy, are you absolutely sure the MM Commandoes are the Vivians with a sexier TV name? I don't like that they are using a name of a mob that already exists. I don't mind them changing it for ratings, but there are real Commandoes. If they ever find out they might get p-ssed.

For 200 Who is our very own DM Carlos the Rover (Chitownbd)?

For 300 Throughout the year 1999, members of one habituated group were observed to develop what?

For 300 What is what are enlarged lymph nodes of the head and neck that abscessated and burst?

For 400 Nearly two years later, and 13km further along the dry river bed, an immigrant male of unknown origin joined a newly formed group known as?

For 400 Who is X-iles?

For 500 Based on the Life History reports Apr 07 thru Mar 08 how many meerkats are listed as dead?

For 500 What is 40?

Jt - 1450 (((Winner)))

For 100 Which Quirkie asked our DF this question on AP MM and what was the DF's answer?

Just REALLY curious.... You say you are not w/ the KMP. I know we can't ask about where we work but is it our careers only or just the specific name of our employment?

For 100 Who is Tornadowarning and what is

Yo tornado

What is a "personal choice"

LOL, sorry, still in jeopardy mode. I keep personal stuff out of all messasge boards.

Pronker

For 200 Can you tell me who asked our DF this question on AP MM?

pronkdaddy, are you absolutely sure the MM Commandoes are the Vivians with a sexier TV name? I don't like that they are using a name of a mob that already exists. I don't mind them changing it for ratings, but there are real Commandoes. If they ever find out they might get p-ssed.

For 200 Who is our very own DM Carlos the Rover (Chitownbd)?

For 300 Throughout the year 1999, members of one habituated group were observed to develop what?

For 300 What is what are enlarged lymph nodes of the head and neck that abscessated and burst?

For 400 Nearly two years later, and 13km further along the dry river bed, an immigrant male of unknown origin joined a newly formed group known as?

For 400 Who is X-iles?

For 500 Based on the Life History reports Apr 07 thru Mar 08 how many meerkats are listed as dead?

For 500 What is 40?

Jt - 1450 (((Winner)))

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APRIL 17, 2008

from Jtutton99 4/17/08 9:20 pm

100 - how many meerkats are normally collared in each study group?

1-2

200 - which 2 females are known to have given birth to litters of 7 pups?

Ziziphus and Vialli

300 - true or false - radiocollars do not increase the likelihood of predation of affect foraging efficiency in meerkats.

True

400 - how many pictures did Monty the meerkat snap of his zoo mates and where is he?

3 and he's in Longleat in Wiltshire

500 - in TCB's original study location, how many original groups did he have and how many of those were wiped out by the drought that occurred 2 years into the study?

10 and 6

Scores:

Flomo - 1400 - WINNER!!!!

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APRIL 18, 2008

from FlowerMozartFan 4/18/08 9:20 pm

Here are today's answers:

For 100 What meerkat was the youngest dominant female in a KMP study group and how old was she when she became DF?

Who is Babbelas Balrog at 9 months old?

For 200 How much does a pregnant meerkat weigh?
What is 2.8 pounds? (I accepted 40% increase in body weight also.)

For 300 Name 3 behaviors observed in subordinates who are targets of aggression by a dominant.

What are submissive calls, grooming and dropping the head and relaxing the body?

For 400 She is the infamous subordinate female known for killing 2 litters of pups.

Who is Mia Moya Young Ones?

For 500 Name the meerkat TCB and an associate were able to coax onto the scale during a visit to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park over 2 years after leaving in 1998.

Who is Juma? (One of my favorite meerkat stories.)

TornadoSlew 1500{{{{{WINNER}}}}}
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APRIL 19, 2008

from the_Slew 4/19/08 9:26 pm

ddddss....here are todays answers

100-What shape are a meerkats ears?

CRESCENT

200-How tall is a meerkat when she stands up on her back legs?

10-12 inches

300-Aprox. how long is a meerkat tail?

8 inches or so

400-What animal often shares a burrow with the meerkats?

Ground Squirrells, Yellow Mongoose, Aardvarks

500-What is the name of the very large cowlike antelope we see at the watering hole with the meerkats?

ELAND

Jtutton-1500>>>>>>WINNER

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Jtutton99 4/20/08 9:47 pm

Today's answers and scores:

for 100 - who is going to rescue Sisters Witty and Protective from jail?

DF Pronker, and any permutation of the fur possee

for 200 - how did they get there?

Any basic or detailed description of the credit card fraud and prank calls.

for 300 - in "the enemy within" S2, what does Sean call the meerkats in the beginning?

pint-sized predators

for 400 - who falls into the watering hole in "the enemy within?"

Achilles

for 500 - in S2, the art of leadership, which Lazuli heads below ground to look for the pups?

Marilyn

Scores:

GQoM - 1500 - WINNER!!!!!

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APRIL 21, 2008

from GrumpyQueenof Moomins 4/21/08 9:31 pm

And now for the answers...

Good afternoon! Here are today's questions:

For 100, Meerkat Manor, along with Lemur Kingdom, are filmed by this production company.

What is Oxford Scientific Films?

For 200, When a kat undertakes lots of different scent marks in a short space of time and scuffs at the surface, this is known as ______.

What is frenzy?

For 300, This kat, along with Mozart, were the final 2 surviving members of the Starsky (in real life).

Who is Shoy Lazuli (according to the April 07 LH...should've put "in real life" in bold. )

For 400, This legendary meerkat was Lseen on February 18, 2004.

Who is Morgause?

For 500, The litters VW0306, VW0502, and VGG0301 have this significant thing in common.

What is that each litter produced 2 dominant females? (VW0306 - RD (Whiskers) and Kinkajou (Starsky), VW0502 - Flo (Van Helsing) and Finn (Toyota), VGG0301 - Zorilla (Commandos) and Klinky (Kung Fu). If your answer had anything to do with dominant females, I gave you 1/2 credit.

Scoreboard

Tosca - 1250 (WINNER!!!)

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APRIL 22, 2008

from Tosca-Quirkie 4/22/08 9:34 pm

For 100, what is the function of the dark tip on a meerkat's tail?

It identifies meerkats in long grass

For 200, what is the to-date total rainfall at KRR for April?

Only .2 inch or .5 cm

For 300, on the Starship Kalahari, what are the names of SO

Youssrian's Lazuli offspring; what are their real names?

Waffle and Toast; Gin and Tonic

For 400, what are the scorpion species found at the KRR and which is most dangerous?

Four species of scorpion occur here. There are two species of Burrowing Scorpion (Shiny and Cape) who have big chelipeds (front pincers) and small tails, and two species (the Cape Scorpion and the thick-tailed Granulated Scorpion) who have small chelipeds and a large, thick tail. If you get stung by a scorpion, look closely at its tail and front pincers so you know which species it is. The sting of the first two species is very painful but not dangerous. Take painkillers and apply an ice pack to reduce the pain. The sting of the second species is much more serious and can be fatal without medical treatment. Apply a pressure bandage (as for snake bite, see below), apply an ice-pack and go to the nearest hospital straight away (ring ahead to let them know you are coming). You have several hours before serious symptoms develop. (Pronker on AP, from the Earthwatch safety regs)

For 500, what are the 5 age groups (name and age range) of meerkats?

Pups are animals of less than 3 months,

juveniles are 3�? months,

subadults are 6�?2 months,

yearlings are 12�?4 months, and

adults are more than 24 months.

This was hard to score - I made it too complicated. Several players failed to note that 200, 300, and 400 are 2-part questions. And a few are still getting the Daily rainfall, not the Monthly sum which is at the History & Almanac sub-screen.

SCORES:

Topkat 1300 winner

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APRIL 23, 2008

from Topkat170 4/23/08 9:24 pm

For 100 In the fight to reach the top spot in the group, female meerkats look forward to the _____ ______?

For 100 What is the bigger prize

For 200 Why do mature offspring remain in their parents groups instead of dispersing to breed?

For 200 What is If "to breed" is an important personal goal for each meerkat and yet meerkats prefer to stay in a group, thus giving up that important personal goal, that means these meerkats are altruistic for the common good of the group, for the health of the system. So, we see that meerkats are willing to sacrifice their own personal goal satisfaction.

For 300 Why do they take risks and spend time and effort to help other members breed?

For 300 What is In short, each meerkat realizes that the benefit to the group outweighs the benefit to itself. And this realization motivates the meerkat to assume its role in the system.

For 400 How do group members divide responsibilities and coordinate their contributions?

For 400 What is This is very akin to both task allocation and resource sharing in multiagent systems. In task allocation, the meerkats need to determine the tasks for each meerkat. In resource sharing, the meerkats need to determine how they allocate, share, and manage resources among them.

For 500 How do they ensure that all group members pull their weight?

For 500 What is This relates to "fairness" in the MAS research. It also relates to "not to overload" any meerkat in terms of demands in tasks and resources. In a MAS, we can use cost, busyness, resource availability, and so on to help "police" the system, to make sure that all agents contribute, all meerkats work, in a fair manner.

For a big juicy scorpion who is the parent of these fur kids Alba and Aisha?

Who is Evi?

Jt 1500 (((WINNER)))

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APRIL 24, 2008

from Jtutton99 4/24/08 9:42 pm

100 - I may have been named after a bantamweight South African boxer.

I was looking for Kleintjie but it doesn't show up in a reverse search so everyone got 100.

200 - I am named after a bright blue star with six to eight solar masses.

Achenar, misspellings are ok.

300 - I am named after a lush musician with odd habits that scare most everyone. (loved that description)

Tooey

400 - Name 2 other kats named after stars (real ones).

real stars, antares, sirius or capella

500 - I may be named after a sort of party, involving alcohol, traditional music and dance in Scotland, Ireland and some parts of northern England.

ceildh

Great digging everyone!

Scores:

Loving - 1500

Mi_sh_mo_to - 1100

krazy - 1100

yllohc - 1500

kathy - 1500

TW - 1500

cordee - 1550 - you got extra credit for creative answer to 100 WINNER!!!!

100 - I may have been named after a bantamweight South African boxer.

I was looking for Kleintjie but it doesn't show up in a reverse search so everyone got 100.

200 - I am named after a bright blue star with six to eight solar masses.

Achenar, misspellings are ok.

300 - I am named after a lush musician with odd habits that scare most everyone. (loved that description)

Tooey

400 - Name 2 other kats named after stars (real ones).

real stars, antares, sirius or capella

500 - I may be named after a sort of party, involving alcohol, traditional music and dance in Scotland, Ireland and some parts of northern England.

ceildh

Great digging everyone!

Scores:

cordee - 1550 - you got extra credit for creative answer to 100 (the little known Bockzer Shortz) WINNER!!!!

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APRIL 25, 2008

from Cordee 4/25/08 9:56 pm

I am sooo sorry these are late, was stuck at the ball field. Everybody is a top scorer, though!

And the answers are�?.

For 100 Gestation in meerkats takes?

What is 70 days (10 weeks)? Or 11 weeks as per FE.

For 200 Though this is rarely observed, the female's ____ ____ seems to occur around the age of one year.

What is first oestrus?

For 300 Becoming the _______ _______of a group is what all females inherently seek.

What is dominant female?

For 400 What is the longest time in the KMP that a female held dominance?

What is 9.5 years? I accepted Mabili at 10.5 years.

For 500 Clinton Baptiste was absent from which group at the end of March?

What is the Kung Fu group?

Got these from friends.kalahari-meerkats.com life span of a meerkat page and the March LH report.

Scores:

yllohc 1500 (WINNER!!!)

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APRIL 26, 2008

from Yllohc 4/26/08 11:27 pm

I hope you all enjoy this, I was trying to be a little different but what I really wanted to do will require some major background work and I wasn't prepared. Just enjoy the pretty pretties today :)

For 100. Who is this Meerkat?

 

Who is Grandpa Grumble

For 200. What are these Meerkats doing? (behavior)

Food Competition (RD and Amira)

For 300. What behaviour is this an example of?

What is a Dominance Assertion.

For 400. Who is the worker and who is the Lovely Kat on her shoulder?

Who is our fantastic Evi and Grumpy

For 500. Who are these zoo kats and what were their names. One you can only see the tail of

 

 

Who is Simon, Alvin and Theodore (tail only).

Balletcatterrie 1500 --WINNER

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APRIL 27, 2008

from Jtutton99 4/27/08 9:26 pm

Balletkat must not know she won or is having puter troubles. So, we will have some questions anyway. The score won't matter and Ballet can post questions tomorrow. Although I am just an HQ, I conferred with Topkat on this issue. Apparently she has recovered enough from her incarceration to make some command decsions. Tee hee.

100 - what channel does MM air on?

- animal planet

200 - what narrator will we miss this year?

- Sean Astin

300 - what animals have tried to fill the tiny shoes of our meerkats in the off-season?

- lemurs, orangs, and chimps (any of the above will do)

400 - who are the "big 3" of FKMP?

- Evi, Pronker, and Lil E

500 - when is the 1 year Quirkie anniversary and par-tay?

- April 30, 2008 at 8 pm unless there's a problem for our west coast kats! Woo Hoo!!!!!

Everyone had a perfect score and Ballet will post questions tomorrow!

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APRIL 28, 2008

from Balletcat 4/28/08

100 - The Xhosa (founded in late 2002 by three Lazuli females, three Vivian males and two wild rovers) suffered a burrow collapse caused by this animal.

- What is a Gemsbok

200 - Meerkats can run up to _____ miles per hour.

- What is 15 miles per hour?

300 - Foraging competition occurs over food items or foraging holes. The terms for the 3 most common types are:

a. This is the term used when a meerkat places its body between the food item/hole and competitor, or growls at the competitor.

b. This is the term used when a meerkat bites the other meerkat in an attempt to win the food item.

c. This is the term used when a meerkat uses a move similar to blocking but with sustained physical contact between the competing individuals.

a. What is blocking?

b. What is fighting?

c. What is pushing?

400 - While groups are foraging, group members alternate in keeping guard from a raised position on a mound or a bush or a dead tree or a ________________.

- What is a researcher or volunteer or Earthwatch person?

500 - Meerkats, the Little T-Rexs of the Kalahari, have canines about a quarter of an inch long and when scaled to size can be compared to the canines of a _______. Thus they have the same bite and tear power as this animal.

- What is a lion?

Jtutton - 1300 Winner

Note - the speed of a meerkat was taken from Be The Creature

I think the teeth was also from Be the Creature. But actually i got it from a post Pronker made somewhere about the show Be the Creature

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APRIL 29, 2008

from Jtutton99 4/29/08 9:46 pm

100 - what is unique about the meerkat in this picture?

Beatrice has 7 mammae or nipples

 

200 - who am I? I am named after a town in the Northern Cape, founded in 1851 at the foot of the Hantam Mountains.

Calvinia Lazuli

300 - who am I? My name means "yes" or "hello" in local languages and I immigrated into the Rascals in November 2007.

Yebo!!

400 -based on the group naming rules, what letter would the next new groups name likely start with?

X, W, or Y, they don't appear to have groups with the same letter starting the name at the same time so I don't think W will be next. When Van Helsing was named, Evi mentioned that V was the next letter in line, that means that X, W, or Y should be next since they had Xhosa and X-iles. I believe the researchers think of the name and then decide on the second letter. Rascals is RR, so they just used R twice. Good guesses though.

500 - how many holes can a meerkat dig in half a day and how many times its weight in sand is displaced during that time?

400 and 50

scores:

GQoM - 1250 - WINNER!!!!!

WE INTERRUPT THIS GAME FOR A SPECIAL LEAD CALL:

Tomorrow night is a special question night. I will ask 5 special questions which will be easy to answer.

We need the following players to please be sure thay are playing jeopardy tomorrow:

QUIRKIES

JTUTTON

KITTY GLITTER

CORDEE

KATHY3

FLOMO

The winner of tonight's game will get to ask their questions on Thursday. Everyone is invited to play this very special round of questions......Thank you...

And now......back to the game.

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APRIL 30. 2008

from the_Slew

ddddss....oh man the excitement...

100-Which jeopardy player has a name that rhymes with "ksutton"?

200-Which jeopardy player has a name that rhymes with "Glitty Kitter"?

300-Which jeopardy player has a name that rhymes with "lordee"?

400-Which jeopardy player has a name that rhymes with "tathy3"?

500-Which jeopardy player has a name that rhymes with "lomo"?

 

ddddss

Answers only:

100-Jtutton

200-Kitty Glitter

300-Cordee

400-Kathy3

500-Flomo

Man, someone must have found my answer sheet as you all got purrfect scores....except loving did get extra credits for creativity...LOL!!!

As this was a special game, the winner of last night's jeopardy gets to do their questions tomorrow for reals.

OK...I need Quirkies, HQ's, Jtutton, Kitty Glitter, Cordee, Kathy3, and Flomo to go to Scentmark Central Burrow for your presents. After we have inducted you, then we will adjourn to the par-tay room and let everyone welcome you as new inductees.... Let's head out....

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