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Trivia and Outcomes Quiz

Trivia and Outcomes Quiz. 1 February 2007 CI’s 20 th Anniversary Celebration. Ground Rules. Split into groups by birthdays Allocate someone to write answers and put hand up. Answer must be written in full Wrong spelling is okay but must be eligible No use of blackberrys

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Trivia and Outcomes Quiz

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  1. Trivia and Outcomes Quiz 1 February 2007 CI’s 20th Anniversary Celebration

  2. Ground Rules • Split into groups by birthdays • Allocate someone to write answers and put hand up. • Answer must be written in full • Wrong spelling is okay but must be eligible • No use of blackberrys • No phoning Tom Brooks. • Hari’s decision is final

  3. Spell Hari’s last name backwards QUESTION 1 nainamarbusalab

  4. CI’s first project in Madagascar was….. QUESTION 2 • The Zahamena project • The Manhattan project • Serge Rajaobelina • Ankarafantsika • Lemur cloning

  5. QUESTION 3 Where did a CI biological field station burn down in the 90s? Guatemala

  6. In what year was this Photo taken? QUESTION 4 CI Staff Retreat, March 3-5, 1993 at the Northern Virginia 4H Conference Center

  7. In 1993, major water leaks caused hundreds of dollars worth of damage to the GIS Lab at the 1015 18th Street building. What caused the water damage? QUESTION 5 • Russ’ toilet overflowing

  8. Based on the most current information, how many High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas have been designated? QUESTION 6 • 2 • 5 • 6 (if you include Russ’ storage room) • 34 covering less than 2% of the Earths terrestrial surface • B or C

  9. Where was the first CI field office established in December 1988? PRIZE QUESTION • Costa Rica

  10. Name all five designated High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas? QUESTION 7 • Amazonia • The Congo Forests • New Guinea • The Miombo-Mopane Woodlands and Grasslands • Deserts of North America

  11. Based on the most current analysis, there are _____ biodiversity hotspots covering _____ % of the terrestrial surface area of the Earth QUESTION 8 • 13 covering 2.2% • 25 covering 2.8% • 41 covering 1.9% • 34 covering 2.3%

  12. Which was the first Corridor Program to be implemented by CI in Brazil? QUESTION 9 • Cerrado/Pantanal • Amazonia/Pantanal • Atlantic Forest/Amazonia • Atlantic Forest/Brazil • None of the above

  13. QUESTION 10 In which seascape was the epaulette shark discovered? Bird’s Head

  14. There are three key pillars that serve as the foundation to CI’s approach to conservation, what are they? QUESTION 11 Science, partnerships, human welfare

  15. The first field project to be conducted by CI in partnership with a major oil company took place in: QUESTION 12 • Louisiana, USA • Tambopata region of Peru • Lago Agrio, Ecuador • Mindanao, Philippines • La Amistad, Costa Rica

  16. What are the criteria used to identify key biodiversity areas? QUESTION 13 • Vulnerability – Site exceeds thresholds for the presence of globally threatened species (according to the IUCN Red List) and /or • Irreplaceability – Site holds at least a threshold percentage of the global population of a species, at least for part of its life cycle (sub-criteria: 1) restricted –range, 2) globally significant congregations, 3) bioregionally restricted species, source populations, and species with large but clumped distributions

  17. True or FalseCI has a dress code policy? QUESTION 14 True

  18. What was once referred to as the infected eye-ball? QUESTION 15 A former CI logo

  19. Spell Russ’ last name backwards PRIZE QUESTION REIEMRETTIM

  20. What are CI’s targets for achieving species level outcomes? QUESTION 16 IUCN globally threatened species

  21. According to Peter Seligmann, fundraising is just like: QUESTION 17 • Hockey • Fishing • Bank robbery • A walk in the park • breathing

  22. Following completion of the Canopy Walkway in Ghana’s Kakum National Park in 1994, the Park’s annual attendance increased from ~7,000 to: QUESTION 18 • ~10,000 • ~25,000 • ~45,000 • ~ 60,000

  23. What was kept as a pet in the DC office building at 1015 18th street until it escaped into the ventilation system? QUESTION 19 • A parrot named Avecita • A turtle named Dr. Carr • An unnamed blue-tongued skink • A ball python named mystery snake • A hissing cockroach named Ratsirarson

  24. What strict criteria triggers a key biodiversity area to be identified as an Alliance for Zero Extinction site? QUESTION 20 • The site must hold 95% or more of the global population of at least one species listed by IUCN as either Critically Endangered or Endangered.

  25. In the early years of CI, which Senior Staff member survived an Eastern Airline crash that split the plane in two while taking off from San Jose in 1988? QUESTION 21 Peter Seligmann

  26. Which hotspot has the largest land area? QUESTION 22 • a)Cerrado • b)Atlantic Forest • c)Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands • d)Indo-Burma Indo-Burma

  27. Where was the first ever CI staff gathering held? QUESTION 23 Tabard Inn

  28. In what Hotspot did Karl Morrison and Jamie Bechtel first fall in love? QUESTION 24 Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands

  29. What are CI’s three major conservation outcomes? QUESTION 25 Extinctions avoided, areas protected, and corridors consolidated

  30. What is a Succulent Karoo? QUESTION 26 • An endangered Mexican cactus • A Jamaican Cocktail • A South African Hotspot • An Australian Flightless game bird • A dance performed by Marsha Mogowski to obtain funding for the Madagascar Program

  31. What noteworthy event was associated with the February 1996 CI Board Meeting and trip to Peru? QUESTION 27 • Most of the group was afflicted with diarrhea • The group saw a harpy eagle close-up in a town called Hell (Inferno) • A train carrying 40 CI staff and board members derailed in the high Andes • A+C • All of the above

  32. What does TEAM stand for? PRIZE QUESTION Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring

  33. What is AZE? QUESTION 28 Alliance for Zero Extinction

  34. QUESTION 29 Where was the first National Directory of KBAs produced? • Turkey • Philippines • Madagascar • Mexico

  35. Which CI staff member is a private pilot as well as a commercial hot air balloon pilot? QUESTION 30 Rod Mast

  36. Name 4 CI Board members PRIZE QUESTION Harrison Ford, Gordon Moore, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Meredith Brokaw, Edward Wilson

  37. What is the “two fly” QUESTION 31 • A dance step created by CI-Suriname staff • A fishing contest at CI Board meetings • A Special type of multi-zippered pants used on CI RAP expeditions • An insect discovered by Adrian Forsyth • A potent aphrodisiac produced by a Peruvian shaman

  38. Name a former CI intern who is now a Senior Director PRIZE QUESTION Manuel Ramírez Jamie Sweeting

  39. QUESTION 32 Which of the 5 Wilderness Areas has the most indigenous languages? New Guinea with over 900 languages

  40. Name the core outcomes monitoring indicator for species QUESTION 33 Red List Index

  41. Name the five languages that Fred Boltz speaks PRIZE QUESTION Portuguese, Spanish, French, Malagasy, English

  42. Name the two core outcome monitoring indicators for sites QUESTION 34 Change in protection status of key biodiversity areas Change in habitat extent in key biodiversity areas.

  43. THANK YOU

  44. Which country has the most AZE sites? • Mexico

  45. Which AZE site has the most trigger species? • Massif de la Hotte, Haiti

  46. What CI Program has produced a National Directory of KBAs? • Philippines

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