Your Pub Quiz questions please!

Hi Martin,



I was there watching you & the team go down the Gorge as I volunteer for the Bristol Zoo Education centre (I was the alternative white hair photographer). It was exciting indeed & can't wait to see the footage!



As for questions, there was a young climber there who was asking why it was that peregrines do not pass out at high g-force moves/falls.

I thought it might have to do something with special valves in the veins to stop blood from flowing out of the head, but I'd love to hear what the real reason is. Not that this is a question for the quiz mind, but I'd love to know the answer.



As for the quiz, I shall have a good think on questions... Can I out-geek the Packham? It's a tough challenge!



Kind regards,



Denice

Hi

Can you please feature urban Herring Gulls on your program & focus on the positives of these majestic seabirds, so much persecuted. Hardly anyone knows they are endangered & it is an offence to injure them. Too many low life general public mow them down on the road, which disgusts me.

thankyou

Is there a collective noun for ospreys? or a collective noun for tigers?

Got a question for the quiz:



Q What is a group of Buzzards called?



A a - a flock

b - a wake

c - an aeria



I guess you will know the answer so I wont give it on here!!



Steven White, Hempton - near Fakenham, near Pensthorpe(regular visitor)



Glad to have the team back again for another year - shame its the last for Pensthorpe but thoroughly enjoyed the last 2 years?

Q = Which insects communicate to each other by dancing?



a) Damselflies

b) Bees

c) Mayflies





Q = Which of the following is NOT a fungus?



a) Plums and Custard

b) Penny Bun

c) Charcoal Cakes



Q = When a hedgehog sheds its baby spines for adult spines, what is this process called?



a) Quilling

b) Spineing

c) Sharpening

"Beat the geek" ... great idea but pretty tricky!



I figure that birds are probably best avoided. Finding a chink in the armour of Chris and Simon's ornithological knowledge has to be impossible! So:



Q. Which fish, common and widespread all around the coasts of Britain, has the scientific name Pholis gunnellus?



a) Dogfish

b) Conger eel

c) Butterfish



How exciting, it's just like "Eggheads"!

Oh dear ... I fear this could become quite addictive!



Q. How many species of moth became extinct in Britain during the twentieth century?



a) 22

b) 42

c) 62

Q = What is the 'trapdoor' which snails use to cover the entrance to their shells called?



a) An operculum

b) A caldarium

c) A tavernium



Q = 'Wat' or 'Timid Wat' is a country name for which animal?



a) Weasel

b) Brown Hare

c) Hedgehog

Q1 - What is the colour of a Magellanic Oystercatcher's eye ring?



A) Red

B) Orange

C) Yellow



Q2 - Who wrote the Poyser Monograph on Weather and Bird Behaviour?



A) Niko Tinbergen

B) Norman Elkins

C) Janet Kear



Q3 - Which bird can be seen 'busking'?



A) Red-necked Grebe

B) Garganey

C) Mute Swan

Sounds like a scary pastime Martin! We have a quarry just up the road, and I can sit in my small conservatory, and watch Peregrines swooping over their prey from the comfort of this fabulous view point high up in the Malvern hills. Buzzards are a daily treat, with Cuckoo song amongst the dawn chorus, havent seen or heard a swift here yet though.

I'll throw a few out there.





When a common lizards drops its tail off to avoid predation the process is called.



1) autonomy

2)autotomy

3)auto-maticity



What is the primary active type of venom in the common adder?



1) Haemotoxic

2) Neurotoxic

3) Mytotoxic



In common frogs, the act of the male grasping the female for mating is known as..



1)apoplexy

2)amplexus

3)anchylosis



Which species of mammal previously known as Rudolphi's rorqual is occassionally seen in british waters.



1) Blue whale

2) Minky whale

3) Sei whale



Many people may not realise that while feral terrapins such as the red ear are seen as a thread to the ecosystem of britains watercourses, in the past the UK did have its own turtle species of a similar size and habits. Some may even still exist in remnant populations, though they were largely thought to be extinct around 8000 years ago. Name this terrapin.



1) yellow belly slider

2) spotted terrapin

2) european pond terrapin

@LazyRizzo re collective nouns



A hide of tigers



A duet of ospreys



A huddle of walruses

If I were Chris and Simon, I think i'd give this page a read and turn to google for the answers well before the shows start. :)

Ah Mike, I was thinking exactly the same thing when I wrote my questions! But surely Chris & Simon are far too honest & fair-minded to do anything like that ... aren't they?! ;-)

See if Chris or Simon can identify this - https://twitpic.com/1sk68s

How does a young Cuckoo know how to fly to Africa without having been there before and with no help?

Do all animals sleep?



Why do woodpeckers drum on things like telegraph poles or - as seen on Sw previously - metal poles? Do they get headaches?!



Frisa & Skye - the white-tailed sea eagles on Mull have just given up trying to hatch their egg (the second one, the first never made it either) - after 70 odd days incubating. Do you think they know/understand the egg is unviable, despite their instinct to incubate over-riding the lack of hatching?

Pub quiz question for Chris - do you think geek is an evolving different species from homo sapiens sapiens? Could it be homo sapiens sapiens geekus?



What did David Attenborough study for his degree at Cambridge?

for the Pub quiz -



What is a Yaffale ?



bird

bird sound

whale singing



answer- sound of the Green Wood Pecker usualy on take off,thought to augur Rain by Country Folk

question for the quiz:



What latin name are moths also sometimes referred to?



A)Heterocera

B)Rhopalocera

C)Neolepidoptera



Geeky enough?

Martin. Here's one: I believe Cuckoos parasitise the same species as their parents; e.g. Reed Warblers or Meadow Pipits and their eggs match those of the host species. How does a female Cuckoo know what host species its eggs will mimic when it returns to the UK?

Kingfisher feathers are without blue colour. they are infact a dull grey brownish colour. what is the name of the effect which makes them appear irridescant blue?

1. What was it Sir John Lubbock described as "thoroughly callous and utterly indifferent to one another"[...except ...part of the ordinary business of their life]?



A. Birds.

B. Bees.

C. Wasps.





2. Which bird is said to be known as the "Greedy Molly-mawk?



A. Albatross.

B. Storm Petrel.

C. Fulmar.





3. St. Elmo's fire has been observed on which of these?



A. The manes of horses.

B. The tails of foxes.

C. The whiskers of cats.





4. Which cetacean is said to prey systematically on its warm-blooded kindred?



A.Whale.

B.Porpoise.

C.Grampus.





5. Encrinites, fossil Crinoids (sea-"blank"), are often known as what?



A. Stone-irises.

B. Stone-daisies.

C. Stone-lilies.

Questions for geeks

How do migratory birds like albatross, swallows, terns preen when tehy are on the wing for so long?

What colour ar Kingfisher wings? (i watched Halcyon River and heard Charlie explain this)

What is the maximum speed that a peregrine falcon can reach when diving for prey?

Some more questions for the super nature geeks: How do you tell the difference between a male and female swallow? How many flies can the average bat catch in a night?

oops sorry i forgot to include a,b,c, What speed can a peregrine falcon reach when diving? A less than 360 km/h B around 370 km/h C more than 200 km/h

How many midges(simon will be happy about this one) can the average pipestrelle bat catch in one night alone? A up to 10 000 B up to 4000 C up to 3000

Can anybody help me? It's a dilemna I hope to have solved by you guys HERE'S ONE FOR CHRIS PACKHAM I THINK!!! Could be very interesting for the nature table if it's verifed.



Please help it's been in the cabinet for nearly two years now!!!



Almost 2 years my sister went to a place near Abbotsbury in Dorset. (not far from our home). It is a very fossil dense area of the Jurassic coast.



She found it on the beach (see pictures at bottom of comment), it was not imbedded in any rock or mud and was like this. It has not been painted , cleaned or had any flesh remove and was obviously dead. It is 7cm long and 5cm at it's widest point. It has 6 segments which if not old or fragile would articulate and 1 head piece.



It has a very hollow sound if flicked and feels like smooth bone (but isn't) its legs still have gill like feathery projections on.

I am toying with the idea it is either some kind of water louse from other waters , but these are usually huge!! or a fossil type known as Trilobite all though it lacks the correct cephalon (head) and hasn't got enough thoracic segments.

We may be way off the mark but the internet has not presented us with any solid information.



PLEASE HELP!!



Naturally any of you nature geeks (normally I am one) out there are also welcome to post your views :)



https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681697405/in/photostream/



https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681698967/



https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4682325788/in/photostream/

I'll try the links again- sorry

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681698967/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681697405/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4682325788/



or maybe

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681697405/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681698967/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4682325788/in/photostream/

See previous posts from me to find out why I've linked to these- SORRY IF THIS DOESN'T WORK!!!



https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4682325788/in/pool-bbcspringwatch

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681697405/in/pool-bbcspringwatch

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28315978@N02/4681698967/in/pool-bbcspringwatch

Hey Martin,



Could you please put this question in the Pub Quiz tonight?



What is the heaviest flying bird in Britain?

A: Great Bustard

B: Mute Swan

C: Golden Eagle



Answer: Great Bustard

Here's a question for the geeks:



What is the only Andrena (solitary bee) species with a mainly red abdomen in both sexes, the male also has a white face. Is it:



Andrena marginata

Andrena fulvago

Andrena labiata

Type in : Kirsty's marine mystery if you wish to help me in my quest in identify the beast.

Sorry to have posted so many times

see previous post further up

:)

see above. on the springwatch flickr page (official) that is

What type of moth does this caterpillar belong to?



https://www.flickr.com/photos/48495017@N04/4671194313/sizes/l/







A)Swallow tail moth



B)Brimstone moth



C)Lilac Beauty

question for pub quiz Geeks!



GRASSNAKES -



Who has most sub-caudal scales?

Male?

Female?

Or do they have the same?



Bonus if you know how many they have?

'Blue Jig' is a local name in some parts of Scotland for which bird?



A. Starling



B. Dunnock



C. Pied Wagtail







The 'Rackelhahn' is a hybrid of which 2 species of bird?



Answer: Capercaillie and Black Grouse

Okay - beat the geek



what is gravitational shagging? (according to Kate's twitter, CP has been going on about it for days)



(a) something to do with seabirds similar to cormorants

(b) a strange way of insect breeding behaviour

(c) something Chris has invented to annoy Kate and all his twitter followers!



(I don't know the correct answer, googling it only brings up a lot of very odd websites! I suspect (c) is the answer).



what is Amblyopsidae?

(a) an insect

(b) a fungus

(c) a blind cave fish



(answer c)

Sorry, the answer to my first question is Dunnock. Wasn't sure if you needed the answer as well, the second question didn't seem like one I could give mnultiple choice answers for. Quite difficult to think of more than one possible answer.

Hi Martin,

How about this:



What is the common name for Forficula auricularia:

a) Mayfly

b) ladybird

c) earwig



answer C.



T

Hi do the geeks know:-

A) how many worms live under the turf of a football pitch? And

B) how many bees would it take to make a noise equal to that awful vu-vu row? Many thanks!

the answer to mine is A btw