Trivia and Outcomes Quiz
1 February 2007
CI’s 20th 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
• No phoning Tom Brooks.
• Hari’s decision is final
QUESTION 1
Spell Hari’s last name backwards
nainamarbusalab
QUESTION 2
CI’s first project in Madagascar
was…..
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The Zahamena project
The Manhattan project
Serge Rajaobelina
Ankarafantsika
Lemur cloning
QUESTION 3
Where did a CI biological field station
burn down in the 90s?
Guatemala
QUESTION 4
In what year was this Photo taken?
CI Staff Retreat, March 3-5,
1993
at the Northern Virginia 4H
Conference Center
QUESTION 5
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?
• Russ’ toilet overflowing
QUESTION 6
Based on the most current information, how
many High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas
have been designated?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 6 (if you include Russ’ storage room)
d. 34 covering less than 2% of the Earths
terrestrial surface
e. B or C
PRIZE QUESTION
Where was the first CI field office
established in December 1988?
• Costa Rica
QUESTION 7
Name all five designated High
Biodiversity Wilderness Areas?
•
•
•
•
Amazonia
The Congo Forests
New Guinea
The Miombo-Mopane Woodlands and
Grasslands
• Deserts of North America
QUESTION 8
Based on the most current analysis, there
are _____ biodiversity hotspots covering
_____ % of the terrestrial surface area of the
Earth
a.
b.
c.
d.
13 covering 2.2%
25 covering 2.8%
41 covering 1.9%
34 covering 2.3%
QUESTION 9
Which was the first Corridor Program to be
implemented by CI in Brazil?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Cerrado/Pantanal
Amazonia/Pantanal
Atlantic Forest/Amazonia
Atlantic Forest/Brazil
None of the above
QUESTION 10
In which seascape was the epaulette shark
discovered?
Bird’s Head
QUESTION 11
There are three key pillars that serve as the
foundation to CI’s approach to conservation, what
are they?
Science, partnerships, human welfare
QUESTION 12
The first field project to be conducted by CI in
partnership with a major oil company took place in:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Louisiana, USA
Tambopata region of Peru
Lago Agrio, Ecuador
Mindanao, Philippines
La Amistad, Costa Rica
QUESTION 13
What are the criteria used to
identify key biodiversity areas?
• 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
QUESTION 14
True or False
CI has a dress code policy?
True
QUESTION 15
What was once referred to as the
infected eye-ball?
A former CI logo
PRIZE QUESTION
Spell Russ’ last name backwards
REIEMRETTIM
QUESTION 16
What are CI’s targets for achieving
species level outcomes?
IUCN globally threatened species
QUESTION 17
According to Peter Seligmann,
fundraising is just like:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Hockey
Fishing
Bank robbery
A walk in the park
breathing
QUESTION 18
Following completion of the Canopy
Walkway in Ghana’s Kakum National Park in
1994, the Park’s annual attendance
increased from ~7,000 to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
~10,000
~25,000
~45,000
~ 60,000
QUESTION 19
What was kept as a pet in the DC office
building at 1015 18th street until it escaped
into the ventilation system?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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
QUESTION 20
What strict criteria triggers a key biodiversity
area to be identified as an Alliance for Zero
Extinction site?
• 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.
QUESTION 21
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?
Peter Seligmann
QUESTION 22
Which hotspot has the largest land
area?
Indo-Burma
• a)Cerrado
• b)Atlantic Forest
• c)Madagascar
and the Indian
Ocean Islands
• d)Indo-Burma
QUESTION 23
Where was the first ever CI staff
gathering held?
Tabard Inn
QUESTION 24
In what Hotspot did Karl Morrison
and Jamie Bechtel first fall in love?
Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands
QUESTION 25
What are CI’s three major
conservation outcomes?
Extinctions avoided, areas protected, and
corridors consolidated
QUESTION 26
What is a Succulent Karoo?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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
QUESTION 27
What noteworthy event was associated with
the February 1996 CI Board Meeting and
trip to Peru?
a. Most of the group was afflicted with diarrhea
b. The group saw a harpy eagle close-up in a
town called Hell (Inferno)
c. A train carrying 40 CI staff and board members
derailed in the high Andes
d. A+C
e. All of the above
PRIZE QUESTION
What does TEAM stand for?
Tropical Ecology Assessment and
Monitoring
QUESTION 28
What is AZE?
Alliance for Zero Extinction
QUESTION 29
Where was the first National
Directory of KBAs produced?
• Turkey
• Philippines
• Madagascar
• Mexico
QUESTION 30
Which CI staff member is a private pilot as
well as a commercial hot air balloon pilot?
Rod Mast
PRIZE QUESTION
Name 4 CI Board members
Harrison Ford, Gordon Moore, Her Majesty
Queen Noor, Meredith Brokaw, Edward
Wilson
QUESTION 31
What is the “two fly”
a. A dance step created by CI-Suriname staff
b. A fishing contest at CI Board meetings
c. A Special type of multi-zippered pants used on
CI RAP expeditions
d. An insect discovered by Adrian Forsyth
e. A potent aphrodisiac produced by a Peruvian
shaman
PRIZE QUESTION
Name a former CI intern who is
now a Senior Director
Manuel Ramírez
Jamie Sweeting
QUESTION 32
Which of the 5 Wilderness Areas has
the most indigenous languages?
New Guinea with over
900 languages
QUESTION 33
Name the core outcomes
monitoring indicator for species
Red List Index
PRIZE QUESTION
Name the five languages that Fred
Boltz speaks
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Malagasy,
English
QUESTION 34
Name the two core outcome
monitoring indicators for sites
Change in protection status of key
biodiversity areas
Change in habitat extent in key
biodiversity areas.
THANK YOU
Which country has the most AZE
sites?
• Mexico
Which AZE site has the most
trigger species?
• Massif de la Hotte, Haiti
What CI Program has produced a
National Directory of KBAs?
• Philippines