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
Spell Hari’s last name backwards
nainamarbusalab
QUESTION 1
CI’s first project in Madagascar was…..
a. The Zahamena project
b. The Manhattan project
c. Serge Rajaobelina
d. Ankarafantsika
e. Lemur cloning
QUESTION 2
Where did a CI biological field station burn down in the 90s?
Guatemala
QUESTION 3
In what year was this Photo taken?
CI Staff Retreat, March 3-5,
1993
at the Northern Virginia 4H Conference Center
QUESTION 4
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 5
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
QUESTION 6
Where was the first CI field office established in December 1988?
• Costa Rica
PRIZE QUESTION
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 7
Based on the most current analysis, there are _____ biodiversity hotspots covering _____ % of the terrestrial surface area of the Earth
a. 13 covering 2.2%
b. 25 covering 2.8%
c. 41 covering 1.9%
d. 34 covering 2.3%
QUESTION 8
Which was the first Corridor Program to be implemented by CI in Brazil?
a. Cerrado/Pantanal
b. Amazonia/Pantanal
c. Atlantic Forest/Amazonia
d. Atlantic Forest/Brazil
e. None of the above
QUESTION 9
In which seascape was the epaulette shark discovered?
Bird’s Head
QUESTION 10
There are three key pillars that serve as the foundation to CI’s approach to conservation, what are they?
Science, partnerships, human welfare
QUESTION 11
The first field project to be conducted by CI in partnership with a major oil company took place in:
a. Louisiana, USA
b. Tambopata region of Peru
c. Lago Agrio, Ecuador
d. Mindanao, Philippines
e. La Amistad, Costa Rica
QUESTION 12
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 13
True or FalseCI has a dress code policy?
True
QUESTION 14
What was once referred to as the infected eye-ball?
A former CI logo
QUESTION 15
Spell Russ’ last name backwards
REIEMRETTIM
PRIZE QUESTION
What are CI’s targets for achieving species level outcomes?
IUCN globally threatened species
QUESTION 16
According to Peter Seligmann, fundraising is just like:
a. Hockey
b. Fishing
c. Bank robbery
d. A walk in the park
e. breathing
QUESTION 17
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. ~10,000
b. ~25,000
c. ~45,000
d. ~ 60,000
QUESTION 18
What was kept as a pet in the DC office building at 1015 18th street until it escaped
into the ventilation system?
a. A parrot named Avecita
b. A turtle named Dr. Carr
c. An unnamed blue-tongued skink
d. A ball python named mystery snake
e. A hissing cockroach named Ratsirarson
QUESTION 19
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 20
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 21
Indo-Burma
Which hotspot has the largest land area?
• a)Cerrado• b)Atlantic Forest• c)Madagascar and
the Indian Ocean Islands
• d)Indo-Burma
QUESTION 22
Where was the first ever CI staff gathering held?
Tabard Inn
QUESTION 23
In what Hotspot did Karl Morrison and Jamie Bechtel first fall in love?
Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands
QUESTION 24
What are CI’s three major conservation outcomes?
Extinctions avoided, areas protected, and corridors consolidated
QUESTION 25
What is a Succulent Karoo?
a. An endangered Mexican cactus
b. A Jamaican Cocktail
c. A South African Hotspot
d. An Australian Flightless game bird
e. A dance performed by Marsha Mogowski to obtain funding for the Madagascar Program
QUESTION 26
What noteworthy event was associated with the February 1996 CI Board Meeting and
trip to Peru?
a. Most of the group was afflicted with diarrheab. 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 Andesd. A+Ce. All of the above
QUESTION 27
What does TEAM stand for?
Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring
PRIZE QUESTION
What is AZE?
Alliance for Zero Extinction
QUESTION 28
Where was the first National Directory of KBAs produced?
• Turkey
• Philippines
• Madagascar
• Mexico
QUESTION 29
Which CI staff member is a private pilot as well as a commercial hot air balloon pilot?
Rod Mast
QUESTION 30
Name 4 CI Board members
Harrison Ford, Gordon Moore, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Meredith Brokaw, Edward
Wilson
PRIZE QUESTION
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
QUESTION 31
Name a former CI intern who is now a Senior Director
Manuel Ramírez
Jamie Sweeting
PRIZE QUESTION
QUESTION 32
New Guinea with over 900 languages
Which of the 5 Wilderness Areas has the most indigenous languages?
Name the core outcomes monitoring indicator for species
Red List Index
QUESTION 33
Name the five languages that Fred Boltz speaks
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Malagasy,
English
PRIZE QUESTION
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.
QUESTION 34
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