Though provided weekly on our site, I only occasionally post these Pre-Apocalypse News and Information Quizzes here.
But there are some good ones this week, which you might enjoy.
This Week's PANIQuestions (Answers below):
- What are Vietnamese seafood companies doing in response to the shrimp shortage?
a. Reshaping fish meat into "ShrimPals™"
b. Planting ocean lilies to shade the sunburned shrimp.
c. Holding back 15 percent as "seed shrimp."
d. Holding secret "shrimpfights"
e. "Scouring" the province because they're missing "fat profits."
- Eminent Australian scientist Frank Fenner predicts humans will go extinct how soon?
a. Never.
b. Four horseman-years.
c. 10,000 years.
d. December, 2012.
e. 100 years.
- What happened at the International Whaling Commission?
a. Japan, Norway, and Iceland may now be joined in whale killing by South Korea.
b. Japan, Norway, and Iceland sang whale songs in three-part harmony.
c. Japanese, Norwegian, and Icelanders will be hunted down with high-powered harpoons by whales.
d. Japan, Norway, and Iceland were shamed into changing policy by evidence that whales have lifelong friends.
e. Japan, Norway, and Iceland fought back an attempt by Lichtenstein to join the whalers.
- For May 2010, where were the global temperature anomalies mostly found?
a. In BP's board room, as the implications began to sink in.
b. At the Equator, where the solar maximum is achieved.
c. Within deniers' worldview.
d. In the Arctic, about 9 degrees Fahrenheit too hot.
e. Dead on the floor of a mine.
- Where are scientists "finding hints" at a coming plastic "garbage patch"?
a. Lake Michigan
b. Azerbaijan
c. The North Sea
d. Toys 'R' Us
e. The Antarctic
- What did a NOAA scientist say was the likely reason for "more than half" of turtle deaths in the Gulf?
a. Teenage turtles trying to "surf the tarballs."
b. The Gulf Gusher preventing respiration.
c. Manta-ray flu crossing the species barrier.
d. Shrimp netting causing drowning.
e. Oil dispersant transpiration through their gills.
- What is "the next big superconsumer"?
a. Newly thawed permafrost.
b. World infrastructure.
c. China.
d. Beachfront property.
e. Greenland.
- How much faster than the rate of recharge is Texas using the Ogallala Aquifer?
a. Not at all -- it's Texas!
b. Twice.
c. Three times.
d. Six times.
e. All of it -- it's Texas!
- Why are Argentina's right whale calves dying?
a. Once beached, they sunburn more badly than ever.
b. Scientists are unsure whether maternal malnourishment, toxic buildup, or seagull damage is the cause.
c. The new A434 oil platform is accidentally sending a whale song with bad directions.
d. They're on the left side of Argentina.
e. They're crying for Argentina.
Answers:
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- What are Vietnamese seafood companies doing in response to the shrimp shortage?
Correct Answer: (e): "Scouring" the province because they're missing "fat profits."
See "As world prices peak, Vietnam runs out of shrimp to sell" (via DesdemonaDespair)
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/...
- Eminent Australian scientist Frank Fenner predicts humans will go extinct how soon?
Correct Answer: (e): 100 years.
See "Humans will be extinct in 100 years says eminent scientist" (PhysOrg)
http://www.physorg.com/...
- What happened at the International Whaling Commission?
Correct Answer: (a): Japan, Norway, and Iceland may now be joined in whale killing by South Korea.
See "Nations fail to limit whaling, Japan still hunts" (AP, via PhysOrg)
http://www.physorg.com/...
- For May 2010, where were the global temperature anomalies mostly found?
Correct Answer: (d): In the Arctic, about 9 degrees Fahrenheit too hot.
See "Global Temperature Anomalies for May 2010 released" (NASA)
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/...
- Where are scientists "finding hints" at a coming plastic "garbage patch"?
Correct Answer: (e): The Antarctic
See "Scientists Find Hints at Coming Antarctic Garbage Patch" (Discovery)
http://news.discovery.com/...
- What did a NOAA scientist say was the likely reason for "more than half" of turtle deaths in the Gulf?
Correct Answer: (d): Shrimp netting causing drowning.
See "Turtle Deaths Called Result of Shrimping, Not Oil Spill" (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/...
- What is "the next big superconsumer"?
Correct Answer: (c): China.
See "China: the next superconsumer" (Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
- How much faster than the rate of recharge is Texas using the Ogallala Aquifer?
Correct Answer: (d): Six times.
See "How Bad Is the Ogallala Aquifer's Decline in Texas?" (Texas Tribune)
http://www.texastribune.org/...
- Why are Argentina's right whale calves dying?
Correct Answer: (b): Scientists are unsure whether maternal malnourishment, toxic buildup, or seagull damage is the cause.
See "What is killing Argentina's right whales?" (PhysOrg)
http://www.physorg.com/...
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