Forests
Oceans
Game Theory
Vertebrate ID
PIs
100
One of the most endangered North American warbler species nests exclusively in forests dominated by this species of tree.
What is the jack pine?
100
This species comprises British Columbia’s most valuable invertebrate fishery.
What is the geoduck?
100
A hand where all 5 cards are of the same suit, but not in sequence.
What is a flush?
100
This BC snake is the only member of its family in Canada.
What is the rubber boa?
100
I was tied to a chair by a stripper dressed as a mermaid at my after-defence party.
Who is Nick Dulvy?
200
[Photo Question] The animal that makes these tracks is invasive to the forests of BC.
What is the Eastern grey squirrel?
200
This zooplankton order is common in the nearshore waters of British Columbia.
What is Calanoida?
200
My quips on Game of Thrones dwarf my enemies.
Who is Tyrion Lannister?
200
This fish, when migrating in the Pacific Ocean, has silvery sides with a green or blue back and white tips on the ventral and anal fins. It displays no large spots on back or tail, but some may have speckling on the back. It displays a grey tail (not silver), and has a prominent gold eye color.
What is the sockeye salmon?
200
I am enthusiastically taking salsa lessons
Who is Sean Cox
300
A wooded mountain range bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. Its highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft). This forest has suffered serious damage from acid rain and is only a fraction of the size it used to be.
What is the Black Forest?
300
This animal is found in BC waters, lives for 70 years, and has the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom.
What is the spiny dogfish?
300
This organism needs to account for the patience of whimbrels when deciding how long to hide before re-emerging from the burrow.
What is the fiddler crab?
300
This is a common breeding bird in BC whose nest has never been found.
What is the brown-headed cowbird?
300
I swam naked through a hole in the ice after giving a seminar in Finland.
Who is Isabelle Côté?
400
[Photo Question] This tree genus includes a species that dominates many southeastern Canadian forests and is popular for name-carving by star-crossed lovers.
What is Fagus?
400
This animal has the largest "egg" in the world and the most valuable fins.
What is the sawfish?
400
These two famous scientists were the first to formally apply game theory to evolving populations of organisms.
Who are John Maynard Smith and George R. Price?
400
This amphibian is differentiated from its “American” relative by the number of warts in its largest dark spots.
What is the Fowler’s toad?
400
I am accomplished in the passionate and seductive art form of flamenco dancing.
Who is Andy Cooper?
500
The rainforests in this country are over 135 million years old and regarded as the oldest in the world.
What is Australia?
500
Members of this genus of microscopic algae commonly live inside coral, providing them with food and helping them grow faster.
What is Symbiodinium?
500
The theory describes the rational self-interested behaviour in the depletion of a common pool resource.
What is the Nash Equilibrium?
500
[Photo Question] This common BC resident nests in burrows.
What is the belted kingfisher?
500
David Gilmour is my favorite musician, which may have been the inspiration for the ring tone on my cell phone.
Who is John Reynolds?
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