University Challenge 6th December 2010

[Charles Nicol]

One of the questions was "give the common name of the migratory butterfly Danaus Plexippus"...

Charles

[Padfield]

To which they answered, 'the Emperor'!

Guy

[Pete Eeles]

If only Roger Walker had been a Lepidopterist, he'd be a lot better off. From 2002:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_fLOBP_nrc[/video]

Cheers,

- Pete

[Rogerdodge]

Paxo gave the correct answer as Monarch - I wonder if he also had Milkweed Butterfly on his card as an alternative answer?

[Charles Nicol]

If only Roger Walker had been a Lepidopterist, he'd be a lot better off.



Cheers,

- Pete

He seemed like a really nice guy... i'm glad he didn't risk it. Not everybody knows that a Mother Shipton is a butterfly...

Charles

[David M]

Not everybody knows that a Mother Shipton is a butterfly...

Charles

I didn't even know it was a moth till last year.

[Padfield]

If he'd had an 'ask the audience' ticket left, it would have been interesting to know how many of them got it right... Would the bar chart have made a finger or a fist?

Guy

[Charles Nicol]

i had never heard of any of the 4 species until about 5 years ago.

the only butterflies i could recognise before then would have been Peacock & Red Admiral & "Cabbage White" !!

My moth knowledge was equally sparse, consisting of Hummingbird Hawk Moths which we saw in Libya, and Biston Betularia which we learnt about in Biology.

charles