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University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:44 pm
by Charles Nicol
One of the questions was "give the common name of the migratory butterfly Danaus Plexippus"...
Charles
Re: University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:56 pm
by Padfield
To which they answered, 'the Emperor'!
Guy
Re: University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:10 pm
by 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
Re: University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:34 pm
by Rogerdodge
Paxo gave the correct answer as Monarch - I wonder if he also had Milkweed Butterfly on his card as an alternative answer?
Re: University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 1:52 pm
by Charles Nicol
Pete Eeles wrote: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
Re: University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:55 pm
by David M
Charles Nicol wrote: Not everybody knows that a Mother Shipton is a butterfly...
Charles
I didn't even know it was a moth till last year.
Re: University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:44 pm
by 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
Re: University Challenge 6th December 2010
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:53 pm
by 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