1st student's online wildlife quizbowl

Question 1

In what province can you find the Balabac (PH) Mouse-Deer (Tragulus nigricans)? or Pilandok

Answer 1

Palawan

Question 2

It is an association between algae and fungi that in its vegetative biology acts as a coherent photosynthetic organism.

Answer 2

Lichens

Question 3

What RA - “Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act”

Answer 3

RA 9147

Question 4

What is the largest terrestrial protected area in Negros Island

Answer 4

Northern Negros Natural Park

Question 5

T or F
The PH has no known record of sundews (genus Drosera)

Answer 5

False. It is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. PH has 9

Question 6

are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds. They still generate all of their energy from photosynthesis.

Answer 6

Carnivorous plants

Question 7

What is the other name of the Convention on Wetlands?

Answer 7

Ramsar Convention

Question 8

What is the name of the cave in Samal Island that has the world’s largest population of Geoffroy’s rousette Fruit bat?

Answer 8

Monfort Cave

Rousettus amplexicaudatus

Question 9

This was officially recognized by the Guinness World Record as the largest single colony of bats. - where? How much?

Answer 9

Monfort Bat Cave in Samal Island, 1.8 m

Question 10

is a critically endangered bird that survives only in Negros and Panay. It was once presumed functionally extinct in Negros until its rediscovery

Answer 10

Rufous-headed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni (Walden’s hornbill)

Question 11

What is the world’s largest forest kingfished species in the Ph

Answer 11

Blue-capped wood kingfisher

Hombron’s kingfisher or the blue-capped kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni)

Question 12

What is the name of the world’s largest caldera (about 150 km diameter) that is found in the PH rise?

Answer 12

Apolaki Caldera

Question 13

What is the DAO 2017 threatened category of Aquilaria malaccensis or agarwood

Answer 13

Endangered

Question 14

Aquilaria malaccensis
Is prized for its unique scent and medicinal properties. It is under threat due to unsustainable harvesting of its wood. What is its common name?

Answer 14

Agarwood

Question 15

The Philippine Pangolin (Manis culionensis) is heavily hunted for its scales. What are its scale made of?

Answer 15

Keratin

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a threatened species based on RA 9147

a. Visayan Spotted Dear
b. Visayan Warty Pig
c. Green Sea Turtle
d. Irrawaddy Dolphin

Answer 16

D

Question 17

The practice of creating lifelike animals by the use of their prepared skins and supporting structures.

Answer 17

Taxidermy

Question 18

On October 2020, DENR announced the death of the last remaining captive Tamaraw. What was the name of the Tamaraw?

Answer 18

Kalibasib/Kali

Question 19

Gymnosiphon syceorosensis was discovered in what mountain in Mindanao?

Answer 19

Mt. Hamiguitan

𝐺𝑦𝑚𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑦𝑐𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 is a plant that does not undergo the process of photosynthesis to survive

Question 20

It is a genus of mycotrophic plants. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that are attached to the roots of plants.

Answer 20

Gymnosiphon

Question 21

T OR F: The Ph flying lemur is a herbivore, feeding on tender young leaves of trees.

Answer 21

True

• Cynocephalus volans
• nocturnal endemic mammal

Question 22

Besides Rufous-headed Hornbill, what is the english name of other critically endangered hornbill in the PH

Answer 22

Sulu Hornbill

Question 23

What species is found in the Northern Negros Natural Park (formerly NNNFR) logo?

Answer 23

Visayan (Philippine) Spotted Deer

Question 24

This is a critically endangered wild pig which can now only be found in Negros and Panay Island. It was also the 16th/wildlife’s month festival flagship species

Answer 24

Visayan Warty Pig