CLOSED: Standard Crinkler! TAKEN!

[HopefulMonster]

OK guys, this ones a two parter. Answer any of the trivia questions correctly and you can get THREE guesses, otherwise you get TWO guesses, the winning number is between 1-100. (First correct guess only for that extra number guess!)

Price for this fluffy Unseelie beastie is $125, plus shipping. It is the first of the smaller, hand sculpted Fairy Standards, with the new skin texture. Glass eyes, iridescent crinkley wings, and feathery double antennae. Being of the Unseelie fae, this baby is more than a bit of a handful, so newbie handlers beware!




Question 1) who invented solar panels, and when? ANSWERED - CELESTINE

Question 2) what do the numbers in triangles on the bottom of plastic items mean? ANSWERED -GT

Question 3) name an extinct animal species, and list the cause of their extinction. ANSWERED-SHADRA

Question 4) list one of the major threats currently known to the honeybee population, and why this presents a danger. ANSWERED - MAB

Question 5) what does 'coral bleaching' mean, and what is thought to be the cause? ANSWERED - AUROROUS

Question 6) list a sustainable, fast growing alternative to trees for making paper. ANSWERED - GENEPI

Winner, GT with a guess of lucky number 7!!!

[ShadraAvro]

Question 3) name an extinct animal species, and list the cause of their extinction.
Pinta Island Tortoise (lonesome George). Died out because of the introduction of goats (non natives to the island) into the habitat. The resulting deforestation of the tortoise's food source eventually became too much and despite efforts, this essentially killed off the species.

Guesses:
6
36
81

Edit: Let me know if you need me to make a list of who guessed what numbers!

[Aurorous]

Answering question 3

The sabertooth tiger is an extinct species of big cat that was likely hunted to extinction by humans.

GUESSES
20, 63, 86

Btw, D that baby is absoultely gorgeous!

[Ambaaargh]

Question Four: Pesticides. I find it presents a danger because a lot of companies who make their money off pesticides have been lobbying to keep restrictions and testing on their products down which means attempts to prevent further dying of honeybees is delayed due to various corporations going for a profit. So if it is one of the major possible factors, it's combined with groups of people trying to downplay it or keep people from thinking it is.

Guess 1: 82
Guess 2: 48
Guess 3: (If I get the answer option) 26

[Genepi]

Question 4) list one of the major threats currently know to the honeybee population, and why this presents a danger.
Cool, a trivia question I know! *loves bees*
Neonicotinoid-based insecticides are a major contribution to bee population decline. These insecticides are wide-spread to counter other pests (ie: grasshoppers, aphids, etc), but visiting bees are affected. If the dose has been recently applied, the bee can be killed outright; if the dose is small, the bee can survive and make its way back to its hive, but it carries the small insecticide dose with it. Given enough time, this dose can accumulate in the hive, and lead to major problems/imminent failure of hive micro-ecosystem.

Edit: Apparently, while I typing out my answer, Ambaargh beat me to honeybee trivia, so...
Question 6) list a sustainable, fast growing alternative to trees for making paper.
Agricultural waste paper (aka AGRIPULP) uses leftovers from common crops (brocolli, cauliflower, celery, etc) to make a paper out of what would normally go into a landfill. Because of fast turnover over agricultural crops + multiple seasons per year per crop, it serves as a renewable and relatively fast way to get paper.
(Though nothing beats elephant poop paper).


Guess 1: 12
Guess 2: 55
Guess 3: (If I answered trivia correctly and within expectations) 71

[Celestine8]

1.) who invented siolar panels? Russell Ohls in 1946

8, 78 and if I'm right, 56

[HopefulMonster]

Aurorous, Genepi, both good answers but shadra and Mab beat you to those questions. Try the others if you want your third number guesses!

[Gardentoaster]

Question 2 For me!
What do the numbers in triangles on the bottom of plastic items mean?

It's a way to identify the type of plastic used for the product!! There are 7 numbers I believe and they stand for the different plastics, some which can and cannot be recycled!


Guesses I guess: Totes forgot those!

1.) 69
?2.) 14
?3.) 7

[Aurorous]

Oh didn't realize we couldn't repeat. The solar panel was invented by Russell Ohl in 1941!

Edit: CORAL BLEACHING!
Caused by rising water temps which makes coral loose their algae and turn them white

[Genepi]

Edited my post to answer the paper alternative question.