Chester Zoo A couple of brainteasers

so I wasn't million miles away with the sunken garden, what is the official name for that area?

Does the zoo ever do any history tours?
 
I don't know why, but I had completely forgotten about the polar bears - even though I was slagging off the name 'Europe on the Edge' earlier today.

Alan
 
Also, for a couple of years (i think in the 70s) the zoo map had an area corresponding to the current zebra paddock which was labelled "proposed new bear enclosures" which never happened, although the spectacled bears eventually ended up not too far away
 
Pygathrix said:
Also, for a couple of years (i think in the 70s) the zoo map had an area corresponding to the current zebra paddock which was labelled "proposed new bear enclosures" which never happened, although the spectacled bears eventually ended up not too far away
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The area on the map was shown as 'number 105 proposed new bear enclosures' in August 1974 and is currently occupied by the male zebra. This was listed until the next version of the map in May 1976, when number 105 was changed to Llamas.

The 1974 NEZS annual report (page 6) says 'During the year several new paddocks have been constructed east of Green End. The enclosures which are completed contain Llamas, Reindeer and another herd of Wallabies. The Bear accommodation near the North Entrance has now been in use for over thirty years and it is proposed to build some new bear enclosures east of Green End Lane during the next twelve months.'

The 1975 NEZS annual report (page 6) says 'Little was done in the way of building during the year. Several enclosures were completed and are now in use and the owl aviaries have been re-built. A halt has been called on furthur development for the time being, except where it is absolutely necessary.'

It seems the zoo did not have the money to carry out the project.
 
Jordan-Jaguar97 said:
Can anybody guess what's the newest attraction in the Zoo?
(Apart from the new Jaguar revamp;)).
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I don't think you will see to much in the way of building work,in the zoo next year if we are lucky we may see a few new species arrive in the zoo,but they will go in exsiting enclosures that will already be suitable for them.So I would say the next major thing we will se at Chester will be Islands.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Have just realised there are 4 locations in the zoo in which you can see parts of old Bear enclosures not the previous stated 3!
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Nothing like having a quiz master who doesn't know the answers, happens down the local every week lol!
 
Mr T said:
Nothing like having a quiz master who doesn't know the answers, happens down the local every week lol!
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Yes but atleast I had the ball's to admit I got it wrong and didn't just edit it to cover it up!!!
 
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Mr T said:
You have obviously met my local quizmaster! He never admits he is wrong lol.
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I was an intermittent quiz master for some time at Uni. I was always very careful to word my questions with no ambiguity at all so no-one could argue back. The only time I ever allowed a correction was when I asked the length of a bail in cricket and the question was a little ambiguous as to if it meant one bail, or the pair of bails as set up on the wicket, so I gave the point for the answer I had or exactly twice it!

(I also once got a round of applause for my response another time someone argued - the question was:

What is the largest native wild cat in the Americas?

And someone tried argue that puma was a correct answer 'because they're the same thing as a jaguar'. Needless to say, after a brief lecture on felid taxonomy they realised they were onto a loser with that one and backed down!)
 
Maguari said:
I was an intermittent quiz master for some time at Uni. I was always very careful to word my questions with no ambiguity at all so no-one could argue back. The only time I ever allowed a correction was when I asked the length of a bail in cricket and the question was a little ambiguous as to if it meant one bail, or the pair of bails as set up on the wicket, so I gave the point for the answer I had or exactly twice it!

(I also once got a round of applause for my response another time someone argued - the question was:

What is the largest native wild cat in the Americas?

And someone tried argue that puma was a correct answer 'because they're the same thing as a jaguar'. Needless to say, after a brief lecture on felid taxomony they realised they were onto a loser with that one and backed down!)
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Excellent :D - I once argued myself a point when somebody asked 'what is the largest desert in the world' and they had Sahara as the answer :o - [I got my point for antarctica, but unfortunately they didn't take away the points from everybody that had answered Sahara :(]
 
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