1. What do you know about Wolves?
Power Point produced by Timber Wolf Alliance
Jeopardy questions and answers provided by International Wolf Center

2. Jeopardy 1 Legal Ease 2 Home Range 3 Life & Death 4 Wolf Parts
5 On the
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6 Myths
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3. 1 - $100 What do we call a person who shoots a wolf illegally?
A Poacher

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What do we call an animal or plant that is in danger of being extinct?
Endangered Species

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What year was the Endangered Species Act passed?
1973

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What is ‘delisting?’
The process of removing a species from the endangered species list.

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What year was the first bounty established in Minnesota?
1849

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True or False? Wolf range originally spanned a wider area than any other land mammal (other than humans).
True.

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Most wolves will disperse from the pack they were born into by what age?
Three years of age

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What is the entire geographic area over which wolves are distributed known as?
Wolf Range

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Wolves may expand their range in two ways; natural recolonization or what human-directed activity?
Reintroduction

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The farthest a wolf is known to have dispersed from its home is….
78 miles
330 miles
660 miles C

13. 3 - $100 Name three species wolves might prey on.
Deer, elk, moose, bison, hare, caribou, muskox, cow, sheep, beaver…

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On the average, what percentage of pups die each year?
40-60%

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Who are the main predators of wolves?
Humans

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What is the leading cause of death for a wolf?
Starvation

17. 3 - $500 How much food does an average wolf need per day to survive?
Average of 5-10 lbs per wolf per day

18. 4 - $100 Name three colors that a wolf’s fur could be.
Gray, white, brown, black, tan

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List three wolf body parts that are important to communication.
Tail, eyes, ears, and teeth

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What do we call a male and a female wolf that mate to produce pups?
The breeding pair

21. 4 - $400 What is the average weight of an adult male wolf?
pounds

22. 4 - $500 What does a four month old wolf pup eat?
Regurgitated food from an adult pack mate

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What is an area that a wolf calls home?
Territory

24. 5 - $200 How far may a wolf travel in search for food?
10-30 miles a day

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What factor most determines the size of a wolf pack territory?
Food availability

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What is the name of the area where pups remain when they are 8-20 weeks of age?
Rendezvous site

27. 5 - $500 Name two ways wolves ‘mark’ their territory
Urination, howling

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True or false? It is common for wolves to kill people
False

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What does it mean if a person is described as ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing?’
That person is not as trustworthy as s/he appears.

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What is the name of the mythological character that is a man who turns into a wolf?
A werewolf

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What does a person tell when s/he ‘cries wolf?’
A lie

32. 5 - $500 What is anthropomorphism?
The act of attributing human actions and motivations to animals

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