Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[47], Nov 24, 2017 [B - B - C]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[47], Nov 24, 2017 [B - B - C]
Tonight's Topic: "Who's the Pest?"
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    According to the BBC4 Radio Extra programme Who's the Pest?, at any time there are ten QUINTILLION insects alive.
    Although insects may be considered friend or pest, they constitute the largest number of living species in the world.
    Accordingly, we offer for your approval, 3 Questions about "Who's the Pest?"
    Please choose your answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) Answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each of the questions.  
    Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
   
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++ "Who's the Pest?" ++
Question #1: How many legs do insects have?
        A. 4, or
        B. 6, or
        C. 8.

Meet the six-legged rulers of the world: INSECTS"
[SOURCE: BBC Radio 4 Extra - Who's the Pest?]

Question #2: When printed out, 10 Quintillion shows the number 10 followed by how many zeros?
        A. 15 zeroes: 10,000,000,000,000,000, or
        B. 18 zeroes: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000, or
        C. 21 zeroes: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

"... a quintillion is one billion billion and can be written as follows: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
One quintillion has nineteen numbers. One one, followed by eighteen zeros.
[SOURCE: How many zeros in a quintillion?]

Question #3: Entomologists claim that insects make up the majority of species on the earth. What percent of living species do they represent?
        A. 60%, or
        B. 75%, or
        C. 80%.

"They make up a mighty 80% of the species on earth, and at any time there are ten QUINTILLION of them living.
[SOURCE: BBC Radio 4 Extra - Who's the Pest?]

           
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++ QUESTION OF THE DAY ++ -- Entomologist Erica McAlister -- British Musum of Natural History
        "Insect world is populated by beings with superpowers - an amazing sense of smell, lightning reflexes, the ability to fly at dizzying speed or walk on the ceiling."
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Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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