Phreaks of Nature

(The cover featured "Sue and the Two Headed Llama" and the equally terrifying "Brian & Rich" (next to a 6-foot-tall Snoopy).)

An easy one to start: What's the name of the Williams College Outing Club newsletter?

WEE BEASTIES

1. Some weasels and ferrets have a bone that hunters regularly use for toothpicks. Where is that bone found?

2. When mating, how does the male wolf help guarantee that he and the female will be locked in embrace for at least half an hour?

3. What is the the Heimlich-like maneuver called that a male frog does to the female, to squirt her eggs out so he can fertilize them? (He's on her back, arms under her armpits, and hugs.)

4. How can you tell a legless lizard from a snake?

5. On average...

   1. What is the longest venomous snake?

   2. ...The shortest?

   3. ...The heaviest?

6. There is only one deadly species of tick in the world: on what continent may it be found?

7. What type of animal is a cone shell, and how does it defend itself from attack?

8. Which of the following are poisonous but not venomous: rockfish, stonefish, porcupine fish, scorpion fish?

9. (There were pictures of seven different animal tracks.) Identify the above tracks as: reindeer, antelope, bear forepaw, bear hindpaw, red deer, roe-deer, and wild boar.

10. (There were pictures of five types of mushrooms.) Which of the above mushrooms are edible? Which aren't? '

11. (There were pictures of five different types of leaves.) Identify the following leaves as: cedar, white oak, beech, red maple, and black walnut.

SCOUTING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: GOOD, CLEAN FUN

1. Who founded the Boy Scouts? The Girl Scouts.?

2. List the Cub scout ranks in ascending order.

3. What does "Webelos" stand for?

4. List the Boy Scout ranks in ascending order.

5. List the Girl Scouts' five program levels.

6. How many merit badges are required of an Eagle Scout? What is the Girl Scout's Eagle Award equivalent?

7. How many [Boy] Scout laws are there?

8. What is the Boy Scout motto?

9. What is the Girl Scout Promise?

10. In the Girl Scout Friendship Song, two kinds of friends are described as silver and gold. Who are silver friends, and who are gold?

11. If you were ever a Brownie, you probably grew to hate this over-cute little ditty. But we at Gentle Tongue-Tongue don't care if we force you back into therapy: Transcribe the lyrics to the "Brownie Smile" song.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: A LITTLE LOCAL SCENERY

1. Who owns and operates the Hopkins Memorial Forest?

2. Where is the Greylock Glen?

3. What is the name of the center (not the Memorial Tower) at the top of Mt. Greylock?

4. Where are annual college Mountain Day celebrations held?

5. What is the Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge State Park made of? Where is Natural Bridge State Park, anyway?

6. (A photograph of an elaborate wrought-iron-looking sculpture was shown.) Where is the above sculpture located? What is it made from?

7. (A photograph of Mt. Greylock was shown, with a certain area highlighted.) This is the view of one side of Mt. Greylock. Popular legend has it that the bald area (within the box) resembles what?