[Amill]

Are these endangered animals mostly reptiles?

5dr

Q&A

[ElleKing]

Are these endangered animals mostly marsupials?

Q&A

Are you at Batemans Marine Park?

Q&A

[Blueram]

Is the island named after a Captain?

[rchhuon99]

Are you in Cook Island Aquatic Reserve?

[ElleKing]

Are you at Ball's Pyramid?

Q&A

[pjmpjm]

Ball's Pyramid

Congratulations, ElleKing!

My son has worked a number of times on nearby Lord Howe Island, filling in for the Chief Ranger, when he was on holidays. And once or twice my son circumnavigated Ball's Pyramid in a small boat. It's quite a spectacular place!

Ball's Pyramid is an erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 6.4 million years ago. It lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. It is 562 metres (1,844 ft) high, while measuring only 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) in length and 300 metres (980 ft) across, making it the tallest volcanic stack in the world. Ball's Pyramid is part of the Lord Howe Island Marine Park in Australia and is over 643 kilometres (400 mi) northeast of Sydney, New South Wales.

Steep and eroded, Ball's Pyramid is positioned in the centre of a submarine shelf and is surrounded by rough seas, making any approach a difficult one.

The pyramid is named after Royal Navy Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, who reported discovering it in 1788. On the same voyage, Ball also reported discovering Lord Howe Island.

Ball's Pyramid supports the last known wild population of Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis).

Following the last sighting of the Lord Howe Island stick insect on Lord Howe Island in 1920, the species was presumed extinct. Evidence of continued survival on Ball's Pyramid was discovered during the 1964 climb when a dead specimen was found and photographed. Throughout the following years, several more dead specimens were discovered, but attempts to find live specimens were unsuccessful.

In 2001, a team of entomologists and conservationists landed on Ball's Pyramid to chart its flora and fauna. As they had hoped, they discovered a population of the Lord Howe Island stick insect living in an area of 6 by 30 metres (20 by 100 ft), at a height of 100 metres (330 ft) above the shoreline, under a single Melaleuca howeana shrub. The population was extremely small, with only 24 individuals. Two pairs were brought to mainland Australia, and new populations have been successfully bred with the ultimate goal of reintroduction to Lord Howe Island.

In 2014 an unauthorised climbing team sighted live stick insects in an exposed position 65 metres below the summit of Ball's Pyramid in a thicket of sedge plants, suggesting that the insect's range on Ball's Pyramid is more widespread than previously held and its food preferences are not limited to Melaleuca howeana.

Climbing was banned in 1982 under amendments to the Lord Howe Island Act, and in 1986, all access to the island was banned by the Lord Howe Island Board. In 1990, the policy was relaxed to allow some climbing under strict conditions, which in recent years has required an application to the relevant state minister

[Amill]

Congrats, Elle!

Nice round, pjmpjm.
That place looks eerie.

[raindrops]

ElleKing found pjmpjm with 11 questions and so gains 55 wrz$...
However it took 50 questions to find him so pjmpjm gets 250 wrz$.
ElleKing is invited to be the next guest after sending me a pm with the location for approval.

[ElleKing]

Round 81

Start guessing

Q & A

1. (Amill) Are you in a real place? Yes
2. (pjmpjm) Are you located in North America? No
3. (AdaBlue) Are you in the Northern Hemisphere? Yes
*4. (16burningsuns) Are you located in Europe? Yes
5. (Amill) Are you in the Western Hemisphere? Yes
6. (pjmpjm) Are you in either Russia or Siberia? No
7. (Bookworm10) Are you in Asia? No
8. (16burningsuns) Are you in a coastal European country? Yes
9. (Amill) Are you in Spain? No
10. (Blueram) Are you in a country that has a border on the Mediterranean Sea? No (excluding eventual dependencies or overseas territories)
11. (ms772) are you in UK? Yes
12. (pjmpjm) Are you in The Netherlands? No
13. (Amill) Are you in/on a human made construction? Yes
14. (meiryoNoHikari) Are you at a well-known cultural tourist attraction? No
15. (Amill - 5dr) Are you on an island of the UK (not counting England)? No
16. (pjmpjm) Are you in Scotland? No
17. (Amill - 5dr) Are you in Wales? No
18. (FRKJ) Are you at a location where the tv-show Game of Thrones filmed in Northern Ireland? No
19. (Amill - 5dr) Are you in London? No
20. (pjmpjm) Are you in Cornwall? No
21. (meiryoNoHikari) Are you on land (as opposed to being on/in water)? Yes
22. (FRKJ) Are you surrounded by a lot of trees? Cannot be answered by a Yes or No
23. (Amill) Was this place built after 1900? Cannot be answered by a Yes or No
24. (pjmpjm) Are you in the south of England? No
25. (JohnDoe0000) Are you on Earth? Yes
26. (Amill - 5dr) Are/were you a religious place? No
27. (meiryoNoHikari) are you at a place that provides any form of entertainment to people? No
28. (FRKJ) Are you a well known location for people all over the world? No
29. (pjmpjm) Are you in the north of England? Yes
30. (tourier) Are you inside a city? A Yes or No answer is debatable
31. (Amill) Is/was a place destined to live in? Yes
32. (FRKJ) Are you open for the public to visit you at any time? No
33. (pjmpjm) Does the name of this place start with the letters A to M (inclusive)? Yes
34. (Amill - 5dr) Is it known for its use during WW2? No
35. (yngvi) Are you in the northwest? No
XX. (pjmpjm) Are you in Yorkshire? Sorry, there should be 3 posts between 2 of yours.
36. (FRKJ) Does the name of this place start with the letter A? No
37. (Amill) Are you in a Manor? No
38. (meiryoNoHikari) Are you in a castle? No
39. (yngvi) Are you on a... motorway? No
40. (10mins) Are you Lindisfarne Castle? No
41. (pjmpjm) Does the name of your place start with any of the letters B to F, inclusive? No
42. (tourier) Are you outdoors? No
43. (Amill) Did someone famous live there? No
44. (meiryoNoHikari) Are you in either a hospital or some sort of ward? No
45. (pjmpjm) Are you in Yorkshire? Yes
46. (Amill - 5dr) Are you in City of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, City of Leeds or City of Wakefield? Yes
XX. (meiryoNoHikari) Are you in a building categorized as either a cottage, or a house? (not inclusive of the other) There has not been 5 days since Amill's post, so you need 3 posts between the two of yours, sorry.
47. (rchhuon99) Are you in Leeds? No
48. (avavava) Are you in Kirklees? Yes
49. (10mins) Are you in City of Bradford? No
50. (tourier) Are you in a privately owned building? Yes
51. (pjmpjm) Are you in the City of Wakefield? No
52. (Amill) Are you in Huddersfield, Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury or Heckmondwike? Yes
53. (rchhuon99) Are you in Cleckheaton? No
54. (bun_4eva) Are you in kirklees college? No
55. (Soumyadarshan) Are you in the Huddersfield library? No
56. (pjmpjm) Are you at Oakwell Hall? No
57. (tourier) Are you in a commercial building? No
58. (rchhuon99) Are you in Dewsbury? Yes
59. (Amill) Are you in Huddersfield? No
60. (Amill - 5dr) Are you in a mill? No
61. (pjmpjm) Are you at Crow Nest House? No
62. (Amill - 5dr) Did someone famous live there? No
63. (rchhuon99) Is "house" part of this place's name? No
64. (Soumyadarshan) Is 'home' part of this place's name? No
65. (Amill - 5dr) Are you either in Eastborough or Westtown? No
66. (bun_4eva) Are you in thornhill community academy? No
67. (Soumyadarshan - 5dr) Are you in Dewsbury Market? No
68. (pjmpjm) Does this place start with either of the letters . . . L or M? No
69. (Amill) Is this a place of teaching? No
70. (Soumyadarshan - 5dr) Does this place start with the letters: G, H, I or J? Yes
71. (pjmpjm) Does the name of this place start with any of these letters . . . U, V, W, X, Y or Z? No
72. (rchhuon99) Are you at a mill? No
73. (Amill) Are you in Dewsbury Moor or Moorend? No
74. (Soumyadarshan) Are you near a water body like a pool, pond, lake, etc. (inclusive)? No... not that I can estimate, but near may be a too relative term.
75. (rchhuon99 - 5dr) Does this place start with G or H? No
76. (pjmpjm) Does this place start with the letter J? No
77. (omaar22) does it start with the letter M No
78. (Soumyadarshan) Are you in Jilling Ing Park? No
79. (Amill) Does this place start with the letter I? Yes
80. (bun_4eva) Are you at the Institute of Islamic Education? No
81. (pjmpjm) Are you in the old Infirmary in Dewsbury? No
82. (Amill - 5dr) Are you in an inn or some kind of hostel/hotel? Yes
83. (Amill - 5dr) Are you an hotel? Yes, in a way...
84. (pjmpjm - 5dr) Are you in some kind of 'bail hostel'? No
85. (Amill - 5dr) Is it a hotel for humans? No
86. (tourier) Is this a medical facility? No
87. (Soumyadarshan) Are you a paying guest in some boarding house? No
88. (pjmpjm) Are you at Ings Luxury Cat Hotel? YES !!!

Congratulations pjmpjm and thank you all for playing!


* Edited answer : I'm so sorry, I don't know what happened, but I realised I made a huge mistake when I first answered this question... My deepest apologies, it was really not meant to be misleading. I won't answer questions when I'm in the rush from now on

[Amill]

Are you in a real place?

[pjmpjm]

Are you located in North America?

[AdaBlue]

Are you in the Northern Hemisphere?

Are you located in Europe?

[Amill]

Are you in the Western Hemisphere?