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Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act | What act was signed in 1934? |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | What President signed this act? |
annual stamp purchase by all hunters over the age of sixteen | What is the requirement of the act? |
wildlife artwork | What do the stamps depict? |
one third | What percentage of the endangered species seek food and shelter in areas protected using Duck Stamp Funds. |
$670 million | How much money has the sale of Federal Duck Stamps generated since 1934? |
5,200,000 acres | How many acres has the sale of Federal Duck Stamps helped to purchase or lease since 1934? |
hunt migratory birds | What do the stamps give the purchaser a license to do? |
hunters | Who accounts for eighty-seven percent of the sale of duck stamps? |
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission | Who manages the distribution of the funds obtained by the sale of the stamps? |
$670 million | How much money has been generated due to the Duck Stamp act? |
5,200,000 acres | How much land has the Duck Stamp Act help purchase? |
license to hunt migratory birds | What do the Duck Stamps serve as? |
eighty-seven | What percent of sales are contributed by hunters? |
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (MBCC) | Who manages distribution of funds? |
The Arabian oryx | What large species of antelope once made its home in the desert areas of the Middle East? |
the species' striking appearance | Why did sport hunters find the Arabian oryx to be a worthwhile quarry to hunt? |
1972 | When did the Arabian oryx become extinct in the wild due to sport hunting? |
use of automobiles and high-powered rifles | How did hunters obliterate the advantage bestowed upon the oryx by evolution? |
Arabian oryx | What animal has made a miraculous comeback and been upgraded from "extinct in the wild" to "vulnerable"? |
Arabian oryx | What is a species of large antelope? |
much of the desert areas of the Middle East | What did the large antelope species once inhabit? |
automobiles and high-powered rifles | What destroyed the Arabian oryx only advantage of speed. |
1972 | When did the Arabian oryx become extinct? |
conservation efforts | What contributed to the Arabian oryx rise from extinct to vulnerable? |
a large bovid | What type of creature is the American bison? |
western North America | What did the American bison inhabit much of prior to the 1800s? |
rot | What did market hunters leave the parts of the bison they didn't need to do? |
several million | What was the population of bison herds around prior to being eliminated by thousands of market hunters? |
near-threatened | What is the current status of bison? |
market hunters | What did large herds of bison attract? |
western | What part of North America did the bison live? |
for their hides | Why were the bison killed? |
leaving the rest to rot | What did hunter do with the rest of the bison? |
near-threatened | What do bison still remain? |
a precipitous wildlife decline | Why has Botswana been forced to ban trophy hunting altogether? |
antelope | What plummeting numbers of this species caused a decline in predator numbers? |
hippopotamus | What species saw its numbers rising while elephant numbers remained stable? |
poaching, drought and habitat loss | What factors other than trophy hunting are responsible for the decline of wildlife in Botswana? |
Uganda | What other African country has also recently banned trophy hunting? |
ban trophy hunting | What Botswana was resently forced to do? |
antelope | What animal declined across Botswana? |
hippopotamus | What animal numbers have increased in Botswana? |
elephant | What animal numbers remain stable in Botswana? |
poaching | What else is partly to blame for the declining number of animals in Botswana and Uganda? |
Nepal | What country is Kathmandu the capital of? |
Sub-Metropolitan City | What does Upa-Mahanagar mean in English? |
tri-city | Along with "KTM," what is another nickname of Kathmandu? |
975,453 | How many people lived in Kathmandu in 2011? |
49.45 | How many square kilometers in size is Kathmandu? |
2000 | About how long has Kathmandu existed? |
inscriptions | What suggests that Kathmandu is as old as it is? |
Hinduism | What is Kathmandu's majority religion? |
Nepali | What do most Kathmandu residents speak? |
English | What secondary language do educated people in Kathmandu speak? |
wood | What does काष्ठ mean in English? |
covered shelter | What is the English translation of Mandap? |
Maru Satal | What do Newar speakers call Kasthamandap temple? |
King Laxmi Narsingh Malla | Who was responsible for the construction of Kasthamandap temple? |
25 April 2015 | On what date was Maru Satal destroyed? |
Kasthamandap Mahanagar | What is the ancient name of Kathmandu? |
Kantipur | How does कान्तिपुर transliterate into English? |
Lakshmi | Who is also called Kanti? |
pur | How do you say place in Sanskrit? |
great city | What is the English translation of Mahanagar? |
lake | According to legend, what body of water once existed on the site of Kathmandu? |
snakes | What animals notably resided in Nagdaha? |
Bodhisatwa Manjusri | Who was the founder of Manjupattan? |
demon | What type of creature was Banasur? |
Krishna | Who was Banasur's murderer? |
Yalamber | Who was the founder of the Kirata dynasty? |
northern | What geographical part of Kathmandu did Yambu once occupy? |
Sino-Tibetan | Speakers of what languages sometimes call Kathmandu Yambu? |
southern half | Where in Kathmandu was Yengal located? |
Buddhist | What religion did the Sankhu monastery belong to? |
Licchavis | Who won the war between the Licchavis and the Kiratas? |
Koliyas | Who did the migrating Shakyas pretend to be? |
Newar | What sect of Buddhism is the only remaining one based in Sanskrit? |
Virudhaka | Who killed the Shakyas? |
Dakshin Koligram | Under the Licchavi dynasty, what name was typically used to refer to Yengal? |
Dakshin Koligram | Kathmandu resulted from the merger of what two settlements? |
Gunakamadeva | Who is Kathmandu's historical founder? |
Manjushri | Who did Chandrahrasa belong to? |
eight | How many barracks guarded ancient Kathmandu? |
India and Tibet | Trade between what two countries typically went through ancient Kathmandu? |
Malla | Who ruled Nepal after the Licchavi? |
Turk Muslims | Along with Khas, who attacked Nepal in the early Malla period? |
third | What fraction of Kathmandu's population died in an ancient earthquake? |
Kailashkut Bhawan | Along with the Mangriha, what Licchavi-era building was destroyed in an ancient earthquake? |
Abhaya Malla | What notable Nepali figure died in a Kathmandu earthquake? |
four | How many cities were present in the Kathmandu Valley in the late Malla period? |
Kantipur, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, and Kirtipur | In the waning years of the Malla dynasty, what fortified cities existed in the Kathmandu Valley? |
India, Tibet, China, Persia, and Europe | What cultures influenced Nepal in the later Malla era? |
Haramekhala | What is an example of a book of medicine from the Malla period? |
1381 | When does Amarkosh date to? |
Gorkha Kingdom | Who won the Battle of Kathmandu? |
Kirtipur | What battle inaugurated the conquering of the Kathmandu Valley by the Gorkha? |
nine | How many stories high was the Basantapur tower? |
Great Britain | What European country did Bhimsen Thapa oppose? |
nine | How many stories made up the Dharahara tower? |