The Apocadocs: PANIQuiz for Week of Mon Mar 8, 2010

Humoring the Horror of Climate Chaos, Resource Depletion,
Plague/Virus, Species Decline, Biology Breach, Recovery, and more.

Pre-Apocalypse News & Info Quiz (PANIQuiz)
for the week of Mon Mar 8, 2010

1. What is Edinburgh the first city in the UK to do?
	Give up and prepare for the Apocalypse.
	Mass suicide.
	A carbon club to tackle climate change.
	Secede from the planet.
	Stop drinking.

2. What advance in plastic recycling was recently announced?
	Plastic that you can eat.
	Plastic that actually dissolves in salt water.
	A clearer pronunciation key for "phthalates."
	Improvement to the quality of recycled plastic.
	Plastic that "disappears" when you "look away."

3. Why is GE proposing a potential halt to the dredging of the Hudson River?
	PCBs are getting churned up.
	Dredging is costing too much.
	Protests by the fishes.
	The work is just too darn hard.
	It doesn't bring enough good things to life.

4. What is beginning to concern scientists about the west coast of the US?
	More and more low-oxygen zones.
	Climate skeptics are getting organizized.
	Surf's not as "up" as it used to be.
	Nothing, 'cause the pot just gets better and better.
	People can't count anymore.

5. What does Lakshman Guruswami say could improve both health and global warming?
	Only drive cars in reverse.
	Inhale and exhale with mindful consciousness.
	Provide cheap, clean-burning cook stoves to the developing world.
	Replace all politicians with 8 year old children, worldwide.
	Cover the Sahara Desert with tinfoil.

6. According to recent surveys, where are Americans when to comes to global warming?
	Their concerns are decreasing.
	Their concerns are increasing.
	They are leading the world in enviro-activism.
	They are too narcotized by TV to care.
	They like the idea of global warming a lot.

7. In what way are the effects of climate change lopsided?
	All of these answers are true.
	Women are more impacted.
	Children are more impacted.
	Developing countries are more impacted.
	Poor people are more impacted.

8. What has been found above Boulder, Colorado?
	Floating boulders
	A hole in the ozone
	Phthalate clouds
	Sea spray
	Aliens ready to take over