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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Crichton, Michael
What were the gorillas mated with to make the large, gray gorillas at Zinj? | 'Congo' Quiz
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A stained glass flower on his door.
Johnson made Arthur Kahn lie to Tom Sanders, telling him that who was in a hospital in Malaysia because his cousin supposedly cursed him? | 'Disclosure' -- Michael Crichton
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Mohammed Jafar. Johnson didn't want Sanders having contact with anyone in the Malaysia plant except Kahn.
Betsy Ross. Ross said to Sanders, 'Don't say anything. About the flag. Someone always says something about the flag.'
Cindy Wolfe. He always calls Cindy to see if he has any messages.
During the meeting with Meredith, Sanders thought he'd call Mark Lewyn back. Lewyn didn't really receive the call because Sanders accidentally called someone. Whom did he call? | 'Disclosure' -- Michael Crichton
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John Levin. He had a telephone with which you dial the first three letters of the person's last name, and accidentally dialed L-E-V and got Levin's answering machine, instead of L-E-W for Lewyn.
Bob Garvin. Sanders expected to be promoted, but Meredith Johnson, whom Sanders had dated about ten years ago, was placed in the position he thought he'd get.
Eliza and Matt. Eliza is a couple years old, Matt is a baby
Conley-White. The merger is supposed to be secret, but everyone hears rumors about it. Sanders is one of the few people who knows about it for sure.
sexual harassment. A man charges sexual harrassment against a woman.
What was causing the infection that killed off many of the adult dinosaurs? | The Lost Quiz
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prions. Ian realized that the dinosaurs were infected with prions after learning that InGen used ground-up sheep extract to feed the dinosaurs.
Who goes out to find the Explorer and runs into Lewis Dodgson? | The Lost Quiz
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Sarah . Sarah found the Explorer, but it was surrounded by Pachycephalosaurs. Then Dodgson shows up, hoping to steal the car. But before he can do that, he is carried off by the Tyrannosaur. In the book, Sarah was a stronger, more independent character than in the movie.
Who finds a secret tunnel out of the convenience store just in time to rescue everyone from the attacking Velociraptors? | The Lost Quiz
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Kelly. Kelly was at the computer desk trying to find a map when she realizes there has to be a place under the building to store the computer cables.
Who gets trapped in the attack cage and rolled off by the Velociraptors? | The Lost Quiz
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Arby. Arby fell off the high hide and hid inside the attack cage. Unfortunately, the Velociraptors rolled him off to their nest.
Who brought the injured Tyrannosaur infant back to the trailers? | The Lost Quiz
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Eddie . Eddie couldn't shoot the injured infant, so he brought it back to the trailer.
In "Jurassic Park" the Tyrannosaurus couldn't see things that didn't move. Was this true in "The Lost World"? | The Lost Quiz
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No. Here's another instance in which Crichton was inconsistent. In "The Lost World" they make a big deal about how people were stupid to believe the Tyrannosaur couldn't see anything that stayed still, yet that was exactly what happend in "Jurassic Park".
Isla Sorna. Isla Sorna was part of the five islands in a chain called The Five Deaths. Seems like an appropriate name.
What African animal is Sarah Harding studying at the beginning of the book? | The Lost Quiz
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hyenas. Right before Malcolm and Thorne call her to fly to Costa Rica, she is studying the hunting habits of the hyena.
Who is the first victim mentioned by name in "The Lost World"? | The Lost Quiz
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Diego. Diego was Levine's guide. He didn't last very long.
What connection did Arby and Kelly have to the members of the expedition? | The Lost Quiz
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They were Levine's assistants. Levine had R.B. (Arby) and Kelly assist him as he was planning the trip. In the movie they eliminated Arby completely and made Kelly Malcolm's daughter.
What is the name of the "rich kid" scientist that teams up with Ian Malcolm to study the "Lost World"? | The Lost Quiz
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Richard Levine. Levine was the heir to the Americana Doll fortune. Sarah and Doc were both along on the journey. Dodgson was the greedy researcher from Biosyn. This book wasn't quite as good as "Jurassic Park", but it was still exciting.
Sterno. Sterno, a combonation of alcohol and methanol. Peter Jackson said he was drinking this and taking aspirin for his stomach ulcer...
Enzymes. Its crystalline structure enabled it to survive without protein based organization.
proteins. The infectious green flecks were given a battery of tests: radioactive assays, spectometry, radio-density photometry,thermocoupling analysis, along with amino-acid analyzation. Proteins make up all enzymes.
detection. The organism had to first be found.
All Scientists are Blind. Formulated by Dr. Peter Leavitt as a humorous reminder of the human chromosome number, 46 not 48 as misconstrued data from the 40's and 50's postulated.
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