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Release date | 20 July 2015 (Update) |
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End date | 3 August 2015 (Update) |
Reward | Big Cats Sanctuary |
Head developer | Stuart W |
Preceded by | Rhino Awareness |
Succeeded by | N/A |
The Drop: Big Cats Edition was a special version of The Drop quiz, released in a partnership between Jagex and the World Wide Fund for Nature charity. Rewards included titles and feline companion pets. The Big Cats quiz started twice hourly – on the hour and at half-past. Answering questions correctly to earned points, which could be used to adopt companions and unlock titles. A maximum of 12 points could be gained in a week, with one point given per correct answer.
The quiz[]
Conservationist Rohit Sharma could be spoken to on the hour or at half past to start the quiz. Questions were timed and always in the same order, with one point awarded for each round that is completed. Getting a question wrong or failing to answer in time eliminated the player from the quiz. Winners who answered all questions correctly could leave via the exit sphere.
Tiger quiz[]
The correct answers are shown in bold text and highlighted green.
Question | Answers |
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How many tigers are left in the wild? As few as... | Thirty |
Three Hundred | |
Thirty Two Hundred | |
Thirty Thousand | |
What is the biggest threat to the survival of tigers? | Other tigers |
Poaching | |
Elephants | |
Habitat destruction | |
Which of the following is NOT true of tigers? | Excellent swimmers |
Stripes are unique | |
Climb trees | |
Live in prides | |
What do tigers eat? | Meat |
Potatoes | |
Other tigers | |
Chinchompas | |
Which island lost its tigers first? | Ashdale |
Japan | |
Borneo | |
Sri Lanka | |
Where do tigers live? | Snowy temperate forests |
Tropical jungles | |
Mangroves | |
All of the above | |
The lifespan of tigers in the wild is thought to be about | 5-10 years |
10-15 years | |
15-20 years | |
20-25 years | |
Conservationists are working to save tigers by | Doubling tiger numbers by 2022 |
Playing lots of RuneScape | |
Moving tigers to Europe | |
Removing the Hunter skill | |
How many countries in Asia still have tigers? | 6 |
9 | |
13 | |
17 | |
Along with their fur, tigers are poached for their bones to make | Wine |
Skeletons | |
Decoration | |
Fertiliser | |
How much do tiger cubs grow in their first month? | Maintain birth weight |
Double in size | |
Triple in size | |
Quadruple in size | |
All tiger populations are endangered but where are they slowly increasing? | Malaysia and Indonesia |
India and Russia | |
Cambodia and Vietnam | |
Laos and Singapore | |
Jaguar quiz[]
The correct answers are shown in bold text and highlighted green.
Question | Answers |
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Jaguars are threatened by | Other predators |
Griefers | |
XP waste | |
Human hunting | |
Kittens | |
Jaguar cubs are | Always twins |
Blind at birth | |
Guardians of Guthix | |
Cared for by both parents | |
Jaguars sometimes have a | Black coat |
Yellow coat with no spots | |
Winter coat | |
Technicolour dreamcoat | |
Quest cape | |
What is the greatest risk to the survival to jaguars? | Deforestation |
Poaching | |
Hurricanes | |
Flooding | |
Jaguars are the only big cat that sometimes kills by | Stalking and ambush |
Piercing the skull and brain | |
Deep throat-bite and suffocation | |
How many different species do jaguars eat? | More than 10 |
More than 50 | |
More than 80 | |
More than 100 | |
What are conservationists NOT doing to protect jaguars? | Restricting tourism |
Creating forest protected areas | |
Building livestock enclosures | |
Monitoring jaguar populations | |
Jaguars are active around | Midnight |
Dawn and dusk | |
Noon | |
System update | |
In the 1960s, how many jaguar skins were brought out of the Amazon every year? | One thousand |
Ten thousand | |
More than fifteen thousand | |
Thirty thousand | |
The jaguar is the national animal of: | Mexico |
Guyana | |
Argentina | |
Karamja | |
With numbers declining, the jaguar is currently classified as | Endangered |
Threatened | |
Vulnerable | |
Near threatened | |
Which of the following cultures worshipped the jaguar? | Mayan |
Inuit | |
Navaho | |
Seminole | |
Rewards[]
Participating in the quiz awarded one point per correct answer, once per day. These points could be spent at the Big Cats Sanctuary reward shop, operated by Conservationist Rohit Sharma. Up to 12 points could be earned in the first week of the event, and up to 24 during the second week.
Reward | Points |
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9 |
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9 |
[Name], Snowy Assassin | 2 |
[Name], Stealth Predator | 2 |
[Name], King/Queen of the Jungle | 2 |
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Free (after 1 question has been answered correctly) |
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Free (after all questions have been answered correctly) |
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