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* Calvin's Quiz #120 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 2: Science - 6 messages, 5 authors
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #120
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e75ed79e7e4aa490?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 12:37 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India
Pakistan
> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa
Namibia (?)
> 3 Senegal
The Gambia
> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
Finland
> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
Syria
> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia
Panama
> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus
Estonia (?)
> 8 France, Spain
Andorra
> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia
Libya (Go Gadaffi, go!)
> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Paraguay
Rob
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 2: Science
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/1ed136d11249418e?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 2:10 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 9. One of the signs of death that a coroner will look at is
> the settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body,
> causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin. By what
> term is this known?
Rigor mortis
> 11. "Silent Spring" (1962), a marine biologist's indictment of
> the pesticide DDT.
Rachel Carson
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 2:17 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
news:3pydnXpLSr7nyC_QnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@vex.net...
> I'm now starting to post questions from the Final of the September-
> December 2010 season. Since rounds in the Final have 15 questions
> I'll be posting them one at a time. However, there will be a hiatus
> after the first two rounds, as I'll then be traveling and off-net
> until Victoria Day.
>
> By that time there should have been two games played in the May-August
> 2011 Canadian Inquistion season, written by the Misplaced Modifiers,
> and my plan is that when I come back I'll start by posting a Current
> Events set. After that I'll return to this Final, of which 8 rounds
> will be posted altogether. And then, sometime around Canada Day,
> I'll start posting regular questions from the January-April 2011
> season written by the Usual Suspects.
>
> These questions, then, were written to be asked in Toronto on
> 2010-12-13, and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
> and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Science
>
> * Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?: Ontario Edition
>
> One of the units studied in Grade 5 is "Forces Acting on Structures
> and Mechanisms". Let's see how you stack up against 10-year-olds.
> All definitions come from the Ontario Science Curriculum, revised
> in 2007.
>
> 1. They are structural components designed to resist longitudinal
> compression. They provide outward-facing support in their
> lengthwise direction, and thus can be used to keep two other
> components separate.
Beam
> 2. Name the force that acts to expand or lengthen the thing it
> is acting on. It involves stretching or straining.
Tension
> 3. This rigid framework, usually of wood or metal, is designed
> to support a structure. It may derive its strength from the
> geometric properties of the triangle or from other factors,
> such as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry,
> or the stiffness of beam.
Girder
>
> * The Space Shuttle Program
>
> 4. Five space-worthy orbiters were built. Two were tragically
> lost during missions: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
> Name one of the remaining three orbiters.
Atlantis
> 5. In July 1999, this American Air Force colonel became the
> first female pilot and first female commander of a Space
> Shuttle. Name her.
Eileen someone
> 6. NASA's current plans call for the Space Shuttle to be retired
> from service in 2011. To fill the void left by the Shuttle's
> retirement, a new spacecraft is being developed to ferry
> not only passengers and cargo to the ISS but also to travel
> beyond Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars. Originally it was
> called the Crew Exploration Vehicle. You can tell us either
> the spacecraft's name or the project name.
Orion
>
> * Forensics
>
> 7. Started in 1971, the University of Tennessee Anthropological
> Research Facility was the first of its kind in the United
> States to study the decomposition of human remains. It is
> better known by what nickname, which is also the title of a
> Patricia Cornwell novel?
>
> 8. Englishman Sir Alec Jeffreys is credited with developing
> DNA profiling, or genetic fingerprinting. Within two years,
> when was his technique used to identify the killer in a
> British rape-murder case and exonerate a prime suspect?
1969, 1974
> 9. One of the signs of death that a coroner will look at is
> the settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body,
> causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin. By what
> term is this known?
>
>
> * Scientific Literature
>
> Given the title of a book, its year of publication, and a brief
> description, name the author.
>
> 10. "The Double Helix" (1968), an account of the discovery of
> the structure of DNA.
Watson, Crick
> 11. "Silent Spring" (1962), a marine biologist's indictment of
> the pesticide DDT.
>
> 12. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" (1997), in which a UCLA professor
> of geography and physiology argues that geographical and
> environmental factors shaped the modern world.
>
>
> * Biology Terms
>
> 13. What is the scientific term for an apparent "throwback"
> characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an
> earlier ancestor?
>
> 14. What is the name given to a type of cell division, occurring
> in all sexually reproducing organisms, in which a nucleus
> divides into 4 "daughter" nuclei, each containing half the
> chromosome number of the parent nucleus?
mitosis, meiosis
> 15. What is the scientific term for the phenomenon, occurring
> in many marine organisms, by which many plants and animals
> produce visible light?
bioluminescence
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 1:58 pm
From: swp
On Apr 23, 12:28 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> ** Final, Round 2 - Science
>
> * Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?: Ontario Edition
no, I'm not. and here's the proof:
> 1. They are structural components designed to resist longitudinal
> compression. They provide outward-facing support in their
> lengthwise direction, and thus can be used to keep two other
> components separate.
buttress ; strut
> 2. Name the force that acts to expand or lengthen the thing it
> is acting on. It involves stretching or straining.
tension
> 3. This rigid framework, usually of wood or metal, is designed
> to support a structure. It may derive its strength from the
> geometric properties of the triangle or from other factors,
> such as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry,
> or the stiffness of beam.
truss
> * The Space Shuttle Program
>
> 4. Five space-worthy orbiters were built. Two were tragically
> lost during missions: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
> Name one of the remaining three orbiters.
enterprise
> 5. In July 1999, this American Air Force colonel became the
> first female pilot and first female commander of a Space
> Shuttle. Name her.
eileen collins
> 6. NASA's current plans call for the Space Shuttle to be retired
> from service in 2011. To fill the void left by the Shuttle's
> retirement, a new spacecraft is being developed to ferry
> not only passengers and cargo to the ISS but also to travel
> beyond Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars. Originally it was
> called the Crew Exploration Vehicle. You can tell us either
> the spacecraft's name or the project name.
I thought 'CEV' was the project name, and the nickname is 'orion'
> * Forensics
>
> 7. Started in 1971, the University of Tennessee Anthropological
> Research Facility was the first of its kind in the United
> States to study the decomposition of human remains. It is
> better known by what nickname, which is also the title of a
> Patricia Cornwell novel?
postmortem ; all that remains
> 8. Englishman Sir Alec Jeffreys is credited with developing
> DNA profiling, or genetic fingerprinting. Within two years,
> when was his technique used to identify the killer in a
> British rape-murder case and exonerate a prime suspect?
1988
> 9. One of the signs of death that a coroner will look at is
> the settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body,
> causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin. By what
> term is this known?
'yuck' ; 'oh, gross'
> * Scientific Literature
>
> Given the title of a book, its year of publication, and a brief
> description, name the author.
>
> 10. "The Double Helix" (1968), an account of the discovery of
> the structure of DNA.
dir alec jeffreys
> 11. "Silent Spring" (1962), a marine biologist's indictment of
> the pesticide DDT.
rachel carson
> 12. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" (1997), in which a UCLA professor
> of geography and physiology argues that geographical and
> environmental factors shaped the modern world.
ralph nader is a nifty guy, so was carl sagan. this guy, not so much.
> * Biology Terms
>
> 13. What is the scientific term for an apparent "throwback"
> characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an
> earlier ancestor?
atavism
> 14. What is the name given to a type of cell division, occurring
> in all sexually reproducing organisms, in which a nucleus
> divides into 4 "daughter" nuclei, each containing half the
> chromosome number of the parent nucleus?
meiosis
> 15. What is the scientific term for the phenomenon, occurring
> in many marine organisms, by which many plants and animals
> produce visible light?
bioluminessence
swp
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 3:09 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> > 6. NASA's current plans call for the Space Shuttle to be retired
> > from service in 2011. To fill the void left by the Shuttle's
> > retirement, a new spacecraft is being developed to ferry
> > not only passengers and cargo to the ISS but also to travel
> > beyond Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars. Originally it was
> > called the Crew Exploration Vehicle. You can tell us either
> > the spacecraft's name or the project name.
Stephen Perry:
> I thought 'CEV' was the project name, and the nickname is 'orion'
Is there supposed to be an answer there, or is that just a comment?
--
Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions,
msb@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy."
Toronto -- Cher Classick
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 3:49 pm
From: swp
On Apr 23, 6:09 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>
> > > 6. NASA's current plans call for the Space Shuttle to be retired
> > > from service in 2011. To fill the void left by the Shuttle's
> > > retirement, a new spacecraft is being developed to ferry
> > > not only passengers and cargo to the ISS but also to travel
> > > beyond Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars. Originally it was
> > > called the Crew Exploration Vehicle. You can tell us either
> > > the spacecraft's name or the project name.
>
> Stephen Perry:
>
> > I thought 'CEV' was the project name, and the nickname is 'orion'
>
> Is there supposed to be an answer there, or is that just a comment?
> --
> Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions,
> m...@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy."
> Toronto -- Cher Classick
the answer I intended to give is 'orion', the commentary is mindless
babble as usual
swp
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 9:20 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Apr 22, 11:28 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Science
>
> * The Space Shuttle Program
>
> 4. Five space-worthy orbiters were built. Two were tragically
> lost during missions: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
> Name one of the remaining three orbiters.
Endeavour; Enterprise
> * Forensics
>
> 7. Started in 1971, the University of Tennessee Anthropological
> Research Facility was the first of its kind in the United
> States to study the decomposition of human remains. It is
> better known by what nickname, which is also the title of a
> Patricia Cornwell novel?
the Bone Farm
> 8. Englishman Sir Alec Jeffreys is credited with developing
> DNA profiling, or genetic fingerprinting. Within two years,
> when was his technique used to identify the killer in a
> British rape-murder case and exonerate a prime suspect?
1980; 1985
> * Scientific Literature
>
> Given the title of a book, its year of publication, and a brief
> description, name the author.
>
> 10. "The Double Helix" (1968), an account of the discovery of
> the structure of DNA.
Watson
> 12. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" (1997), in which a UCLA professor
> of geography and physiology argues that geographical and
> environmental factors shaped the modern world.
Diamond
> * Biology Terms
>
> 13. What is the scientific term for an apparent "throwback"
> characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an
> earlier ancestor?
atavism
> 14. What is the name given to a type of cell division, occurring
> in all sexually reproducing organisms, in which a nucleus
> divides into 4 "daughter" nuclei, each containing half the
> chromosome number of the parent nucleus?
mitosis; meiosis
> 15. What is the scientific term for the phenomenon, occurring
> in many marine organisms, by which many plants and animals
> produce visible light?
bioluminescence
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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