- QFTCISG Final, Round 9: Science - 3 Updates
- QFTCISG Final, Round 8 answers: Miscellaneous - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 13 12:25AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-12-05, 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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. All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin' and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". ** Final, Round 9 - Science That is: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr9/sci.jpg * Psychological Experiments 1. This experiment was performed to test people's obedience to authority figures. Subjects were told to deliver electric shocks to another subject who in fact was an actor. They were told to deliver increasing voltage of shocks until the actor appeared to pass out. Over half the subjects would reach this point, despite cries from the actor to stop. The experiment is named for the psychologist who invented it -- who was that? 2. This experiment was supposed to demonstrate the effects of perceived power, and involved dividing subjects into two groups: prisoners and guards. With little instruction from supervisors, incredible results were seen, to the point that the experiment had to be ended early. The experiment is named for the university where it took place -- which one was that? 3. An experiment at a factory near Chicago was done to try and improve worker efficiency. They changed lighting, cleanliness, and break times, and found that *every* change created a short burst in productivity followed by a slump once undone. Researchers realized that just being observed increased productivity, regardless of the change. This is sometimes known as the "observer effect", but it's also named after the place where the experiment took place. Where was that? * In the Air Tonight The Earth's atmosphere is divided into several distinct layers that extend to fairly constant altitutdes and are named using the suffix -sphere. 4. In which of these -sphere layers would you find the ozone layer? 5. This is the third-highest layer, where most meteors break up on entry. It is too high to be accessible by conventional aircraft, but too low for satellites to remain in orbit. What layer is this? 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have answered the two previous questions. Juvyr vg'f abg bar bs gur qvfgvapg ynlref gung gur bgure dhrfgvbaf ner nobhg, guvf grez ersref gb gur cneg bs gur ngzbfcurer nssrpgrq ol fbyne enqvngvba, ohg vgf cbfvgvba inevrf ol gvzr bs qnl. Vg znl rkgraq vagb gur zrfbfcurer, gurezbfcurer, naq/be rkbfcurer. Guvf vf jurer nhebenf gnxr cynpr. Jung ynlre vf guvf? * Distances in Space 7. This unit represents the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun, or about 149,600,000 km. What is it called? 8. Used to measure distances of objects outside the solar system, this term refers to one <answer 7> subtending an angle of one arcsecond. It is a unit equal to about 3.26 light-years. What is it called? 9. This unit represents the distance from Earth of a galaxy that is currently receding from us at the speed of light. It is equal to about 14,400,000,000 light years. What is it called? * Nutritional Molecular Structures 10. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr9/mole/10.png Name this monosaccharide, it is the most widely used in the human body. It is a ubiquitous food source across all biological beings. 11. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr9/mole/11.png Name this sterol. It is synthesized in all animals as it is an essential component in cell membranes. It also serves as a precursor to a number of steroid molecules and bile acids. 12. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr9/mole/12.png Name this vitamin. It is essential for tissue repair, the creation of neurotransmitters, and the immune system, and serves as a cofactor for a number of enzymatic reactions. * Recent Nobel Prizes 13. The 2017 physics Nobel Prize went to a group of scientists who were able to prove the existence of a specific astronomical phenomenon. They observed the effect coming from the collision of two massive black holes over 100,000,000 light-years away. The result was observable in 2015. What did they detect? 14. The 2017 chemistry Nobel Prize was awarded for the development of a new imaging technique. By flash-freezing biomolecules to vitrify them, proteins can be frozen in mid-action to better capture their natural state. The process is known as cryoEM, where EM stands for what? 15. The 2017 medicine Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of a process in the human body. In this process, a DNA transcriptional feedback loop would alter the expression of two genes known as "period" and "timeless" into an oscillating pattern. This pattern would control how animals act during night and day cycles, a cycle called what rhythm? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "In cyberspace, the lunatics not only run the asylum, msb@vex.net | but they helped build it..." --Richard Kadrey My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 13 06:48AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:DvOdndk2KdVNGR_HnZ2dnUU7- > to pass out. Over half the subjects would reach this point, > despite cries from the actor to stop. The experiment is named > for the psychologist who invented it -- who was that? Milgram > supervisors, incredible results were seen, to the point that > the experiment had to be ended early. The experiment is named > for the university where it took place -- which one was that? Stanford > that extend to fairly constant altitutdes and are named using the > suffix -sphere. > 4. In which of these -sphere layers would you find the ozone layer? troposphere; stratosphere > on entry. It is too high to be accessible by conventional > aircraft, but too low for satellites to remain in orbit. > What layer is this? stratosphere; troposphere > ohg vgf cbfvgvba inevrf ol gvzr bs qnl. Vg znl rkgraq vagb > gur zrfbfcurer, gurezbfcurer, naq/be rkbfcurer. Guvf vf jurer > nhebenf gnxr cynpr. Jung ynlre vf guvf? ionosphere > * Distances in Space > 7. This unit represents the mean distance between the Earth and > the Sun, or about 149,600,000 km. What is it called? astronomical unit > this term refers to one <answer 7> subtending an angle of > one arcsecond. It is a unit equal to about 3.26 light-years. > What is it called? parsec > Name this monosaccharide, it is the most widely used in the > human body. It is a ubiquitous food source across all biological > beings. glucose > Name this sterol. It is synthesized in all animals as it is > an essential component in cell membranes. It also serves as > a precursor to a number of steroid molecules and bile acids. cholesterol > Name this vitamin. It is essential for tissue repair, the > creation of neurotransmitters, and the immune system, and serves > as a cofactor for a number of enzymatic reactions. vitamin E > two genes known as "period" and "timeless" into an oscillating > pattern. This pattern would control how animals act during > night and day cycles, a cycle called what rhythm? circadian -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Feb 13 01:53AM -0600 In article <DvOdndk2KdVNGR_HnZ2dnUU7-YfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > to pass out. Over half the subjects would reach this point, > despite cries from the actor to stop. The experiment is named > for the psychologist who invented it -- who was that? Milgram > that extend to fairly constant altitutdes and are named using the > suffix -sphere. > 4. In which of these -sphere layers would you find the ozone layer? stratosphere > on entry. It is too high to be accessible by conventional > aircraft, but too low for satellites to remain in orbit. > What layer is this? mesosphere > ohg vgf cbfvgvba inevrf ol gvzr bs qnl. Vg znl rkgraq vagb > gur zrfbfcurer, gurezbfcurer, naq/be rkbfcurer. Guvf vf jurer > nhebenf gnxr cynpr. Jung ynlre vf guvf? magnetosphere > * Distances in Space > 7. This unit represents the mean distance between the Earth and > the Sun, or about 149,600,000 km. What is it called? astronomical unit > this term refers to one <answer 7> subtending an angle of > one arcsecond. It is a unit equal to about 3.26 light-years. > What is it called? parsec > 9. This unit represents the distance from Earth of a galaxy that > is currently receding from us at the speed of light. It is > equal to about 14,400,000,000 light years. What is it called? cosmic event horizon > Name this monosaccharide, it is the most widely used in the > human body. It is a ubiquitous food source across all biological > beings. glucose > Name this sterol. It is synthesized in all animals as it is > an essential component in cell membranes. It also serves as > a precursor to a number of steroid molecules and bile acids. cholesterol > Name this vitamin. It is essential for tissue repair, the > creation of neurotransmitters, and the immune system, and serves > as a cofactor for a number of enzymatic reactions. one of the B vitamins > phenomenon. They observed the effect coming from the collision > of two massive black holes over 100,000,000 light-years away. > The result was observable in 2015. What did they detect? gravitational waves > vitrify them, proteins can be frozen in mid-action to better > capture their natural state. The process is known as cryoEM, > where EM stands for what? electron microscopy? > two genes known as "period" and "timeless" into an oscillating > pattern. This pattern would control how animals act during > night and day cycles, a cycle called what rhythm? circadian -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 13 12:23AM -0600 Mark Brader: > 1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/yoga/1.jpg > One foot pressed against the calf or thigh (never the knee), > hands at heart center or raised in a V. Tree. > 2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/yoga/2.jpg > Body sideways, front foot straight, back foot at 90°, gaze over > the front fingertips. Warrior II. > 3. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/yoga/3.jpg > Press knees into triceps, then lean forward to raise the feet > off the ground. Crow. > * Disney Castles > In each case, name the movie where you would see the castle. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/cast/4.jpg "The Little Mermaid". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/cast/5.jpg "Aladdin". 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, and Jason. > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/cast/6.jpg "Mulan". 4 for everyone. > * You Don't Have to be Jewish > In each case, give the indicated word from Yiddish: > 7. An honorable, decent person who steps up when needed. Mensch. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Jason. > 8. Someone with constant bad luck. Schlimazel (also schlemazel or shlimazel). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. As to the wrong answers: a schlemiel is a bungler, a klutz is clumsy, and a putz is an idiot. > 9. Excessively sentimental, gushing, or corny. Schmaltzy. 4 for Joshua and Jason. Kitschy is somewhat the same idea, but is from German, not Yiddish. > * Queen Elizabeth the SECOND > 10. Within TWO, how many countries is Queen Elizabeth currently > the queen of? 16 (accepting 14-18). 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Peter. Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Tuvalu, and some place called the UK. > 11. Within TWO, how many Canadian Prime Ministers has the Queen > dealt with since her accession in 1952? 12 (accepting 10-14). 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum. St-Laurent, Diefenbaker, Pearson, Clark, Turner, Mulroney, Campbell, Chrétien, Martin, Harper, and two Trudeaus. > 12. The Queen has three given names. Elizabeth is the first. > Give either of her other TWO. Alexandra, Mary. 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Peter, and Pete. > * Canadian Female Politico Firsts > 13. Name the first Canadian women senator. Cairine Wilson (1930). > 14. Name the first Canadian woman premier of any province. Rita Johnston (BC, 1991). > 15. Name the first Canadian woman to become leader of a federal > political party that had seats in the House of Commons at > the time. Audrey MacLaughlin (NDP, 1989). Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> His A&L Geo Spo Ent Mis FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 20 12 44 31 32 36 143 Dan Blum 37 20 34 4 24 24 119 Peter Smyth 21 -- 40 36 8 16 113 Dan Tilque 32 23 36 12 20 20 111 Marc Dashevsky 24 20 24 10 32 -- 100 Pete Gayde 18 16 32 -- 30 16 96 Erland Sommarskog 24 -- 39 12 16 -- 91 Jason Kreitzer 8 12 12 -- 40 16 80 Bruce Bowler -- 20 22 -- -- -- 42 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Asps. Very dangerous. You go first." msb@vex.net -- Raiders of the Lost Ark My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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