| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 03 11:48PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-23, 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 the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 2, Round 7 - Science - Science Puns 1. Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? A: Yeah, it went OK. Explain the pun. 2. There are two Marvel Comics characters who, if they decided to, could make great "alloys". Name *both*. 3. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the *what*?. Hint: The correct word describes a solid that sometimes forms from a chemical reaction in a liquid solution. It falls out of solution, and collects in the bottom of the vial. 4. A photon checks into a hotel and is asked if he needs any help with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light." This joke actually embodies two different physics puns. One is that a photon is literally light that is traveling. Explain the other. 5. Organic chemistry is difficult. Those who study it have *blank* of trouble. Fill in the blank. Hint: The correct answer describes a type of organic compound with one carbon-carbon triple bond. 6. Q: How did the English major define *blank* on his biology exam? A: An itsy-bitsy book. Fill in the blank. Hint: The answer he should have given is that it's an instrument used to cut tissue into thin slices. 7. Considering what Gregor Mendel experimented on, what must he have exclaimed when he founded genetics? 8. Q: What did the prudish biologist say? A: The only *blank* I want to see is at the cellular level. Fill in the blank. Hint: It refers as the indentation created in a cell's surface when it is about to divide. 9. A *blank* walks into a bar and asks the bartender how much a drink costs. The answer is "For you, no charge". What subatomic particle fills in the blank? 10. Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll have an H2O." The second one says "I think I'll have an H2O too" -- and he died. Or perhaps dyed. Explain the pun. * Game 2, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - The Oxford English Dictionary 1. Work began on the OED in 1857, and publication first began in 1884 in unbound sections as work continued. The full first edition of the dictionary was published in 1928 in 10 volumes. Which edition of the OED is the most current completed edition? 2. W.C. Minor, an American army surgeon in the civil war, was one of the largest contributors of quotations to the OED. His work was detailed in a popular book, "The Surgeon of Crowthorne". He did all of it while imprisoned as criminally insane. What crime had he been charged with? The Oxford Dictionaries group actually produces many other dictionaries besides the OED. Also, each year they announce a "word of the year", or sometimes separate words of the year for the UK and the US. The remaining questions are about these words: in each case name them. If they are only US or UK words of the year, we will mention it explicitly. 3. The 2012 US word of the year is defined as "a standard format for encoding images as compressed color bitmap graphics files which enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted between networks." The images are often animated. 4. The 2004 word was British slang, derogatory. It means "a young person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); usually with connotations of a low social status." 5. In 2005 the UK word was the name of a type of logic puzzle you might find in a newspaper. 6. Despite its definition being "the series of radical political and cultural upheavals occurring among students and young people in the 1960s", this was chosen as word of the year in 2017. 7. This verb was the US word in 2009. You might use it when you delete someone from your Facebook list. 8. The word for 2015 wasn't really a word at all. 9. The US word for 2010 also wasn't a word at all -- at least, not until Sarah Palin made it up. In her defense she claimed, "Shakespeare liked to coin new words too." The "New Oxford American Dictionary" defines it as "suggesting a general sense of 'reject'". 10. The UK word for 2007 was a two-word phrase, defined as "a measure of the carbon emissions of a particular individual, organization, or community". -- Mark Brader | "This is a moral that runs at large; Toronto | Take it. -- You're welcome. -- No extra charge." msb@vex.net | -- Oliver Wendell Holmes My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 04 06:59AM +0100 > 1. Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? > A: Yeah, it went OK. > Explain the pun. O = Oxygen, K = Potaissum > 7. Considering what Gregor Mendel experimented on, what must he > have exclaimed when he founded genetics? Peas, brother > 9. A *blank* walks into a bar and asks the bartender how much > a drink costs. The answer is "For you, no charge". > What subatomic particle fills in the blank? Neutron > 10. Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll > have an H2O." The second one says "I think I'll have an H2O too" > -- and he died. Or perhaps dyed. Explain the pun. Hydrongenperoxide, H2O2, is not good for your health. But it can make you blonder. > for encoding images as compressed color bitmap graphics files > which enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted > between networks." The images are often animated. GIF > person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour > and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); > usually with connotations of a low social status." Brat > 5. In 2005 the UK word was the name of a type of logic puzzle you > might find in a newspaper. Sodoku > 8. The word for 2015 wasn't really a word at all. A smiley |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 04 01:59AM -0800 On 11/3/19 9:48 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? > A: Yeah, it went OK. > Explain the pun. element symbols: O = oxygen, K = potassium > 2. There are two Marvel Comics characters who, if they decided to, > could make great "alloys". Name *both*. Iron Man and Silver Surfer > Hint: The correct word describes a solid that sometimes forms > from a chemical reaction in a liquid solution. It falls out > of solution, and collects in the bottom of the vial. precipitate > with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light." This joke > actually embodies two different physics puns. One is that a > photon is literally light that is traveling. Explain the other. photons are massless, so they're not hauling along any baggage > A: An itsy-bitsy book. > Fill in the blank. Hint: The answer he should have given is > that it's an instrument used to cut tissue into thin slices. microtome > 7. Considering what Gregor Mendel experimented on, what must he > have exclaimed when he founded genetics? peas on Earth > A: The only *blank* I want to see is at the cellular level. > Fill in the blank. Hint: It refers as the indentation created > in a cell's surface when it is about to divide. cleavage > 9. A *blank* walks into a bar and asks the bartender how much > a drink costs. The answer is "For you, no charge". > What subatomic particle fills in the blank? neutron > 10. Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll > have an H2O." The second one says "I think I'll have an H2O too" > -- and he died. Or perhaps dyed. Explain the pun. "H2O too" = H2O2 hydrogen peroxide, a poison, also used in dying cloth > in 1884 in unbound sections as work continued. The full first > edition of the dictionary was published in 1928 in 10 volumes. > Which edition of the OED is the most current completed edition? 3rd > for encoding images as compressed color bitmap graphics files > which enables them to be displayed, stored, and transmitted > between networks." The images are often animated. GIF > usually with connotations of a low social status." > 5. In 2005 the UK word was the name of a type of logic puzzle you > might find in a newspaper. sudoku > 6. Despite its definition being "the series of radical political > and cultural upheavals occurring among students and young people > in the 1960s", this was chosen as word of the year in 2017. counterculture ?? > 7. This verb was the US word in 2009. You might use it when you > delete someone from your Facebook list. unfriend > 10. The UK word for 2007 was a two-word phrase, defined as > "a measure of the carbon emissions of a particular individual, > organization, or community". carbon footprint -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 03 11:46PM -0600 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-23, > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct > answers in about 3 days. Er, sorry about that. > In each case, name the movie. Note: casts may be voice casts. > If a movie is part of a series, the *specific title* is required. > 1. 1993, Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Denzel Washington. "Philadelphia". 4 for Dan Blum. > 2. 1999, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack. "Toy Story 2" (voice cast). 4 for Dan Blum. > 3. 1990, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith. "The Bonfire of the Vanities". 4 for Calvin. > 4. 1996, Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn. "That Thing You Do". > 5. 1984, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy. "Splash". 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > 6. 1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey. "You've Got Mail". 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Calvin. > 7. 1989, Tom Hanks, Beasley. "Turner & Hooch". 4 for Calvin. > 8. 2002, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Walken. "Catch Me If You Can". 4 for Dan Blum. > 9. 2013, Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed. "Captain Phillips". 4 for Dan Blum. > 10. 2006, Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen. "The Da Vinci Code". > "The World Set Free". The novel is said to have been partially > responsible for motivating Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd, > who was an acquaintance of Wells, to succeed in his work. Atomic bomb. 4 for Dan Blum. Whereas the real-world "atomic bomb" differs from conventional ones primarily in that it produces a gigantic explosion from a relatively small device, Wells's "atomic bomb" (which was also relatively small) differed in that, once the explosion started, the thing *went on* producing explosive force continuously, forever, though with intensity that gradually diminished just as real-life radioactivity does. Instead of a wasteland, the target was turned into something like an erupting volcano. > goes to J.J. Astor's 1894 novel "A Journey in Other Worlds", > a futuristic tale set in the year 2000, but Jules Verne also > predicted it in an 1880 issue of the "Pall Mall Gazette". Spaceship. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 3. Popularized by various authors, but especially by Isaac Asimov, > this expression derives from a Czech expression for "forced > labor". Robot. (It was, of course, Karel Capek who originally invented the word, in Czech.) 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. In fact, "Jeopardy"! mentioned Capek in connection with robots on its 2019-10-15 episode. In the category "Automatons", for $400: "CZECH WRITER KAREL CAPEK WROTE THE PLAY 'R.U.R.', SHORT FOR 'ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL' THESE AUTOMATA". It was answered correctly on the first try. > 4. This expression is a trademarked term, named after the children's > book "Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle". In practice the > expression is often used generically for any device of its kind. Taser. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > of niche subculture interests is said to have been coined in > 1940 by Russ Chauvenet, who was a major force in the beginning > of sci-fi fandom. Fanzine. (Also accepting the short form "zine", although it's not a portmanteau.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > popularized by "Neuromancer" author William Gibson. It comes > from the earlier expression "cybernetics", and describes what > we would later also call "the Web" or "the Internet". Cyberspace. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > whose title is very similar to the expression. In the story, > people use teleportation booths to rapidly join large gatherings > and riots as they happen. We need the expression used today. Flash mob. (The story is "Flash Crowd".) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 8. The earliest use recorded so far of this expression has been > found in E.E. Smith's "Galactic Patrol" from 1937, meaning to > launch off a planet. Blast-off. 4 for Dan Blum. > University YMCA. Originally he meant the expression to refer > to a compartmentalization of morality. Now it refers to a realm > consisting of concurrent or parallel universes or realities. Multiverse. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > and water from mineral oxides, releasing absorptive gases to > trap the feeble heat of the far-off Sun." Name the expression > for this sort of thing. Terraforming. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. Making a planet habitable for humans? Hmm, good idea. The way things are going, in not too many years we'll have to start trying it on the Earth. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Can Ent Lit Dan Blum 39 0 23 36 98 Dan Tilque 36 24 0 32 92 "Calvin" 19 0 14 12 45 Joshua Kreitzer 40 0 -- -- 40 Erland Sommarskog 24 4 0 4 32 Pete Gayde 28 0 -- -- 28 Bruce Bowler 24 4 -- -- 28 -- Mark Brader "...most mistakes are made the last thing before Toronto you go to bed. So go to bed before you do msb@vex.net the last thing." -- David Jacques Way My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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