| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 25 05:42AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Science-Fiction Books These works appear on NPR's list of the top 100 science-fiction and fantasy books. In each case, name the author. 1. "The Road". 2. "Foundation". 3. "Neuromancer". 4. "Cat's Cradle". 5. "The Time Machine". 6. "A Clockwork Orange". 7. "The Illustrated Man". 8. "The Handmaid's Tale". 9. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". 10. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Genetics 1. On 1953-02-28, at Cambridge University's Cavendish Labs, James Watson and Francis Crick made what discovery about the structure of DNA? 2. What plant did Gregor Mendel use for his heredity studies for the paper he published in 1866? 3. In the acronym DNA, what does the A stand for? 4. How many chromosomes do humans normally have in each typical cell? 5. Chromosomes are duplicated prior to cell division. What is it called if there is an error in that duplication? 6. If two green genes give you green, and two yellow genes give you yellow, and one gene of each type also gives you yellow, then what type of gene is the green gene? 7. They are scattered throughout the cell outside the nucleus and produces the cell's energy. They contain a small loop of DNA and there are 500-1,000 of them in every human cell. What are they called? 8. In the 1950s, what group of viruses was found to be made up of RNA rather the than usual DNA? 9. What is the name of the initiative to identify and map all of the genes found in people? 10. What social genetic movement arose with the idea of improving the human stock by promoting the breeding of gifted individuals and preventing the less gifted from doing so? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." msb@vex.net | --Franklin Roosevelt My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 25 05:39AM Mark Brader: > development of nuclear weapons. > 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II > to develop a nuclear weapon? Manhattan Project. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 2. There were many facilities involved with <answer 1> at various > locations in the US, UK, and Canada. But in what city or town > was the bomb designed? Los Alamos. 4 for everyone. The secret city of Oak Ridge, "somewhere in Tennessee", was devoted to the extraction of uranium 235, not to bomb design. > 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised > the bomb-design part of the project? J. Robert Oppenheimer. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed. > What was the code name of this test? Trinity. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. > The next one was dropped three days later... where? Nagasaki, duh. 4 for everyone. > 6. Two bomb designs were used at Hiroshima and <answer 5>, and > each had its own code name. Name either one. You don't need > to say which it was. Little Boy, Fat Man (respectively). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way), and Dan Tilque. The Trinity test was a Fat Man bomb, by the way. That one used plutonium whereas Little Boy used uranium 235, and they only had enough U-235 for one bomb. But Little Boy was also the simpler design, so they were confident it didn't need testing anyway. > 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb? 1949 (accepting 1948-50). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear > weapons. What was the third? The UK. They had contributed to the Manhattan Project. 4 for everyone. > 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested? 1952 (accepting 1951-53). 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely > known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"? Edward Teller. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer > Someone who collects... > 1. Telephone calling cards. Fusilatelist or telegerist. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. > 2. Prints, engravings, etc. Iconophile. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money. Numismatist. 4 for everyone. > 4. Postage stamps. Philatelist. 4 for everyone. > 5. Candles or wax objects. Cerophilist. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Transportation tokens. Vecturist. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 7. Ash trays Tephrodiscophile. 4 for Erland. > 8. Butterflies (mounted). Lepidopterist. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 9. Action figures. Plastokinesophile. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif. Bovephile. 4 for everyone. Again, I don't have definitions for the others, but presumably you can easily find them on the Internet. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Geo His Lei Joshua Kreitzer 40 27 32 31 130 Dan Blum 28 22 40 34 124 Dan Tilque 0 28 40 36 104 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 24 20 56 -- Mark Brader | (Hatpin's Razor:) "Never attribute to stupidity Toronto | that which can be adequately explained msb@vex.net | by marketing" --John Hopkin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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