- RQFTCINO13 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: SF and genetics - 3 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 25 06:29AM -0700 On 10/24/22 22:42, Mark Brader wrote: > and fantasy books. In each case, name the author. > 1. "The Road". > 2. "Foundation". Asimov > 3. "Neuromancer". Gibson > 4. "Cat's Cradle". Vonnegut > 5. "The Time Machine". Wells > 6. "A Clockwork Orange". Burgess > 7. "The Illustrated Man". Bradbury > 8. "The Handmaid's Tale". Atwood > 9. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Verne > 10. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". Dick > 1. On 1953-02-28, at Cambridge University's Cavendish Labs, James > Watson and Francis Crick made what discovery about the structure > of DNA? that it's a double helix > 2. What plant did Gregor Mendel use for his heredity studies for > the paper he published in 1866? peas > 3. In the acronym DNA, what does the A stand for? acid > 4. How many chromosomes do humans normally have in each typical > cell? 46 > 5. Chromosomes are duplicated prior to cell division. What is it > called if there is an error in that duplication? mutation > 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? recessive > 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? mitochondria > 8. In the 1950s, what group of viruses was found to be made up of > RNA rather the than usual DNA? retroviruses > 9. What is the name of the initiative to identify and map all of > the genes found in people? Human Genome Project > 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? Social Darwinism -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 25 08:04PM +0200 > * Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Science-Fiction Books > 2. "Foundation". Isaac Asimow > 6. "A Clockwork Orange". Burgees > 8. "The Handmaid's Tale". Margarete Atwood > 9. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Jules Verne > 1. On 1953-02-28, at Cambridge University's Cavendish Labs, James > Watson and Francis Crick made what discovery about the structure > of DNA? It's twisted > 2. What plant did Gregor Mendel use for his heredity studies for > the paper he published in 1866? Peas > 3. In the acronym DNA, what does the A stand for? Acid > 4. How many chromosomes do humans normally have in each typical > cell? 46 > 5. Chromosomes are duplicated prior to cell division. What is it > called if there is an error in that duplication? Mutation > 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? Mitokondrie > 8. In the 1950s, what group of viruses was found to be made up of > RNA rather the than usual DNA? Coronaviruses > 9. What is the name of the initiative to identify and map all of > the genes found in people? Project Hugo |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 25 06:09PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 12:43:02 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 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". McCarthy > 2. "Foundation". Asimov > 3. "Neuromancer". Gibson > 4. "Cat's Cradle". Vonnegut > 5. "The Time Machine". Wells > 6. "A Clockwork Orange". Burgess > 7. "The Illustrated Man". Bradbury > 8. "The Handmaid's Tale". Atwood > 9. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Verne > 10. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". Dick > 1. On 1953-02-28, at Cambridge University's Cavendish Labs, James > Watson and Francis Crick made what discovery about the structure > of DNA? it is shaped like a double helix > 2. What plant did Gregor Mendel use for his heredity studies for > the paper he published in 1866? peas > 3. In the acronym DNA, what does the A stand for? acid > 4. How many chromosomes do humans normally have in each typical > cell? 46 > 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? recessive > 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? ribosomes > 8. In the 1950s, what group of viruses was found to be made up of > RNA rather the than usual DNA? retroviruses > 9. What is the name of the initiative to identify and map all of > the genes found in people? Human Genome Project > 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? eugenics -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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