** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia
1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet
confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
in the periodic table. Name *both*.
2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?
3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
are you experiencing?
6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the
discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.
7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of
this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,
although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and
conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
Galileo's death?
10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions
* A. Describing Art and Wax
A1. I make a sculpture out of wax; I cover it tightly with a
thick layer of clay. I bake the clay in an oven, where
the wax melts and runs out. I now use the hollow clay as
a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing
a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax
sculpture. What is this technique called?
A2. I coat a metal or glass object with a layer of wax.
I then scrape away some wax to leave a design on the object.
I dip it briefly into a bath of strong acid, which eats away
at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
* B. Describing Scientific Terms
B1. A female Komodo dragon that has been living in a zoo
without contact with other members of her species lays an
egg which hatches and grows to be another female Komodo.
Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
fertilization.
* C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology
C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
zone.
* D. Describing Canadian Historical/Political Phrases
D2. This term was used by Garth Turner in 2006 in conjunction
with the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, during
the Israeli-Lebanon crisis. It refers to people who had
emigrated to Canada, obtained citizenship, and then moved
permanently back to their original home country, keeping
their Canadian citizenship as a safety net. Many sources
had used the term before that time, but Turner was the first
MP to use it, questioning the $75,000 cost per evacuee
for people who almost all returned back within a month.
What is the term?
* E. Describing Internet Memes
E1. You go to an interesting or unusual place, and lie face
down on the ground. Your hands must both touch the sides of
your body while lying down. A friend takes a picture of you
while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
NBC's "The Office".
E2. You're reading your email, and you open a message from
a friend who includes a link to check out something cool.
It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia
1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet
confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
in the periodic table. Name *both*.
2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?
3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
are you experiencing?
4. What Canadian is known as the "father of modern medicine"
and the "father of pathology"?
5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery
of what?
6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the
discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.
7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
8. To continue having marijuana available for research when it was
still illegal to use, the Canadian government decided to grow its
stash in an abandoned mine shaft near a certain Canadian city,
which became known as the marijuana-growing capital of Canada.
Then the operation was moved to an undisclosed location when
more space was needed. Anyway, name the city where the mine was.
9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of
this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,
although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and
conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
Galileo's death?
10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions
For this week's challenge round, either we give a description
and you name what we are talking about, or you are given a term
and must describe what it means.
* A. Describing Art and Wax
A1. I make a sculpture out of wax; I cover it tightly with a
thick layer of clay. I bake the clay in an oven, where
the wax melts and runs out. I now use the hollow clay as
a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing
a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax
sculpture. What is this technique called?
A2. I coat a metal or glass object with a layer of wax.
I then scrape away some wax to leave a design on the object.
I dip it briefly into a bath of strong acid, which eats away
at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
* B. Describing Scientific Terms
B1. A female Komodo dragon that has been living in a zoo
without contact with other members of her species lays an
egg which hatches and grows to be another female Komodo.
Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
fertilization.
B2. On a hot day, your son does not fully close the freezer door.
Air constantly circulates into the freezer, where the
rapid temperature drop causes the moisture in the air to
turn directly into a coating of hoar frost. What is the
scientific term for matter transformation directly from gas
to solid without forming a liquid? It is sometimes known as
sublimation (the same as the reverse transformation directly
from solid to gas), but we want the other term that refers
specifically to a transformation *from* gas *to* solid.
* C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology
C1. If you are a property owner in Northern Ontario, your land
may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be
rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic
rebound". Explain this.
C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
zone.
* D. Describing Canadian Historical/Political Phrases
D1. This term was first coined in the 1983 report "Native
Children and the Child Welfare System". It refers to
the practice, beginning in the 1960s, of apprehending
an unusually high percentage of children from aboriginal
Canadians, usually without prior knowledge or permission of
their families and bands, and adopting them out to white
middle-class families. The victims of this practice were
the subject of numerous news reports, case studies, and
class-action lawsuits in later years. What is the term?
D2. This term was used by Garth Turner in 2006 in conjunction
with the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, during
the Israeli-Lebanon crisis. It refers to people who had
emigrated to Canada, obtained citizenship, and then moved
permanently back to their original home country, keeping
their Canadian citizenship as a safety net. Many sources
had used the term before that time, but Turner was the first
MP to use it, questioning the $75,000 cost per evacuee
for people who almost all returned back within a month.
What is the term?
* E. Describing Internet Memes
E1. You go to an interesting or unusual place, and lie face
down on the ground. Your hands must both touch the sides of
your body while lying down. A friend takes a picture of you
while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
NBC's "The Office".
E2. You're reading your email, and you open a message from
a friend who includes a link to check out something cool.
It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
* F. Tough Descriptions of Sports Rules
F1. The Denver Broncos are approaching the end zone in the last
minute of the game, trailing by 4 points. The quarterback
hands the ball off to a running back, who charges forward.
The running back is hit hard, 10 yards short of the end zone
and fumbles the ball. It squirts into the end zone, where
a Bronco receiver lands on it. The ref says no touchdown.
Explain the specific rule he is thinking of when making
his decision.
F2. In reaction to numerous instances of what they considered
"making a travesty of the game", in 1908 Major League
Baseball instituted rule 7.08i, stating that the bases must
be run in order. But until then, players would sometimes
try to steal *backwards* from second base to first. But why
would anyone want to do this? Okay, it might confuse the
opponents a bit, and one man, Detroit's Germany Schaefer,
allegedly just wanted to improve his base-stealing
statistics. (He remains the last man to successfully
steal first from second.) But for what other *specific
tactical reason* did other players sometimes steal first
base from second?
** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia
1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet
confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
in the periodic table. Name *both*.
3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
are you experiencing?
7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of
this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,
although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and
conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
Galileo's death?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions
* C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology
C1. If you are a property owner in Northern Ontario, your land
may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be
rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic
rebound". Explain this.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia
1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet
confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
in the periodic table. Name *both*.
5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery
of what?
9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of
this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,
although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and
conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
Galileo's death?
10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions
For this week's challenge round, either we give a description
and you name what we are talking about, or you are given a term
and must describe what it means.
* A. Describing Art and Wax
A2. I coat a metal or glass object with a layer of wax.
I then scrape away some wax to leave a design on the object.
I dip it briefly into a bath of strong acid, which eats away
at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
* B. Describing Scientific Terms
B1. A female Komodo dragon that has been living in a zoo
without contact with other members of her species lays an
egg which hatches and grows to be another female Komodo.
Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
fertilization.
B2. On a hot day, your son does not fully close the freezer door.
Air constantly circulates into the freezer, where the
rapid temperature drop causes the moisture in the air to
turn directly into a coating of hoar frost. What is the
scientific term for matter transformation directly from gas
to solid without forming a liquid? It is sometimes known as
sublimation (the same as the reverse transformation directly
from solid to gas), but we want the other term that refers
specifically to a transformation *from* gas *to* solid.
* C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology
C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
zone.
* E. Describing Internet Memes
E1. You go to an interesting or unusual place, and lie face
down on the ground. Your hands must both touch the sides of
your body while lying down. A friend takes a picture of you
while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
NBC's "The Office".
E2. You're reading your email, and you open a message from
a friend who includes a link to check out something cool.
It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-06-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', 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 2021-07-20
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia
1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet
confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
in the periodic table. Name *both*.
2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?
3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
are you experiencing?
4. What Canadian is known as the "father of modern medicine"
and the "father of pathology"?
5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery
of what?
6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the
discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.
7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
8. To continue having marijuana available for research when it was
still illegal to use, the Canadian government decided to grow its
stash in an abandoned mine shaft near a certain Canadian city,
which became known as the marijuana-growing capital of Canada.
Then the operation was moved to an undisclosed location when
more space was needed. Anyway, name the city where the mine was.
9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of
this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,
although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and
conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
Galileo's death?
10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions
For this week's challenge round, either we give a description
and you name what we are talking about, or you are given a term
and must describe what it means.
* A. Describing Art and Wax
A1. I make a sculpture out of wax; I cover it tightly with a
thick layer of clay. I bake the clay in an oven, where
the wax melts and runs out. I now use the hollow clay as
a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing
a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax
sculpture. What is this technique called?
A2. I coat a metal or glass object with a layer of wax.
I then scrape away some wax to leave a design on the object.
I dip it briefly into a bath of strong acid, which eats away
at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
* B. Describing Scientific Terms
B1. A female Komodo dragon that has been living in a zoo
without contact with other members of her species lays an
egg which hatches and grows to be another female Komodo.
Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
fertilization.
B2. On a hot day, your son does not fully close the freezer door.
Air constantly circulates into the freezer, where the
rapid temperature drop causes the moisture in the air to
turn directly into a coating of hoar frost. What is the
scientific term for matter transformation directly from gas
to solid without forming a liquid? It is sometimes known as
sublimation (the same as the reverse transformation directly
from solid to gas), but we want the other term that refers
specifically to a transformation *from* gas *to* solid.
* C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology
C1. If you are a property owner in Northern Ontario, your land
may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be
rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic
rebound". Explain this.
C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
zone.
* D. Describing Canadian Historical/Political Phrases
D1. This term was first coined in the 1983 report "Native
Children and the Child Welfare System". It refers to
the practice, beginning in the 1960s, of apprehending
an unusually high percentage of children from aboriginal
Canadians, usually without prior knowledge or permission of
their families and bands, and adopting them out to white
middle-class families. The victims of this practice were
the subject of numerous news reports, case studies, and
class-action lawsuits in later years. What is the term?
D2. This term was used by Garth Turner in 2006 in conjunction
with the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, during
the Israeli-Lebanon crisis. It refers to people who had
emigrated to Canada, obtained citizenship, and then moved
permanently back to their original home country, keeping
their Canadian citizenship as a safety net. Many sources
had used the term before that time, but Turner was the first
MP to use it, questioning the $75,000 cost per evacuee
for people who almost all returned back within a month.
What is the term?
* E. Describing Internet Memes
E1. You go to an interesting or unusual place, and lie face
down on the ground. Your hands must both touch the sides of
your body while lying down. A friend takes a picture of you
while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
NBC's "The Office".
E2. You're reading your email, and you open a message from
a friend who includes a link to check out something cool.
It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
* F. Tough Descriptions of Sports Rules
F1. The Denver Broncos are approaching the end zone in the last
minute of the game, trailing by 4 points. The quarterback
hands the ball off to a running back, who charges forward.
The running back is hit hard, 10 yards short of the end zone
and fumbles the ball. It squirts into the end zone, where
a Bronco receiver lands on it. The ref says no touchdown.
Explain the specific rule he is thinking of when making
his decision.
F2. In reaction to numerous instances of what they considered
"making a travesty of the game", in 1908 Major League
Baseball instituted rule 7.08i, stating that the bases must
be run in order. But until then, players would sometimes
try to steal *backwards* from second base to first. But why
would anyone want to do this? Okay, it might confuse the
opponents a bit, and one man, Detroit's Germany Schaefer,
allegedly just wanted to improve his base-stealing
statistics. (He remains the last man to successfully
steal first from second.) But for what other *specific
tactical reason* did other players sometimes steal first
base from second?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-06-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia
1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet
confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two
letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols
in the periodic table. Name *both*.
2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?
3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the
surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure
are you experiencing?
4. What Canadian is known as the "father of modern medicine"
and the "father of pathology"?
5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery
of what?
6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the
discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.
7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?
8. To continue having marijuana available for research when it was
still illegal to use, the Canadian government decided to grow its
stash in an abandoned mine shaft near a certain Canadian city,
which became known as the marijuana-growing capital of Canada.
Then the operation was moved to an undisclosed location when
more space was needed. Anyway, name the city where the mine was.
9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of
this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,
although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and
conflicting information. But which British theoretical physicist
and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of
Galileo's death?
10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris
hefneri for him. What kind of animal is this?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions
For this week's challenge round, either we give a description
and you name what we are talking about, or you are given a term
and must describe what it means.
* A. Describing Art and Wax
A1. I make a sculpture out of wax; I cover it tightly with a
thick layer of clay. I bake the clay in an oven, where
the wax melts and runs out. I now use the hollow clay as
a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing
a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax
sculpture. What is this technique called?
A2. I coat a metal or glass object with a layer of wax.
I then scrape away some wax to leave a design on the object.
I dip it briefly into a bath of strong acid, which eats away
at the area not covered by wax. After cleaning the wax off,
I now have a pattern on my original object. What is this
process called? Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.
* B. Describing Scientific Terms
B1. A female Komodo dragon that has been living in a zoo
without contact with other members of her species lays an
egg which hatches and grows to be another female Komodo.
Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where
growth, development, and eventually birth happens without
fertilization.
B2. On a hot day, your son does not fully close the freezer door.
Air constantly circulates into the freezer, where the
rapid temperature drop causes the moisture in the air to
turn directly into a coating of hoar frost. What is the
scientific term for matter transformation directly from gas
to solid without forming a liquid? It is sometimes known as
sublimation (the same as the reverse transformation directly
from solid to gas), but we want the other term that refers
specifically to a transformation *from* gas *to* solid.
* C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology
C1. If you are a property owner in Northern Ontario, your land
may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be
rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic
rebound". Explain this.
C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic
subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction
zone.
* D. Describing Canadian Historical/Political Phrases
D1. This term was first coined in the 1983 report "Native
Children and the Child Welfare System". It refers to
the practice, beginning in the 1960s, of apprehending
an unusually high percentage of children from aboriginal
Canadians, usually without prior knowledge or permission of
their families and bands, and adopting them out to white
middle-class families. The victims of this practice were
the subject of numerous news reports, case studies, and
class-action lawsuits in later years. What is the term?
D2. This term was used by Garth Turner in 2006 in conjunction
with the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, during
the Israeli-Lebanon crisis. It refers to people who had
emigrated to Canada, obtained citizenship, and then moved
permanently back to their original home country, keeping
their Canadian citizenship as a safety net. Many sources
had used the term before that time, but Turner was the first
MP to use it, questioning the $75,000 cost per evacuee
for people who almost all returned back within a month.
What is the term?
* E. Describing Internet Memes
E1. You go to an interesting or unusual place, and lie face
down on the ground. Your hands must both touch the sides of
your body while lying down. A friend takes a picture of you
while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.
What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of
NBC's "The Office".
E2. You're reading your email, and you open a message from
a friend who includes a link to check out something cool.
It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for
the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the
Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.
* F. Tough Descriptions of Sports Rules
F1. The Denver Broncos are approaching the end zone in the last
minute of the game, trailing by 4 points. The quarterback
hands the ball off to a running back, who charges forward.
The running back is hit hard, 10 yards short of the end zone
and fumbles the ball. It squirts into the end zone, where
a Bronco receiver lands on it. The ref says no touchdown.
Explain the specific rule he is thinking of when making
his decision.
F2. In reaction to numerous instances of what they considered
"making a travesty of the game", in 1908 Major League
Baseball instituted rule 7.08i, stating that the bases must
be run in order. But until then, players would sometimes
try to steal *backwards* from second base to first. But why
would anyone want to do this? Okay, it might confuse the
opponents a bit, and one man, Detroit's Germany Schaefer,
allegedly just wanted to improve his base-stealing
statistics. (He remains the last man to successfully
steal first from second.) But for what other *specific
tactical reason* did other players sometimes steal first
base from second?
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