* 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?
* Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Science-Fiction Books
2. "Foundation".
6. "A Clockwork Orange".
8. "The Handmaid's Tale".
9. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
* 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?
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?
* 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?
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?
* Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Science-Fiction Books
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?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
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?
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