* Game 7, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Basic Musical Theory
2. On a 6-string guitar using standard tuning, the top and bottom
strings are the same note, 2 octaves apart. Which note?
3. Solfege is a musical system of notation similar to the tonic
solfa (the "do-re-mi" system we learned in school), but with
a fixed "do", always being the musical note C. In solfege,
"la" always represents what note?
4. Most of the intervals in a major scale are whole tones, but two
are semitones (half tones). In solfa, one semitone is between
ti and do; what notes is the other one between?
5. A lot of music is written in 4-part harmony, also referred to
as SATB. What musical voice does the T stand for?
6. In the violin family of stringed instruments, which instrument
typically plays the alto voice, and plays music written using
the alto clef?
7. The musical note to which most instruments are tuned, played by
the oboe in a symphony orchestra, is a note referred to as
pitch standard. This note is widely used as concert pitch in
UK and USA. Name the note *and* its frequency in hertz.
8. How many notes are there in a chromatic scale? (Not counting
the note an octave above the starting note.)
9. With the treble clef, the notes corresponding to the lines of
the staff are often learned from the bottom up using a mnemonic
starting with "Every Good". Give the complete mnemonic or just
name the notes in order.
10. In written music when a note is written which is not in the
key signature, it is indicated with a sharp, flat, or natural
in front of the note to modify its pitch. What is the generic
term that covers these modified notes?
* Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. What is the antiparticle of the electron? (No, we won't take
the answer "antielectron".)
2. What do we call the class of fundamental particles which are
composed of a quark and an antiquark? Examples include pions
and kaons.
3. Radioactivity is composed of three types of rays, each one of
which is a beam of particles. Name the rays which are composed
of highly energetic photons.
4. Deuterium (or heavy hydrogen) is an isotope of hydrogen with
two particles in its nucleus. What particles?
5. This fundamental constant in physics is denoted by the letter h,
and in SI units has a value of 6.626 в 10^-34. When multiplied
by the frequency of a photon, the result is the photon's energy.
What German physicist is this constant named after?
6. Physics identifies four fundamental forces in nature. Three of
these are gravity, the weak force, and electromagnetism.
What is the fourth one?
7. Subatomic particles have a property known as spin. Particles
with half-integral spin are called fermions: examples are
electrons, protons, and neutrinos. What do we call particles
with integral spin? Examples of these are photons, gravitons,
and the """recently""" discovered particle named after the
British physicist Peter Higgs.
8. Name the two countries in which the CERN research laboratory
is located.
9. The American physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the quark from the following line in literature: "Three quarks for Muster Mark,
sure he hasn't got much of a bark". Name either the novel or
its author.
10. Quarks come in six types. Five of these types are bottom,
down, charm, strange, and top. What's the other one?
* Game 7, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Basic Musical Theory
2. On a 6-string guitar using standard tuning, the top and bottom
strings are the same note, 2 octaves apart. Which note?
3. Solfege is a musical system of notation similar to the tonic
solfa (the "do-re-mi" system we learned in school), but with
a fixed "do", always being the musical note C. In solfege,
"la" always represents what note?
4. Most of the intervals in a major scale are whole tones, but two
are semitones (half tones). In solfa, one semitone is between
ti and do; what notes is the other one between?
5. A lot of music is written in 4-part harmony, also referred to
as SATB. What musical voice does the T stand for?
6. In the violin family of stringed instruments, which instrument
typically plays the alto voice, and plays music written using
the alto clef?
7. The musical note to which most instruments are tuned, played by
the oboe in a symphony orchestra, is a note referred to as
pitch standard. This note is widely used as concert pitch in
UK and USA. Name the note *and* its frequency in hertz.
8. How many notes are there in a chromatic scale? (Not counting
the note an octave above the starting note.)
9. With the treble clef, the notes corresponding to the lines of
the staff are often learned from the bottom up using a mnemonic
starting with "Every Good". Give the complete mnemonic or just
name the notes in order.
10. In written music when a note is written which is not in the
key signature, it is indicated with a sharp, flat, or natural
in front of the note to modify its pitch. What is the generic
term that covers these modified notes?
* Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. What is the antiparticle of the electron? (No, we won't take
the answer "antielectron".)
2. What do we call the class of fundamental particles which are
composed of a quark and an antiquark? Examples include pions
and kaons.
3. Radioactivity is composed of three types of rays, each one of
which is a beam of particles. Name the rays which are composed
of highly energetic photons.
4. Deuterium (or heavy hydrogen) is an isotope of hydrogen with
two particles in its nucleus. What particles?
5. This fundamental constant in physics is denoted by the letter h,
and in SI units has a value of 6.626 � 10^-34. When multiplied
by the frequency of a photon, the result is the photon's energy.
What German physicist is this constant named after?
6. Physics identifies four fundamental forces in nature. Three of
these are gravity, the weak force, and electromagnetism.
What is the fourth one?
7. Subatomic particles have a property known as spin. Particles
with half-integral spin are called fermions: examples are
electrons, protons, and neutrinos. What do we call particles
with integral spin? Examples of these are photons, gravitons,
and the """recently""" discovered particle named after the
British physicist Peter Higgs.
8. Name the two countries in which the CERN research laboratory
is located.
10. Quarks come in six types. Five of these types are bottom,
down, charm, strange, and top. What's the other one?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-03-03,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 7, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Basic Musical Theory
1. What is the system of musical notation mainly used for fretted instruments such as guitars, which shows finger placements
graphically?
2. On a 6-string guitar using standard tuning, the top and bottom
strings are the same note, 2 octaves apart. Which note?
3. Solfege is a musical system of notation similar to the tonic
solfa (the "do-re-mi" system we learned in school), but with
a fixed "do", always being the musical note C. In solfege,
"la" always represents what note?
4. Most of the intervals in a major scale are whole tones, but two
are semitones (half tones). In solfa, one semitone is between
ti and do; what notes is the other one between?
5. A lot of music is written in 4-part harmony, also referred to
as SATB. What musical voice does the T stand for?
6. In the violin family of stringed instruments, which instrument
typically plays the alto voice, and plays music written using
the alto clef?
7. The musical note to which most instruments are tuned, played by
the oboe in a symphony orchestra, is a note referred to as
pitch standard. This note is widely used as concert pitch in
UK and USA. Name the note *and* its frequency in hertz.
8. How many notes are there in a chromatic scale? (Not counting
the note an octave above the starting note.)
9. With the treble clef, the notes corresponding to the lines of
the staff are often learned from the bottom up using a mnemonic
starting with "Every Good". Give the complete mnemonic or just
name the notes in order.
10. In written music when a note is written which is not in the
key signature, it is indicated with a sharp, flat, or natural
in front of the note to modify its pitch. What is the generic
term that covers these modified notes?
* Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. What is the antiparticle of the electron? (No, we won't take
the answer "antielectron".)
2. What do we call the class of fundamental particles which are
composed of a quark and an antiquark? Examples include pions
and kaons.
3. Radioactivity is composed of three types of rays, each one of
which is a beam of particles. Name the rays which are composed
of highly energetic photons.
4. Deuterium (or heavy hydrogen) is an isotope of hydrogen with
two particles in its nucleus. What particles?
5. This fundamental constant in physics is denoted by the letter h,
and in SI units has a value of 6.626 в 10^-34. When multiplied
by the frequency of a photon, the result is the photon's energy.
What German physicist is this constant named after?
6. Physics identifies four fundamental forces in nature. Three of
these are gravity, the weak force, and electromagnetism.
What is the fourth one?
7. Subatomic particles have a property known as spin. Particles
with half-integral spin are called fermions: examples are
electrons, protons, and neutrinos. What do we call particles
with integral spin? Examples of these are photons, gravitons,
and the """recently""" discovered particle named after the
British physicist Peter Higgs.
8. Name the two countries in which the CERN research laboratory
is located.
9. The American physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the quark from the following line in literature: "Three quarks for Muster Mark,
sure he hasn't got much of a bark". Name either the novel or
its author.
10. Quarks come in six types. Five of these types are bottom,
down, charm, strange, and top. What's the other one?
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* Game 7, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Basic Musical Theory
1. What is the system of musical notation mainly used for fretted
instruments such as guitars, which shows finger placements
graphically?
2. On a 6-string guitar using standard tuning, the top and bottom
strings are the same note, 2 octaves apart. Which note?
3. Solfege is a musical system of notation similar to the tonic
solfa (the "do-re-mi" system we learned in school), but with
a fixed "do", always being the musical note C. In solfege,
"la" always represents what note?
4. Most of the intervals in a major scale are whole tones, but two
are semitones (half tones). In solfa, one semitone is between
ti and do; what notes is the other one between?
5. A lot of music is written in 4-part harmony, also referred to
as SATB. What musical voice does the T stand for?
6. In the violin family of stringed instruments, which instrument
typically plays the alto voice, and plays music written using
the alto clef?
7. The musical note to which most instruments are tuned, played by
the oboe in a symphony orchestra, is a note referred to as
pitch standard. This note is widely used as concert pitch in
UK and USA. Name the note *and* its frequency in hertz.
8. How many notes are there in a chromatic scale? (Not counting
the note an octave above the starting note.)
9. With the treble clef, the notes corresponding to the lines of
the staff are often learned from the bottom up using a mnemonic
starting with "Every Good". Give the complete mnemonic or just
name the notes in order. >
10. In written music when a note is written which is not in the
key signature, it is indicated with a sharp, flat, or natural
in front of the note to modify its pitch. What is the generic
term that covers these modified notes?
* Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. What is the antiparticle of the electron? (No, we won't take
the answer "antielectron".)
2. What do we call the class of fundamental particles which are
composed of a quark and an antiquark? Examples include pions
and kaons.
3. Radioactivity is composed of three types of rays, each one of
which is a beam of particles. Name the rays which are composed
of highly energetic photons.
4. Deuterium (or heavy hydrogen) is an isotope of hydrogen with
two particles in its nucleus. What particles?
5. This fundamental constant in physics is denoted by the letter h,
and in SI units has a value of 6.626 × 10^-34. When multiplied
by the frequency of a photon, the result is the photon's energy.
What German physicist is this constant named after?
6. Physics identifies four fundamental forces in nature. Three of
these are gravity, the weak force, and electromagnetism.
What is the fourth one?
7. Subatomic particles have a property known as spin. Particles
with half-integral spin are called fermions: examples are
electrons, protons, and neutrinos. What do we call particles
with integral spin? Examples of these are photons, gravitons,
and the """recently""" discovered particle named after the
British physicist Peter Higgs.
8. Name the two countries in which the CERN research laboratory
is located.
9. The American physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the quark from the
following line in literature: "Three quarks for Muster Mark,
sure he hasn't got much of a bark". Name either the novel or
its author.
10. Quarks come in six types. Five of these types are bottom,
down, charm, strange, and top. What's the other one?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-03-03,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Basic Musical Theory
1. What is the system of musical notation mainly used for fretted
instruments such as guitars, which shows finger placements
graphically?
2. On a 6-string guitar using standard tuning, the top and bottom
strings are the same note, 2 octaves apart. Which note?
3. Solfege is a musical system of notation similar to the tonic
solfa (the "do-re-mi" system we learned in school), but with
a fixed "do", always being the musical note C. In solfege,
"la" always represents what note?
4. Most of the intervals in a major scale are whole tones, but two
are semitones (half tones). In solfa, one semitone is between
ti and do; what notes is the other one between?
5. A lot of music is written in 4-part harmony, also referred to
as SATB. What musical voice does the T stand for?
6. In the violin family of stringed instruments, which instrument
typically plays the alto voice, and plays music written using
the alto clef?
7. The musical note to which most instruments are tuned, played by
the oboe in a symphony orchestra, is a note referred to as
pitch standard. This note is widely used as concert pitch in
UK and USA. Name the note *and* its frequency in hertz.
8. How many notes are there in a chromatic scale? (Not counting
the note an octave above the starting note.)
9. With the treble clef, the notes corresponding to the lines of
the staff are often learned from the bottom up using a mnemonic
starting with "Every Good". Give the complete mnemonic or just
name the notes in order.
10. In written music when a note is written which is not in the
key signature, it is indicated with a sharp, flat, or natural
in front of the note to modify its pitch. What is the generic
term that covers these modified notes?
* Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics
1. What is the antiparticle of the electron? (No, we won't take
the answer "antielectron".)
2. What do we call the class of fundamental particles which are
composed of a quark and an antiquark? Examples include pions
and kaons.
3. Radioactivity is composed of three types of rays, each one of
which is a beam of particles. Name the rays which are composed
of highly energetic photons.
4. Deuterium (or heavy hydrogen) is an isotope of hydrogen with
two particles in its nucleus. What particles?
5. This fundamental constant in physics is denoted by the letter h,
and in SI units has a value of 6.626 � 10^-34. When multiplied
by the frequency of a photon, the result is the photon's energy.
What German physicist is this constant named after?
6. Physics identifies four fundamental forces in nature. Three of
these are gravity, the weak force, and electromagnetism.
What is the fourth one?
7. Subatomic particles have a property known as spin. Particles
with half-integral spin are called fermions: examples are
electrons, protons, and neutrinos. What do we call particles
with integral spin? Examples of these are photons, gravitons,
and the """recently""" discovered particle named after the
British physicist Peter Higgs.
8. Name the two countries in which the CERN research laboratory
is located.
9. The American physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the quark from the
following line in literature: "Three quarks for Muster Mark,
sure he hasn't got much of a bark". Name either the novel or
its author.
10. Quarks come in six types. Five of these types are bottom,
down, charm, strange, and top. What's the other one?
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