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Mark Brader
Oct 7, 2013, 2:35:32 PM10/7/13
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 9 - Science
* Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
for Chemistry in 1986?
3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
Montreal. Who was he?
* The Planets
4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
Which planet is this?
5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
* Physics - Eponymous SI Units
Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
(And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
decay, which is measured in decays per second?
8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
* Insects
10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
What phylum is this?
* Acronyms
13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
letters "LA"?
15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
the acronym SETI?
--
Mark Brader | "For the stronger we our houses do build,
Toronto | The less chance we have of being killed."
m...@vex.net | -- William McGonagall, "The Tay Bridge Disaster"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 9 - Science
* Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
for Chemistry in 1986?
3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
Montreal. Who was he?
* The Planets
4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
Which planet is this?
5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
* Physics - Eponymous SI Units
Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
(And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
decay, which is measured in decays per second?
8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
* Insects
10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
What phylum is this?
* Acronyms
13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
letters "LA"?
15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
the acronym SETI?
--
Mark Brader | "For the stronger we our houses do build,
Toronto | The less chance we have of being killed."
m...@vex.net | -- William McGonagall, "The Tay Bridge Disaster"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader
Oct 7, 2013, 2:47:54 PM10/7/13
to
As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
Should I:
[1] Continue as I have been doing?
[2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
are 3 days staler than usual?
[3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
with the Final game?
[4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
--
Mark Brader And as in nerdish thought he stood,
Toronto the Jargontalk, with awk and grep,
m...@vex.net Came geeking through the Cobol wood,
and edlin as it schlepped.
--Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll)
Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
Should I:
[1] Continue as I have been doing?
[2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
are 3 days staler than usual?
[3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
with the Final game?
[4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
--
Mark Brader And as in nerdish thought he stood,
Toronto the Jargontalk, with awk and grep,
m...@vex.net Came geeking through the Cobol wood,
and edlin as it schlepped.
--Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll)
Dan Blum
Oct 7, 2013, 4:05:07 PM10/7/13
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
Soddy
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
> * The Planets
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
curie
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
joule; dyne
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
pascal
> * Insects
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
> * Acronyms
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Oct 7, 2013, 5:02:07 PM10/7/13
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
Bohr
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
>
>
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
>
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
>
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
>
>
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
>
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
>
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
>
>
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
>
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
>
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
>
>
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
>
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
>
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
>
--
Dan Tilque
Who needs TV when you can have the whole Internet insulting your
intelligence? -- Ziggy
Jeffrey Turner
Oct 7, 2013, 5:51:25 PM10/7/13
to
On 10/7/2013 2:35 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
Roentgen
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
--Jeff
swp
Oct 7, 2013, 6:08:51 PM10/7/13
to
On Monday, October 7, 2013 2:47:54 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
> Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
> posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
> reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
> based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
> between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
>
>
> Should I:
>
> [1] Continue as I have been doing?
>
> [2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
> are 3 days staler than usual?
>
> [3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
> as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
> with the Final game?
>
> [4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
> sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
> with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
>
> Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
> consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
I prefer option #2.
> As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
> Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
> posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
> reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
> based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
> between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
>
>
> Should I:
>
> [1] Continue as I have been doing?
>
> [2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
> are 3 days staler than usual?
>
> [3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
> as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
> with the Final game?
>
> [4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
> sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
> with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
>
> Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
> consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
swp
swp
Oct 7, 2013, 6:10:19 PM10/7/13
to
On Monday, October 7, 2013 2:35:32 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
I abstain. also, I saw Dan's answers after answering the follow on posting about your pattern of postings.
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
swp
Mark Brader
Oct 7, 2013, 6:40:43 PM10/7/13
to
Stephen Perry:
sort of thing is what happens when humans get involved in the process.
--
Mark Brader ...the scariest words of the afternoon:
Toronto "Hey, don't worry, I've read all about
m...@vex.net doing this sort of thing!" -- Vernor Vinge
> I saw Dan's answers after answering the follow on
> posting about your pattern of postings.
Sorry about that. I intended to post it as a separate thread, but this
> posting about your pattern of postings.
sort of thing is what happens when humans get involved in the process.
--
Mark Brader ...the scariest words of the afternoon:
Toronto "Hey, don't worry, I've read all about
m...@vex.net doing this sort of thing!" -- Vernor Vinge
Pete
Oct 7, 2013, 9:46:21 PM10/7/13
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:B_qdncnDSr1pY8
_PnZ2dnUV...@vex.net:
Saturn; Jupiter
>
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
Jupiter; Saturn
>
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
Venus
>
>
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
Curie
>
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
Joule
>
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
>
>
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
Beetle
>
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
Butterfly
>
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
>
>
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
Deflection And Refraction
>
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
>
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
>
Pete
_PnZ2dnUV...@vex.net:
>
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
>
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
>
>
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
>
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
>
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
>
>
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
>
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
>
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
>
>
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
>
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
>
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
>
Pete
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 7, 2013, 9:49:37 PM10/7/13
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
Uranus
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
sunrise a rare event on that planet.
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 7, 2013, 11:26:29 PM10/7/13
to
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
McLeod; Best
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
becquerel; curie
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Oct 7, 2013, 11:40:59 PM10/7/13
to
I (Mark Brader) and Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
>> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
>> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
>> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
>> Which planet is this?
>
> Uranus
>> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
>> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
>> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
>
> Venus. Although there are a couple of other problems which makes
> sunrise a rare event on that planet.
You're lucky you mentioned sunrise in connection with a question
>> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
>> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
>> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
>> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
>> Which planet is this?
>
> Uranus
>> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
>> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
>> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
>
> Venus. Although there are a couple of other problems which makes
> sunrise a rare event on that planet.
about literarily-named moons -- it provides evidence that this was
some sort of editing error, which I can overlook.
--
Mark Brader "A hundred billion is *not* infinite
Toronto and it's getting less infinite all the time!"
m...@vex.net -- Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
Peter Smyth
Oct 8, 2013, 6:35:58 AM10/8/13
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
Rutherford
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
>
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
Mars, Venus
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
Neptune, Uranus
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
Saturn
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
>
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
Becquerel
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m�/s�?
Joule
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m�/s�?
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s�?
Pascal
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s�?
>
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
Ants
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
Butterflies
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
Arthropods
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
>
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
>
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
Light Amplification
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
>
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
Extra-terrestrial Intelligence
> the acronym SETI?
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 8, 2013, 8:30:52 AM10/8/13
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> I (Mark Brader) and Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>>> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
>>> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
>>> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
>>> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
>>> Which planet is this?
>>
>> Uranus
>
>>> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
>>> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
>>> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
>>
>> Venus. Although there are a couple of other problems which makes
>> sunrise a rare event on that planet.
>
> You're lucky you mentioned sunrise in connection with a question
> about literarily-named moons -- it provides evidence that this was
> some sort of editing error, which I can overlook.
Yeah, I deleted one question too many when I added the answer about
> I (Mark Brader) and Erland Sommarskog wrote:
>>> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
>>> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
>>> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
>>> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
>>> Which planet is this?
>>
>> Uranus
>
>>> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
>>> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
>>> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
>>
>> Venus. Although there are a couple of other problems which makes
>> sunrise a rare event on that planet.
>
> You're lucky you mentioned sunrise in connection with a question
> about literarily-named moons -- it provides evidence that this was
> some sort of editing error, which I can overlook.
Venus. I noticed that, and restored the missing question. Unfortunately,
the answers remained messed up.
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 8, 2013, 11:57:06 AM10/8/13
to
In article <B_qdncnDSr1pY8_P...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
>
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
Venus
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
Uranus
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
Neptune; Saturn
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
curie
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
joule
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
boyle
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
beetles
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
butterflies and moths
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
arthropods
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
Detection And ?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
Light Amplitude
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
Extra-Terrestial Intelligence
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
gotta be Rutherford
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
>
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
Marc Dashevsky
Oct 8, 2013, 11:58:26 AM10/8/13
to
In article <ieidnfSgP-1HnM7P...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
>
> As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
> Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
> posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
> reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
> based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
> between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
>
>
> Should I:
>
> [1] Continue as I have been doing?
>
> [2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
> are 3 days staler than usual?
>
> [3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
> as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
> with the Final game?
>
> [4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
> sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
> with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
>
> Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
> consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
It makes no difference to me.
> As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
> Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
> posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
> reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
> based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
> between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
>
>
> Should I:
>
> [1] Continue as I have been doing?
>
> [2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
> are 3 days staler than usual?
>
> [3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
> as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
> with the Final game?
>
> [4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
> sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
> with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
>
> Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
> consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
Bruce Bowler
Oct 8, 2013, 1:35:46 PM10/8/13
to
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock" by
> Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on water if only
> you could find a large enough ocean.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people. (And
> none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
>
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common English
> term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
>
>
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
calvin
Oct 9, 2013, 6:29:52 AM10/9/13
to
On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:47:54 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
> Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
> posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
> reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
> based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
> between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
>
>
> Should I:
>
> [1] Continue as I have been doing?
>
> [2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
> are 3 days staler than usual?
>
> [3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
> as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
> with the Final game?
>
> [4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
> sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
> with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
>
> Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
> consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
I have a mild preference for [2].
> As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
> Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
> posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
> reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
> based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
> between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.
>
>
> Should I:
>
> [1] Continue as I have been doing?
>
> [2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
> are 3 days staler than usual?
>
> [3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
> without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
> as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
> with the Final game?
>
> [4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
> sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
> with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?
>
> Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
> consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
--
cheers,
calvin
calvin
Oct 9, 2013, 6:32:57 AM10/9/13
to
On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:35:32 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
Einstein, Planck
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
>
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
Cause there's sure none down here on Earth :-)
--
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Oct 10, 2013, 12:33:31 PM10/10/13
to
Mark Brader:
The prize was for the discovery of insulin. Banting felt his
assistant Charles Best was the one he should have shared it with,
and gave Best half his prize money. In response, MacLeod gave half
of his prize money to James Collip, who he had brought in on the
project after the original discovery.
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
John Polanyi.
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
Ernest Rutherford. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc
(gotta be), and Calvin.
> * The Planets
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
Venus. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Erland, Joshua, Marc,
and Bruce. 2 for Peter.
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
Uranus. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Erland, Joshua, Marc,
and Bruce. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Peter.
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
Saturn. But, as Bruce notes, but it'd leave a ring around the
bathtub. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Peter, and Bruce.
2 for Joshua and Marc.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
Becquerel. 4 for Erland, Peter, Bruce, and Calvin. 3 for Joshua.
The curie is also a unit of radioactive decay, but not part of the SI;
and it's equal to 37,000,000,000 becquerels.
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
Joule. 4 for Dan Tilque, Jeff, Pete, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Marc,
Bruce, and Calvin. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
Pascal. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Erland, Joshua, Peter,
Bruce, and Calvin.
Reading those last two questions together, I realize that a pascal
is also equal to one joule per cubic meter, and therefore that
pressure must be proportional to energy over volume. Makes sense --
pressure is the result of energy stored in a system, and in a fluid
it's distributed over the whole volume -- but I never thought about
it that way before.
> * Insects
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
Beetles. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua, Marc, and Bruce.
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
Moths and butterflies (either word was sufficient). 4 for Dan Blum,
Jeff, Pete, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Bruce, and Calvin.
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
Arthropods (Arthropoda). The name was required, not a description.
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Peter, and Marc.
> * Acronyms
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
Detection And Ranging. 4 for Dan Tilque, Jeff, Joshua, and Bruce.
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
Light Amplification. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Joshua,
Peter, and Bruce. 3 for Erland.
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
ExtraTerrestrial Intellegence. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Jeff, Pete, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Bruce,
and Calvin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Geo Spo Lit Mis Sci FIVE
Stephen Perry 52 40 48 55 48 52 -- 255
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 26 27 31 36 48 187
Dan Blum 40 14 16 12 33 32 43 164
Marc Dashevsky 20 42 20 39 12 28 34 163
Pete Gayde 24 35 -- 40 -- 20 16 135
Dan Tilque 24 12 8 20 16 20 44 124
Jeff Turner -- 23 -- 24 12 20 36 115
Peter Smyth 28 10 -- -- 16 12 40 106
"Calvin" 20 16 6 15 19 20 27 102
Bruce Bowler 19 -- -- -- -- 35 44 98
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 16 -- -- -- 27 51
Rob Parker 9 23 4 -- -- -- -- 36
--
Mark Brader | "To a security officer the ideal world was one where
Toronto | nobody talked to anyone else... [But] of course...
m...@vex.net | such a world rarely did anything worth securing
| in the first place." -- Tom Clancy
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
John MacLeod. 3 for Joshua.
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?
The prize was for the discovery of insulin. Banting felt his
assistant Charles Best was the one he should have shared it with,
and gave Best half his prize money. In response, MacLeod gave half
of his prize money to James Collip, who he had brought in on the
project after the original discovery.
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?
(gotta be), and Calvin.
> * The Planets
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?
and Bruce. 2 for Peter.
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?
and Bruce. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Peter.
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.
bathtub. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Peter, and Bruce.
2 for Joshua and Marc.
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?
The curie is also a unit of radioactive decay, but not part of the SI;
and it's equal to 37,000,000,000 becquerels.
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?
Bruce, and Calvin. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?
Bruce, and Calvin.
Reading those last two questions together, I realize that a pascal
is also equal to one joule per cubic meter, and therefore that
pressure must be proportional to energy over volume. Makes sense --
pressure is the result of energy stored in a system, and in a fluid
it's distributed over the whole volume -- but I never thought about
it that way before.
> * Insects
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?
Jeff, Pete, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Bruce, and Calvin.
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Peter, and Marc.
> * Acronyms
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?
Peter, and Bruce. 3 for Erland.
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
Dan Tilque, Jeff, Pete, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Bruce,
and Calvin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Geo Spo Lit Mis Sci FIVE
Stephen Perry 52 40 48 55 48 52 -- 255
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 26 27 31 36 48 187
Dan Blum 40 14 16 12 33 32 43 164
Marc Dashevsky 20 42 20 39 12 28 34 163
Pete Gayde 24 35 -- 40 -- 20 16 135
Dan Tilque 24 12 8 20 16 20 44 124
Jeff Turner -- 23 -- 24 12 20 36 115
Peter Smyth 28 10 -- -- 16 12 40 106
"Calvin" 20 16 6 15 19 20 27 102
Bruce Bowler 19 -- -- -- -- 35 44 98
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 16 -- -- -- 27 51
Rob Parker 9 23 4 -- -- -- -- 36
--
Mark Brader | "To a security officer the ideal world was one where
Toronto | nobody talked to anyone else... [But] of course...
m...@vex.net | such a world rarely did anything worth securing
| in the first place." -- Tom Clancy
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