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QFTCIUA Final, Round 9: Science & Technology
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Mark Brader
Feb 17, 2015, 9:19:09 AM2/17/15
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
* The Science of Sport
1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
a corner?
* Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
of what type of cells?
6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
* Plate Tectonics
7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
eventually split away?
8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
<answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
Panthalassa?
* When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
which led to the invention of what product?
11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
drug was this?
12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
* The Science of Cooking
13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
isomerization and polymerisation steps.
15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
--
Mark Brader What is it about
Toronto Haiku that people find so
m...@vex.net Infatuating? --Pete Mitchell
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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
* The Science of Sport
1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
a corner?
* Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
of what type of cells?
6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
* Plate Tectonics
7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
eventually split away?
8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
<answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
Panthalassa?
* When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
which led to the invention of what product?
11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
drug was this?
12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
* The Science of Cooking
13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
isomerization and polymerisation steps.
15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
--
Mark Brader What is it about
Toronto Haiku that people find so
m...@vex.net Infatuating? --Pete Mitchell
My text in this article is in the public domain.
bbowler
Feb 17, 2015, 9:34:50 AM2/17/15
to
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 08:19:08 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08, 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
Drag
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08, 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning a corner?
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of liquid
> plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner, which led to
> the invention of what product?
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with different
> cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
Dan Blum
Feb 17, 2015, 10:02:37 AM2/17/15
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
> * The Science of Sport
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
drag
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
> * The Science of Sport
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
T-cells; white blood cells
> of what type of cells?
> * Plate Tectonics
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
Kevlar
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
> * The Science of Cooking
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Björn Lundin
Feb 17, 2015, 12:23:27 PM2/17/15
to
On 2015-02-17 15:19, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
air resistence
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
>
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
>
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
>
>
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
stem cells ?
> of what type of cells?
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
>
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
>
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
>
>
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
>
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
>
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
--
--
Björn
Peter Smyth
Feb 17, 2015, 1:22:31 PM2/17/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
Drag
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
Granite
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
Understeer
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
>
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
H5N1
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
T cells
> of what type of cells?
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
Pangaea
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
> 8. Name either of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
Laurasia
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
The surrounding ocean
> Panthalassa?
>
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
Perspex
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
Viagra
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
Velcro
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
>
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
Sous vide
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
Caramelization
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
Molecular Gastronomy
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 17, 2015, 3:42:56 PM2/17/15
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
Turbulence
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Marc Dashevsky
Feb 17, 2015, 5:20:37 PM2/17/15
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In article <aMGdnYXHzatB0H7J...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
granite
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
understeer
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
T-cells
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
to create copies of DNA segments
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
Pangaea
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
Gondwana
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
the sole ocean
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
safety glass
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
Viagra
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
Velcro
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
sous vide
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
caramelization
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
molecular something
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
friction
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin
Feb 17, 2015, 7:22:19 PM2/17/15
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On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 12:19:09 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
Turbulence, drag
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
>
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
>
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
The surrounding ocean
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
>
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
>
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
calvin
Pete
Feb 17, 2015, 8:11:00 PM2/17/15
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:aMGdnYXHzatB0H7JnZ2dnUU7-U-
dn...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
>
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
Granite
>
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
>
>
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
H3N5
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
T cells
>
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
Gondwanaland
>
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
Gondwanaland
>
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
>
>
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
>
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
Viagra
>
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
Velcro
>
>
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
>
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
>
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
>
Pete
dn...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
>
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
>
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
>
>
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
>
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
>
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
>
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
>
>
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
>
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
>
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
>
>
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
>
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
>
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
>
Joshua Kreitzer
Feb 17, 2015, 9:09:27 PM2/17/15
to
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
drag
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
T cells
> of what type of cells?
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
Viagra
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
caramelization
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Jason Kreitzer
Feb 17, 2015, 10:11:52 PM2/17/15
to
On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 9:19:09 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
Drag
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
>
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
>
>
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
T-Cells
>
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
>
>
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
Pangaea
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
>
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
>
>
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
>
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
Viagra
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
>
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
>
>
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
>
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
>
>
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
Flash Steaming
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
>
>
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
Dan Tilque
Feb 19, 2015, 11:05:18 PM2/19/15
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
drag
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
>
> * The Science of Sport
>
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
>
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
>
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
>
>
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
>
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
>
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
>
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
>
>
> * Plate Tectonics
>
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
>
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
>
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
>
>
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
>
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
>
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
>
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
>
>
> * The Science of Cooking
>
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
>
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
>
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
>
--
Mark Brader
Feb 20, 2015, 7:23:05 AM2/20/15
to
Mark Brader:
> * The Science of Sport
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
Drag was the expected answer, but despite the hint part, the actual
science part of the question was sufficiently non-specific that I
accepted "friction" and "air resistance". Not "turbulence", though;
the dimples reduce drag by *increasing* the turbulence. So, 4 for
Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Marc, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
2 for Calvin.
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
Granite. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Erland, Marc, Calvin, Pete,
and Joshua.
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
Understeer. 4 for Peter, Marc, and Calvin.
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
H3N2.
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
T cells. These are a type of white blood cell and I neglected to
require a more specific answer if that was given, so I accepted that
answer also. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum (the hard way), Peter, Marc,
Calvin, Pete, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
To replicate a DNA sequence. 4 for Bruce, Marc, and Dan Tilque.
> * Plate Tectonics
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
Pangaea. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Erland, Marc, Calvin,
Joshua, and Jason.
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
Gondwanaland or Gondwana, Laurasia. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter,
Marc, Calvin, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
See also: http://xkcd.com/1449
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
The super-ocean that surrounded it. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn,
Peter, Marc, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
Laminated safety glass. 4 for Bruce and Marc.
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
Viagra (or sildenafil). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Marc,
Calvin, Pete, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
Velcro. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Marc, Calvin, Pete,
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * The Science of Cooking
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
Sous-vide (or "cryovacking"). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, and Marc.
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
Caramelization. This is a type of browning, but browning may involve
other processes such as the Maillard reaction, so no points for that.
4 for Peter, Marc, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
Molecular gastronomy. No points for "molecular something"!
4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, and Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 BEST
TOPICS-> His Lit Geo Spo Ent Can Sci FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 52 44 52 51 55 14 40 254
Marc Dashevsky -- 24 52 44 40 4 52 212
Dan Blum 32 32 40 19 36 4 40 180
Pete Gayde 35 -- 40 60 24 12 20 179
Peter Smyth 12 20 44 36 24 8 48 172
"Calvin" 31 24 39 35 27 8 34 166
Dan Tilque 36 20 40 24 4 4 32 152
Rob Parker 32 24 44 16 24 -- -- 140
Erland Sommarskog 28 8 48 16 12 -- 8 112
Jason Kreitzer 20 12 16 24 28 -- 16 104
Bruce Bowler 36 18 -- -- -- -- 48 102
Björn Lundin 8 11 32 8 16 11 20 90
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Toronto | but I see that there was nothing in it, after all."
m...@vex.net | "I begin to think, Watson, that I make a mistake
| in explaining." --Doyle
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology
> * The Science of Sport
> 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a
> golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property?
science part of the question was sufficiently non-specific that I
accepted "friction" and "air resistance". Not "turbulence", though;
the dimples reduce drag by *increasing* the turbulence. So, 4 for
Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Peter, Marc, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
2 for Calvin.
> 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from?
and Joshua.
> 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical
> term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning
> a corner?
> * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology
> 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three
> or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains,
> and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype?
> 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion
> of what type of cells?
require a more specific answer if that was given, so I accepted that
answer also. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum (the hard way), Peter, Marc,
Calvin, Pete, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction?
> * Plate Tectonics
> 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately
> 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents
> eventually split away?
Joshua, and Jason.
> 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from
> <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago.
Marc, Calvin, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
See also: http://xkcd.com/1449
> 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was
> Panthalassa?
Peter, Marc, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention
> 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a
> glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of
> liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner,
> which led to the invention of what product?
> 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood
> vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it
> improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough
> drug was this?
Calvin, Pete, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
> 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike
> and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His
> examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention?
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * The Science of Cooking
> 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight
> plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures.
> 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs
> when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically,
> it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex
> isomerization and polymerisation steps.
other processes such as the Maillard reaction, so no points for that.
4 for Peter, Marc, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of
> physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with
> different cooking processes, preparation, and materials.
> It became a culinary movement with broader objectives.
4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, and Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 BEST
TOPICS-> His Lit Geo Spo Ent Can Sci FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 52 44 52 51 55 14 40 254
Marc Dashevsky -- 24 52 44 40 4 52 212
Dan Blum 32 32 40 19 36 4 40 180
Pete Gayde 35 -- 40 60 24 12 20 179
Peter Smyth 12 20 44 36 24 8 48 172
"Calvin" 31 24 39 35 27 8 34 166
Dan Tilque 36 20 40 24 4 4 32 152
Rob Parker 32 24 44 16 24 -- -- 140
Erland Sommarskog 28 8 48 16 12 -- 8 112
Jason Kreitzer 20 12 16 24 28 -- 16 104
Bruce Bowler 36 18 -- -- -- -- 48 102
Björn Lundin 8 11 32 8 16 11 20 90
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