From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 7/28/22 21:46, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia   
   >   
   > 1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet   
   >     confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two   
   >     letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols   
   >     in the periodic table.  Name *both*.   
      
   J, Q   
      
   >   
   > 2. What is unique in the human body about the hyoid bone?   
      
   not touching any other bone   
      
   >   
   > 3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the   
   >     surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure   
   >     are you experiencing?   
      
   2   
      
   >   
   > 4. What Canadian is known as the "father of modern medicine"   
   >     and the "father of pathology"?   
   >   
   > 5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery   
   >     of what?   
      
   insulin   
      
   >   
   > 6. Name *either one* of the two scientists who announced the   
   >     discovery of "cold fusion" in 1989.   
      
   Pons   
      
   >   
   > 7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?   
      
   Ottawa   
      
   >   
   > 8. To continue having marijuana available for research when it was   
   >     still illegal to use, the Canadian government decided to grow its   
   >     stash in an abandoned mine shaft near a certain Canadian city,   
   >     which became known as the marijuana-growing capital of Canada.   
   >     Then the operation was moved to an undisclosed location when   
   >     more space was needed.  Anyway, name the city where the mine was.   
      
   Sudbury   
      
   >   
   > 9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of   
   >     this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,   
   >     although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and   
   >     conflicting information.  But which British theoretical physicist   
   >     and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of   
   >     Galileo's death?   
      
   Hawking   
      
   >   
   > 10. Zoologists honored Hugh Hefner by naming Sylvilagus palustris   
   >     hefneri for him.  What kind of animal is this?   
      
   rabbit   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions   
   >   
   > For this week's challenge round, either we give a description   
   > and you name what we are talking about, or you are given a term   
   > and must describe what it means.   
   >   
   > * A. Describing Art and Wax   
   >   
   >     A1. I make a sculpture out of wax; I cover it tightly with a   
   >         thick layer of clay.  I bake the clay in an oven, where   
   >         the wax melts and runs out.  I now use the hollow clay as   
   >         a mold for liquid bronze, gold, glass, etc., producing   
   >         a 3-dimensional object that looks like the original wax   
   >         sculpture.  What is this technique called?   
      
   lost wax casting   
      
   >   
   >     A2. I coat a metal or glass object with a layer of wax.   
   >         I then scrape away some wax to leave a design on the object.   
   >         I dip it briefly into a bath of strong acid, which eats away   
   >         at the area not covered by wax.  After cleaning the wax off,   
   >         I now have a pattern on my original object.  What is this   
   >         process called?  Gunsmiths have used it for 400 years.   
      
   acid etching   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Describing Scientific Terms   
   >   
   >     B1. A female Komodo dragon that has been living in a zoo   
   >         without contact with other members of her species lays an   
   >         egg which hatches and grows to be another female Komodo.   
   >         Give the term for this asexual reproduction, where   
   >         growth, development, and eventually birth happens without   
   >         fertilization.   
      
   parthenogenesis   
      
   >   
   >     B2. On a hot day, your son does not fully close the freezer door.   
   >         Air constantly circulates into the freezer, where the   
   >         rapid temperature drop causes the moisture in the air to   
   >         turn directly into a coating of hoar frost.  What is the   
   >         scientific term for matter transformation directly from gas   
   >         to solid without forming a liquid?  It is sometimes known as   
   >         sublimation (the same as the reverse transformation directly   
   >         from solid to gas), but we want the other term that refers   
   >         specifically to a transformation *from* gas *to* solid.   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology   
   >   
   >     C1. If you are a property owner in Northern Ontario, your land   
   >         may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be   
   >         rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic   
   >         rebound".  Explain this.   
      
   During the ice age, thick glaciers pushed the land downward. After the   
   ice melted, the land is returning to its original height.   
      
   >   
   >     C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic   
   >         subduction zones.  Describe what is happening at a subduction   
   >         zone.   
      
   Oceanic crust is being over ridden by continental crust, so it dives to   
   into the mantle. Eventually, it gets to a hot enough level that it melts   
   and returns to the surface as lava in volcanic eruptions.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Describing Canadian Historical/Political Phrases   
   >   
   >     D1. This term was first coined in the 1983 report "Native   
   >         Children and the Child Welfare System".  It refers to   
   >         the practice, beginning in the 1960s, of apprehending   
   >         an unusually high percentage of children from aboriginal   
   >         Canadians, usually without prior knowledge or permission of   
   >         their families and bands, and adopting them out to white   
   >         middle-class families.  The victims of this practice were   
   >         the subject of numerous news reports, case studies, and   
   >         class-action lawsuits in later years.  What is the term?   
   >   
   >     D2. This term was used by Garth Turner in 2006 in conjunction   
   >         with the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon, during   
   >         the Israeli-Lebanon crisis.  It refers to people who had   
   >         emigrated to Canada, obtained citizenship, and then moved   
   >         permanently back to their original home country, keeping   
   >         their Canadian citizenship as a safety net.  Many sources   
   >         had used the term before that time, but Turner was the first   
   >         MP to use it, questioning the $75,000 cost per evacuee   
   >         for people who almost all returned back within a month.   
   >         What is the term?   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Describing Internet Memes   
   >   
   >     E1. You go to an interesting or unusual place, and lie face   
   >         down on the ground.  Your hands must both touch the sides of   
   >         your body while lying down.  A friend takes a picture of you   
   >         while you are face-planted, and uploads it onto the Internet.   
      
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