From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 11:47:13 PM UTC-5, 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 and W   
      
   > 5. John Macleod of Canada won the Nobel prize for the discovery   
   > of what?   
      
   insulin   
      
   > 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   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   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.   
      
   deposition   
      
   > * C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology   
   >   
   > C2. Throughout the Pacific Ring of Fire are found tectonic   
   > subduction zones. Describe what is happening at a subduction   
   > zone.   
      
   one tectonic plate slides under another   
      
   > * 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.   
   > What is this fad called? It was featured in an episode of   
   > NBC's "The Office".   
      
   planking   
      
   > E2. You're reading your email, and you open a message from   
   > a friend who includes a link to check out something cool.   
   > It actually sends you to a web site such as youtube, for   
   > the Rick Astley video "Never Gonna Give You Up". Give the   
   > Internet meme term for what has just happened to you.   
      
   rickrolling   
      
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   Joshua Kreitzer   
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