From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/24/22 22:42, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Science-Fiction Books   
   >   
   > These works appear on NPR's list of the top 100 science-fiction   
   > and fantasy books.  In each case, name the author.   
   >   
   > 1. "The Road".   
   > 2. "Foundation".   
      
   Asimov   
      
   > 3. "Neuromancer".   
      
   Gibson   
      
   > 4. "Cat's Cradle".   
      
   Vonnegut   
      
   > 5. "The Time Machine".   
      
   Wells   
      
   > 6. "A Clockwork Orange".   
      
   Burgess   
      
   > 7. "The Illustrated Man".   
      
   Bradbury   
      
   > 8. "The Handmaid's Tale".   
      
   Atwood   
      
   > 9. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".   
      
   Verne   
      
   > 10. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?".   
      
   Dick   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Genetics   
   >   
   > 1. On 1953-02-28, at Cambridge University's Cavendish Labs, James   
   >     Watson and Francis Crick made what discovery about the structure   
   >     of DNA?   
      
   that it's a double helix   
      
   >   
   > 2. What plant did Gregor Mendel use for his heredity studies for   
   >     the paper he published in 1866?   
      
   peas   
      
   >   
   > 3. In the acronym DNA, what does the A stand for?   
      
   acid   
      
   >   
   > 4. How many chromosomes do humans normally have in each typical   
   >     cell?   
      
   46   
      
   >   
   > 5. Chromosomes are duplicated prior to cell division.  What is it   
   >     called if there is an error in that duplication?   
      
   mutation   
      
   >   
   > 6. If two green genes give you green, and two yellow genes give   
   >     you yellow, and one gene of each type also gives you yellow,   
   >     then what type of gene is the green gene?   
      
   recessive   
      
   >   
   > 7. They are scattered throughout the cell outside the nucleus and   
   >     produces the cell's energy.  They contain a small loop of DNA   
   >     and there are 500-1,000 of them in every human cell.  What are   
   >     they called?   
      
   mitochondria   
      
   >   
   > 8. In the 1950s, what group of viruses was found to be made up of   
   >     RNA rather the than usual DNA?   
      
   retroviruses   
      
   >   
   > 9. What is the name of the initiative to identify and map all of   
   >     the genes found in people?   
      
   Human Genome Project   
      
   >   
   > 10. What social genetic movement arose with the idea of improving   
   >     the human stock by promoting the breeding of gifted individuals   
   >     and preventing the less gifted from doing so?   
      
   Social Darwinism   
      
      
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