From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 4/19/23 21:35, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Basic Musical Theory   
   >   
   > 1. What is the system of musical notation mainly used for fretted   
   >     instruments such as guitars, which shows finger placements   
   >     graphically?   
   >   
   > 2. On a 6-string guitar using standard tuning, the top and bottom   
   >     strings are the same note, 2 octaves apart.  Which note?   
      
   G   
      
   >   
   > 3. Solfege is a musical system of notation similar to the tonic   
   >     solfa (the "do-re-mi" system we learned in school), but with   
   >     a fixed "do", always being the musical note C.  In solfege,   
   >     "la" always represents what note?   
   >   
   > 4. Most of the intervals in a major scale are whole tones, but two   
   >     are semitones (half tones).  In solfa, one semitone is between   
   >     ti and do; what notes is the other one between?   
   >   
   > 5. A lot of music is written in 4-part harmony, also referred to   
   >     as SATB.  What musical voice does the T stand for?   
      
   tenor   
      
   >   
   > 6. In the violin family of stringed instruments, which instrument   
   >     typically plays the alto voice, and plays music written using   
   >     the alto clef?   
   >   
   > 7. The musical note to which most instruments are tuned, played by   
   >     the oboe in a symphony orchestra, is a note referred to as   
   >     pitch standard.  This note is widely used as concert pitch in   
   >     UK and USA.  Name the note *and* its frequency in hertz.   
   >   
   > 8. How many notes are there in a chromatic scale?  (Not counting   
   >     the note an octave above the starting note.)   
      
   7   
      
   >   
   > 9. With the treble clef, the notes corresponding to the lines of   
   >     the staff are often learned from the bottom up using a mnemonic   
   >     starting with "Every Good".  Give the complete mnemonic or just   
   >     name the notes in order. >   
   > 10. In written music when a note is written which is not in the   
   >     key signature, it is indicated with a sharp, flat, or natural   
   >     in front of the note to modify its pitch.  What is the generic   
   >     term that covers these modified notes?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Particle Physics   
   >   
   > 1. What is the antiparticle of the electron?  (No, we won't take   
   >     the answer "antielectron".)   
      
   positron   
      
   >   
   > 2. What do we call the class of fundamental particles which are   
   >     composed of a quark and an antiquark?  Examples include pions   
   >     and kaons.   
      
   meson   
      
   >   
   > 3. Radioactivity is composed of three types of rays, each one of   
   >     which is a beam of particles.  Name the rays which are composed   
   >     of highly energetic photons.   
      
   gamma rays   
      
   >   
   > 4. Deuterium (or heavy hydrogen) is an isotope of hydrogen with   
   >     two particles in its nucleus.  What particles?   
      
   proton and neutron   
      
   >   
   > 5. This fundamental constant in physics is denoted by the letter h,   
   >     and in SI units has a value of 6.626 × 10^-34.  When multiplied   
   >     by the frequency of a photon, the result is the photon's energy.   
   >     What German physicist is this constant named after?   
      
   Planck   
      
   >   
   > 6. Physics identifies four fundamental forces in nature.  Three of   
   >     these are gravity, the weak force, and electromagnetism.   
   >     What is the fourth one?   
      
   strong nuclear force   
      
   >   
   > 7. Subatomic particles have a property known as spin.  Particles   
   >     with half-integral spin are called fermions: examples are   
   >     electrons, protons, and neutrinos.  What do we call particles   
   >     with integral spin?  Examples of these are photons, gravitons,   
   >     and the """recently""" discovered particle named after the   
   >     British physicist Peter Higgs.   
      
   bosons   
      
   >   
   > 8. Name the two countries in which the CERN research laboratory   
   >     is located.   
      
   Switzerland and France   
      
   >   
   > 9. The American physicist Murray Gell-Mann named the quark from the   
   >     following line in literature: "Three quarks for Muster Mark,   
   >     sure he hasn't got much of a bark".  Name either the novel or   
   >     its author.   
      
   James Joyce   
      
   >   
   > 10. Quarks come in six types.  Five of these types are bottom,   
   >     down, charm, strange, and top.  What's the other one?   
      
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