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   On Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 12:35:21 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-03-03,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written    
   > by members of the Cellar Rats, but have been reformatted and may    
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct    
   > answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > For further information, including an explanation of the """    
   > notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09    
   > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian    
   > Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > * 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?    
      
   tablature   
      
   > 2. On a 6-string guitar using standard tuning, the top and bottom    
   > strings are the same note, 2 octaves apart. Which note?    
      
   e   
      
   > 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?    
      
   a   
      
   > 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?    
      
   mi and fa   
      
   > 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?    
      
   viola   
      
   > 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.    
      
   a, 440 hz   
      
   > 8. How many notes are there in a chromatic scale? (Not counting    
   > the note an octave above the starting note.)    
      
   12   
      
   > 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.    
      
   every good boy deserves fudge   
      
   > 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?    
      
   accidental   
      
   >    
   > * 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.    
      
   mesons   
      
   > 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?    
      
   1 proton and 1 neutron   
      
   > 5. This fundamental constant in physics is denoted by the letter h,    
   > and in SI units has a value of 6.626 в 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?    
      
   max planck   
      
   > 6. Physics identifies four fundamental forces in nature. Three of    
   > these are gravity, the weak force, and electromagnetism.    
   > What is the fourth one?    
      
   the strong 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, 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.    
      
   finnegan's wake ; 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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