From: tool@panix.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 4 - Science
> 1. Identify the consortium established in 2016 by scientists
> from Cambridge University and Genentech in order to locate
> and identify all the cell types in every human tissue over the
> course of a lifetime.
Human Genome Project
> * Chemical Changes
> 4. In the early 1300s, glassmakers in Venice created a new, clear
> type of glass by adding a specific type of ash to molten glass.
> What did the glassmakers burn to create this special ash?
bone
> * Artificial Intelligence
> 9. In 1959, computer scientist Arthur Samuel introduced one of
> the first self-learning programs to play a game. What game?
tic-tac-toe
> * Fictional Scientists in the Movies
> 10. In 1984, this scientist was a particle physicist, neurosurgeon,
> test pilot, martial artist, and rock star, who adventured across
> the eighth dimension. Name the scientist.
Buckaroo Banzai
> 12. In 1955, this scientist was the inventor of the flux capacitor,
> which makes time travel possible.
Emmett Brown
> * Canadian Inventions
> 13. The Shuttle Remote Manipulator System was developed under the
> auspices of the Canadian National Research Council and was
> first tested in 1981. What is its short name?
Canadian Arm
> ** Final, Round 6 - History
> 1. This former SS and Gestapo officer, known as the "Butcher of
> Lyon", was extradited from Bolivia in 1984 and tried in 1987.
> He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, and
> died in prison 4 years later. What was his name?
Klaus Barbie
> 2. This trial in Tennessee in 1926 was of a teacher who was
> accused of teaching evolution, which was prohibited in Tennessee
> at the time. Name the defendant, after whom the case was named.
Scopes
> 3. Ferdinando Nicola Sacco was one of two Italian immigrants
> executed for murder in 1927 in Massachusetts. They were
> suspected anarchists who allegedly murdered two men during a
> robbery attempt of a shoe factory. Who was Sacco's co-defendant?
Vanzetti
> 4. England became part of the Roman Empire during which emperor's
> reign?
Claudius
> 5. Built by the Romans to protect England from invading Picts
> and Scots, parts of this fortification still stand. Name the
> fortification.
Hadrian's Wall
> 6. This northern English town was called Eboracum by the Romans.
> By what name is it known now?
York
> 7. Vincent Massey.
Pierre Trudeau; Campbell
> 8. Rom?o LeBlanc.
Harper; Pierre Trudeau
> 9. Micha?lle Jean.
Mulroney
> 10. This American journalist, and social reformer founded in
> Boston the well-known anti-slavery newspaper, "The Liberator",
> which operated 1831-65. Who was he?
Douglass
> 11. This former slave rescued approximately 70 people from slavery,,
> including her family and friends, using the network of
> antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as
> the Underground Railroad. Who was she?
Harriet Tubman
> 12. This female abolitionist published a highly influential
> anti-slavery novel in 1852 that is said to have helped provoke
> the American Civil War. Name her.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
> 13. "But you must believe me when I tell you that I have found
> it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and
> to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without
> the help and support of the woman I love."
Edward VIII
> 14. "Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of
> bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country,
> the colonies will submit."
George III
> 15. "Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales
> in history not to have a mistress?"
Edward VII
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