From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** 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.   
      
   Genomics   
      
   > 3. Name the process that drives changes in the gene pool of a   
   >    geographically or culturally isolated small population, taking   
   >    place strictly by chance rather than by natural selection.   
      
   Mutation   
      
   > 5. Potassium-40 is used in "radiometric dating" of certain   
   >    materials.  It decays radioactively with a half-life of   
   >    1,250,000,000 years -- into what element?   
      
   Calcium   
      
   > 6. A substance such as litmus, that changes color in response to   
   >    changes in pH, is called a what?   
      
   ph-indicator   
      
   > 7. In 1983, a "learning algorithm" was developed that led to   
   >    the invention of the "Boltzmann Machine", an early example of an   
   >    unsupervised deep-learning model.  Who developed the algorithm?   
      
   Dijkstra   
      
   > 9. In 1959, computer scientist Arthur Samuel introduced one of   
   >    the first self-learning programs to play a game.  What game?   
      
   Tic-tac-toe   
      
   > ** Final, Round 6 - History   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Al Capone   
      
   > 4. England became part of the Roman Empire during which emperor's   
   >    reign?   
      
   Julius Cesar   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Newcastle   
      
   > 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?"   
      
   Charles III   
      
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