Mark Brader
2023-08-13 23:33:50 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-26,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 4 - Science - Viruses and Epidemiology
1. The official name of the COVID-19 virus indicates that it is
closely related to the virus that caused *which other respiratory
disease* that had a 21st-century-outbreak of its own?
2. Also caused by a coronavirus, name the respiratory infection
whose geographical name alludes to its 2012 discovery by the
Egyptian doctor Ali Mohamed Zaki while working in Saudi Arabia.
3. Antibodies fight viruses by recognizing and binding to molecules
called what? Rapid at-home COVID tests typically work by
testing for the presence of these.
4. T4 and lambda are two varieties of phages, whose full name
indicates that they are viruses that infect what organisms?
5. Strains of *which virus* have an alphanumeric naming convention
based on two surface glycoproteins named hemagglutinin and
neuraminidase?
6. Retroviruses such as HIV produce _______ from a template of
_______ through the process of reverse transcription. Fill in
either of the blanks (you need not say which one)
7. Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, is a member of
*what family* of viruses, whose simplex 1 and 2 viruses typically
manifest as blisters or sores on the lips or genitals?
8. Varicella zoster, another <answer 7> virus, is most notably
the cause of two diseases. One of them mainly affects children
and the other mainly adults. Name *either* disease.
9. When modeling the spread of infections, epidemiologists are
often interested in what value, the number of people that a
single person is expected to spread their infection to?
10. One peculiar case study for epidemiologists was the 2005
Corrupted Blood pandemic. This pandemic was peculiar mainly
because it occurred not in the real world but in *what Blizzard
video game*?
* Game 7, Round 6 - Geography - Parks of the World
1. In what city would you find Park Guell ["Gwell"], a collection
of gardens and architectural elements designed by Antoni Gaudí
[rhymes with "rowdy"] that opened in 1926?
2. Grant Park is a 319-acre urban lakeside park located in what
US city? The park includes a large art museum, a bandshell
designed by Frank Gehry, and a sculpture called Cloud Gate.
It also played host to the victory celebration on the night of
the 2008 US election.
3. Plitvice ["Plitvitse"] Lakes National Park is a park featuring
16 lakes whose waters cascade into each other, often via
waterfalls. This park can be found in what European country?
4. In what country would you find the Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
This area includes the Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important
paleoanthropological sites in the world, and it is also home to
part of the "Great Migration", an annual migration of millions
of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles and other animals.
5. In what country would you find Komodo National Park, a park
made up of 29 islands that is home to the famed Komodo dragon?
6. Although Canadians might think of it as a video booth at Queen
and John, in what park would you find the *original* Speaker's
Corner?
7. What park is situated on the northwestern half of Vancouver's
Downtown Peninsula and encircled by the Vancouver seawall?
It was named in 1886 after the then Governor General of Canada.
8. Name the park located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles
that is home to a namesake observatory, countless hiking trails,
and the Hollywood sign. The park has been seen in many movies
including "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "The Rocketeer",
and "Rebel Without a Cause".
9. In what city would you find Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden?
This large urban park is visited year-round, but is most popular
during Hanami season in late March and early April.
10. In what capital city would you find the Luxembourg Garden
(Jardin du Luxembourg)? This park created in 1612 contains
beautiful gardens and fountains as well as government buildings.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 4 - Science - Viruses and Epidemiology
1. The official name of the COVID-19 virus indicates that it is
closely related to the virus that caused *which other respiratory
disease* that had a 21st-century-outbreak of its own?
2. Also caused by a coronavirus, name the respiratory infection
whose geographical name alludes to its 2012 discovery by the
Egyptian doctor Ali Mohamed Zaki while working in Saudi Arabia.
3. Antibodies fight viruses by recognizing and binding to molecules
called what? Rapid at-home COVID tests typically work by
testing for the presence of these.
4. T4 and lambda are two varieties of phages, whose full name
indicates that they are viruses that infect what organisms?
5. Strains of *which virus* have an alphanumeric naming convention
based on two surface glycoproteins named hemagglutinin and
neuraminidase?
6. Retroviruses such as HIV produce _______ from a template of
_______ through the process of reverse transcription. Fill in
either of the blanks (you need not say which one)
7. Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, is a member of
*what family* of viruses, whose simplex 1 and 2 viruses typically
manifest as blisters or sores on the lips or genitals?
8. Varicella zoster, another <answer 7> virus, is most notably
the cause of two diseases. One of them mainly affects children
and the other mainly adults. Name *either* disease.
9. When modeling the spread of infections, epidemiologists are
often interested in what value, the number of people that a
single person is expected to spread their infection to?
10. One peculiar case study for epidemiologists was the 2005
Corrupted Blood pandemic. This pandemic was peculiar mainly
because it occurred not in the real world but in *what Blizzard
video game*?
* Game 7, Round 6 - Geography - Parks of the World
1. In what city would you find Park Guell ["Gwell"], a collection
of gardens and architectural elements designed by Antoni Gaudí
[rhymes with "rowdy"] that opened in 1926?
2. Grant Park is a 319-acre urban lakeside park located in what
US city? The park includes a large art museum, a bandshell
designed by Frank Gehry, and a sculpture called Cloud Gate.
It also played host to the victory celebration on the night of
the 2008 US election.
3. Plitvice ["Plitvitse"] Lakes National Park is a park featuring
16 lakes whose waters cascade into each other, often via
waterfalls. This park can be found in what European country?
4. In what country would you find the Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
This area includes the Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important
paleoanthropological sites in the world, and it is also home to
part of the "Great Migration", an annual migration of millions
of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles and other animals.
5. In what country would you find Komodo National Park, a park
made up of 29 islands that is home to the famed Komodo dragon?
6. Although Canadians might think of it as a video booth at Queen
and John, in what park would you find the *original* Speaker's
Corner?
7. What park is situated on the northwestern half of Vancouver's
Downtown Peninsula and encircled by the Vancouver seawall?
It was named in 1886 after the then Governor General of Canada.
8. Name the park located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles
that is home to a namesake observatory, countless hiking trails,
and the Hollywood sign. The park has been seen in many movies
including "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "The Rocketeer",
and "Rebel Without a Cause".
9. In what city would you find Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden?
This large urban park is visited year-round, but is most popular
during Hanami season in late March and early April.
10. In what capital city would you find the Luxembourg Garden
(Jardin du Luxembourg)? This park created in 1612 contains
beautiful gardens and fountains as well as government buildings.
--
Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name.
Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result
***@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name.
Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result
***@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling
My text in this article is in the public domain.