Loaded Questions 1/31/22 - Science
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1. What flower named for a German botanist is a hairy-stemmed flower that lives in the Southwest and Mexico? It was once clued by a LA Times crossword as [Alphabetically last flower on a list of familiar ones].
2. Named M33, what third-largest galaxy in the Local Group (after Andromeda and Milky Way) is located 3 million lightyears away, and is named for the constellation which it appears near?
3. Tornados are often produced from what type of large, rotating thunderstorm, which may feature a mesocyclone? They take anvil shapes.
4. Cancerous cells surpass what limit, named for an American anatomist, that numbers how many times a cell can divide in vitro?
5. What peculiar property of quarks demonstrates the speed of decay when observed?
6. What North American fish related to the herring and shad maybe took its name from its resemblance to a corpulent tavern keeper? This fish names a brook in Cambridge, Massachusetts and also names a T station.
7. In computing, what is the process of converting high-level source code to low-level machine code?
8. Similar to pumice, what "block"y pyroclastic material are extrusive igneous rocks that are fragments of solidified lava?
9. Formally known as recombinant human papillomavirus vaccine, what vaccine is used to prevent HPV?
10. Named for two Frenchmen, what linear analogue of Ampere's law describes the magnetic field (symbolized B) generated by an electric current?
11. What six-letter adjective is used to describe a fish's tail fin?
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1. What flower named for a German botanist is a hairy-stemmed flower that lives in the Southwest and Mexico? It was once clued by a LA Times crossword as [Alphabetically last flower on a list of familiar ones]. Zinnia
2. Named M33, what third-largest galaxy in the Local Group (after Andromeda and Milky Way) is located 3 million lightyears away, and is named for the constellation which it appears near? Triangulum Galaxy
3. Tornados are often produced from what type of large, rotating thunderstorm, which may feature a mesocyclone? They take anvil shapes. Supercells
4. Cancerous cells surpass what limit, named for an American anatomist, that numbers how many times a cell can divide in vitro? Hayflick limit
5. What peculiar property of quarks demonstrates the speed of decay when observed? Strangeness
6. What North American fish related to the herring and shad maybe took its name from its resemblance to a corpulent tavern keeper? This fish names a brook in Cambridge, Massachusetts and also names a T station. Alewife
7. In computing, what is the process of converting high-level source code to low-level machine code? Compilation / compiling
8. Similar to pumice, what "block"y pyroclastic material are extrusive igneous rocks that are fragments of solidified lava? Cinder
9. Formally known as recombinant human papillomavirus vaccine, what vaccine is used to prevent HPV? Gardasil or Silgard
10. Named for two Frenchmen, what linear analogue of Ampere's law describes the magnetic field (symbolized B) generated by an electric current? Biot-Savart Law
11. What six-letter adjective is used to describe a fish's tail fin? Caudal