Math
What is the value of 0!?
1
What are the outermost layers of the cerebrum called?
The cerebral cortex
Which art style favored feelings over reason and was characterized by an emotional and dreamlike quality?
Romanticism
What year was Ursula K. Le Guin born?
1929
What is a scale?
A succession of whole and half steps
What is the expansion of 6! (six factorial)?
6 · 5 · 4 · 3 · 2 · 1
What can hyperactivated microglia do?
Cause inflammation in the brain, playing a role in diseases such as Alzheimer’s
What was the name of an important feature of Louis XIV’s court which was the system of choosing and supporting artists?
The Salon
In the beginning of the novel, Orr is feeling “deathly sick” from what kind of sickness?
Radiation sickness
What does it mean for two scales to be relative?
They share the same pitches but different tonics
What is the combination formula when selecting 2 objects from a group?
(n!)/((n-2)! ·2
Where is the brainstem located?
At the very bottom of the brian and is the stalk that connects the rest of your brain to the spinal cord
Who were two important artists associated with the Post-Impressionist period?
Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat
Dr. Haber initially hypnotizes Orr by telling him to envision a floating what in front of him?
A floating crystal ball
What do the harmonic and melodic minor scales attempt to recreate?
The pull and sense of finality created from a major scale
A basketball team has 12 players, but only 5 can be on the court at the same time. How many different combinations of 5 players can be chosen to play on the court?
792
What is memory consolidation?
A process of creating new long-term memories or change short-term into more stable long-term memories
Who is the artist best known for his frescoes that are most mentioned in connection with the transition time period from Medieval to Renaissance?
Giotto di Bondone
Le Guin’ novel The Dispossessed features a character named Shevek, who is based on what physicist who was a family friend?
(J. Robert) Oppenheimer
What pitch functions as the second gravitational center, and may appear more frequently than the tonic?
The dominant pitch
A pizza restaurant offers three different sizes of pizzas (small, medium, and large) and three different toppings (pepperoni, mushrooms, and peppers). The restaurant can make a maximum of 120 pizzas. How many different possibilities are there for the number of pizzas the restaurant may sell with each topping?
9^120
What does the back edge of the frontal lobe contain, and what does it do?
The motor cortex, where the brian plans and sends instructions for movement out from the brain to the body and its muscles
What was the Armory Show?
First Major showing of modern art in the U.S. arranged by the Barnes Foundation in 1913
In an early dream of Orr’s, he dreams of horse manure that looks like the picture of what?
The mountain/Mount Hood
In which scale do the alterations encourage a pull up to the tonic and downward to the fifth scale degree?
Melodic minor