Plant Science questions that were on my finals
This class of pesticides is by far the most used in agriculture (hint: the classes of pesticides are insecticides, herbicides and fungicides)
What is herbicides
A popular thought experiment involving pulling a lever and killing either 1 or 5 people
What is the Trolley Problem
This debater is known for having luscious locks, debating philosophy topics and practicing the secret technique called the “Bulgarian Bounce”
Who is Adrian Turkedjiev
Peter Stuyvesant had this nationality
What is Dutch
“I want to intern for the Air Force — I’ll be like ‘Ah yes I hate civil rights in developing countries’”
A current Senior
Who is Adrian
What plant vascular structure transports water and minerals up the stem of the plant?
What is the xylem
In Kantian philosophy, this is a “rule of conduct that is unconditional or absolute for all agents, the validity or claim of which does not depend on any desire or end” (Definition from Brittanica)
What is the categorical imperative
This debate format has one motion that lasts them the entire year
What is Policy Debate
The name of the little plastic bit on the tip of a shoelace
What is an aglet
"The blue balls! That was my idea"
A current Sophomore
Who is Marcus
The family of plants called Fabaceae (aka the Leguminoceae, the legumes) are known for fostering bacteria that put this element into the soil
What is nitrogen
The Allegory of the Cave was written by this philosopher
The ability in round to tell who is winning, losing, and what the key points / links are
What is round vision
This is the name of the chord C - Eb - G - B
What is a Cm(maj7) or C minor major 7th chord
“We’re gonna BEAT THEM UP! Because they LOST, and they SUCK!”
A current Sophomore
Who is Carter
This plant hormone causes ripening — for example, bananas are picked unripe, placed in boxes and fumigated with this hormone so that when the bananas reach grocery stores, they are perfectly ripe
What is ethylene
The philosopher Thomas Nagel wrote this 1974 book in an effort to refute physicalism.
What is "What Is It Like To Be a Bat"
This is what it is called when, in an argument, one base idea leads to another and another and another, eventually causing the impact
What is a link / warrant chain
The highest rank in the Boy Scouts
What is Eagle
*in the admin chat*
“No Everett we won’t run the meeting well we’re going to commit pagan animal sacrifice” - Adrian
“I have the goat ready” - Whom?
A current Senior
Who is Adina
The shoot apical meristem, root apical meristem, cambium and phellogen all contain meristematic cells, which are the plant equivalent of this kind of animal cell
What are stem cells
This philosopher believed in cynicism, lived in a wooden barrel and was a beggar in Athens
Who is Diogenes
The current top individual debater from the 24-25 NPDL rankings comes from this school
What is Dalton (yawn)
The person's last name is Gordon apparently, I dunno them
This is as of 12/30/24
(Points awarded to whoever gets the closest)
In his time at university in Trieste, Sigmund Freud was tasked with finding the testicles of eels. How many eels did he end up dissecting in his search?
A: What is 400 eels. None of them had testicles.
For brownie points: why did none of them have testicles?
"Everett, don't take this the wrong way, but you have the energy of like, the unabomber"
A current senior
Who is Adrian