Lesson 7; pg. 26
When did Marc Abrahams start the Ig Nobel Prizes?
1991
What alarm system did a Japanese research team invent to wake people?
Wasabi-based alarm system
What did Matsumoto want to take a picture of in North America?
Hoshino Michio
Order
臭い
Every year, how many prizes are awarded?
10 prizes
Nerves
What does Matsumoto think is more important than results?
Process
False.
Friction
摩擦
What did two Americans fill a swimming pool with?
How many new nominations are there for the Ig Nobel prize every year?
9,000
How did Hoshino Michio die?
Bear attack in Russia
What university did Matsumoto enter after quitting his university in Japan?
University of Alaska Southeast
Arctic
北極の
When you swim in syrup, what do you generate more of from every stroke?
Forward force
Name one of the criteria to win a prize.
- whether or not people laugh at first
- still want to tell their friends a week later
How many years did it take for Matsumoto to take the photo?
Two years
What did Matsumoto do on a deserted island in Southeast Alaska for two months?
Took photos of whales
Generate
〜を生み出す
Why don‘t woodpeckers get headaches?
Their brain is packed in very tightly
Who are the prizes handed out by?
Nobel Prize winners
What kind of moon was best and why?
A half-moon was best because it was weak enough to not kill the northern lights and strong enough to light up the mountains.
His photography and his life
Pursue
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