Social Sciences
What cognitive bias causes people to overestimate how much others notice their appearance or mistakes?
The spotlight effect
What organelle modifies, sorts, and packages proteins for secretion or delivery to other cellular compartments?
Golgi apparatus
Name three brainrot characters
Before being incorporated as Toronto in 1834, what was the city called?
York
What term describes a wind shift that allows a boat to point closer to its destination while maintaining the same angle to the wind?
Lift
What political theory describes the idea that individuals surrender some freedoms to a governing authority in exchange for protection of their rights and security?
Social Contract Theory
What enzyme extends telomeres by adding repetitive DNA sequences to chromosome ends?
Telomerase
What is the Mbappe special?
For example, nothing
By how many people do the populations of the city of Toronto versus the GTA differ?
Around 3.5 million
In a team race, your team finishes 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Do you win?
Yes
What psychological phenomenon occurs when people put less effort into a task when working in a group than when working individually?
Social Loafing
What evolutionary phenomenon occurs when two unrelated species independently evolve similar traits due to similar environmental pressures, such as the streamlined bodies of sharks and dolphins?
Convergent Evolution
After the death of ......, an american political figure a hit song came out; what movement did the death start?
Kirkification
Why is toronto called the six?
Because Toronto is formed from 6 former municipalities:
• Old Toronto
• Scarborough
• North York
• Etobicoke
• York
• East York
What famous single-handed nonstop round-the-world sailing race was first held in 1989–90?
Vendee Globe
What voting system allocates legislative seats based on the proportion of votes received by each political party?
Proportional representation
What region of the kidney's nephron is responsible for generating the medullary osmotic gradient through countercurrent multiplication?
Loop of Henle
What album was released in 2007 by Britney Spears after shaving her head in front of the paparazzi?
Blackout
What's an older nickname for someone from Etobicoke?
Etobian
Go through the flag sequence of a 3 minute start.
3: Class flag up
2: P flag up
1: P flag down
0: Class flag down
What economic paradox describes how a resource-rich country can experience slower economic growth or weaker institutions than a resource-poor country?
Resource curse
What physiological reflex causes a decrease in heart rate when arterial blood pressure suddenly increases, through activation of stretch receptors in the aortic arch?
Baroreceptor Reflex
Who did Dove Cameron just get married to?
Damiano David/Lead singer of Maneskin
How many hours does the average driving torontonian spend in traffic per year?
200 hours. That's more than a full week.
Under what rule must a port-tack boat keep clear of a starboard-tack boat?
Rule 10