What has four legs?
What is a castrated male pig? Also spell it.
Barrow
When a woman has plastic surgery on her face, we call it what? Spell it.
face-lift
One square mile is _______ acres?
640 acres
What was the movie about GMO technology called?
Food Evolution
What company has the ‘cleaner wiener’ campaign?
Applegate
What breed of livestock can be cattle and pigs?
Hereford
Frequent flyer/flier miles; handed out flyers/fliers; take a flyer/flier
Flyer; flyer; flier
We didn’t have class on Friday because it was ____________. Also spell it.
Canceled
The rainbow papaya was developed to eliminate what?
Papaya ringspot virus
What is the Curse of Knowledge?
Once you learn something, it’s hard to imagine what it’s like to not know.
Name two instances where you can use he/she as pronouns for livestock?
When the gender is indicated, e.g. bull, mare, etc. When you have given the animal a name, e.g. Black Beauty
We jerry-rigged/jury-rigged a first aid booth for those hurt on campus in the ice storm.
Jury-rigged – means to set up temporarily or for an emergency use.
The candy that melts in your mouth, but not in your hands. Spell it.
M&M's
How many FDA-approved GMO crops are there? Name them
Alfalfa, apples, canola, corn (field and sweet), cotton, papaya, potatoes, soybeans, squash and sugar beets
According to the illustration using three circles we saw in the presentation, we normally communicate in what way? Include concepts within each circle.
From the outside in: What → How → Why
What is another term for the offspring of an animal?
Progeny
Type of playground entertainment that spins in a circle many times. Spell it.
merry-go-round
What’s the difference between polka dot and polka-dot? (Other than a hyphen)
Without the hyphen – noun; with the hyphen – adjective
The tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions is what?
Confirmation Bias
Without looking in your notes, name 3 guidelines to good writing.
Length;
Avoid pretensions, gobbledygook, and euphemisms;
Change long and difficult words to short and simple words;
Be wary of jargon, fad, and cliché ;
Use the Right Word ;
Avoid beginning with long dependent phrases ;
Prefer active verbs and the active voice ;
Cut Wordiness ;
Avoid Vague Qualifiers ;
Prune Prepositions ;
Limit Numbers and Symbols ;
Get Right to the Point. And Stay There.
What is a young hog, usually less than a year old called?
A shoat or shote
I like to take messages and stick them on people’s computer screens using little notes with a sticky strip on the back. What is it? Spell it.
Post-it
When something continues to “occur,” it is __________? Spell it
Recurring
What was the name of the speaker who talked about finding our why?
Simon Sinek
Who was the plant geneticist who was featured in a Ted Talk and Food Evolution?
Pamela Ronald