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100

George Cayley built a working model of this device, but could not create one large enough to fit a human. In 1877, Enrico Forlanini built the first working example of this kind of machine, which was eventually perfected by Heinrich Focke and Igor Sikorsky. An iconic image of these vehicles shows them removing refugees during the fall of Saigon.

Helicopters 

100

According to the book The Right Stuff, this man replaced Chalmers Goodlin, who demanded $150,000 to attempt a feat that this man would later accomplish. This man, a World War II “ace in a day,” only alerted his wife and fellow aviator Jack Ridley that he broke two ribs when thrown from a horse. That event occurred just days before this pilot usedGlamorous Glennis, a Bell-X1 plane, to surpass 1 Mach. 


Charles “Chuck” Yeager


100

The term "arrhythmia" refers to any change from the normal sequence of electrical impulses. The electrical impulses may happen too ____, too ____, or with an irregular system

What is too fast and too slow

100

What breed of cats is primarily female?

AND

The person that Valentines Day is named after

Calico & St. Valentine

100

What is how far apart are the vertical poles of the goal post in football?

18 feet 6 inches apart

200

In 1979, this organization hired Green Bar Bill Hillcourt to eliminate changes it made during the prior decade which had decimated its membership. This organization was founded by W.D. Boyce, who was inspired by Robert Baden-Powell. This organization's firing of James Dale was upheld in a 2000 Supreme Court case, which addressed its policy barring gay leaders. 


Boy Scouts

200

An enzyme named for these structures was discovered in Tetrahymena. When rich in guanine, these structures can form G-Quadruplexes, which can stabilize T-loops in these structures. These structures are thought to be a cause for cellular aging and cancer. The Hayflick limit is explained when these structures shorten after repeated DNA replication. In humans, these structures have a sequence of TTAGGG.

telomeres

200

What are the two phases of of the cardiac cycle?

the diastole and the systole phases

200

True or False: Cats are nearsighted

True

200

What is the team that has won the most World Series titles and how many?

The New York Yankees with 26

300

Charles Cooper invented the lanthanum fluoride process as part of this program, which was infiltrated by Morris Cohen. A letter drafted by Leo Szilard (ZIL-ard) helped kickstart this program, which was also the target of spying by David Greenglass, and was supervised by Leslie Groves. Enrico Fermi and Albert Einstein also persuaded Franklin Roosevelt to authorize this project. 

Manhattan Project

300

In German papers, this number is sometimes named after Johann Josef Loschmidt. This number is multiplied by elementary charge to give the Faraday constant. Its namesake also names a law relating the volume of a given sample of gas to the number of molecules in that gas. 

Avogadro’s constant


300

What disorder can sound like whooshing or a swishing noise?

Heart Murmur 

300

What is a group of cats called?

AND

This Person received the very first Valentine

a Clowder &  the Jailers Daughter named Julia 

300

Annika Sorenstam, Nancy Lopez, Lorena Ochoa, and Kathy Whitworth have all been top players in their sport at one time or another. What is their sport?

GOLF

400

Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed the prefabricated Renkioi Hospital for use during this war. This war led to innovations in fashion named for Lords Raglan and Cardigan, as well as the Balaklava hood. During this war, the British Light Brigade attempted a suicidal charge commemorated in Tennyson’s poem. 

Crimean War

400

This theory originated from Aristotle’s claims about combining water and vital heat. This theory was challenged by Francesco Redi, who used open and clothed containers in an experiment that looked for worms. This theory was dispelled by Louis Pasteur, who used a swan-necked bottle to prevent bacterial growth in broth.

spontaneous generation (accept anomalous generation, prompt on “abiogenesis”)


400

Which valve regulates blood flow between the right atrium and left ventricle?

tricuspid valve

400

How far can cats rotate their ears? (in degrees)

&

What is the technical term for a hairball?

180 & Bezoar

400

What is the distance between bases on a little league baseball field?

60 Feet

500

After the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was passed, people subject to this policy received letters of apology from the President and a check for twenty thousand dollars. This policy was set out in Executive Order 9066. This policy, upheld in the Korematsu case, targeted George Takei's family and other Nisei, who were confined to places such as Manzanar. 

Japanese internment


500

While collaborating with Aaron Klug, this scientist found that all tobacco mosaic virus particles were of identical length. While working under this scientist, Raymond Gosling took the famous Photo 51using X-ray crystallography; that photo, visualizing the “B form” of a certain structure, was given by this scientist to Maurice Wilkins. 

Rosalind Elsie Franklin


500

Name the four valves

tricuspid, pulmonary semilunar, aortic semilunar, and bicuspid (mitral)

500

There is a cat that is mayor in Alaska. What is his name? A. Tabby B. Stubbs C. Scar D. Knuckles

AND

This person had Valentine killed for disobeying the law and performing outlawed ceremonies

B. Stubbs & Emperor Claudius II 

500

What is the two leagues that combined to create today's National Basketball Association (NBA)?

National Basketball League (NBL) and Basketball Association of America (BAA)