What is the active ingredient in coffee?
Caffeine
I am close to the speed of light, but can't be stopped by nearly anything. What am I?
A neutrino
What is the linear average return of the SNP500 (indicative of US economy growth) since 1966
10.5%
I need to get a drug into jimmy's system in the fastest way possible, what should I do?
A. Intravenous B. Intranasal C. Peroral D. Sublingual / Intrabuccal E. Intramuscular F. Intrathecal G. Intracerebroventricular
Intracerebroventricular
51*35
1785
What is the plant from which nicotine is mainly derived?
Tobacco plant
What is the unit of energy in the standard imperial unit system?
Joules
What is the inflation-adjusted linear average return of the SNP500 since 1966?
6.4%
True or false: the brain needs glucose to run
true
Let's say I bash Hamza over the head and surgically excise (take out) his hippocampus (with no peripheral damage) for disobeying me, what happens to him?
A. ) Can no longer speak
B. ) Can no longer walk
C. ) Can no longer remember old memories
D. ) Can no longer form new memories
Can no longer form new memories
What is the mechanism of action of the deliriant plant genus datura?
Anticholinergic
Name the three fundamental forces of the universe
Gravitation, electroweak, strong
At what net worth are you considered in the top 1% of individual in the US?
$11.6 million to $13.7 million
Which hormone causes men to lose their head hair but causes hair growth in the body?
DHT, Dihydrotestosterone
Match each of the following pictures with the visual experience of the following compounds:
Dimethyltryptamine, LSD, Datura, Salvia, Ketamine
Ketamine, Dimethyltryptamine, LSD, Datura, Salvia
Top to bottom
What is the mechanism of action of classical psychedelics such as LSD and Psilocybin
high-affinity serotonin (specifically 5HT2a) agonism
True or false: it is impossible to go faster than the speed of light according to Einstein's general theory of relativity.
False
Describe the efficient market hypothesis of stock pricing.
The idea that all publicly available information about the price of any given stock is already perfectly-efficiently priced in, meaning the price of all stocks is always in-line with that which would be warranted from said public information. As a result, it is impossible for any given individual to beat the stock market reliably (deliver alpha) in the long-run, reliably.
The process by which a small stressor causes the body to overcompensate and provide disproportionately positive adaption is known as? (exercise, sauna, cold-exposure, etc)
Hormesis
What is BLOU's official, certified IQ score?
46
What is the mechanism of action of dissociative psychedelics such as Ketamine?
NMDA antagonism mainly on inhibitory-neuron-specific subunits
If you went the speed of light, how long would it take you to reach the closest star to earth, Proxima Centauri, from your own perspective, in years?
0 Years
Describe how Apple used to avoid taxes in the late 2000s before the strategy got patched.
So Ireland only taxes companies based on where they are managed, not where they are founded. So apple created a subsidiary in Ireland, and then managed it in the US. But the US, only taxes companies if they are created in the US, not if they are managed there. So Ireland couldn't tax Apple, because it wasn't managed there, nor could the US, because it wasn't created there. So they didn't have to pay any taxes to either country in the "Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich" tax strategy.
Which hormone is specifically responsible for the growth spurt in height seen during puberty, as well the closure of the growth plates (cellular senescence from collagen to bone)
Estrogen
If I want my water to be as healthy as possible, what should I do?
- Reverse osmosis filtration
- Alkaline with elemental magnesium and calcium carbonate (low 9 pH)
- Room temperature
- Sip it, don't gulp