Jeopardy

Physics

100

What is the gravitational constant in feet/sec^2?

Accuracy to the second decimal place is required

32.17 Ft/s^2

200

This characteristic blue glow is produced when charged particles, such as electrons, travel through a dielectric medium. if you can see it, you should probably run

Cherenkov effect/radiation

300

This radioactive isotope has the shortest known half-life

Hydrogen-7 

400

How far from Earth is Alpha Centauri (within 1% marigin of error)?

4.37 light years

500

These rotating, flat, high-temperature structures of gas, plasma, and dust are a good indication that you're about to be spaghettified if you get too close

Accretion Disks

Math

100

(22/2-2*5)^2 + (4-6/6)^2

10

200

What is the height (on the y-axis) of the point on the unit circle at the angle theta?

The sine function

300

What 1931 theorem proved that in any consistent formal system, there are true statements about arithmetic that cannot be proven within that system?

Godel's Incompleteness Theorem

400

This conjecture, one of the Millennium Prize Problems, suggests that all non-trivial zeros of a specific "zeta function" have a real part of 1/2.

The Reimann Hypothesis

500

What conjecture states that every simply-connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to a 3-sphere?

The poincare Conjecture

Medicine

100

This muscle connects the lumbar spine to the femur, acting as a primary hip flexor for walking, sitting, and standing.

Psoas

200

This drug is not suitable for children, for risk of Reye's Syndrome

aspirin

300

What standard treatment for opioid poisoning doubles as the specific treatment for intractable seizures caused by an overdose of Isoniazid?

Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6 also acceptable)

400

What RSI paralytic is contraindicated in patients with major burn or crush injuries specifically because of hyperkalemia?

Succinylcholine

500

Name each of the bones and their quantity in the skull. (should be eight total)

• Frontal bone (1): Forms the forehead and roof of the eye sockets.
• Parietal bones (2): Form the upper sides and roof of the cranium.
• Temporal bones (2): Located on the lower sides of the skull, housing the ears.
• Occipital bone (1): Located at the back and base of the skull.
• Sphenoid bone (1): A butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull, articulating with all other cranial bones.
• Ethmoid bone (1): Located between the eyes, forming part of the nasal cavity roof. 

Music

100

This Benedictine monk is recognized as the inventor of modern Western musical notation

Guido d'Arezzo

200

There are this many keys on a grand piano

88

300

This 1970 self-titled album heavily used the tritone (known as the "devil's interval") in the opening track

Black Sabbath

400

What musical scale is characterized by a lowered second scale degree, favoured heavily for the tension it creates?

The Phrygian Mode

500

Which legendary frontman was originally a roadie for the band Diamon Head and later lived with their lead guitarist, Sean Harris?

Lars Ulrich

Exercise

100

What common mechanism is used to force blood to the core to protect vital organs, which incidentally has benefits for athletes?

Cryotherapy

200

This specific protein chain determines the functional speed and contraction characteristics of a muscle fiber

Myosin Heavy Chain

300

This rotator cuff muscle is the most commonly injured and responsible for the first 15 degrees of shoulder abduction

Supraspinatus

400

These specialized sensory receptors in the tendon-muscular junction sense changes in muscle tension.

Golgi Tendon Organs

500

What is the only macronutrient that can be metabolized anaerobically to produce energy?

Carbohydrates (glucose or glycogen acceptable)