Science PEEHS

rainbowtrout

Said I'd put my name down to do one of these while we are confined to our homes!



This is a PEEHS game - the aim is to get the most obscure answer, preferably an ace - i.e. one that none else gets. (Just realised PEEHS is sheep backwards. D’oh!)
As it’s a peehs, no googling.
Scoring will be as follows:
Non ace answer - points equal the amount of people who choose that answer. The answer with the most choices is the sheep - but apart from being the highest points, no further penalties.
An ace answer is zero points.
An incorrect answer earns the sheep + 1 points.



Categories:

1. A planet in the solar system
2. A Nobel Prize winning scientist (Chemistry, Physics, Medicine/Physiology)
3. An element that doesn't end in -ium
4. A bone in the human body
5. A country which is a member of CERN
6. An imperial measurement for length or distance
7. A prime number between 1 - 100
8. An element whose one or two letter symbol does not match its English name (i.e. the letter(s) that represent the element is not the starting letter of the name)
9. A country that has had an astronaut in space
10. A human taste detected by the tongue


I'll leave it open for a couple of days, and aim to run in three or four days time.

Ted_YNWA

Enter, speed entry.

So will be epic fail me thinks

Sadly I know nothing about Superheroes so can't enter the other Peehs, but this one is definitely more up my street.
Will get an entry in soon.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Threw in an answer. My Science knowledge is pretty basic, so expecting to do pretty badly in this one, but in for the craic of it anyway.

conor222

For number 2 does economics count or just chemistry/physics?

Baggly

Entered!

Electric Nitwit

Entered!

I'm a mathematician married to a research scientist, this could be embarrassing

Baggly

I have submitted 1 answer that is either an ace in the hole, or an unmitigated 'me trying to be clever' disaster.

rainbowtrout

conor222 wrote: »

For number 2 does economics count or just chemistry/physics?

Chemistry, Physics or Medicine/Physiology as it's a Science Peehs

Not my area of expertise

I'm in anyway

Baggly

rainbowtrout wrote:

Chemistry, Physics or Medicine/Physiology as it's a Science Peehs

Awww

Baggly

But the prize is for economic sciences

rainbowtrout

Baggly wrote: »

But the prize is for economic sciences

Gonna stick with the physical science for this one.

rainbowtrout

Thanks for the interest in this game.

Currently there are 17 entries. I am planning on running the game on Thursday or Friday currently.


Entries:

Hello 2D Person Below
Necro
Ted_YNWA
Homer J Fong
Also Starring Levar Burton
sKeith
Gru
Zaph
Rikand
Strawberry Milkshake
Baggly
bolgbui41
Electric Nitwit
quickbeam
lassykk
bubblypop
Green and Red

Tauriel

I'll get an answer in tomorrow

ShaneU

I am way too dumb for this, entering anyway

Spook_ie

In

sullivlo

I'm compiling an entry as we speak

sullivlo

Question: For the bone in the human body - will the scientific name and coloquial names be linked?

For example (not real reference): we all refer to a particular bone as "our post-it bone" however its scientific or anatomical name is "paperstabilius" - will they be grouped?

(I'm a biology teacher)

Ted_YNWA

There is 206 bones in the human body, this could be a big spread of answers Sully

sullivlo

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

There is 206 bones in the human body, this could be a big spread of answers Sully

I have 207.

quickbeam

210.

Ted_YNWA

sullivlo wrote: »

I have 207.

sullivlo

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

What's the hardest bone in a sheeps body?

The farmers.

rainbowtrout

sullivlo wrote: »

Question: For the bone in the human body - will the scientific name and coloquial names be linked?

For example (not real reference): we all refer to a particular bone as "our post-it bone" however its scientific or anatomical name is "paperstabilius" - will they be grouped?

(I'm a biology teacher)

Ya both will be accepted for the most part. Realistically most people will name a bone they know the name of.

Three More Big Sleeps

I'm in, rainbowtrout, guesses on a postcard tomorrow. (This self-isolating yoke is wreaking havoc with my sleep pattern, so #bedtime. Stay safe, everyone.)

sammyjo90

I'm in too!
Stephen king was gonna be my first ever try but that never went ahead
Hopefully my degree will help me a little!

Sheridan81

Can you rephrase question 10? What does it mean? Sounds like cannibalism.

Baggly

Sheridan81 wrote:

Can you rephrase question 10? What does it mean? Sounds like cannibalism.

Go on an submit 'gamey'

Sheridan81

I was gonna submit "cock 'n' balls" but reconsidered.

rainbowtrout

Sheridan81 wrote: »

Can you rephrase question 10? What does it mean? Sounds like cannibalism.

There are a specific set of tastes the human tongue can detect. Name one of them.

Skippy44

In thanks, will post answers now

Green&Red

Sheridan81 wrote: »

Can you rephrase question 10? What does it mean? Sounds like cannibalism.

I answered Americans

Three More Big Sleeps

PM/Postcard sent. Great PEEHS altogether.

Have recently re-read Bill Bryson's "A Short History" and "The Body" so I'm riding the high of Bill's wacky and arcane research

sullivlo

Three More Big Sleeps wrote: »

PM/Postcard sent. Great PEEHS altogether.

Have recently re-read Bill Bryson's "A Short History" and "The Body" so I'm riding the high of Bill's wacky and arcane research

I listened to the body on audible in the car and I found myself willing there to be traffic on commutes. I enjoyed I so much that I bought a real copy so I can highlight the interesting bits.

quickbeam

It's on my to read list. I love his non-travel books.

rainbowtrout

We are up to 27 entries!!


Hello 2D Person Below
Necro
Ted_YNWA
Homer J Fong
Also Starring LeVar Burton
sKeith
Gru
Zaph
Rikand
Strawberry Milkshake
Baggly
bolgbui41
Electric Nitwit
quickbeam
lassykk
bubblypop
Green&Red
ShaneU
Spook_ie
sammyjo90
Sheridan81
Niska
Skippy44
Three More Big Sleeps
conor222
sullivlo
Barney92

rainbowtrout

sullivlo wrote: »

I listened to the body on audible in the car and I found myself willing there to be traffic on commutes. I enjoyed I so much that I bought a real copy so I can highlight the interesting bits.

quickbeam wrote: »

It's on my to read list. I love his non-travel books.

I love his books too, but the only (minor) criticism I have of this book is that it seems to have been written to a template. X amount of chapters, each about 15 pages long, like it was targeted so people would sit and read a chapter a day, maybe his publishers were targeting a new market of readers or something. Normally when he writes there isn't such a rigid structure and he goes off on all sorts of tangents which are great. It's still a very good book, but I preferred 'A Short History...'

sullivlo

rainbowtrout wrote: »

I love his books too, but the only (minor) criticism I have of this book is that it seems to have been written to a template. X amount of chapters, each about 15 pages long, like it was targeted so people would sit and read a chapter a day, maybe his publishers were targeting a new market of readers or something. Normally when he writes there isn't such a rigid structure and he goes off on all sorts of tangents which are great. It's still a very good book, but I preferred 'A Short History...'

Yes. I agree.

I also thought that some of what was written was a bit biased or skewed towards a particular view. I also thought that a lot of it was quite basic, but then I reminded myself that I have a PhD in biology, which focused on digestion and breast milk, and that I worked as am immunologist for 4 years

I recommended it to some of my more "think outside the box" students and the ones who enjoy biology. I think it could be an amazing resource for TY biology as it skirts the LC syllabus, without going too technical on it, but is also interesting to a layperson (or one who only chose biology in TY because of the way things were banded).

rainbowtrout

sullivlo wrote: »

Yes. I agree.

I also thought that some of what was written was a bit biased or skewed towards a particular view. I also thought that a lot of it was quite basic, but then I reminded myself that I have a PhD in biology, which focused on digestion and breast milk, and that I worked as am immunologist for 4 years

I recommended it to some of my more "think outside the box" students and the ones who enjoy biology. I think it could be an amazing resource for TY biology as it skirts the LC syllabus, without going too technical on it, but is also interesting to a layperson (or one who only chose biology in TY because of the way things were banded).

I'd agree with all of that, I'm a science teacher too (no PhD though). He hasn't really presented as much of a biased view in previous books.

sullivlo

rainbowtrout wrote: »

I'd agree with all of that, I'm a science teacher too (no PhD though). He hasn't really presented as much of a biased view in previous books.

How are you finding distance learning? I'm mainly maths this year - only have 2 JC science classes (2nd and 3rd) so relying on youtube/quizizz etc for them... Maths I'm recording myself doing sums and emailing them videos. What else can we do?!

rainbowtrout

sullivlo wrote: »

How are you finding distance learning? I'm mainly maths this year - only have 2 JC science classes (2nd and 3rd) so relying on youtube/quizizz etc for them... Maths I'm recording myself doing sums and emailing them videos. What else can we do?!

I have LC Physics and Ag Science, and JC Science and Maths. I'm recording videos with voiceovers of myself doing the maths and posting it on Teams. Recording audio files for the theory end of things that they can follow in their books and for experiments I'm trying to find them on youtube where possible so they can see what they should have done in class. It's about all we can do.

I don't mind working like this but would prefer to be in the classroom. The creating and uploading videos etc is very time consuming. That would be the main downside and being glued to a laptop all day.

Three More Big Sleeps

rainbowtrout wrote: »

... so people would sit and read a chapter a day...

Yikes, I read it in one sitting My version of binge-watching, I guess.

rainbowtrout wrote: »

... but I preferred 'A Short History...'

Me too. At risk of derailing your very own thread, the chapter "Getting The Lead Out" is a fascinating insight into industrial chemist Thomas Midgley Jr's ignoble discovery of not only leaded petrol but also Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), arguably the 20th century's worst discoveries.

Shout-out too, to the little-known Clair Patterson, the first person to calculate the definitive age of our planet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Cameron_Patterson

I love popular science Right, back to PEEHS...

The Crazy Cat Lady

sent mine in

Purple Mountain

I entered.
You'll know by my answers that I definitely didn't cheat

rainbowtrout

We are now up to 31 entries!

Hello 2D Person Below
Necro
Ted_YNWA
Homer J Fong
Also Starring LeVar Burton
sKeith
Gru
Zaph
Rikand
Strawberry Milkshake
Baggly
bolgbui41
Electric Nitwit
quickbeam
lassykk
bubblypop
Green&Red
ShaneU
Spook_ie
sammyjo90
Sheridan81
Niska
Skippy44
Three More Big Sleeps
conor222
sullivlo
Barney92
yozico
aspiewriter
spacetweek
Purple Mountain


I am going to close entries for this tomorrow at 4pm.

davetherave

In, if it all goes wrong I can blame my leaving cert physics teacher from 13 years ago right?

rainbowtrout

davetherave wrote: »

In, if it all goes wrong I can blame my leaving cert physics teacher from 13 years ago right?

Of course.... Peehs should be on the Leaving Cert.

Ted_YNWA

rainbowtrout wrote:

Of course.... Peehs should be on the Leaving Cert.

Negative marking was bad enough in college, would be harsh on LC

OMG, I haven't done science since my inter cert in 1990!!!

Zaph

bubblypop wrote: »

OMG, I haven't done science since my inter cert in 1990!!!

Well I haven't done any since some pretty dodgy chemistry for my Leaving in 1984. How I even got a D in that remains one of life's great mysteries.