Cumulative General Science/Technology Quiz

[a_propagandist]

Chest x-rays?

 

[LAnkou]

by burning them, if it's yellow, they are not affected: if it's blue, they are

By drawning them, if they come back to the surface, they are affected, if not, they aren't...

the best being the drawning, because you can still eat the meat and barbecue is carcinogenic !!!

 

[Brighteye]

Nope, none of these. Although LAnkou's ideas seem like an improvement.

Extrapolate from humans...

 

[Mise]

Blood test? Family history? Biopsy? Skin test? Urine test? Saliva test? Breathaliser? MRI? Endoscope? ECG? Pap smear? Ultrasound? Fine needle aspiration?

...k I've run out of stuff Dr House would do. (Or my parents.)

 

[Truronian]

Blood test? Family history? Biopsy? Skin test? Urine test? Saliva test? Breathaliser? MRI? Endoscope? ECG? Pap smear? Ultrasound? Fine needle aspiration?

...k I've run out of stuff Dr House would do. (Or my parents.)

You forgot lumbar puncture.

 

[Mise]

You forgot lumbar puncture.

That never seems to do anything though

 

[Brighteye]

Yes, well done Mise. You got both of them. Now for the rest of the question...

 

[Mise]

If you tell me which two of those were correct I could come up with convincing arguments for both of them

 

[Brighteye]

Bah. It clearly wasn't as widely read a news story as I had thought it would have been.

The two answers are a skin test and Ig (blood) test.

 

[Brighteye]

That's almost 3 days. Let's have a new question.

Why is high altitude dangerous?

 

[Mise]

You could fall?

 

[Sidhe]

That's almost 3 days. Let's have a new question.

Why is high altitude dangerous?

Low pressure=low oxygen density=lack of oxygen. Can cause pulmonary oedema, causes dizzyness, headaches and lethargy. Is this a trick question, is there some clever answer?

 

[Perfection]

And it's cold.

 

[Mise]

IIRC this is one of those trick questions...

It's not the fact that there's less oxygen, but the fact that there's less air pressure, which raises your blood pressure, and makes you more susceptible to heart attacks. Something like that.

What was the answer to the last question, Brighteye?

 

[Sidhe]

IIRC this is one of those trick questions...

It's not the fact that there's less oxygen, but the fact that there's less air pressure, which raises your blood pressure, and makes you more susceptible to heart attacks. Something like that.

What was the answer to the last question, Brighteye?

Actually that's what generally causes pulmonary Oedema, if he wants to be that specific, I have no idea? That's all I know.

 

[Brighteye]

Low pressure=low oxygen density=lack of oxygen. Can cause pulmonary oedema, causes dizzyness, headaches and lethargy. Is this a trick question, is there some clever answer?

That's the one. Low oxygen causes pulmonary oedema and possibly death.

The previous one was the skin test and Ig test; skin test is reliable (although not perfect), and the Ig test is decidedly inferior, with a bad number of false positives because it reacts with Ig from other infections. Farmers apparently get an appeal if the skin test gives a positive, but not from the Ig test.

 

[Sidhe]

What is the most toxic substance on the planet, weight for weight?

 

[ori]

botox .

 

[Sidhe]

botox .

Well botulinus toxin yes. Botox is actually a brand name.

Ok what is the most toxic man made substance? Since that one was so very easy. Actually nah if you want to ask a question go ahead.

 

[ori]

Well botulinus toxin yes. Botox is actually a brand name.

Ok what is the most toxic man made substance? Since that one was so very easy. Actually nah if you want to ask a question go ahead.

IIRC VX holds the worldrecord in nastiness

now for some esoteric stuff - describe the life cycle of the
Lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum)

another possibility would be atleast telling me what makes it so interesting