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Trial Event for Minnesota.

Never knew we had anyone from Minnesota....but Is this event like science word or Picture this with chem only terms? That's what the title suggests to me

fmtiger124 wrote:Never knew we had anyone from Minnesota....

Jazzy...?

You get 5 clues to guess a chemistry term, one at a time. The sooner you correctly guess, the more points you get. If you incorrectly guess, you get 0 points.

jazzy009 and I are both from MN.

Paradox21 wrote:You get 5 clues to guess a chemistry term, one at a time. The sooner you correctly guess, the more points you get. If you incorrectly guess, you get 0 points.

jazzy009 and I are both from MN.

So sort of like that gameshow password?

fmtiger124 wrote:

Paradox21 wrote:You get 5 clues to guess a chemistry term, one at a time. The sooner you correctly guess, the more points you get. If you incorrectly guess, you get 0 points.

jazzy009 and I are both from MN.

So sort of like that gameshow password?

A little bit. But you don't give your partner clues, the person running the event gives out each clue, one at a time, to the entire group. One of the examples is:
Clue 1 This is a specific type of subatomic particle.
Clue 2 This particle is located in the nucleus and is also a product of beta decay.
Clue 3 Of the two major particles in the nucleus, this one has the slightly smaller mass.
Clue 4 Any change in the number of these particles causes a change in the identity of the element.
Clue 5 This is a positively charged particle in the nucleus.
(Answer: Proton)

So they start out stupidly vague and get more specific.

Yeah, I think I requested this. So - how would you go about studying for this? Memorize anything and everything about chemistry?

Probably a chemistry textbook.

since they are getting rid of picture this, why not make this like a trial?

quizbowl13 wrote:since they are getting rid of picture this, why not make this like a trial?

Because it is a really lame event.

In practice, the majority of teams figured out the answers on the same hint. It penalizes the risk takers, and is too broad of a topic.