I think she was one of Disney's teen idols who has morphed into a pop star/actress. She's basically a less notorious version of Miley Cyrus from what I gather. That might not be exactly right, but it's in the ballpark.
Rosalind Franklin was the chemist and x-ray crystallographer who discovered the structure of DNA (also RNA, viruses, graphite etc) with these other dudes. Her name is not on the Nobel prize because she happened to die before recieving the prize and Nobel isn't awarded posthumously.
Can someone please explain what the 'specific gravity of water' question means? I didn't even know what it was asking for? I have Googled it and can't find an explanation?
Relative density. For liquids, water, at 4 degrees C (when it is densest), is the reference, so water at 4 degrees C has a relative density or specific gravity of 1. At any other temperature it will be less than 1 because it is less dense.
The structure of DNA was indeed discovered by Watson and Crick. One of Franklin's colleagues had shown them an X-ray diffraction image she made, which convinced them their theory was correct.
Nice quiz! Maybe add Tell's names in Swiss languages (Wilhelm Tell, Guillaume Tell, Guglielmo Tell, Guglielm Tell), since jetpunk usually accepts both english and local names (far as I know).
Lots of instruments have frets: Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo, Clavinet, Electric Bass, Sitar, Zither, etc. Guitars can be built with no frets, or with virtually any number of frets. I personally own several with more than 24 frets, as well as mandolins that have 19 or more frets. Sitars have removable frets, so the performer can have as many or as few as they wish. I think this question ought to be worded more clearly, or else the answer should allow "neck" as a valid answer, considering that the fretted part of most of these instruments is called just that, and the exceptions (zithers and clavinets) typically have fewer than 19 frets.
The convention on this site is to use the common-sense answer. The guitar is far more popular than any of those instrument, and its most common version has between 19 and 24 frets.
To me, the "common sense" answer is "a neck." If you play a musical instrument, and someone asked you, not "what musical instrument has between 19 and 24 frets," but rather "what has between 19 and 24 frets," the common sense answer is either "a fretboard" or "a neck." Either of those answers could be followed by "duh!" The fretboard/neck is far more popular than the guitar, since all guitars have a neck (it's a defining characteristic), as well as sitars prevalent in Indian culture (which adds a billion more people), the pipa in Chinese culture (which adds billions more), the oud in the Arabic sphere of influence, the Persian Vina, etc, etc, etc. I mean, if we are judging by popularity, it's no contest.
I kinda feel like The Weeknd should also be accepted for the question about Selena Gomez. I did get Bieber but only after trying the Weeknd, I feel as if fame-wise they're comparable
Yeah, the Weeknd actually has one of the biggest hit songs of all time. Bieber is certainly more famous for his infamously stupid antics, but there's an argument to be made. Weeknd type-in makes sense.
Agreed. "Most famous" as a qualifier should be used when the answer is unambiguous because one option is so much more famous than the others. The Weeknd and Bieber are both very well-known, now.
Good quiz though, nice range if fairly unusual questions.
Isn’t that sort of thing best left to quizzes found in the kind of tacky magazines that are on sale at supermarket check-outs?
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