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What Am I Talking About #2

Based on a single sentence, can you tell the topic I am talking about?
Quiz by WolfCam
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Last updated: May 6, 2022
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First submittedApril 15, 2022
Times taken16,898
Average score56.3%
Rating4.73
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1. A hotspot in the Asthenosphere resulted in a series of seamounts near the transvergent boundary.
Chemistry
Circuitry
Economics
Geology
2. With a 3-2 count in the bottom of the eighth, the cleanup hitter was the only hope of preventing a shutout.
Baseball
Military history
Video games
Volleyball
3. While Laayoune may be considered De Jure, Tifariti is de facto, though both may or may not be part of the SADR.
Criminal law
Political geography
Science fiction
World religions
4. Alkyds and gouaches were used in the ebauche, which itself was based on the pochade.
Business
Cooking
Painting
Virology
5. Transcription begins with a promoter sequence and always occurs in the 3' to 5' direction, attaching complementary bases along the way.
Auto racing
English grammar
Microbiology
Programming
6. The inflection point located before the jump discontinuity in Q indicates a sign change in Q double prime at the point.
Calculus
Fitness
French government
Quantum physics
7. The predicate nominative has no agency, but must follow a copula, which is neither transitive nor intransitive.
Astronomy
Grammar
Medicine
Philosophy
8. If you're trying to get from the Battery to Lenox Hill, take FDR Drive along the East River.
London
Los Angeles
New York City
Sydney
9. Its polarity, cohesion, adhesion, and high specific heat are all vital properties, and it serves as an important part of the electron transport chain.
Carbon
Iron
Magnesium
Water
10. The concept is essentially omnipresent, with Duat, Xibalba, Kur, and Inferi having many similarities.
Chinese government
Mythology
Psychology
Stoichiometry
11. The hemiola lasted until the end of the second period, at which point a flebile melisma began.
Human anatomy
Sewing
Singing
Taxonomy
12. That sector in particular had the largest output contraction YoY, perhaps the result of a vicious cycle.
Automotive engineering
Economics
Landscaping
Muscular System
13. During his Hajj, Mansa Musa is believed to have met the Mamluk Sultan and traveled through Gao and Timbuktu.
African history
Greek history
Indian history
South American history
14. Campion, Raimi, and Coppola are well known, but could you name any best boys, grips, or armorers?
American football
Chess
Film
Military strategy
15. Aureolin is represented by #FDEE00, catawba is #703642, and carmine is #D70040.
Binary code
Chemical engineering
Color
Statistics
16. Whether they're mosaic or ribbon, Pret a Manger or Newk's, or they're called torpedos or poorboys, they're delicious.
Chips
Cookies
Pizza
Sandwiches
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Level 84
May 6, 2022
Nitpicking - #9: "its" instead of "it's"

Great quiz!

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Level 87
May 7, 2022
The "its" needs to be fixed, and so does the "promoter sequence" (not "promotor sequence", unless you're in favor of listing car engines in order).
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Level 80
Jun 17, 2022
It actually is either promotor or promoter, so it was actually fine originally. Please check your answers before correcting someone. I am personally used to seeing it as promotor though.
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Level 92
May 6, 2022
Quizzes like this always demonstrate that I am truly not a Renaissance man - so much I don't know.
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Level 90
May 6, 2022
The electron transport chain and ... WHAT? But I still wouldn't have gotten it right, to be honest.
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Level 64
May 6, 2022
What happened to question 9? Electron chain and ... ???
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Level 89
May 6, 2022
Well done! I am amazed at how much the examples for topics I know about read like normal sentences and make total sense to me, and the others sound like made up gibberish!
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Level 80
May 6, 2022
I was confident I'd got all those right. I had not.
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Level 78
May 6, 2022
Great sequel, only thing I can think to improve it is if you tell us what the hell they mean in an explanation. It's great that we get the subject but a brief resume of the sentence would be great.
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Level 66
May 7, 2022
Thanks! I considered doing that, but I think for some of these I would need to write an entire paragraph, for example the Calculus and Microbiology questions.
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Level 24
Mar 17, 2024
Consider just 1-5 sentences in short-synonym layman's terms. Alternatively, you could link to a reputable website with a good explanation.
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Level 87
May 6, 2022
Good grief, never guessed so many answers in a quiz 😂
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Level 76
May 6, 2022
What we learn from here, once again, is: Never second-guess yourself. That's how I lost four correct ones. How about you?
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Level 56
Jan 2, 2023
I would have done better if I had...
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Level 79
May 7, 2022
These are brilliant, and after only getting 9, apparently I'm not
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Level 79
May 9, 2022
I found that really tough, great quiz
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Level 77
May 16, 2022
Dang it! My logic and my trivial knowledge got me all but one… I can’t believe a painting style would openly be based on something else! So derivative!
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Level 62
Jun 16, 2022
Great idea; I think you could take it further and offer answers which are more varied - for instance 11 and 13 sound like they could come from a film, the seamount one could be from a science fiction book, and maybe the street directions one could have a computer game as a possible answer?

I guessed quantum physics for the calculus one, as a "jump discontinuity" sounded a bit exotic for calculus, but what do I know.

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Level 53
Jun 16, 2022
This is an elite quiz, bloody well done creating it!!
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Level 82
Jun 16, 2022
Great quiz! I believe however that you should change 'microbiology' (study of bacteria, viruses etc) to 'molecular biology' (study of biologically important molecules and chemical reactions).
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Level 65
Jun 16, 2022
Great quiz! I'm going to echo Borsuk that #5 needs to be changed from microbiology (study of microscopic organisms) to molecular biology (study of biological processes at the molecular level), having studied both.
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Level 65
Jun 18, 2022
Great quiz, I'm curious how you would come up with these questions. My only nitpick is that 'Q double prime' could be better expressed as Q", no need to write it out.
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Level 28
Jun 20, 2022
#5 - protein synthesis that is
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Level 68
Jun 20, 2022
Enjoyed this quiz a lot! But I am also going to echo both Borsuk and RedCait that #5 should be relabeled from "microbiology" (study of microbes) to "molecular biology" (study of molecules). Also, synthesis of RNA during transcription occurs in the 5' to 3' direction, not 3' to 5'
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Level 66
Oct 21, 2022
While I am not a professional biologist, and please correct me if I am wrong, I believe that microbiology is simply the study of micro organisms and their function, which would include transcription.
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Level 66
Oct 21, 2022
Also while the RNA is synthesized in the 5 to 3 direction, the RNA polymerase moves in the 3 to 5 direction along the DNA strand.
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Level 24
Mar 17, 2024
They tie into each other and while microbiology is technically correct, I think molecular biology would be more apt.

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, but molecular biology focuses on the molecules that organisms create, i.e amino acids. Transcription is a part of this process, where DNA instructions are copied to become messenger RNA that codes to produce amino acids to become proteins to upkeep our biological processes.

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Level 66
Oct 21, 2022
Great idea for a quiz! Surprised that I managed to get 11...No excuse for several misses. My husband is a painter and taught biology, and I simply didn't read carefully enough on the African history to notice the give-away locations. Typically for me and jet punk, the easiest one for me was the one at the bottom of the success list. Once in a while being a professional musician comes in handy. (You can find these terms on my quizzes!)
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Level 56
Jan 2, 2023
Baffled as to why so many people got the geology one! Can anyone explain?
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Level 66
Jan 3, 2023
I think one of the major factors may be the picture of the volcano at the top of the quiz.
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Level 72
Mar 16, 2023
I would have expected more people to get the question about Western Sahara.
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Level 76
Nov 19, 2023
The microbiology clue should definitely be changed to molecular biology. Microbiology is generally accepted as the study of microorganisms but not at the subcellular level. In addition, while reverse transcription can be 3' to 5', transcription occurs in a 5' to 3' direction.
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Level 70
Feb 14, 2024
I was confused about what a "poorboy" was but the mention of Newk's helped me with that question! Felt kinda weird though having that be the same thing as a "po'boy" (which btw is delicious!)