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Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:02 am
by rjaguar3
Standings are available at this link: http://shc2018.gregorygauthier.com/standings.php

Today's second category is a guest category by Magna. Because Magna's category was used, Magna will receive the maximum score for that category (45 points). Thanks, Magna, for the category.

If you have a guest category you'd like to submit, please use this form: https://goo.gl/forms/obqX0JTsWLOBKPG32

On we go.

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:06 am
by rjaguar3
PSYCHOLOGY
2: In the Milgram experiment, 65% of subjects were willing to administer this punishment at 450 volts because they were ordered to.

4: When there is extreme stress, the sympathetic nervous system is activated, triggering this rhyming response.

6: Asperger syndrome is on the "spectrum" of this condition characterized by deficits in social interaction.

8: Philip Zimbardo, who ran an infamous authoritarian role-playing experiment in 1971, is a professor emeritus at this university.

10: The APA notes that there is "little evidence that" these tests, which work by detecting nervousness or arousal, "can accurately detect lies."

RETAIN +1 ANAGRAMS
By Magna. Each correct response is an anagram of the word "retain" plus one other letter. In each case, the other letter is up to you to determine. Your answer must contain exactly 7 letters.

3: A temporary outdoor toilet facility, often consisting of a pit dug in the ground.

6: A muezzin calls Muslims to prayer from this turret or tower connected to a mosque.

9: An object's resistance to change in its state of motion; it's the subject of Newton's first law of motion.

12: A key component of baleen, horns, and human finger- and toenails is this fibrous structural protein.

15: This Greek white or rosé wine flavored with pine resin has been produced for at least 2000 years.

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:07 am
by rjaguar3
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:07 am
by rjaguar3
Answers:
Spoiler
PSYCHOLOGY
2: In the Milgram experiment, 65% of subjects were willing to administer this punishment at 450 volts because they were ordered to.
ELECTRIC SHOCK

4: When there is extreme stress, the sympathetic nervous system is activated, triggering this rhyming response.
FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT

6: Asperger syndrome is on the "spectrum" of this condition characterized by deficits in social interaction.
AUTISM

8: Philip Zimbardo, who ran an infamous authoritarian role-playing experiment in 1971, is a professor emeritus at this university.
STANFORD

10: The APA notes that there is "little evidence that" these tests, which work by detecting nervousness or arousal, "can accurately detect lies."
POLYGRAPH

RETAIN +1 ANAGRAMS
By Magna. Each correct response is an anagram of the word "retain" plus one other letter. In each case, the other letter is up to you to determine. Your answer must contain exactly 7 letters.

3: A temporary outdoor toilet facility, often consisting of a pit dug in the ground.
LATRINE (add an L)

6: A muezzin calls Muslims to prayer from this turret or tower connected to a mosque.
MINARET (add an M)

9: An object's resistance to change in its state of motion; it's the subject of Newton's first law of motion.
INERTIA (add an I)

12: A key component of baleen, horns, and human finger- and toenails is this fibrous structural protein.
KERATIN (add a K)

15: This Greek white or rosé wine flavored with pine resin has been produced for at least 2000 years.
RETSINA (add an S)

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:13 am
by Clue Jungry
Spoiler
PSYCHOLOGY
2: Electric shock
4: Fight or flight
6: Autism
8: Stanford
10: Polygraphs

RETAIN +1 ANAGRAMS
3: Latrine
6: Minaret
9: Inertia
12: Keratin
15: Retsina

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:15 am
by Wpwells
Spoiler
2: Shock
4: Fight or Flight
6: Autism Spectrum
8: Stanford
10: Polygraphs

3: Latrine
6: Minaret
9: Inertia
12: Keratin
15: Retsina

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:16 am
by CellBlock
Spoiler
2: Electric shock
4: Fight or Flight
6: Autism
8: Stanford
10: Polygraph

3: Latrine
6: Minaret
9: Inertia
12: Keratin
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:21 am
by goforthetie
Spoiler
2: electroshock
4: fight or flight
6: autism
8: Stanford
10: polygraph


3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: keratin
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:21 am
by boson
Spoiler

2: electric shock
4: fight or flight
6: autism
8: Stanford
10: polygraph

3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: keratin
15: retsina

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:22 am
by BlueberryPlainsNever
Spoiler
2: electrocution
4: flight or fight
6: autism
8: Stanford
10: Polygraph

3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: caretin
15: retsina

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:31 am
by SenseiCAY
Spoiler
2: electric shock
4: fight or flight
6: autism
8: Stanford
10: polygraphs

3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: keratin
15: no clue

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:38 am
by nightreign
Spoiler
2: electric shock
4: fight or flight
6: autism spectrum
8: Stanford
10: polygraph test

3:
6:
9: inertia
12: keratin
15:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:38 am
by Volante
Spoiler
2: electric shock
4: fight or flight
6: autism
8: stanford
10: polygraphs

3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: keratin
15: tanreia

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:38 am
by MarkBarrett
Spoiler
2: Electric Shock
4: Fight or Flight
6: Autism
8: Stanford
10: 

3: Latrine
6: Minaret
9: Inertia
12: Keratin
15: Retsina

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:42 am
by Troydozzy
Spoiler

2: Shock
4: Fight or flight
6: Autism
8: Stanford
10: polygraph

3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: keratin
15: restina

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:49 am
by joepozz
Spoiler
2: electric shock
4:Fight or flight
6: Autism
8: Stanford
10: Polygraph

3: Latrine
6: Minaret
9: Inertia
12: keratin
15: Clam

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:50 am
by Foretopman
Spoiler
2: administering an electric shock
4: fight or flight
6: autism
8: Stanford
10: polygraph

3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: keratin
15: retsina

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:51 am
by WooWho?
Spoiler
2: What are electric shocks?
4: What is "fight or flight"?
6: What is autism (spectrum)?
8: What is Stanford?
10: What are polygraph tests (lie detector tests)?

3: What is a latrine?
6: What is a minaret?
9: What is inertia?
12: What is keratin?
15: :?:

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:03 am
by badgerfellow
Spoiler
2: electric shock/electricity
4: fight or flight
6: autism
8: Stanford
10: polygraph

3: latrine
6: minaret
9: inertia
12: keratin
15: PASS

Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2018--Round 1, Day 2

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:04 am
by sillymoose
Spoiler
2: Electric Shock
4: Fight or Flight
6: Autism
8: Stanford
10: Polygraph

3: CLAM
6: CLAM
9: Inertia
12: Keratin
15: CLAM