Question of the Week

What Persian poet and mystic was born on September 30th, 1207 AD?

Week 3 of the JGTAI Kicks Off Tonight

Back in business tonight at the North Star at 7 p.m. If you’re looking to get some JGTAI points, tonight is a great opportunity. Also half off mussels and hummus.

On to Sidecar at 9:30 p.m. Dollar off all bitter beers and another great opportunity for a win. Hope to see ya tonight!

The Breaking Bad Science Quiz

With all the buzz about Breaking Bad today, I thought I’d throw this up on here. Both science and Breaking Bad geeks will get a kick out of it.

1. In the pilot episode, Walt makes colored fire. To turn a fire yellow, just add soudium chloride. What is soldium chloride better known as?

2. It’s getting pretty hard to buy cold medicine these days, because it contains this ingredient, used for making meth?

3. What chemical did they use to dissolve Krazy-8’s body?

4. In the 3rd episode, Walt starts thinking about the elements that make up the human body. The body is comprised primarily of 6 elements. What are they?

5. In season 2, Walt makes ricin, a poison made out of what kind of beans?

6. Fill in the blank on the walt quote: “When you start to feel overwhelmed, and you will, just keep in mind that one element, _________. ______________ is at the center of it all.

7. What type of powder does Walt derive from an Etch-a-Sketch to make thermite?

8. The title card of Breaking Bad includes the symbols for what two elements?

9. When their Winebago breaks down, Walt uses zinc, graphite, and potassium oxide to create a fuel cell, also known as this. It’s named after its inventor.

10. Walt chooses Heisenburg as his drug dealer name. What principle is Heisenberg best known for?

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JGTAI Standings After Two Weeks

Here they are, the standings after two weeks have been completed. If the season ended today, teams in the gold and blue would have an automatic invite. Teams in the red would not. I have continued to post questions of the day on facebook, and although I already did one today, I’m gonna do another one later, since I missed yesterday. No more questions on twitter, since Greg was the only person getting them, and I might as well just give Savage Ear two points a day. However, you can still get points by mentioning my quiz on twitter, or by retweeting this story.

As for the couple above, they were San Franciscans in the midst of a cross-country trip and just so happened upon quizzo at the Sidecar on Monday. As you can see from their scoresheet, they didn’t do so hot, but they seemed to have a good time. We also had a team in from Manchester playing at O’Neals on Tuesday. They of course got to witness the week’s highlight. Wild week of quizzo, and next week should be even wilder. See ya then!