Take The Tribune’s Science & Technology midterm review quiz

1. McGill researcher Mark Brandon studied how mice responded to an environment that evoked fear. Which area of the brain was the fastest to respond and recall the scary memory associated with the environment?

1. Cerebellum
2. Extended amygdala
3. Ventral hippocampus
4. Superior colliculus

2. It is no secret that midterm season is detrimental to most McGill students’ sleep schedules. Which participant group did McGill PhD student Madhura Lotlikar discover performed the best in a memory test after staying awake for 30 hours?

1. The group that took a 90-minute nap before testing
2. The group made up of participants currently working in high-stress occupations
3. The group that completed a 20-minute high intensity workout before testing
4. More than one answer is correct

3. Which scientist, highlighted in The Tribune’s Volume 46, Issue 4, has won The Amazing Race Canada?

1. Nadine Caron
2. Lillian Dyck
3. James Makokis
4. Myrle Ballard

4. McGill’s Macdonald-Stewart Library is rumored to be cursed, but the real mystery is in the construction of the building; architects only used wood, copper, and brass—no iron or steel. Why?

1. To keep ghosts out
2. To avoid magnetic interference with experiments in the building
3. Because steel and iron are elastic and transmit vibrations from footsteps throughout the building 
4. To make the building lighter for structural integrity

5. How tall is McGill’s cryo-electron microscope, the Titan Krios 300kV Cryo-TEM, which was obtained by the university in 2010?

1. 7 metres tall
2. 4.5 metres tall
3. 3.5 metres tall
4. 1.8 metres tall

6. The coffee you get at Tunnel Espresso keeps you awake during your Schulich Library long hauls by blocking which molecule’s receptor?

1. Adenosine
2. Melatonin
3. Serotonin
4. Dopamine

7. Perhaps top of mind during your Halloweekend, how many drinks within a two-hour window would be considered binge drinking according to McGill’s Rachel Rabin?

1. One to two
2. Eight to ten
3. Twelve or more
4. Four to five

8. Now that we have all picked up a pumpkin from the Mac Market to carve or make pie with, how large is the Macdonald Campus Farm where these pumpkins grow?

1. 300 hectares
2. 240 hectares
3. 175 hectares
4. 430 hectares

 

Answers:

1: c) Ventral hippocampus

2: d) More than one answer is correct: options a and c

3: c) James Makokis

4: b) To avoid magnetic interference with experiments in the building

5: b) 4.5 metres tall

6: a) Adenosine

7: d) Four to five

8: b) 240 hectares