Chemistry Clue C [Minnesota Trial]

[Jim_R]

Trial Event for Minnesota.

[fmtiger124]

Never knew we had anyone from Minnesota....but Is this event like science word or Picture this with chem only terms? That's what the title suggests to me

[gyourkoshaven]

Never knew we had anyone from Minnesota....

Jazzy...?

[Paradox21]

You get 5 clues to guess a chemistry term, one at a time. The sooner you correctly guess, the more points you get. If you incorrectly guess, you get 0 points.

jazzy009 and I are both from MN.

[fmtiger124]

You get 5 clues to guess a chemistry term, one at a time. The sooner you correctly guess, the more points you get. If you incorrectly guess, you get 0 points.

jazzy009 and I are both from MN.

So sort of like that gameshow password?

[Paradox21]

You get 5 clues to guess a chemistry term, one at a time. The sooner you correctly guess, the more points you get. If you incorrectly guess, you get 0 points.

jazzy009 and I are both from MN.

So sort of like that gameshow password?

A little bit. But you don't give your partner clues, the person running the event gives out each clue, one at a time, to the entire group. One of the examples is:
Clue 1 This is a specific type of subatomic particle.
Clue 2 This particle is located in the nucleus and is also a product of beta decay.
Clue 3 Of the two major particles in the nucleus, this one has the slightly smaller mass.
Clue 4 Any change in the number of these particles causes a change in the identity of the element.
Clue 5 This is a positively charged particle in the nucleus.
(Answer: Proton)

So they start out stupidly vague and get more specific.

[Kokonilly]

Yeah, I think I requested this. So - how would you go about studying for this? Memorize anything and everything about chemistry?

[Paradox21]

Probably a chemistry textbook.

[quizbowl]

since they are getting rid of picture this, why not make this like a trial?

[Paradox21]

since they are getting rid of picture this, why not make this like a trial?

Because it is a really lame event.

In practice, the majority of teams figured out the answers on the same hint. It penalizes the risk takers, and is too broad of a topic.