The Flaming Geeks Book of Geeky Trivia

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We've got a special treat for you with our final list of some bonus trivia questions! Consider these questions the cherry on top of your trivia sundae. This time, we're diving into a variety of nerdy topics, from science and technology to comics and pop culture. Let's see if you can ace this bonus round and prove your expertise. Time to awaken the true geek in you! What two resources, along with wool, grain, and lumber, make up the five resources in the game Settlers of Catan?

According to a famous theorem, one of the first to be proven by computation, no more than how many colors are needed to color the regions of any map so that no two adjacent regions share the same color? Which Parker Brothers party game frazzles teams as they try to list as many things in a certain category as they can before time runs out? The Emu and the Laughing Kookaburra are two cards added in the Oceania Expansion to what best-selling board game designed by Elizabeth Hargrave? You should then note that the pH reveals an acidosis and assess the CO 2 to see if it is contributing to the acidosis (↑CO 2). In a 2017 survey by Hasbro, the Scottie Dog beat the T-Rex and the Hat to claim the title of most popular playing token in what board game?

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The idea of ‘compensation’ is that the body can try and adjust other buffers to keep the pH within the normal range. If the cause of the pH imbalance is from the respiratory system, the body can adjust the HCO 3– to counterbalance the pH abnormality bringing it closer to the normal range. This works the other way around as well; if the cause of a pH imbalance is metabolic, the respiratory system can try and compensate by either retaining or blowing off CO 2 to counterbalance the metabolic problem (via increasing or decreasing alveolar ventilation). The lightest of the noble gases, which element is the second most abundant in the universe? The most common use of this element is in cryogenics. SCRAPPING DUE TO A WORDING ERROR IN ORIGINAL VERSION What 16th-century Italian physician and botanist with a “G” last name created the first recorded herbarium in the world, as well as the first botanical garden in Europe? An 89-year-old patient presents with fever, rigors, hypotension and reduced urine output. They appear confused and are unable to provide any meaningful history. The care home that the patient came from has provided some basic documentation. You look through the information available and note that the district nurse changed this patient’s catheter 24 hours ago. The medical registrar commences antibiotics, aggressive fluid resuscitation and asks you to perform an arterial blood gas, with the results shown below. The patient was not on oxygen at the time of the ABG.

If the abnormality doesn’t make sense as the cause for the deranged pH, it suggests the cause is more likely respiratory (which you should have already known from your assessment of CO 2). Are you ready for a trivia game that will challenge the geek in you? Try this geek trivia challenge today! Questions Fahrenheit degrees (or 0 Kelvin) equals what two-word term for when all particles completely stop moving? A PaO 2 of 7.9 kPa is low, so we know the patient is in respiratory failure, but we need to know the CO 2 before we can say which type of respiratory failure.It sure does! According to research, people who regularly engage in quizzes and similar socially engaging activities have better cognitive function than those who do not. You improve your cognitive skills by answering questions and learning. I'm a grade 4 teacher. Can you use trivia questions on a general knowledge quiz at school? What is the name given to an ancient analog computer that was discovered by divers off a Greek island in 1900? Consider whether you want to give the competitors a chance or really make them sweat. If you have kids playing you'll want to include easy questions so that they can participate fully, but trivia quizzes designed for adults can be as difficult as you like. More Awesome Ice Breaker Games and Questions To Ask Scoring points by rolling five dice is the goal of which game by Milton Bradley? (Hint: The name is also what you call getting a roll where all five dice are the same—it’s worth 50 points!).