Doesn't "kilo" mean "thousand" so their answer was really "one thousand gram"? Anyway, "one kilogram" is the mass of one liter of water at 4 deg C (and only then, BTW) so I would hope that this answer was acceptable. If it was intended to be unacceptable, then there should have been a special emphasis in the question on what they were looking for ("Give your answer in grams: At 4 deg C, how many grams of water are there in a liter of water?") My 2 cents... Phil Conserve School Quiz Bowl -----Original Message----- From: zundevil [mailto:no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 3:56 AM To: quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com Subject: [quizbowl] Science Bowl Brouhaha Since I'm here, I thought I'd relate an unseemly event from this year's Science Bowl. I don't *think* I posted this back when it happened; I'm sorry if I did. (Conveniently, btw, the below situation happened in an elimination- round of the playoffs, on the last question of a two-point game, on a question worth four points, in the room where I was the judge) I don't remember all the words exactly, but the question boiled down to: "How many grams of water are there in a liter of water?" The first team answers "Ten-thousand": wrong, no penalty. The second team answers "1 kilogram". The correct answer is "1000" or "1000 grams". You make the call. FWIW, I'm happy with the outcome that our room chose, with the outside help of an official judge. I'll post what we did to add to a discussion, if there even is any. Jason Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT click here <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259538.3887155.5125412.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705 080866:HM/A=1750876/R=0/SIG=11v1mrq3u/*http:/hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/hit ?page=1762-1062629109228440> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259538.3887155.5125412.1261774/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1750876/rand=907294865> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: quizbowl-unsubscribe_at_yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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