# The High School Science Feud by Brujaja \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109 "2008-06-24T20:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/81 "2008-06-25T13:33:51Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I’m sorry that I failed you OtakuLoki. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’m sure you’ll be able to usurp my place, sooner or later. But I’ve been doing particularly miserable lately. Oh, well. (Just so long as I don’t end up with another trophy…) Thanks again, **Dolores** and **brujaja**. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/82 "2008-06-25T13:39:14Z")
1. Well. Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/83 "2008-06-25T13:48:26Z")
Not exactly the wonderful return to feuds I was looking for after a victory and an absence. But I’ll take top half quite happily. I can’t believe I didn’t go with mitosis I just figured that most people would know that cell division is mitosis and try to come up with a better answer. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/84 "2008-06-25T13:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] Not exactly the wonderful return to feuds I was looking for after a victory and an absence. But I’ll take top half quite happily. I can’t believe I didn’t go with mitosis I just figured that most people would know that cell division is mitosis and try to come up with a better answer. [/QUOTE] I was pretty sure mitosis was the wrong answer but it was the closest I could come up with. Plus I figured everyone else would remember mitosis, too. Because cell division is a bit obscure after all these years… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/85 "2008-06-25T14:53:25Z")
Third place! woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/86 "2008-06-25T14:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Come on, NO ONE else said “plasma”?.. I love plasma! It’s liquid! It’s fire! Woo hoo! [/QUOTE] I wanted to say “Bose-Einstein Condensate”, but I knew that would be the low scoring answer. I’ll see your “Four States of Matter”, and raise you a fifth state. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/87 "2008-06-25T15:14:46Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] I was pretty sure mitosis was the wrong answer but it was the closest I could come up with. Plus I figured everyone else would remember mitosis, too. Because cell division is a bit obscure after all these years… [/QUOTE] I thought that the word “phase” in the question would be enough of a hint the people would recall at least one of the phases. Plus I’m too much of a biologist that I didn’t even think of simply answering “mitosis”. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/88 "2008-06-25T15:36:12Z")
So… stayin’ awake occasionally in high school biology paid off did it? 😃 WOOHOO! #1 Even! This will no doubt be my first and only number one, so I shall rejoice in it til the next feud. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/89 "2008-06-25T16:28:29Z")
4! Glad I answered Mitosis, even though it’s not a phase of cell division. I’d have to look the various phases up. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/90 "2008-06-25T17:47:10Z")
You know, there is no rule for actually looking stuff up. I, myself, have actually googled answers before. It doesn’t help me win, unfortunately. 😉 Thanks, **Brujaja**. I didn’t even notice your simulpost! I kept looking for you to be online, and never saw you. I’m having computer problems at home, so the next few will be from work. The next one will be up soon! (And y’all think you’re addicted?? Ha, I say! :D) ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/91 "2008-06-25T17:47:49Z")
Yeah, I almost went with Mitosis too, but the biologist in me just could not do it. It’s just not right! Some of the other answers, though, I’m shocked I missed. Clearly my brain isn’t quite as in step as I thought it was. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/92 "2008-06-25T18:18:12Z")
[QUOTE=BlueKangaroo] Some of the other answers, though, I’m shocked I missed. Clearly my brain isn’t quite as in step as I thought it was. 😉 [/QUOTE] Yeah, I goofed by going with mammoth. Dodo _is_ the obvious answer, but it wouldn’t even have been my second thought…if I’d glanced over at the one on my desk, I would have changed my answer to trilobite, and done even worse! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/93 "2008-06-25T18:20:49Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I’m having computer problems at home, so the next few will be from work. The next one will be up soon! (And y’all think you’re addicted?? Ha, I say! :D) [/QUOTE] As in…today? ohhh, anticipation! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/94 "2008-06-25T18:30:08Z")
I’m 17. Yah me. Much better than the last one. I figured abalone for the #5 question and California Condor for #7 would lose me points. In my defense, #5 just made me hungry for what I want, not for what others would guess. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/95 "2008-06-25T19:07:20Z")
I was torn between dodo and passenger pigeon, and went with the pigeon. Darn! I wouldn’t have won, but I’d have finished higher. Yea **swampy**! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/96 "2008-06-25T19:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Wow, I can’t believe how badly I did on a feud that should have been right up my alley. I guess I knew that people would say “mitosis” rather than actually giving one of the phases, but I couldn’t bring myself to give that answer… [/QUOTE] I guess I can’t bring myself to always go with what people will say instead of a correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-school-science-feud-by-brujaja-closed/454109/97 "2008-06-25T19:59:16Z")
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