Team Offsite Low-Stakes Mix

Color and Light

1. 100 Which cells in the eye are activated in color perception? Response: cone cells Color (or colour in Commonwealth English) is the visual perception produced by the activation of the different types of cone cells in the eye caused by light. Source: Wikipedia, “Color”
2. 200 What stimulates the eye to produce color perception? Response: light Color (or colour in Commonwealth English) is the visual perception produced by the activation of the different types of cone cells in the eye caused by light. Source: Wikipedia, “Color”
3. 300 Most humans see light within which spectrum? Response: visible light spectrum For most humans, visible wavelengths of light are the ones perceived in the visible light spectrum, with three types of cone cells (trichromacy). Source: Wikipedia, “Color”
4. 400 What are the three perceived properties of a color? Response: hue, colorfulness, and lightness Colors have perceived properties such as hue, colorfulness, and lightness. Source: Wikipedia, “Color”
5. 500 Subtractive color mixing combines what rather than light? Response: pigments Colors can also be additively mixed (mixing light) or subtractively mixed (mixing pigments). Source: Wikipedia, “Color”

Weather Talk

1. 100 Weather is usually described in which four terms? Response: temperature, humidity, cloud cover, and stability Weather is the state of the Earth's atmosphere at a specific place and time, typically described in terms of temperature, humidity, cloud cover, and stability. Source: Wikipedia, “Weather”
2. 200 In which atmospheric layer does most weather occur? Response: troposphere On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Source: Wikipedia, “Weather”
3. 300 What term covers atmospheric conditions averaged over longer periods? Response: climate Weather refers to day-to-day temperature, precipitation, and other atmospheric conditions, whereas climate is the term for the averaging of atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time. Source: Wikipedia, “Weather”
4. 400 Which three differences drive weather from place to place? Response: air pressure, temperature, and moisture Weather is driven by air pressure, temperature, and moisture differences between one place and another. Source: Wikipedia, “Weather”

Sports Without Scores

1. 100 In broad terms, what is a sport? Response: physical activity or game A sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organised, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Source: Wikipedia, “Sport”
2. 200 Who may receive enjoyment from taking part in sport? Response: participants Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. Source: Wikipedia, “Sport”
3. 300 Who may receive entertainment from watching? Response: spectators Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. Source: Wikipedia, “Sport”
4. 400 Which two terms describe a competition with no single winner? Response: tie or draw Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. Source: Wikipedia, “Sport”

Quick Wordplay

1. 100 Rearrange TEAM to name something some people eat. Response: MEAT Worked out from the words in the clue.
2. 200 Add one letter to PLAN to name a flying vehicle. Response: PLANE Worked out from the words in the clue.
3. 300 Which word can follow both coffee and lunch? Response: BREAK Worked out from the words in the clue.
4. 400 Read LEVEL backward. Response: LEVEL Worked out from the words in the clue.
5. 500 Change the W in WORK to F. Response: FORK Worked out from the words in the clue.

Odd One Out

1. 100 Choose the odd item: square, circle, triangle, stapler. Response: stapler Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 Select the outlier: email, letter, memo, bicycle. Response: bicycle Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Pick the different item: coffee, tea, water, keyboard. Response: keyboard Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 Which city is the capital of Japan? Response: Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city of Japan. Source: Wikipedia, “Tokyo”

Estimation and Arithmetic

1. 100 Which number is closest to 100: 92, 116, or 74? Response: 92 Worked out from the numbers in the clue.
2. 200 Seven tables with about six chairs each give what estimate? Response: 42 chairs Worked out from the numbers in the clue.
3. 300 A 50-minute session includes a 10-minute break. How many active minutes remain? Response: 40 minutes Worked out from the numbers in the clue.

Final round: Last Look

Take the first letters of Light, Office, Weather. What word appears? Response: LOW Worked out from the words in the clue.