Question
A 2021 book by Kathryn Paige Harden on why this field "Matters for Social Equality" makes heavy use of GWAS ("JEE-WASS") studies. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify this field that has spawned direct-to-consumer businesses such as 23andMe, which offers saliva-based testing and mapping.
ANSWER: genetics [accept answers like genes or DNA or gene testing or genomics; prompt on biology or medicine or ancestry]
[10h] This oncologist explored efforts such as the Human Genome Project in his book The Gene, a follow-up to his best-selling The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
ANSWER: Siddhartha Mukherjee
[10m] Several critics have compared Harden's book to this pseudo-scientific 1994 book by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray with a mathematical title. This book argues that much of human intelligence is inherited.
ANSWER: The Bell Curve [or The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life]
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai E. Stevenson B | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northmont | Thomas Jefferson B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell | Northside College Prep | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Uni School of Nashville A | Centennial B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |