LLI Purple 3R: Ig Nobel

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What is the genre of this book?
Options: Narrative, Expository, Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction

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Expository

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ignoble

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Not noble

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What's an example of something the Ig Nobel would NOT be awarded for?
Options: Discovering the cause of hiccuping elephants, Research on how much snot comes out when we sneeze, Finding the cure for bone cancer, Figuring out whether sword swallowers get a sore throat sometimes

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Finding the cure for bone cancer

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Who started the Ig Nobel Prize?

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Marc Abrahams, editor of American science humor magazine

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Criticism of the Ig Nobel award?

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It brings ridicule to scientists' hard work.