Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week Honors

Thanks to the com­bined inspi­ra­tion of Chris­tine Funk, Esquire and Chuck Ram­say, Esquire, a new twist of this blog is being intro­duced.  A weekly fun foren­sic sci­ence challenge/trivia ques­tion. The win­ner will be affec­tion­ately dubbed “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week.”

Rules:

1. The chal­lenge will be posted Sun­day morn­ing EST.
2. Answers to the chal­lenge will be entered by respond­ing to this blog post or the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.
3. All com­ments that are answers to this blog will released after 9pm EST.
4. The first com­plete and cor­rect answer will be awarded the envi­ous title of “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week”
5. “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” is enti­tled a one time post of his/her pic­ture on this blog and the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page. The cov­eted title will be his/her for that week.  Addi­tion­ally, a win­ner will be allowed one link to one web­page of his/her choice.  Both the pic­ture and the weblink is sub­ject to the approval of Justin J McShane, Esquire and will only be screened for appro­pri­ate taste.
6. The win­ner will be announced Sun­day night.
7. A win­ner may only repeat two times in a row, then will have to sit out a week to be eli­gi­ble again.  This per­son, who was the two time in a row win­ner, may answer the ques­tion, but will be dis­qual­i­fied from the honor so as to allow oth­ers to participate.
8. This is for learn­ing and for fun.  EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO TRY TO ANSWER THE WEEKLY QUESTION. So give it a shot.

Here it is:

The www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com “Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” chal­lenge ques­tion. Remem­ber the first full and com­plete answer wins the honor and also gets his/her photo dis­played, brag­ging rights for the week and finally web­site promotion.

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week Question

(a) What is dis­played in this photo? (b) Gen­er­ally, what is it used for? © Give one exam­ple of a type of pro­ce­dure involv­ing a foren­sic sci­ence dis­ci­pline that it is used in?

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire