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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 4 - Sports   
      
   > 1. In what sport """is""" the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)   
   > a governing body? Be fully specific.   
      
   drag racing   
      
   > 2. In which sport would you go to see a professional tournament   
   > known as a honbasho? Again, be specific.   
      
   sumo wrestling   
      
   > 3. What country """has won""" the most soccer World Cups?   
      
   Germany; Italy   
      
   > 5. In which Olympic sport would you find a tsukahara?   
      
   karate; judo   
      
   > 6. In golf one under par on a hole is called a birdie, and two   
   > under par is called an eagle. What is the rare feat of three   
   > under par called?   
      
   albatross   
      
   > 7. In what sport does a match consist of 8 periods of play called   
   > chukkas or chukkers?   
      
   polo   
      
   > 8. The Euro 2012 Football (i.e. soccer) Championship takes place   
   > """this summer""" and """is""" being co-hosted by two   
   > countries. Name either. *Note* You may also answer for the   
   > next championship, in 2024.   
      
   Germany; France   
      
   > 9. Only one Soviet-bloc country competed in the 1984 Olympics in   
   > Los Angeles. Which country was it?   
      
   Yugoslavia   
      
   > 10. The decathlon is a combined track-and-field event whose   
   > contestants are men. What is the name of the similar event   
   > contested by women?   
      
   heptathlon   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 6 - Science - Nuclear Power   
      
   > 1. Name the scientist who created the first artificial self-   
   > sustaining nuclear chain reaction, at what was called Chicago   
   > Pile 1, in a rackets court below the bleachers of Stagg Field   
   > at the University of Chicago on 1942-12-02.   
      
   Enrico Fermi   
      
   > 2. What is the popular term used to refer to what would properly be   
   > called "low-energy nuclear reactions": nuclear reactions   
   > supposedly occurring near room temperature and pressure using   
   > relatively simple and low-energy-input devices?   
      
   cold fusion   
      
   > 3. What term is defined as smallest amount of fissile material   
   > needed for a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction?   
      
   critical mass   
      
   > 4. What is the common name of the compound, used in certain types   
   > of nuclear reactors, that contains the hydrogen isotope deuterium   
   > in place of regular hydrogen?   
      
   heavy water   
      
   > 7. What country, """second""" in the world in nuclear generating   
   > capacity, produces about 75% of its electricity via nuclear   
   > power? It """is""" the only country where that number is   
   > over 50%.   
      
   France   
      
   > 8. This country """operates""" 13 reactors of a type developed from   
   > the design, but Canada stopped nuclear dealings with   
   > the country after they exploded an atomic weapon. Name the   
   > country.   
      
   Israel; India   
      
   > 9. Calder Hall was the world's first nuclear power station to   
   > deliver electricity in commercial quantities. It was connected   
   > to the grid in 1956 and shut down in 2003. In which country   
   > was it located?   
      
   United Kingdom   
      
   > 10. This is the term given to the dismantling of a nuclear   
   > power plant, involving decontamination of the site to a state   
   > no longer requiring radiation protection for the general public.   
   > (It is also used in other fields.) Name it.   
      
   decomissioning   
      
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