From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 2/19/22 22:05, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 4 - Sports   
   >   
   > Rather than pick a particular incident, sport, or occasion, we   
   > present general questions on sports worldwide.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 3.  What country """has won""" the most soccer World Cups?   
      
   France; Argentina   
      
   >   
   > 4. What """is""" the name of the South American equivalent to the   
   >     UEFA Champions' League?  That is, the continent-wide soccer   
   >     competition to determine the top club team.  The short form of   
   >     the name will do.   
   >   
   > 5. In which Olympic sport would you find a tsukahara?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 9. Only one Soviet-bloc country competed in the 1984 Olympics in   
   >     Los Angeles.  Which country was it?   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   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?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 5. Name the """largest""" nuclear facility in North America, and   
   >     """second largest""" in the world.  It """comprises""" 8 nuclear   
   >     reactors, having a total output of 6,232 MW when all units   
   >     are online.   
   >   
   > 6. Atomic Energy Canada developed this type of nuclear reactor   
   >     that utilizes pressurized  along with natural uranium.   
   >     """Currently""" there are 29 reactors of this type in use around   
   >     the world.  What name is given to this series of reactors?   
      
   CanDU   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   India; Pakistan   
      
   >   
   > 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 States   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   decommissioning   
      
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