From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - History - Current Events of 2011   
   >   
   > We give the event in headline form; you simply give the *month* of   
   > 2011 when it occurred.  Answers may repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. No-Fly Zone is Imposed in Libya.   
      
   April   
      
   > 2. Protesters Attack Israeli Embassy in Cairo.   
      
   March   
      
   > 3. Violent Riots Spread through Great Britain.   
      
   September   
      
   > 4. Texas Experiences Record-Breaking Wildfires.   
      
   August   
      
   > 5. President Obama Proposes 2012 Federal Budget.   
      
   February   
      
   > 6. Japan beats USA to win Women's World Cup of soccer.   
      
   July   
      
   > 7. Italy Passes More Austerity Measures, Berlusconi Steps Down.   
      
   November   
   > 8. Floods Force Evacuations along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.   
      
   April   
      
   > 9. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Among 17 Shot in Assassination Attempt,   
   >    6 Killed.   
      
   October   
      
   > 10. Possible Shutdown of US Government Goes Down to the Wire;   
   >    Dispute over Spending Cuts Pushes the Federal Budget Agreement   
   >    to its Deadline.   
      
   October   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - The Challenge Round of Pie   
   >   
   > In honor of Pi Day, 2012-03-14.   
   >   
   > * A. Pi   
   >   
   >    A1. If r is the radius of a sphere, what measure of the sphere   
   >        is given by the formula 4 pi r²?   
      
   Volume   
      
   >    A2. If you have a cylinder of height h and the circular end   
   >        of radius r, what formula gives the volume of the cylinder?   
   >        (Please write pi as "pi" in the answer, no Unicode.)   
      
   2 pi r² h   
      
   > * F. Pius   
   >   
   > Give us the *number* of specific Pope Pius described in each question.   
   >   
   >    F1. This man was the longest-reigning elected Pope, serving from   
   >        1846 until his death 32 years later.  He convened the First   
   >        Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal infallibility.   
   >        He was the last Pope to rule as the Sovereign of the   
   >        Papal States.   
      
   X   
      
   >    F2. This Pope reigned from 1939 to 1958. He was a staunch   
   >        opponent of Italian Communist party; anyone who voted for   
   >        a Communist candidate in the 1948 elections faced automatic   
   >        excommunication.   
   >   
      
   XII   
      
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