From: tool@panix.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 1, Round 9 - Science - Astronomical Terms
> 1. What type of object has gravity so strong that the escape
> velocity exceeds the speed of light?
black hole
> 2. What do we call a celestial object that emits radio waves with
> a high degree of regularity?
pulsar
> 4. What term do we give to a sudden eruption of energy on the
> solar disk from which radiation and particles are emitted?
solar flare
> 5. What is a nebula made of?
gas
> 6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached
> the earth from outer space?
meteorite
> 7. What do we call the glow in a planet's ionosphere caused by
> the interaction between the magnetic field and particles that
> have been charged by the Sun?
aurora
> 8. What is a parsec? Be specific.
parallel arc second
> 9. Hubble's Law states that the velocity of recession of distant
> galaxies from our own is proportional to what?
their distance from us
> 10. What name do we give to celestial objects whose large red
> shift and apparent brightness imply extreme distance and huge
> energy output?
quasar
> ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge - Challenging Firsts
> * A. Literature: Debut Novels
> A1. Give the name of the 2004 first novel of Mark Haddon,
> the story of an autistic boy wrongfully accused of killing
> a neighbor's pet.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
> A2. Give the name of Sue Monk Kidd's 2003 debut novel. Set in
> South Carolina in 1964, it tells the story of Lily Owens
> trying to discover the truth about her mother's death.
The Beekeeper
> * B. Science: Pioneers of Archaeology
> B1. Name the pioneering French archeologist who first deciphered
> the Rosetta Stone and realized the importance of the King
> List scroll to date early Egyptian times. His book "Pr?cis
> du Syst?me Hi?roglyphique" gave birth to the entire field
> of modern Egyptian study, and so he is referred to as the
> "Father of Egyptology".
Champollion
> B2. Two men are often referred to as the "Father of Modern
> Archaeology". One is the German who discovered and excavated
> the remains of Troy, thus showing that ancient epics could
> reflect actual events. The other is the Englishman who
> developed many processes now in common use: painstaking
> recording of facts; non-destructive, non-intrusive gentle
> excavation techniques; etc. He developed pottery seriation
> to date civilizations, and discovered the important
> Merneptah stele. Name *either* man.
Schliemann
> * C. Geography: 1st-Level National Divisions
> C1. Japan does not have states or provinces; name the divisions
> it has instead.
prefectures
> C2. Barbados does not have states or provinces; it has these
> divisions instead, which were based on the locations of
> churches. What are they called?
parishes
> * D. History: First in Space
> D1. The Soviet Union and the United States were the first
> two countries to have citizens in space. In 1978 Vladimir
> Remek became the first citizen of a third country into space.
> What country?
Czechoslovakia; Bulgaria
> D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> the previous question. Anzr gur lrne gung gur svefg Pnanqvna
> jrag vagb fcnpr, jvguva 1.
1984
> * E. Entertainment: One-Named Female Singers
> E2. Name the one-named Irish singer who had a best-selling album
> with "Watermark" in 1998, featuring the single "Orinoco
> Flow".
Enya
> * F. Sports: NCAA Division 1 Football Team Names
> F1. The most common name among Division 1 football teams is
> used by such teams as Yale, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi
> State, and South Carolina State. What is it?
Bulldogs
> F2. The next most popular name among Division 1 football teams
> is used by 11 of them, including Memphis, Clemson, and
> Princeton. What is it?
Tigers
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