From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** 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?   
      
   Hydrogen gas   
      
   > 6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached   
   >    the earth from outer space?   
      
   Meteor   
      
   > 8. What is a parsec?  Be specific.   
      
   It's length unit, longer than a light year, hm 3.1 light years?   
      
   > ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge - Challenging Firsts   
   >   
   > * 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   
      
   >    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.   
   >   
      
   1981   
      
   > * E. Entertainment: One-Named Female Singers   
   >   
   >    E1. Name the one-named Colombian singer whose song "Whenever,   
   >        Wherever" was the global #1 best-selling single in 2002.   
   >        She sang to open both the 2006 and 2010 World Cup Final   
   >        games.   
      
   Shakira   
      
   >    E2. Name the one-named Irish singer who had a best-selling album   
   >        with "Watermark" in 1998, featuring the single "Orinoco   
   >        Flow".   
      
   Enya   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)