From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Friday, April 29, 2022 at 12:45:03 PM UTC-5, 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?    
      
   nova   
       
   > 5. What is a nebula made of?    
      
   dust   
      
   > 6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached    
   > the earth from outer space?    
      
   meteorite   
      
   > 8. What is a parsec? Be specific.    
      
   a unit of distance   
       
   > ** 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 Case of the Dog in the Night-Time"   
       
   > 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 Secret Life of Bees"   
      
   > * 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 "Précis    
   > du Système Hiéroglyphique" gave birth to the entire field    
   > of modern Egyptian study, and so he is referred to as the    
   > "Father of Egyptology".    
      
   Champoillon   
      
   > 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.    
      
   Schlichter   
       
   > * 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; Poland   
      
   > 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; 1987   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > * F. Sports: NCAA Division 1 Football Team Names    
   >    
   > *Note*: Since NCAA's own web site doesn't list team names,    
   > this question has been updated with information from Wikipedia.    
   > The answers now are the same as in 2012 anyway.    
   >    
   > 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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