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Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Geologic Time Scale
> 1. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#1"
> on the handout?
era
> 2. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#2"?
period
> 4. The epoch we are currently living in, the Holocene, has another
> accepted name. This name is based on the supposition that
> mankind is the primary force affecting the current and future
> cycles of life of earth. What is this alternative name?
anthropocene
> 5. Jung *ren* ner jr pheeragyl yvivat va? Vg'f fubja ol #3 ba gur
> puneg, jvgu n fgnegvat cbvag 65,000,000 lrnef ntb. Vgf anzr
> vf qrevirq sebz gur Terrx jbeqf sbe "arj" naq "yvsr", naq vg'f
> nyfb ersreerq gb nf gur Ntr bs Znzznyf.
Cenozoic
> 7. Gur nafjref gb dhrfgvbaf #7-10 ner crevbqf anzrq ba gur puneg.
> Nsgre gur oernxhc bs gur fhcrepbagvarag Ebqvavn, gur qvfehcgvba
> bs gur bprna pheeragf yrq gb gur cbyne ertvbaf fcernqvat gb
> pbire gur ragver Rnegu, pnhfvat gur "Fabjonyy Rnegu" rirag.
> Qhevat juvpu crevbq ner gurfr riragf ulcbgurfvmrq gb unir ynfg
> unccrarq, naq gur rnegu sebmra bire?
Cryogenian
> 8. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Znwbe
> vapernfr va inevrgvrf bs cynagf naq navznyf. Svefg pubeqngr
> navznyf nccrne, svefg cerqngbef nccrne, cerphefbef sbe nyy
> bs zbqrea culyn bs navznyf cerfrag. Fhcrepbagvarag Tbaqjnan
> rzretrf. Shatv nccrne.
Cambrian
> 9. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Gur svefg
> sreaf, frrq-ornevat cynagf, naq gerrf nccrne ba ynaq. Wnjrq svfu
> ehyr gur frn. Nccnynpuvna Zbhagnvaf orvat sbezvat.
Ordovician
> 10. Qhevat jung crevbq qvq gur Grgulf Bprna qvfnccrne nf gur
> Vaqb-Nhfgenyvna cyngr pbyyvqrq jvgu gur Rhenfvna cyngr,
> riraghnyyl chfuvat hc gur Uvznynlna Zbhagnvaf nf Vaqvn pbagvahrq
> vgf znepu abegu?
Paleogene; Jurassic
> ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge
> * A. Literature: Super-lative Heroes
> A1. The first group of X-Men, published continually since 1963.
> (For the first 19 years it was it was the only group
> of X-Men).
uncanny
> * B. Science: Lines on a Graph
> B1. A straight line that a given curve approaches but does
> not meet, as one of the variables in the equation approaches
> infinity.
asymptote
> B2. A line that touches a curve at only one point, at which
> the slopes of the line and curve are equal.
tangent
> * C. Geography: World Flags
> C1. This Asian nation is the only country whose flag is
> not a rectangle or square; it is a 5-sided figure.
> What country is this?
Nepal
> C2. This African nation is the only country to have used a
> flag in recent history that was a single solid color,
> without any design. What country is this?
Libya
> * D. History: English Peerage Titles
> D1. Born Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Battenberg in 1900,
> he is more commonly known by the peerage title he held
> at his death, or the title of his political position.
> Give *either*.
Lord Mountbatten
> D2. This person, born 1925, """has""" the peerage title Baroness
> of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. What """is"""
> her real name?
Margaret Thatcher
> * E. Entertainment: Wham!
> E1. US soldiers in Iraq """have""" used this Wham-O product
> to detect tripwires. Not military issue, soldiers """have
> been having""" their families send it to them by the case.
> Name the Wham-O product.
Silly String
> E2. The Coen brothers' 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" tells
> a fictionalized story about the invention of this Wham-O
> product. In the movie it's referred to, among other things,
> as an "Extruded Plastic Dingus". Give the actual name of
> the Wham-O product.
Frisbee
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