From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Automotive Terms   
   >   
   > These are all taken from the textbook "Automotive Technology", 4th   
   > edition.  (Exciting, eh?)  We'll give you a definition, and you give   
   > us the term from the handout list:   
   >   
   >    Air gap       Field coil    Nodular iron     Square wave   
   >    Air lock      Flex plate    Oversquare       Squirm   
   >    Align boring  Freeze plug   Parasitic load   Stator   
   >    Alternator    Fuel rail     Pintle           Substrate   
   >    AND gate      Governor      Pulley           Supercharger   
   >    Ball joint    Hard spots    Pushrod          Tap   
   >    Bead          Harmonics     Rack and pinion  Tempering   
   >    Camshaft      Helical gear  Reaming          Throw   
   >    Chafing       Heptane       Recess           Torque   
   >    Chamfer       Idler         Rectifier        Unibody   
   >    Desiccant     Impeller      Ring lands       Union   
   >    Detent        Jig           Shim             Vapor lock   
   >    Diffusion     Jounce        Slip yoke        Vortex flow   
   >    Distributor   Lobe          Solenoid         Wheatstone bridge   
   >    Electrolyte   LP gas        Splay            Zener diode   
   >    Evaporator    Miscibility   Splines   
   >   
   >   
   > 1. Upward suspension movement.   
      
   Chafing   
      
   > 2. The edge of a tire's sidewall.   
      
   Ring lands   
      
   > 3. A substance that absorbs moisture.   
      
   Evaporator   
      
   > 4. Damage caused by friction and rubbing.   
      
   Reaming   
      
   > 5. A device that limits the speed of a vehicle.   
      
   Impeller   
      
   > 6. An electromagnetic switch with a movable core.   
      
   Solenoid   
      
   > 7. An electrical device used to convert AC to DC.   
      
   Rectifier   
      
   > 8. To spread or move outwards from a central point.   
      
   Tap   
      
   > 9. A small pointed shaft used to open or close a passageway.   
      
   Torque   
      
   > 10. A belt-driven pump used to enhance combustion, also called   
   >    a blower.   
      
   Vapor lock   
      
   > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge   
   >   
   > * A. James Joyce Bookends   
   >   
   >    A2. Joyce's final full-length novel is hard to describe in   
   >        a few sentences.  In fact, many commentators disagree on   
   >        a plot summary, although all admit some common plot points.   
   >        Written in idiosyncratic language using Joyce's familiar   
   >        stream-of-consciousness style, it follows the Chimpden,   
   >        or Earwicker, family around Dublin, among other events.   
   >        Name it.   
      
   Ulysses   
      
      
   > * B. Straight-Line Circular Reasoning   
   >   
   >    B1. What is the term for a straight line that passes through   
   >        a circle, continuing on in both directions, but not   
   >        necessarily passing through the center?   
      
   Bisectrise   
      
   >    B2. What is the term for a straight line (segment) whose   
   >        endpoints are both on the circumference of a circle, and   
   >        again not necessarily passing through the center?   
      
      
   Bisectrise   
      
   >    C1. What island is shared by three countries, including Malaysia?   
      
   Borneo   
      
   >    C2. What island's area includes an undisputed country, a zone   
   >        of disputed status, and a neutral zone?   
      
   Cyprus   
      
   >    F1. Name either of the """two""" Central American nations that have   
   >        won an Olympic medal.   
      
   Costa Rica   
      
   >    F2. The only continental South American nation that """has not"""   
   >        won an Olympic medal is a landlocked country.  Name it.   
      
   Bolivia   
      
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