From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - Various Scientific Trivia   
   >   
   > 1. Disregarding the temporary symbols used for elements not yet   
   >    confirmed as discovered or synthesized, there """are""" two   
   >    letters of the alphabet that don't appear in any element symbols   
   >    in the periodic table.  Name *both*.   
      
   J and Q   
      
   > 3. If you are exploring an ocean reef at 33 feet (10 m) below the   
   >    surface of the water, how many atmospheres of total pressure   
   >    are you experiencing?   
      
   Two   
      
   > 7. In what city """is""" Canada's Science and Technology Museum?   
      
   Ottawa   
      
   > 9. It is sometimes stated (and it was in the original version of   
   >    this question) that Isaac Newton was born the day Galileo died,   
   >    although this is the result of a confusion of calendars and   
   >    conflicting information.  But which British theoretical physicist   
   >    and cosmologist actually was born on the 300th anniversary of   
   >    Galileo's death?   
      
   Sagan   
      
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Trivial Descriptions   
   >   
   > * C. Describing Earth-Surface Terminology   
   >   
   >    C1. If you are a property owner in Northern Ontario, your land   
   >        may or may not be rising in value, but it is likely to be   
   >        rising in elevation, by 4-8 mm a year, due to "isostatic   
   >        rebound".  Explain this.   
      
   The land was depressed by during the ice age due to the heavy weight of the   
   ice and is still bouncing back.   
      
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