From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/2/22 12:30, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Fortune-Telling   
   >   
   > There are many forms of fortune-telling using many different   
   > types of objects.  From the definitions that will be given to   
   > you, pick the appropriate word from the list below.  For example:   
   > fortune-telling using lines from a palm of a hand is palmistry.   
   >   
   >    |  Ailuromancy     |  Enoptromancy  |  Nomancy   
   >    |  Aleuromancy     |  Gyromancy     |  Oenomancy   
   >    |  Alphitomancy    |  Halomancy     |  Onimancy   
   >    |  Anthracomancy   |  Hydromancy    |  Ophiomancy   
   >    |  Astragalomancy  |  Ichthyomancy  |  Pedomancy   
   >    |  Belomancy       |  Lampadomancy  |  Pegomancy   
   >    |  Bibliomancy     |  Lecanomancy   |  Phyllomancy   
   >    |  Capnomancy      |  Lithomancy    |  Pseohomancy   
   >    |  Catoptromancy   |  Mazomancy     |  Pseudomancy   
   >    |  Cephalonamancy  |  Meteormancy   |  Pyromancy   
   >    |  Ceromancy       |  Metopomancy   |  Retromancy   
   >    |  Coscinomancy    |  Molybdomancy  |  Rhaddomancy   
   >    |  Crithomancy     |  Myomancy      |  Scapulimancy   
   >    |  Cromnyomancy    |  Necyomancy    |  Scatomancy   
   >    |  Spadomancy      |  Tephramancy   |  Xenomancy   
   >    |  Spatilomancy    |  Topomancy     |  Xylomancy   
   >    |  Spatulomancy    |  Trochomancy   |  Ydromancy   
   >    |  Stigonomancy    |  Tyromancy     |  Zygomancy   
   >    |  Sycomancy       |  Urimancy   
   >   
   >   
   > What is fortune-telling based on...   
   >   
   > 1. Salt?   
      
   halomancy   
      
   > 2. Wine?   
      
   oenomancy   
      
   > 3. Fish offal?   
      
   ichthyomancy   
      
   > 4. Observing the tide?   
   > 5. Stones or stone charms?   
      
   lithomancy   
      
   > 6. Thunder, lightning, etc.?   
      
   meteormancy   
      
   > 7. Boiling the head of an ass?   
   > 8. Melting wax dropped in water?   
   > 9. Walking in circles until dizzy?   
      
   gyromancy   
      
   > 10. Things seen over one's shoulder?   
      
   scapulimancy   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 1,2,3,4,5,6   
   >   
   > * A. First-Place Presidential Losers   
   >   
   > Just because a candidate won the popular vote -- got the most   
   > votes from voters nationwide -- in a US presidential election,   
   > that does not necessarily mean they won the presidency.  Here are   
   > two questions about times when they didn't.   
   >   
   >     A1. In 1824 no one won the majority of the electoral votes,   
   >         so as per the 12th Amendment, the president was elected from   
   >         among the top three finishers by the House of Representatives   
   >         (with each state having one vote).  To the surprise of   
   >         most people, the winner by a vote of 13-7-4 was John Quincy   
   >         Adams, who had finished second both in electoral votes and   
   >         in the popular vote from those states that then used it.   
   >         But who was the second-place candidate, who had finished   
   >         first in both electoral votes and popular votes?   
      
   Calhoun   
      
   >   
   >     A2. In the 1876 election it seemed at first that the Democratic   
   >         candidate won both the popular vote and the electoral vote.   
   >         But because of fraud by both parties, the results in   
   >         Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida were in dispute.   
   >         A committee with 8 pro-Republican and 7 pro-Democratic   
   >         members finally decided to give all the disputed electoral   
   >         votes to the Republicans, so that Rutherford Hayes won the   
   >         presidency by single electoral vote.  Who was the losing   
   >         Democratic candidate who had the most popular votes in 1876?   
      
   Tilden   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Two for Tea   
   >   
   > Two questions about the world's second-most-popular beverage,   
   > after water.   
   >   
   >     B1. In which country was prepared ice tea bottled on a   
   >         commercial scale, in 1983?  If anyone is interested,   
   >         Snapple did not start bottling ice tea until 1987.   
   >   
   >     B2. In which country was prepared ice tea first commercially   
   >         packaged in cans, in 1981?   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Third Cities   
   >   
   > The largest and second-largest cities are often well known,   
   > but can you name the *third-largest* city, according to the 2011   
   > census, in these Canadian provinces?  This means the city proper,   
   > not the metropolitan area.  (*Note*: The 2021 census results are   
   > not yet available, but you may instead answer for the 2016 census,   
   > and you need not say if you are doing that.)   
   >   
   >     C1. Calgary and Edmonton are the two largest cities in Alberta;   
   >         what city is third?   
      
   Red Deer   
      
   >   
   >     C2. Saskatoon and Regina are the two largest cities in   
   >         Saskatchewan; what city is third?   
      
   North Battleford; Moose Jaw   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Fore!!!   
   >   
   >     D1. The first Masters golf tournament in 1934, and the third one   
   >         in 1936, were won by the same man nicknamed the Joplin Ghost.   
   >         What was his name?   
      
   Snead   
      
   >   
   >     D2. Golf originated in Scotland.  Until the early 17th century,   
   >         what material was most commonly used to make golf balls?   
      
   leather   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Five Movies   
   >   
   > Here are five... no, five is right out.  Okay, here are *two*   
   > questions about movies with "Five" in the title.   
   >   
   >     E1. "Slaughterhouse-Five" was the first winner of this award   
   >         for best science-fiction movie, in 1972.  What award?   
      
   Hugo   
      
   >   
   >     E2. Who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting   
   >         Actress for "Five Easy Pieces"?   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. 6th of Science   
   >   
   >     F1. What is the 6th element of the periodic table?   
      
   carbon   
      
   >   
   >     F2. Who won the 6th Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1906?  This   
   >         British scientist is credited with discovering electrons   
   >         and isotopes, and inventing the mass spectrometer.   
      
   Rutherford   
      
      
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