From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature   
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   Merci, non.   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 8 - Science - Famous Chemists   
   >   
   > In each case, name the famous chemist (or ancient philosopher).   
   >   
   > 1. Italian who developed the concept of molecules, then in 1811   
   >    discovered a law of gases: equal volumes of all gases at the   
   >    same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules.   
   >    He is regarded as one of the founders of physical chemistry.   
      
   Avagardo   
      
   > 2. Russian who devised the periodic table and wrote "Elements of   
   >    Chemistry" in 1868.   
      
   Mendeliev   
      
   > 4. Greek who declared that there were four elements: earth, air,   
   >    fire, and water.   
      
   Aristotle   
      
   > 5. French father of modern chemistry; he discovered oxygen's role   
   >    in combustion and respiration, and gave it its name.   
      
   (well, one of its many names)   
      
   > 7. Polish-French discoverer of radium and polonium, winner of   
   >    Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry.   
      
   Marie Curie   
      
   > 9. English scientist who discovered nitrogen, sulfur dioxide,   
   >    and other gases; co-discoverer of oxygen in 1774 with Carl   
   >    William Scheele.   
      
   Preston   
      
   > 10. Irish "Father of Chemistry" who developed his law of gases,   
   >    by which the volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure at   
   >    a constant temperature.   
      
   Boyle   
      
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