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   Message 31,213 of 32,826   
   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 9, Rounds 4,6: geome   
   24 Dec 22 02:22:03   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - Geometric Formulas   
      
   > 1. Area of a circle?   
      
   D   
      
   > 2. Area of a square?   
      
   B; C   
      
   (Because the exponents don't render properly in my newsreader.)   
      
   > 3. Surface area of a cube?   
      
   J   
      
   > 4. Surface area of a sphere?   
      
   G   
      
   > 5. Perimeter of a rectangle?   
      
   K   
      
   > 6. Circumference of a circle?   
      
   E   
      
   > 7. Volume of a sphere?   
      
   N   
      
   > 8. Volume of a cylinder?   
      
   F   
      
   > 9. Area of a triangle?   
      
   L   
      
   > 10. Volume of a cube?   
      
   C; B   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Arts & Literature   
      
   > 1. This Canadian author won the first Arthur C. Clarke award   
   >    in 1987.  The award is given for the best science-fiction novel   
   >    that was first published in the UK during the previous year.   
   >    Name either the author or the award-winning book.   
      
   Sawyer; Wilson   
      
   > 5. Within 1,000, what is the generally acknowledged number of   
   >    copies that must be sold in a week for a book to become a   
   >    Canadian bestseller?   
      
   5,000; 10,000   
      
   > 9. In what Canadian city is the art gallery that """claims"""   
   >    to have the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit   
   >    art in the world?   
      
   Quebec City   
      
   > 10. It's a huge canvas with just two colors of acrylic paint --   
   >    twin vertical stripes of ultramarine blue flanking a middle   
   >    one of cadmium red.  Canadians were outraged when the National   
   >    Gallery of Canada paid $1,800,000 for this work in 1989.   
   >    *Name the American artist* who created "Voice of Fire".   
      
   Rothko   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
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