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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: CanR   
   21 Mar 23 20:23:59   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Canadiana - Radio   
   >   
   > 3. The low end of the FM radio broadcast band """is""" 88 MHz.   
   >    To the nearest whole megahertz, within 1, what """is""" the   
   >    high end?   
      
   108   
      
   > 4. In AM radio, what does "AM" stand for?   
      
   Amplitude modulation   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Super Challenge Round   
   >   
   >    A2. Which 19th-century philosopher developed the concept of the   
   >        "Übermensch", or Superman, and said that "Man is a rope   
   >        stretched between the animal and the Superman -- a rope   
   >        over an abyss"?   
      
   Nietschke   
      
   >    B2. This extension of the standard model of particle physics   
   >        says that every known particle has a yet-to-be discovered   
   >        sister particle: for example, squarks, selectrons and   
   >        neutralinos.  What is the name given to this theory?   
      
   Super symmetry   
      
   > * C. Super Sports   
   >   
   >    C1. In Alpine skiing, what is the second-fastest of the four   
   >        disciplines?  It was introduced as a World Cup event in   
   >        1983 and an Olympic event in 1988.   
      
   Super-G   
      
   > * D. Superpowers   
   >   
   >    D1. The term "superpower" in its current political meaning   
   >        was coined by geostrategist Nicholas Spykman in a series   
   >        of lectures.  A year later, foreign policy professor   
   >        William T.R. Fox elaborated on the concept in the book   
   >        "The Super-Powers".  (The word was originally hyphenated.)   
   >        Name *all three* countries that the term originally   
   >        applied to.   
      
   USA, USSR and China   
      
   > * F. Super Music   
   >   
   >    F1. Eric Clapton formed the supergroup Cream in 1966.  Name *any   
   >        one* of the other members.   
      
   Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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