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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 6, Rounds 2-3: astro    |
|    05 Apr 23 20:13:22    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy       >       > 1. What is the brightest star in the night sky?              Sirius              > 4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type       > of particles are observed at SNOLAB?              Small neutrinos              > 5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in       > space, in 1961?              Gagarin              > 6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth       > in space?              Laika              > 7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the       > nadir?              Zenit              > 9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as       > the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent       > galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years?              Andromeda              > 10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in       > astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal       > Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it?              Brian May              > * Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee       > 2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo.              Bee Gees              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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