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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   
      
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