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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: eleme   
   09 Jun 23 00:04:33   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Name That Element!   
      
   > 1. K (kalium), 19.   
      
   potassium   
      
   > 2. Au (aurum), 79.   
      
   gold   
      
   > 3. W (wolfram), 74.   
      
   tungsten   
      
   > 4. Fe (ferrum), 26.   
      
   iron   
      
   > 5. Sb (stibium), 51.   
      
   zinc   
      
   > 6. Sn (stannum), 50.   
      
   tin   
      
   > 7. Na (natrium), 11.   
      
   sodium   
      
   > 8. Ag (argentum), 47.   
      
   silver   
      
   > 9. Cu (cuprum ["KOO-prum"]), 29.   
      
   copper   
      
   > 10. Pb (plumbum ["PLUM-bum"]), 82.   
      
   lead   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - After they were Olympians   
      
   > 3. 1964, gold in basketball.  US Senator from New Jersey.   
      
   Bill Bradley   
      
   > 5. 1912, 5th place in modern pentathlon.  Military command and   
   >    subject of 1970 movie.   
      
   George Patton   
      
   > 7. 1976, gold in decathlon.  Enough said.   
      
   Bruce Jenner   
      
   > 8. 1924, gold in rowing eights.  Physician and best-selling author.   
      
   Benjamin Spock   
      
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