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|    Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: eleme    |
|    08 Jun 23 19:53:09    |
      From: gromit82@hotmail.com              On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 11:02:56 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:              > * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Name That Element!        >        > On the periodic table of elements, many symbols are derived from        > the element's commonly-used name, like C for carbon, but some        > are not. We'll give you a symbol, the word it was derived from,        > and its atomic number. You tell us its common name.        >        > 1. K (kalium), 19.               potassium              > 2. Au (aurum), 79.              gold               > 3. W (wolfram), 74.              tungsten               > 4. Fe (ferrum), 26.               iron              > 5. Sb (stibium), 51.               antimony              > 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        >        > Name these Olympic athletes, who all went on to other careers.        > You will be given some of their Olympic results (not necessarily        > all of their medals), and usually, additional hints about their        > post-Olympic careers.        >        > 3. 1964, gold in basketball. US Senator from New Jersey.               Bradley              > 4. 1996, bronze in boxing. Senator. Finished third behind Bongbong        > Marcos in his country's presidential election.               Pacquiao              > 5. 1912, 5th place in modern pentathlon. Military command and        > subject of 1970 movie.               Patton              > 7. 1976, gold in decathlon. Enough said.               Jenner               > 8. 1924, gold in rowing eights. Physician and best-selling author.               Spock              > 9. 1996, gold in boxing. Not to be confused with his older        > brother, Vitali, who has a successful career in municipal        > politics. The surname is sufficient.               Klitschko              > 10. 1980 and 1984, gold in 1500 m. Member of Parliament, lord,        > and chairman of the 2012 Olympic Organising Committee.               Coe               --       Joshua Kreitzer       gromit82@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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