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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   
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