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|    Lee Songee to Joshua Kreitzer    |
|    Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 8, Rounds 7-8: laws,    |
|    01 Sep 23 05:35:52    |
      From: songeelee144@gmail.com              On Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 1:48:57 AM UTC+1, Joshua Kreitzer wrote:       > On Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 12:31:05 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:        >        > > * Game 8, Round 7 - Science - Laws & Theorems        > >        > > 1. Newton's Second law of Motion is commonly stated as "*what        > > quantity* equals the product of mass and acceleration"?       > force       > > 2. What measure of disorder, denoted S, always increases within        > > a closed system according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics?       > entropy       > > 3. The orbit of a planet is an ellipse based around the sun.        > > This is the first of *which German astronomer's* laws of        > > planetary motion?       > Kepler       > > 4. The Pythagorean theorem is often presented as "a² + b² = c²".        > > In this formulation, c represents a line segment designated by        > > what 10n-letter word?       > hypotenuse       > > 5. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus lays out the relationship        > > between two operations on a function. One describes the slope        > > of the tangent to the function and the other calculates the        > > area under a curve. Name *either* operation.       > integration       > > 6. A chemistry law often presented as PV = nRT relates the pressure,        > > volume, number of moles, and temperature of *what class of        > > substances with a two-word name*?       > ideal gases       > > 7. The idea that any pair of conjugate quantities, like position        > > and momentum, cannot be simultaneously measured with exact        > > precision is a principle commonly named after which German        > > physicist?       > Heisenberg       > > 8. The No-Hair Theorem states that *which astronomical objects*        > > can be entirely characterized by their mass, charge, and        > > angular momentum? Katie Bouman's work was key to the creation        > > of a 2019 image of one of these objects.       > black hole       > > 9. In 1976, Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken used a computer to        > > prove that it takes a maximum of how many colors to color the        > > countries on a map so that no two adjacent countries share the        > > same color?       > 4       > > 10. A "thesis" jointly named for Alonzo Church and which legendary        > > British computer scientist effectively states that any problem        > > is computable if and only if it can be computed using one of        > > his namesake "machines"?       > Turing       > > * Game 8, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Cars with Star Billing        > >        > > Given a movie or TV show, identify the car that deserved its own        > > star billing. That means the model, not the individual car.        > >        > > 1. "Goldfinger".       > Aston Martin       > > 3. "Dukes of Hazzard".       > Dodge Challenger       > > 4. "Back to the Future".       > DeLorean       > > 5. "The Love Bug".       > Volkswagen Beetle        >        > --        > Joshua Kreitzer        > grom...@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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