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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 2, Rounds 7-8: angles a   
   20 Oct 23 22:27:13   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 7 - Science - Angles in Geometry   
      
   > 1. The little square symbol at point B indicates that lines AB   
   >    and BC form a right angle.  Therefore, in a single word, these   
   >    two lines are what?   
      
   perpendicular   
      
   > 2. Lines BC and DE are what?   
      
   parallel   
      
   > 3. A right angle equals how many radians?   
      
   pi/2   
      
   > 4. For the next few questions we will ask "which one" of the   
   >    lettered angles meets some requirement.  Despite this wording,   
   >    in some cases more than one answer is correct.  And answers may   
   >    repeat, so don't cross them off your diagram.  Now, which one   
   >    of the lettered angles is an external angle of the triangle ABC?   
      
   w   
      
   > 5. Angle v and which one of the lettered angles are complementary?   
      
   u   
      
   > 6. Angle v and which one of the lettered angles are supplementary?   
      
   w   
      
   > 7. Which one of the lettered angles is acute?   
      
   v   
      
   > 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with the   
   >    previous question.  Natyrf j naq m ner abg nphgr; gurl ner   
   >    jung glcr?   
      
   obtuse   
      
   > 10. Triangles ABC and ADE are not the same size, but their   
   >    corresponding angles are equal, making them the same shape.   
   >    In geometrical terms they are what?   
      
   similar   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 8 - Sports - Numbers   
      
   > 1. Tom Brady.   
      
   12   
      
   > 2. Kobe Bryant.   
      
   8   
      
   > 3. Mickey Mantle.   
      
   7; 3   
      
   > 4. Maurice Richard.   
      
   1   
      
   > 8. Pele.   
      
   10   
      
   > 9. Wilt Chamberlain.   
      
   2; 13   
      
   > 10. Babe Ruth.   
      
   3; 7   
      
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