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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCI23 Game 5, Rounds 7-8: the othe    |
|    28 Nov 23 20:16:40    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > * Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One       >       > 4. King William III.              Queen Mary II              > 5. Daryl Hall.              Oates              > * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions       >       > 1. Astronauts who just returned to Earth after some time in space       > look visibly different than before. How?              They have a sun tan.              > 3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly       > changed the science of physics. How was he employed at the time?              Swiss Patent Office              > 4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia       > Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles       > of Natural Philosophy"?              Newton              > 5. What is the closest star to the Earth?              Proxima Centauri              > 6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to       > the Earth? Answer within 20% of the true number.              Eight minutes              > 7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to       > the stomach and air to the lungs?              Throat              > 8. On the pH scale, what number represents neutral, i.e. neither       > acid nor alkaline?              7              > 9. At the current level of humidity, what do we call the temperature       > at which water vapor would condense out of the air?              Dew point              > 10. At what sustained wind speed is a tropical storm promoted to       > the status of hurricane? Answer within 10% of the true number.              32 m/s              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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