From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 11/27/23 23:18, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One   
   >   
   > We name one of a pair of people who are more famous as a pair than   
   > individually; you name the other.  For example, we say Orville   
   > Wright, and you say Wilbur Wright.  None of the ones we'll ask   
   > about will be brothers, though.   
   >   
   > 1. David Brinkley.   
      
   Huntley   
      
   > 2. Oscar Hammerstein.   
      
   Rodgers   
      
   > 3. Francis Crick.   
      
   Watson   
      
   > 4. King William III.   
      
   Queen Mary II   
      
   > 5. Daryl Hall.   
      
   Oates   
      
   > 6. Tommy Chong.   
      
   Cheech   
      
   > 7. Sergey Brin.   
      
   Page   
      
   > 8. William Clark.   
      
   Meriwether Lewis   
      
   > 9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.   
      
   Sacco   
      
   > 10. Jayne Torvill.   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
      
   taller   
      
   >   
   > 2. What creature takes its name from the Afrikaans for "earth pig"?   
      
   aardvark   
      
   >   
   > 3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly   
   >     changed the science of physics.  How was he employed at the time?   
      
   patent examiner at the 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?   
      
   Sun   
      
   >   
   > 6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to   
   >     the Earth?  Answer within 20% of the true number.   
      
   8.3 minutes   
      
   >   
   > 7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to   
   >     the stomach and air to the lungs?   
      
   esophagus   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   140 km/hour   
      
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