From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 1:19:00 AM UTC-6, 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.    
      
   Chet Huntley   
      
   > 2. Oscar Hammerstein.    
      
   Richard Rodgers   
      
   > 3. Francis Crick.   
      
   James Watson   
       
   > 4. King William III.   
      
   Queen Mary II   
       
   > 5. Daryl Hall.   
      
   John Oates   
       
   > 6. Tommy Chong.    
      
   Cheech Marin   
      
   > 8. William Clark.   
      
   Lewis   
       
   > 9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.    
      
   Sacco   
      
   > 10. Jayne Torvill.    
      
   Dean   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions    
   >    
   > 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 clerk   
      
   > 4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia    
   > Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles    
   > of Natural Philosophy"?    
      
   Isaac Newton   
      
   > 5. What is the closest star to the Earth?    
      
   the 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 minutes   
      
   > 7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to    
   > the stomach and air to the lungs?    
      
   epiglottis   
      
   > 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.    
      
   75 miles per hour   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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