From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 2:19:00 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have    
   > been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of    
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting    
   > of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24    
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition    
   > (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > I wrote one of these rounds.    
   >    
   >    
   > * 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.    
      
   john oates   
      
   > 6. Tommy Chong.    
      
   cheech marin   
      
   > 7. Sergey Brin.    
      
   larry page   
      
   > 8. William Clark.    
      
   merriweather lewis   
      
   > 9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.    
      
   nicola sacco   
      
   > 10. Jayne Torvill.    
      
   chris dean   
      
   >    
   >    
   > * 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 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.    
      
   eight 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?    
      
   seven   
      
   > 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   
      
   > --    
   > Mark Brader, Toronto | "The time to make up your mind about people    
   > m...@vex.net | is never." --The Philadelphia Story    
   >    
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   swp   
      
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