From: esquel@sommarskog.se
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 6, Round 4 - Science - Geology
>
> 1. In 1915 Alfred Wegener ["VAY-ghen-er"] proposed that, over
> long time periods, continents had somehow drifted from one
> place on the Earth to another, but nobody believed it because
> nobody could imagine how it was possible. Things changed about
> 50 years later when it was realized that only the upper layers
> of the planet need to move, and in fact they are divided into
> a set of about 20 "plates" that move independently. What is
> the theory related to this concept called?
Continental drift
> 4. Where two plates move toward each other and does
> not happen or is incomplete, mountains are formed. What is
> the highest mountain range of this type?
Himalaya
> 6. A second type of rock is sedimentary, which as the name implies
> is formed from an accumulation of sediments, such as on the
> seabed. But there is also a third basic type of rock besides
> igneous and sedimentary. *Either* tell what it's called, *or*
> how it's formed.
Basalt
> 10. Another test is to see how hard it is. *Either* name the
> scale on which the hardness can be reported numerically,
> *or* tell what is the reliable way to compare the hardness of
> two rocks.
Try to scratch one rock by the other. The hard rock will scratch the
softer, but not vice versa.
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Miscellaneous, but mostly History - Monarchies
>
> 1. In some countries monarchies come and go. In England, for
> example, in 1649 Parliament passed an "Act for Abolishing the
> Kingly Office", but in 1660 they essentially declared that that
> had never happened. Name *both* the king who was deposed in
> 1649 and his successor who resumed the throne. Name and number
> required in each case, if applicable.
Charles I & Charles II
> 2. Another country similarly abolished their monarchy in 1792,
> but at the time it didn't stick, and they had a king again
> by 1814. Today the country is a republic again. What country?
France
> 3. In still another country, their monarchy was first abolished
> in 1873, but restored the next year, then abolished again
> in 1931. A law of 1947 officially made the place a kingdom
> again, but they didn't actually get a monarch until 1975.
> They still have one now. What country?
Spain
> 4. In still another country, the question of whether or not it
> should be a monarchy was decided by referendum no less than six
> times in the 20th century -- with the successive answers Yes,
> No, Yes, Yes, No, No. The last of those decisions, in 1974,
> is still in effect. What country?
Greece
> 5. Another country where their monarchy was abolished by referendum
> was Italy. In what year, within 1?
1946
> 6. In what year was the monarchy overthrown in Russia?
1917
> 7. In what year was the monarchy abolished in Germany?
1918
> 8. This country's monarchy was overthrown in 1893 by people who
> were seeking to become a US territory. What country?
Hawaii
> 9. Of the countries that still have a monarch today, there are two
> where he's not called a king, but a prince. Name either country.
Monaco
> 10. In Andorra they don't have a prince, they have two co-princes
> who rank equally; so instead of a monarchy, their system is
> a diarchy. Name either of the two ways you can get to become
> a co-prince of Andorra.
President of France or Bishop of La Seu de Urgell
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