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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   plate tectonics   
      
   > 3. Where two plates move toward each other, sometimes one plate   
   >    sinks beneath the other, creating effects underground that lead   
   >    to volcanoes and earthquakes -- for example, in many areas   
   >    around the Pacific Ocean.  What is the term for a zone where   
   >    plates move in this way?   
      
   subduction   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Himalayas   
      
   > 5. Okay, enough about .  Rocks are divided into three   
   >    basic types according to how they are formed.  How is an igneous   
   >    rock formed?   
      
   from solidified lava   
      
   > 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.   
      
   metamorphic   
      
   > 7. In some places, such as the side of a gorge, you will see   
   >    rock formations made up of visible layers.  If the layers   
   >    are not flat and horizontal, but form wavy curves, they were   
   >    affected by what process?   
      
   thrusting   
      
   > 9. If you have to identify a piece of rock, you can perform   
   >    various tests.  One of them is to hit it with a hammer and   
   >    see whether it breaks along a plane, rather than irregularly.   
   >    If it does break along a plane, what's that called?   
      
   cleavage   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Mohs   
      
   > * 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 and 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?   
      
   Portugal   
      
   > 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?   
      
   1919   
      
   > 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.   
      
   be elected president of France   
      
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