From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 3/29/24 21:17, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario Islands   
   >   
   > 1. Gordon Lightfoot sang about Christian Island.  In what bay is   
   >     it located?   
   >   
   > 2. In 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie captured Navy Island and   
   >     proclaimed the Republic of Canada there.  In what river would   
   >     you find this island?   
      
   Don River   
      
   >   
   > 3. Olympic, an island only 1.2 km long, is in which lake?   
   >   
   > 4. The second-largest island in Lake Huron is located near Sault   
   >     Ste. Marie.  For which saint is this island named?   
   >   
   > 5. Name the largest island in Lake Erie.  Hint: it has a winery   
   >     named after it.   
   >   
   > 6. What is the world's largest island in fresh water?   
      
   Manitoulin   
      
   >   
   > 7. Georgina, an Ojibway reserve, is the largest island in which   
   >     lake?   
      
   Huron   
      
   >   
   > 8. The largest of the Thousand Islands is home to an extensive   
   >     wind farm.  Name the island.   
   >   
   > 9. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finihsed with   
   >     the previous question.   Guvf Ynxr Bagnevb vfynaq, 20 xz ybat,   
   >     vf freirq ol n pne sreel ehaavat sebz Zvyunira ba gur znvaynaq   
   >     gb gur pbzzhavgl bs Fgryyn.  Gur vfynaq'f anzr ubabef nabgure   
   >     Oevgvfu trareny bs gur Frira Lrnef Jne.  Jung vf gung anzr?   
      
   Wolfe   
      
   >   
   > 10. Middle Island, 18.5 hectares, belongs to Parks Canada and is   
   >     home to double-crested cormorants.  In what lake would you   
   >     find it?   
      
   Erie   
      
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   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Grade 6 Science   
   >   
   > The 4 strands of Grade 6 science in Ontario schools are Space,   
   > Electricity, Flight, and Biodiversity.  Here are a variety of   
   > questions from those topics.   
   >   
   > 1. What do the members of the phylum Chordata all have in common?   
      
   spinal cord   
      
   >   
   > 2. It has been 17 days since the new moon that brought in the year   
   >     of the dragon.  What is today's moon phase?  (Two words   
   >     required.)   
      
   waning gibbous   
      
   >   
   > 3. Traditional Christmas-tree lights are on a circuit that does   
   >     not light up if one the bulbs is burnt out.  Most lighting in   
   >     homes doesn't have this problem.  What kind of circuit is used   
   >     for it?   
      
   series   
      
   >   
   > 4. In our solar system, which planet has the longest day?   
      
   Venus   
      
   >   
   > 5. What profession do Jeremy Hansen, David Saint-Jacques, Joshua   
   >     Kutryk, and Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons have in common?   
   >   
   > 6. In the 1880s, there was a "war of currents" about whether AC   
   >     or DC should be used.  This involved Thomas Edison on the DC   
   >     side, and who else?   
      
   Nikola Tesla   
      
   >   
   > 7. In Ontario, what do the plants dog-strangling vine, garlic   
   >     mustard, and tree of heaven have in common?   
      
   invasive   
      
   >   
   > 8. What scientist's principle explains the reason for the different   
   >     air pressure above and below a curved wing that allows for lift   
   >     to take place?   
      
   Bernouli   
      
   >   
   > 9. Last month Japan's SLIM landed within its 100 m target range.   
   >     What unfortunately happened to the lander?   
      
   landed upside down   
      
   >   
   > 10. What do you call the hinged flight control surface, usually   
   >     forming part of the trailing edge of the wing of a plane,   
   >     and used in pairs to control roll?   
      
   flap   
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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