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   Message 31,990 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: Ontari   
   30 Mar 24 03:02:21   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 3/29/2024 11:17 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario Islands   
   >   
   > 1. Gordon Lightfoot sang about Christian Island.  In what bay is   
   >     it located?   
      
   Hudson Bay; James Bay   
      
   > 6. What is the world's largest island in fresh water?   
      
   Manitoulin   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > 4. In our solar system, which planet has the longest day?   
      
   Venus   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Westinghouse   
      
   > 7. In Ontario, what do the plants dog-strangling vine, garlic   
   >     mustard, and tree of heaven have in common?   
      
   they are invasive species   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Bernoulli   
      
   > 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?   
      
   aileron   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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