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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: Ontari   
   30 Mar 24 12:49:18   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Ontario Islands   
      
   > 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   
      
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Grade 6 Science   
      
   > 1. What do the members of the phylum Chordata all have in common?   
      
   spinal cords   
      
   > 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?   
      
   parallel   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Tesla   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 9. Last month Japan's SLIM landed within its 100 m target range.   
   >    What unfortunately happened to the lander?   
      
   it fell over   
      
   > 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?   
      
   flaps   
      
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