From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 6, Round 7 - Science - A Trip to Best Buy   
      
   > 1. For about $120, you can buy this device that uses a thermal   
   >    "drop-on-demand" method.  Electrical pulses vaporize the solvent,   
   >    which then bubbles up and forces out a series of tiny droplets   
   >    in rapid succession.  What item are you buying?   
      
   3D printer   
      
   > 3. You need to replace your 5-disc Blu-ray Box set of the   
   >    "Twilight Saga" series (only $80, but you'll pay any price).   
   >    Curiously, Blu-ray is not really blue.  The laser diode emits   
   >    at 405 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum, while blue   
   >    is in the 450 to 490 range.  What color actually appears to   
   >    the human eye at 405 nm?   
      
   green   
      
   > 4. The LG 600 series (only $2,699.00) uses a copper coil to produce   
   >    an oscillating magnetic field.  This induces an electric   
   >    current when you introduce a ferrous metal.  The result is   
   >    resistive heating.  What is an LG 600?   
      
   induction stove   
      
   > 5. Most TVs display at 60 Hz, some now at 120 Hz; but the Hisense   
   >    65" UHD Smart TV offers a whopping 144 Hz so the hockey puck   
   >    will never blur.  What do these values measure?   
      
   refresh frequency   
      
   > 8. It's used more than any other desiccant, and it comes with   
   >    almost every cell phone you buy.  What's in those little packets   
   >    that invariably say "do not eat"?   
      
   silica gel   
      
   > 9. It was once cutting-edge, but it lost the TV tech wars.  It used   
   >    little gas pockets that when ionized became the fourth state   
   >    of matter -- hence the name.  What was it?   
      
   plasma display   
      
   > * Game 6, Round 8 - History - Mozart   
      
   > 1. The winner of the 1984 best picture Oscar starred Tom Hulse   
   >    as Mozart.  Name that movie.   
      
   Amadeus   
      
   > 2. The serenade "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" is one of Mozart's most   
   >    popular works.  Which Stephen Sondheim musical has a title that   
   >    translates that German phrase?   
      
   A Little Night Music   
      
   > 3. In what city or town was Mozart born?   
      
   Salzburg   
      
   > 4. Which Mozart opera, inspired by Freemasonry, was filmed by   
   >    Ingmar Bergman in 1975?  Answer in English.   
      
   The Magic Flute   
      
   > 5. Which Italian composer was the subject of unjustified suspicions   
   >    that he had poisoned Mozart?   
      
   Salieri   
      
   > 6. Mozart is buried in an unmarked grave in which city or town?   
      
   Vienna   
      
   > 8. Give any year in which Wolfgang Mozart was alive.   
      
   1780   
      
   > 9. In 1862 an attempt was made to number Mozart's works   
   >    chronologically.  These numbers are still used today.  Each   
   >    number is preceded by the same letter of the alphabet, the   
   >    initial of the creator of the catalogue.  What is that letter?   
      
   K   
      
   > 10. Some of Mozart's symphonies have names.  One of them is named   
   >    for which planet?   
      
   Venus; Mars   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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