From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 4/25/2024 4:35 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 6, Round 7 - Science - A Trip to Best Buy   
   >   
   > All questions are inspired by merchandise found at 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?   
      
   humidifier   
      
   > 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   
      
      
   > 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?   
      
   times the screen refreshes per second   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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 TV   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Jupiter   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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