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   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-11,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers   
   > and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may   
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation   
   > of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   > 2. When a micropohone captures ambient sound and a wave is produced   
   >     with the same amplitude but with an inverted phase, the result is   
   >     what engineers might call "destructive interference".  What do   
   >     Apple Airpod Max and other high-end headphone manufacturers   
   >     call it?  Give the full 3-word name or the usual abreviation.   
      
   Noise cancelling technology   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Red   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Hot plate   
      
   >   
   > 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 rate   
      
   >   
   > 6. The Dyson HP07 air purifier ($699.99) uses activated carbon   
   >     to effectively capture all sorts of airborne matter.  While it   
   >     appears to absorb these molecules and particles, they actually   
   >     get attached to the outside surface of the activated carbon   
   >     filter, not absorbed.  What is the correct term for this?   
   >   
   > 7. The Samsung 17.5 cubic ft. refrigerator sells for $1,599.99.   
   >     It uses the refrigerant R600a, one of the most environmentally   
   >     friendly refrigerants in use.  It's a hydrocarbon with formula   
   >     C4H10.  What is it commonly known as?   
   >   
   > 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"?   
   >   
   > 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 screen HDTV   
      
   >   
   > 10. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the   
   >     previous questions.  Fnzfhat vf fryyvat guvf cebqhpg sbe $190.75.   
   >     Vg'f 85% gb 95% cbylrfgre.  Gur erznvaqre pbagnvaf cbylcebclyrar   
   >     jnk (sbe yhoevpngvba), svar fbbg (sbe fgeratgu), naq shzrq fvyvpn   
   >     (gb cerirag pyhzcvat).  Jung'f gur cebqhpg?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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   
      
   >   
   > 7. Which work, left unfinished at Mozart's death, was completed   
   >     the following year by Franz Süssmayr?   
      
   Requiem   
      
   >   
   > 8. Give any year in which Wolfgang Mozart was alive.   
      
   1756   
      
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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