From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 7, Round 7 - Geography Science - As the World Churns   
   >   
   > 5. 13,000 years ago, glacial Lake Missoula broke through an ice   
   >    dam and released over 10 km³ of water per hour, carving out   
   >    a new landscape.  Remnants of this phenomenon can be seen   
   >    in the Channeled Scablands, and the Quincy and Pasco Basins.   
   >    Name *any one* of the modern-day US states where this happened.   
      
   North Dakota   
      
   > 6. The Afar Region sits on some very shaky ground.  It's the meeting   
   >    point of the Arabian tectonic plate and the African plate,   
   >    which itself is splitting into two.  In which country is the   
   >    Afar Valley?   
      
   Djibouti   
      
   > 7. As the glaciers receded, the land, relieved of this tremendous   
   >    pressure, started to "bounce back" and continues to this   
   >    day -- in some places at the rate of 1 cm/year.  Apparently,   
   >    Finland's square footage increases significantly every year   
   >    because of this.  What is the name of this phenomenon?   
      
   Land raise.   
      
   At least that is how we refer to it over here.   
      
   > 9. In the Amazon, valuable soil nutrients such as phosphorus   
   >    are washed away by tropical storms.  Fortunately, the supply   
   >    of nutrients is replenished by 22,000 tons of sand blown in   
   >    from what unlikely source?   
      
   Sahara   
      
   > 10. Monsoons can bring torrential rainfall and flooding.  They   
   >    are associated with north-south shifts of the Intertropical   
   >    Convergence Zone -- where the northeast and southeast trade winds   
   >    converge.  Oddly, the ICZ is known more commonly by another name   
   >    because of its usual lack of winds.  What is that common name?   
      
   Doldrums   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 8 - History - 1924   
   >   
   > This category is about people, places, and events in 1924.   
   >   
   > 1. Which major sporting event took place in 1924 for the first time?   
      
   Winter Olympics   
      
   > 2. Which Finnish runner won both the 1,500 m and 5,000 m races   
   >    within 2 hours at the Summer Olympics?   
      
   Paavo Nurmi   
      
   > 4. Which country made it compulsory to vote in federal elections?   
      
   Australia   
      
   > 5. In which Canadian province did driving switch from the left   
   >    side of the road to the right?   
      
   British Columbia   
      
   > 6. Which musical composition by George Gershwin had its debut?   
      
   Rhapsody in Blue   
      
   > 7. The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was renamed -- to what?   
      
   International Business Machines   
      
   > 8. Who was sentenced to prison for his role in an attempted coup?   
      
   Adolf Hitler   
      
   > 9. The National Hockey League expanded south of the border for the   
   >    first time.  What was the NHL's first US franchise?  (Team name   
   >    or city.)   
      
   New York   
      
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