From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 9/11/2024 4:05 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 4 - Science - Space Exploration   
   >   
   > Questions about space exploration in our solar system.   
   >   
   > 1. SpaceX has pioneered rocket reusability with its Falcon 9 and   
   >     Falcon Heavy launch systems.  On April 23, 2024, SpaceX passed   
   >     a milestone for the number of successful booster landings.   
   >     What was this number?   
      
   50; 100   
      
   > 2. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) is planned to launch the   
   >     crew for the upcoming return to the moon.  What is the name of   
   >     this program?   
      
   Artemis   
      
   > 8. Osiris-Rex was a successful mission to the near-earth asteroid   
   >     Bennu.  What was the mission goal?   
      
   land on the asteroid   
      
   > 10. 2015 saw the first fly-by of Pluto by a space probe.  Name the   
   >     mission.   
      
   New Horizons   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 6 - History - Disasters   
   >   
   > And now for an uplifting History topic tonight -- disasters.   
   >   
   > 1. We'll start in Boston in 1919.  A large storage tank burst at   
   >     a distillery, sending a dense liquid rushing through the streets.   
   >     The spill killed 21 people and injured 150.  Name the spilled   
   >     liquid, which can be fermented to produce ethanol.   
      
   molasses   
      
   > 3. On 2004-12-26 a magnitude 9.1 earthquake killed an estimated   
   >     227,000 people across 14 countries -- mostly through the   
   >     resulting tsunamis up to 30 m high.  The epicenter was off the   
   >     west coast of which island?   
      
   Sumatra   
      
   > 4. Name the city in India where more than 3,800 people were killed   
   >     by a gas leak from a pesticide plant in 1984.   
      
   Bhopal   
      
   > 5. That plant in Bhopal was owned by a subsidiary of which American   
   >     chemical company?   
      
   Union Carbide   
      
   > 7. Within 50, how many people died in the 1917 Halifax Explosion?   
      
   2,000; 1,899   
      
   > 8. The deadliest industrial disaster in New York City took place   
   >     in 1911.  A factory fire in Greenwich Village killed 146 garment   
   >     workers -- thanks in part to the doors and exits being locked,   
   >     and there being no sprinklers in the building.  What was the   
   >     name of the company?   
      
   Triangle Shirtwaist Company   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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