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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCISG24 Game 1, Rounds 4,6: space     |
|    13 Sep 24 18:06:04    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > * Game 1, Round 4 - Science - Space Exploration       >       > 7. NEAR-Shoemaker was the first spacecraft to orbit and land on       > an asteroid. Which asteroid did it land on in 2001?              Ganymede              > * 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.              Syrup              > 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?              750              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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