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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - History of the Earth   
      
   > 1. The first 3 eons of geologic time, the Hadean ["Hay-DEE-an"],   
   >    Archean ["ar-KEY-an"], and Proterozoic ["pro-ter-oh-ZOH-ik"],   
   >    make up the Precambrian super-eon.  We are currently in the   
   >    Phanerozoic ["FAN-er-oh-ZOH-ik"] eon, which is divided into   
   >    three eras.  Name *any one* of those eras.   
      
   Cenozoic   
      
   > 2. Please decode the rot13 for questions #2-3 only after you have   
   >    finished with #1.  Gur Zrfbmbvp ren (sebz 252 gb 66 zvyyvba lrnef   
   >    ntb) jnf gur gvzr bs gur qvabfnhef.  Guvf ren vf fhoqvivqrq vagb   
   >    guerr crevbqf.  Gur zvqqyr crevbq vf gur Whenffvp.  Anzr *rvgure   
   >    bs gur bgure gjb crevbqf* va gur Zrfbmbvp.   
      
   Triassic   
      
   > 3. Zbfg bs gur jbeyq'f pbny qrcbfvgf jrer sbezrq qhevat gur yngre   
   >    cneg bs n crevbq va gur Cnyrbmbvp, sebz nccebkvzngryl 360 gb   
   >    300 zvyyvba lrnef ntb.  Anzr guvf crevbq.   
      
   Carboniferous   
      
   > 4. This event began approximately 539 million years ago,   
   >    and is estimated to have lasted only 10 to 25 million years.   
   >    During this period, almost all animal phyla known today appeared   
   >    in the fossil record.  Name the event.   
      
   Cambrian explosion   
      
   > 5. This fossil-bearing rock unit is found in the Rockies in BC,   
   >    with outcrops in Yoho and Kootenay National Parks.  Dated to   
   >    508 million years old, this unit contains a vast number of   
   >    fossils of diverse and bizarre organisms that give a picture   
   >    of early marine life.  Name this rock unit.   
      
   Burgess Shale   
      
   > 6. Not long after the Earth formed, it is hypothesized that it   
   >    collided with a Mars-sized body named Theia ["THAY-ah"].   
   >    What was the result of this collision?   
      
   the Moon   
      
   > 7. Many of these events have happened throughout the prehistory of   
   >    the Earth, but the five most significant happened at approximately   
   >    440, 365, 250, 210, and 65 million years ago.  What are these   
   >    events?   
      
   mass extinctions   
      
   > 8. A number of supercontinents have formed and broken apart during   
   >    the Earth's history.  The most recent supercontinent formed   
   >    approximately 335 million years ago, and began to break apart   
   >    about 200 million years ago.  Name this supercontinent.   
      
   Pangaea   
      
   > 9. The theory of plate tectonics was not fully formulated until   
   >    the mid-1960s.  One of the early precursors to the full theory   
   >    was the theory of continental drift, first proposed in 1912   
   >    *by who*?   
      
   Wegener   
      
   > 10. In 2024 the International Union of Geological Sciences formally   
   >    rejected the inclusion of a new epoch on the geologic time   
   >    scale.  This proposed epoch dated to the estimated beginning   
   >    of significant human impact on the Earth.  What was the name   
   >    of this proposed epoch?   
      
   Anthopocene   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Top Officials   
      
   > 4. Antonio Guterres (international).   
      
   United Nations   
      
   > 5. Christopher Wray (USA).   
      
   FBI   
      
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