From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * 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.   
      
   Tertian   
      
   > 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 oceans   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Collision with asteroids   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Pangea   
      
   > 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*?   
      
   Einstein   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Antropocen   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Top Officials   
   >   
   > In this round, we'll give you the names of 10 people who lead   
   > some important organization.  We'll tell you the country where it   
   > operates, or if it's internetional, and in each case you must name   
   > the organization.   
   >   
   > 1. Jens Stoltenberg (international).   
      
   NATO   
      
   (He has now left office, and his chair is held by Mark Rutte.)   
      
   > 2. Kristalina Georgieva (international).   
      
   World Bank   
      
   > 3. Ursula von der Leyen (international).   
      
   European Union   
      
   > 4. Antonio Guterres (international).   
      
   United Nations   
      
   > 6. Jerome Powell (USA).   
      
   FED   
      
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