From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-07-22,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin', and are   
   > used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - History of the Earth   
   >   
   > This round will look at the history, or rather prehistory, of the   
   > Earth on the geologic time scale.  Topics may also include geology,   
   > biology, and our general understanding of the Earth.  For reference,   
   > the geologic time scale is generally divided into epochs, periods,   
   > eras, and eons -- in increasing order of duration.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Paleozoic   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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 extinction   
      
   >   
   > 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*?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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   
      
   > 2. Kristalina Georgieva (international).   
      
   EU   
      
   > 3. Ursula von der Leyen (international).   
      
   EU   
      
   > 4. Antonio Guterres (international).   
      
   United Nations   
      
   > 5. Christopher Wray (USA).   
      
   FBI   
      
   > 6. Jerome Powell (USA).   
      
   Federal Reserve   
      
   > 7. Marit Stiles (Canada).   
   > 8. Elizabeth May (Canada).   
   > 9. Tiff Macklem (Canada).   
   > 10. Richard Wagner ["vahg-NAIR"] (Canada).   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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