From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Hard Questions   
   >   
   > You can't complain about the hardness of the round when all the   
   > questions are about the scientific principle of hardness!   
   >   
   > 1. You probably already know that the Mohs scale is a qualitative   
   >    scientific scale used to determine relative hardness of   
   >    materials.  What test was used to place minerals on the scale?   
      
   Which mineral scratches which.   
      
   > 2. What is the highest-rated mineral on the Mohs scale?   
      
   Diamond   
      
   > 3. What is the lowest-rated mineral on the Mohs scale?   
      
   Cotton   
      
   > 4. The 2nd-lowest rated minerals on the Mohs scale is gypsum.   
   >    What is the primary industrial use of gypsum?   
      
   Building material.   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge - The War of the Roses   
   >   
   > * F. The Actual War of the Roses   
      
   Usually referred to The Wars of the Roses, I believe.   
      
   >    F1. The War of the Roses was fought between the House of   
   >        Lancaster and the House of York. Both of these houses were   
   >        "cadet houses" of which royal house?   
      
   Plantagenet.   
      
   >    F2. Which English king is considered to have definitively ended   
   >        the War of the Roses in 1487?   
      
   Henry VII   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)