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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 7 - History - November 11   
      
   > 1. November 11 is celebrated as Independence Day in two countries.   
   >    One is a European country which first celebrated its independence   
   >    in 1918; the other is an African country which first celebrated   
   >    it in 1975.  Name *either* country.   
      
   Albania; Angola   
      
   > 2. On 1975-11-11, what Commonwealth country experienced a   
   >    constitutional crisis when the Governor-General dismissed the   
   >    sitting government and appointed a new one?   
      
   Australia   
      
   > 3. In a hugely significant move, on 1992-11-11, the General Synod of   
   >    the Church of England voted to allow what for the first time   
   >    ever?   
      
   ordination of women   
      
   > 4. On 1675-11-11, German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz   
   >    demonstrated integral calculus, independently of whose   
   >    discoveries?   
      
   Newton   
      
   > 5. On 1572-11-11, this Danish astronomer observed the supernova   
   >    SN 1572, now named for him.   
      
   Brahe   
      
   > 6. On 1880-11-11, this bush ranger was hanged at Melbourne Gaol.   
      
   Kelly   
      
   > 7. On 1923-11-11, this person was arrested in Munich for treason   
   >    against the German government.   
      
   Hitler   
      
   > 8. On 1831-11-11, this man was executed following his capture after   
   >    leading a 4-day rebellion of black people, both slaves and free,   
   >    in Virginia.   
      
   Turner   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 8 - Science - Les Inventions Fran?aises   
      
   > 2. French surgeon Bernard Devauchelle is best known for successfully   
   >    completing, in November 2005, the first partial transplant of   
   >    what part of the human anatomy?   
      
   lung   
      
      
   > 4. In 1884, Paul Vieille invented a new type of gunpowder called   
   >    Poudre B, made from nitrocellulose.  What was the primary   
   >    attribute of Poudre B that made it important?   
      
   it burned without smoke   
      
   > 5. Name the first publicly available photographic process,   
   >    introduced in France in 1839, and widely used during the 1840s   
   >    and 1850s.  The word also refers to an image created through   
   >    this process.   
      
   daguerrotype   
      
   > 6. George Claude first demonstrated what lighting method in 1910?   
   >    It became iconic throughout the 20th century.   
      
   fluorescent   
      
   > 8. The aqualung was the first self-contained underwater breathing   
   >    apparatus (or "scuba") to achieve worldwide popularity and   
   >    commercial success.  It was invented in France during the   
   >    winter of 1942--43 by two Frenchmen: engineer ?mile Gagnan,   
   >    and what man, a naval lieutenant at the time?   
      
   Cousteau   
      
   > 10. Hippolyte M?ge-Mouri?s invented "oleomargarine" in 1869 after   
   >    Napoleon III issued a challenge to create a butter substitute.   
   >    What was the principal raw material in the original, non-vegan   
   >    formulation of margarine?   
      
   chicken fat   
      
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