From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 9, Round 7 - History - November 11   
   >   
   > While perhaps not as important as what occurred in 1918, here are   
   > 10 questions about *other* events on November 11 across the years.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Ukraine   
      
   > 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?   
      
   India   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Same-sex marriage   
      
   > 4. On 1675-11-11, German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz   
   >    demonstrated integral calculus, independently of whose   
   >    discoveries?   
      
   Gauss   
      
   > 5. On 1572-11-11, this Danish astronomer observed the supernova   
   >    SN 1572, now named for him.   
      
   Brahe   
      
   > 7. On 1923-11-11, this person was arrested in Munich for treason   
   >    against the German government.   
      
   Adolf Hitler   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 8 - Science - Les Inventions Françaises   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Liver   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Camera obscura   
      
   > 6. George Claude first demonstrated what lighting method in 1910?   
   >    It became iconic throughout the 20th century.   
      
   Neon lilght   
      
   > 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 Émile Gagnan,   
   >    and what man, a naval lieutenant at the time?   
      
   Jacques Costeau   
      
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