From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Nerdy Hobbies   
      
   > 1. Designing and wearing outfits based on characters from anime,   
   >    comics, and movies.   
      
   cosplay   
      
   > 2. Finding hidden markers in the wilderness with only GPS   
   >    coordinates as your guide.   
      
   geocaching   
      
   > 4. Programming interfaces and playing old video games (including   
   >    both arcade games and home-console games) from earlier decades   
   >    on modern computers.   
      
   emulating   
      
   > 5. It's like Dungeons & Dragons, except instead of having character   
   >    sheets and playing at a kitchen table, you're out in the woods   
   >    doing it sort-of-for-real with weapons made of foam.   
      
   LARPing (live action roleplaying)   
      
   > 6. It's like , except instead of pretending to be fantasy   
   >    warriors and wizards, you're pretending to be real people from   
   >    actual history, often soldiers in battles.   
      
   reenactment   
      
   > 7. Models of which type of animal are made by, among others,   
   >    Breyer, Schleich, Copperfox, and Beswick?   
      
   horse   
      
   > 8. Models of this type are sold unconstructed and the hobby,   
   >    known by fans as "gunpla" ["gun-PLAH"] for one of the major   
   >    manufacturers, involves the building and painting of them as   
   >    well as the collecting.  Brands include Gundam, Armored Core,   
   >    Macross, and Evangelion.   
      
   mecha   
      
   > 9. A classic collection choice, companies making these models   
   >    include Atlas, Marklin, Lionel, and Bachmann, among many others.   
      
   trains   
      
   > 10. These models are released at scales between 1:64 and 1:23,   
   >    and major manufacturers include Jada, Kinsmart, Majorette,   
   >    Greenlight, as well as the two biggest manufacturers, which   
   >    we won't name because the question would be far too easy.   
   >    Models of what?   
      
   soldiers   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 5 - Audio - Oscar-Winning Movie Scores   
      
   > 1. Alan Menken, 1991.   
      
   The Little Mermaid   
      
   > 7. Jerry Goldsmith, 1976.   
      
   Close Encounters of the Third Kind   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 6 - Science - Pretty Flowers   
      
   > 1. Peony.   
      
   11   
      
   > 2. Dahlia.   
      
   3; 17   
      
   > 3. Zinnia.   
      
   18; 17   
      
   > 4. Hyacinth.   
      
   8; 4   
      
   > 5. Hydrangea.   
      
   10   
      
   > 6. Calla lily.   
      
   1   
      
   > 7. Sweet William.   
      
   2; 3   
      
   > 8. Chrysanthemum.   
      
   9   
      
   > 9. African violet.   
      
   5   
      
   > 10. Queen Anne's lace.   
      
   13   
      
   > If you like, decode the rot13 to see the flowers for the 8 decoys   
   > and answer for them for fun, but for no points.   
      
   These were not rot13ed.   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
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