From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 6, Round 7 - Entertainment - Fictional Schools   
   > 7. Springfield Elementary, 1989, TV.   
      
   Simpsons   
      
   > * Game 6, Round 8 - Science - Natural Optical Phenomena   
   >   
   > 1. There are separate Latin phrases referring to the Northern and   
   >    Southern Lights, but what Latin *phrase* can be used to include   
   >    both of them?   
      
   Aura borealis   
      
   > 2. This phenomenon appears as colored spots of light that   
   >    develop due to the refraction of light through ice crystals.   
   >    They are located approximately 22° either to the left, right,   
   >    or on both sides, from the Sun, depending on where the ice   
   >    crystals are present.  What is this phenomenon called?   
      
   Halo   
      
   > 4. Rainbows are usually only visible to a human observer when the   
   >    Sun is only part way up in the sky above the horizon.  It must   
   >    be within what angle of the horizon for rainbows to appear?   
      
   30°   
      
   > 6. This phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes directly between   
   >    the Earth and the Sun, temporarily blocking the Sun's light.   
   >    What is this phenomenon called?   
      
   Eclipse   
      
   > 7. This phenomenon appears as a ring of light that forms around   
   >    the Sun or Moon as the sunlight or moonlight refracts off   
   >    ice crystals present in a thin veil of cirrus clouds.  It is   
   >    usually seen as a bright, white ring, although sometimes it   
   >    can have color.  What is this phenomenon called?   
      
   Halo   
      
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