- QFTCISG Game 9, Rounds 9-10: landforms, black Friday - 12 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 11 04:00AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? wind erosion > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? meteorites hitting the ground > as rift valleys found between highlands or mountain ranges. > What is the adjective used for this, from the Greek words for > "pertaining to building"? orogeny > 4. Coastal and oceanic landforms can include island groups or > clusters of small scattered islands. What is the name used > for this, from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"? archipelago > 6. Fluvial landforms include a U-shaped body of water that forms > when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, > leaving it free-standing. Name it. oxbow lake > slope landforms. Well-known examples include the ones found in > Cappadocia ["ka-pa-DOKE-ee-ia"], and in Bryce Canyon National > Park, Utah. chimney > 9. An erosion landform, a dry creek that may fill seasonally with > rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic > world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? coulee > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with > sinkholes and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble > rocks. Name one of the main types of rock that this could be. limestone > schemes to prevent his ex-wife, who is also his star > reporter, from quitting the paper and getting married. > Name either the lead actor or the lead actress. Russell > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its > broad international nature? pandemic > Name *either* of the others. In one the lymph nodes swell; > in the other the victim experiences shortness of breath, > cough, and chest pain. bubonic > D2. In 1718 Blackbeard blockaded a port for a week or so, > holding a ship ransom until he obtained medical supplies. > The port city is now part of the United States; name it. St Augustine > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Moldova > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Georgia > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 11 01:36PM Mark Brader wrote: > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? Meteorites hitting the Earth > as rift valleys found between highlands or mountain ranges. > What is the adjective used for this, from the Greek words for > "pertaining to building"? Tectonic > 4. Coastal and oceanic landforms can include island groups or > clusters of small scattered islands. What is the name used > for this, from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"? Archipelago > 6. Fluvial landforms include a U-shaped body of water that forms > when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, > leaving it free-standing. Name it. Oxbow lake > 7. Devils Tower in Wyoming, made more famous by the movie "Close > Encounters of the Third Kind" is an example of which type of > erosion landform? Stack > 9. An erosion landform, a dry creek that may fill seasonally with > rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic > world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? Canyon > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its > broad international nature? Pandemic > Name either of the others. In one the lymph nodes swell; > in the other the victim experiences shortness of breath, > cough, and chest pain. Bubonic > * D. Black Beard > D1. What was Blackbeard's real name? Edward Teach > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Kazakhstan > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Uzbekistan > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday (or technically sunset Friday to sunset Saturday) > also called the Salah al-Jum'ah, or Jumah. What is the > post-midday prayer that is performed the other 6 days a > week called? Peter Smyth |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 11 01:39PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:7sidnXUYS6q6gcrHnZ2dnUU7- > slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? wind > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? meteorites > 6. Fluvial landforms include a U-shaped body of water that forms > when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, > leaving it free-standing. Name it. bow lake > 9. An erosion landform, a dry creek that may fill seasonally with > rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic > world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? wash > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with > sinkholes and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble > rocks. Name one of the main types of rock that this could be. sedimentary > * A. Friday Movies > A1. In a 2003 movie, Lindsey Lohan exchanges personalities with > her mom. Name the movie. "Freaky Friday" > * B. Friday Characters > B1. In the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child", who is fair of face, > what is said of Friday's child? loving and giving > island with two prisoners, whom the narrator and Friday feel > compelled to liberate, attacking the cannibals to do so. > One is a Spaniard, but who is the other? a telemarketer > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its > broad international nature? pandemic > * D. Black Beard > D1. What was Blackbeard's real name? Edmund Teach > D2. In 1718 Blackbeard blockaded a port for a week or so, > holding a ship ransom until he obtained medical supplies. > The port city is now part of the United States; name it. Charleston; New Orleans > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Moldova > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Georgia > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 11 02:56PM > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Science - Geological Landforms > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? wind > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? meteorites > as rift valleys found between highlands or mountain ranges. > What is the adjective used for this, from the Greek words for > "pertaining to building"? tectonic > 5. Staying with this landform, when a sea cave grows landwards and > upwards, it can create an opening on the surface through which > it blasts water. What do we call this opening? vent > 6. Fluvial landforms include a U-shaped body of water that forms > when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, > leaving it free-standing. Name it. oxbow lake > 7. Devils Tower in Wyoming, made more famous by the movie "Close > Encounters of the Third Kind" is an example of which type of > erosion landform? mesa > 9. An erosion landform, a dry creek that may fill seasonally with > rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic > world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? wash > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with > sinkholes and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble > rocks. Name one of the main types of rock that this could be. limestone > * A. Friday Movies > A1. In a 2003 movie, Lindsey Lohan exchanges personalities with > her mom. Name the movie. Freaky Friday > schemes to prevent his ex-wife, who is also his star > reporter, from quitting the paper and getting married. > Name either the lead actor or the lead actress. Cary Grant > * B. Friday Characters > B1. In the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child", who is fair of face, > what is said of Friday's child? cause of strife > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its > broad international nature? pandemic > Name *either* of the others. In one the lymph nodes swell; > in the other the victim experiences shortness of breath, > cough, and chest pain. bubonic > * D. Black Beard > D1. What was Blackbeard's real name? Teach > D2. In 1718 Blackbeard blockaded a port for a week or so, > holding a ship ransom until he obtained medical supplies. > The port city is now part of the United States; name it. St. Petersburg; San Juan > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Azerbaijan; Armenia > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Azerbaijan; Armenia > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jan 11 04:00PM On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 02:11:19 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? Wind driven erosion > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? tectonic plate collision > 4. Coastal and oceanic landforms can include island groups or > clusters of small scattered islands. What is the name used for this, > from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"? archipelagos > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes > and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble rocks. Name > one of the main types of rock that this could be. limestone > * B. Friday Characters > B1. In the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child", who is fair of face, > what is said of Friday's child? loving and giving > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its broad > international nature? pandemic > chest pain. > * D. Black Beard > D1. What was Blackbeard's real name? Edward Teach > D2. In 1718 Blackbeard blockaded a port for a week or so, > holding a ship ransom until he obtained medical supplies. The > port city is now part of the United States; name it. Charleston, SC > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Georgia > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy day > for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 11 12:37PM -0600 In article <7sidnXUYS6q6gcrHnZ2dnUU7-XXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? wind > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? meteors > as rift valleys found between highlands or mountain ranges. > What is the adjective used for this, from the Greek words for > "pertaining to building"? tectonic > 4. Coastal and oceanic landforms can include island groups or > clusters of small scattered islands. What is the name used > for this, from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"? archipelago > 6. Fluvial landforms include a U-shaped body of water that forms > when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, > leaving it free-standing. Name it. oxbow > 9. An erosion landform, a dry creek that may fill seasonally with > rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic > world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? wash > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with > sinkholes and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble > rocks. Name one of the main types of rock that this could be. limestone > * A. Friday Movies > A1. In a 2003 movie, Lindsey Lohan exchanges personalities with > her mom. Name the movie. Freaky Friday > schemes to prevent his ex-wife, who is also his star > reporter, from quitting the paper and getting married. > Name either the lead actor or the lead actress. Cary Grant > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its > broad international nature? pandemic > cough, and chest pain. > * D. Black Beard > D1. What was Blackbeard's real name? Teach > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Moldova > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Georgia > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 11 08:02PM +0100 > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Science - Geological Landforms > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? Erosion by wind > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? Earthquakes > as rift valleys found between highlands or mountain ranges. > What is the adjective used for this, from the Greek words for > "pertaining to building"? Seismic > 4. Coastal and oceanic landforms can include island groups or > clusters of small scattered islands. What is the name used > for this, from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"? Archipelago > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with > sinkholes and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble > rocks. Name one of the main types of rock that this could be. Limestone > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Moldova > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Depends on whom you ask. Some people would say Georgia, but if you walk those 25 km from Sochi to ask the people who lives there, they would say Abchazia. And, no, that is not the local name for Georgia. > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 11 09:11PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:7sidnXUYS6q6gcrHnZ2dnUU7- > slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? Wind erosion > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? Earthquakes > 4. Coastal and oceanic landforms can include island groups or > clusters of small scattered islands. What is the name used > for this, from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"? Archipelago > 5. Staying with this landform, when a sea cave grows landwards and > upwards, it can create an opening on the surface through which > it blasts water. What do we call this opening? Blowhole > slope landforms. Well-known examples include the ones found in > Cappadocia ["ka-pa-DOKE-ee-ia"], and in Bryce Canyon National > Park, Utah. Hoodoos > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with > sinkholes and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble > rocks. Name one of the main types of rock that this could be. Igneous > * A. Friday Movies > A1. In a 2003 movie, Lindsey Lohan exchanges personalities with > her mom. Name the movie. Freaky Friday > schemes to prevent his ex-wife, who is also his star > reporter, from quitting the paper and getting married. > Name either the lead actor or the lead actress. Katharine Hepburn > * B. Friday Characters > B1. In the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child", who is fair of face, > what is said of Friday's child? Full of grace > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its > broad international nature? Pandemic > D2. In 1718 Blackbeard blockaded a port for a week or so, > holding a ship ransom until he obtained medical supplies. > The port city is now part of the United States; name it. St Petersburg; St Augustine > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Moldova > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Georgia > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday > also called the Salah al-Jum'ah, or Jumah. What is the > post-midday prayer that is performed the *other* 6 days a > week called? Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 11 04:55PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > Depends on whom you ask. Some people would say Georgia, but if you walk > those 25 km from Sochi to ask the people who lives there, they would say > Abchazia. And, no, that is not the local name for Georgia. I will score this as two guesses, Georgia and Abchazia. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "It is one thing to praise discipline, and another msb@vex.net | to submit to it." -- Miguel de Cervantes, 1613 |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jan 11 03:35PM -0800 On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 3:11:24 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > also called the Salah al-Jum'ah, or Jumah. What is the > post-midday prayer that is performed the *other* 6 days a > week called? gah! no sig quote! I blame myself. good Lord! what have I done?!?!? sounds like a call to start replying to these in earnest again. and so I shall. when the next game starts. swp |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jan 11 05:09PM -0800 On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 3:11:24 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > * A. Friday Movies > A1. In a 2003 movie, Lindsey Lohan exchanges personalities with > her mom. Name the movie. "Freaky Friday" > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 11 08:06PM -0600 Stephen Perry: > gah! no sig quote! Who, me? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "I don't have *any* minions any more." msb@vex.net -- Clive Feather |
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