Sunday, July 08, 2018

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 1 topic

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 07 02:30PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:tcmdnS0FgvSMzN3GnZ2dnUU7-
> if we said "4" you would answer "$" -- and vice versa.
 
> Here we go again.
 
> 1. "%".
 
3
 
> 2. "/".
 
?
 
> 3. ">".
 
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> rolling the plane so that some of the lift acts sideways.
> What is the name for these parts of the wing, on a conventional
> airplane?
 
ailerons
 
> 9. What is the name for the angle formed between the wing or
> fuselage itself and its relative motion through the air?
 
angle of attack

> you say C. Some vitamins actually consist of any of multiple
> compounds; we may not name them all.
 
> 14. Retinol.
 
Vitamin A
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 07 12:34PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> if we said "4" you would answer "$" -- and vice versa.
 
> Here we go again.
 
> 1. "%".
 
5
 
> 2. "/".
 
?
 
> 3. ">".
 
.
 
 
> * Vaguely Diseasey
 
> 4. Barry Marshall ingested Helicobacter pylori to prove that it
> caused certain diseases. Name either disease.
 
ulcer
 
 
> 5. Which deadly virus has been modified to be used to map the brain?
 
> 6. Treponema pallidum causes which sexually transmitted infection?
 
syphilis
 
> rolling the plane so that some of the lift acts sideways.
> What is the name for these parts of the wing, on a conventional
> airplane?
 
ailerons
 
 
> 9. What is the name for the angle formed between the wing or
> fuselage itself and its relative motion through the air?
 
sweep
 
 
> 12. The typical frequency range of human hearing is from 20 Hz
> to about 20,000 Hz -- which is how many octaves? (To the
> nearest whole number.)
 
10
 
> you say C. Some vitamins actually consist of any of multiple
> compounds; we may not name them all.
 
> 13. Tocopherols, tocotrienols.
 
vitamin E
 
> 14. Retinol.
 
vitamin A
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 07 10:19PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> if we said "4" you would answer "$" -- and vice versa.
 
> Here we go again.
 
> 1. "%".
"5"
> 2. "/".
"?"
> 3. ">".
"."
> caused certain diseases. Name either disease.
 
> 5. Which deadly virus has been modified to be used to map the brain?
 
> 6. Treponema pallidum causes which sexually transmitted infection?
Gonorrhea
 
> 7. In aviation, what is the term for the speed beyond which a
> takeoff can no longer be safely aborted? Once a plane reaches
> this speed, it can no longer stop before the end of the runway.
Decision Point
> rolling the plane so that some of the lift acts sideways.
> What is the name for these parts of the wing, on a conventional
> airplane?
Ailerons
> 9. What is the name for the angle formed between the wing or
> fuselage itself and its relative motion through the air?
Angle of attack
> But by what one-word name are they collectively known?
 
> 11. The <answer 10> serve to transmit vibrations from the eardrum
> to *what organ* within the inner ear?
Cochlea
> 12. The typical frequency range of human hearing is from 20 Hz
> to about 20,000 Hz -- which is how many octaves? (To the
> nearest whole number.)
10
> you say C. Some vitamins actually consist of any of multiple
> compounds; we may not name them all.
 
> 13. Tocopherols, tocotrienols.
K
> 14. Retinol.
A
> 15. Phylloquinone, menaquinones.
K
 
Peter Smyth
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 07 10:10PM -0700

On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 1:35:18 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> if we said "4" you would answer "$" -- and vice versa.
 
> Here we go again.
 
> 1. "%".
5
> 2. "/".
?
> 3. ">".
.
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