| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Aug 15 09:59AM -0700 On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 1:09:56 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and > may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the > correct answers in about 3 days. noted > in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing > light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig > function sine). What optical situation is the law about? refraction > 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a > basic electrical circuit. We need the name. ohm's law > famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the > modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century. > Name the law. gresham's law > EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT > tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples > of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"? de morgan's laws > there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that > an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state > of rest or uniform motion. Name them. newton's laws > developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of > Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied > by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated. kepler's laws > thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least > one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer > as this law. hubble's law > 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law > describes the deformation of *what* under stress? springs > density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its > absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure. > Name either of their laws. boyle's law ; charles's law > volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules. > In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is > named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law. avogadro's law > * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black > This round is about places with "black" in their name. > 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*. russia, bulgaria > 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in > a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*. montana > northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within > one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state > or any state adjacent to it. nevada > the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and > a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located > in -- again, answering "within one state"? south dakota > water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say > which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course, > includes other streams.) lake simcoe > 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the > intersection of two other streets; name either one. west end road? ; west bend road? > seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose > name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run""" > along the waterfront. blackpool > 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English > -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country? germany > 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black > Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water. lake superior > 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far > from which other "black" place named in a question or answer > in this round? blackpool > msb@vex.net | wise wives welcome spring by moving the UNIX." > -- ad, Housewife magazine, April 1941 > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
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