| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Sep 21 02:21PM On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 23:25:49 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot. Its > atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon dioxide, > with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet. Venus > 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in > a small telescope. Name the planet. Saturn > almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another way, > it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are also now known > to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the other three. Neptune > 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its > day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere consisting > mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it. Neptune > during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually, > astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once during > its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun. Name it. Uranus > to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to day, but he > didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star whose position he'd > gotten wrong the first time. Galileo > we now call Neptune. When someone actually tried doing that, they > needed only half an hour to find it. > What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic? Uranus > eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search had > already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery > of what? Pluto > planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest of > many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or asteroid, > and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it. Ceres > 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has > one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*. Jupiter, Ganymede > For these you must give their full names. > A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius, > wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text. Lao Tse > A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent > decades become beloved of corporate executives and other > go-getters. Name the author. Sun Tsu > of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the Common > Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded or the > number of founding countries, within 1 in either case. 17 > D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or > lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in Sweden. > Name any one of them. ytterbium > country is""" named directly after an element. Give *any one* of > these """six""" names (i.e. the """one""" country or one of the > """five""" elements). Poland |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 21 10:32PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:d-qdnU1-RqhQRPvCnZ2dnUU7- > end up in hospital. > 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than > what this German word refers to. Work > 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one > of your relatives. Uncle > learn in any language. > 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German > hotel. Room > in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot. > Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon > dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet. Venus > 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in > a small telescope. Name the planet. Saturn > way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are > also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the > other three. Jupiter and Neptune; Jupiter and Uranus > 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its > day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere > consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it. Mercury > astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once > during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun. > Name it. Uranus; Neptune > asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it. > 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has > one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*. Jupiter, Io; Jupiter, Titan > A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent > decades become beloved of corporate executives and other > go-getters. Name the author. Lao Tzu > of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the > Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded > or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case. 1955; 1958 > """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the > new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of > countries you must say which year you are answering for. Slovenia > C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose > definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic > and cultural area known as Kurdistan? Mosul > C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the > country's main port? Basra > present-day country is""" named directly after an element. > Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one""" > country or one of the """five""" elements). Germanium > best known for two bestselling books: one concerning > so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of > instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he? Malcolm Gladwell > Give the title -- exactly. Be careful. > F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and > starred John Gielgud? Pete Gayde |
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