- Exit Calvin - 1 Update
- RQFTCI07 Final Rounds 4,6: science, Canadiana - 2 Updates
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Oct 23 02:53PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 10:04:34 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > -- > Mark Brader, Toronto | "To err is human, but to error requires a computer." > m...@vex.net | -- Harry Lethall best wishes for health and prosperity Calvin. swp |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 23 08:43PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:pvednbx2vuC0JBLCnZ2dnUU7- > exact length of his unit of measure, only that it was something > like five or six hundred feet. He calculated that the Earth's > circumference was 250,000 *what*? Leagues > * Electronics Components > No, we're not asking about the ruler. > 4. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro1.jpg>? Capacitors > 5. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro2.jpg>? Resistors > 6. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro3.jpg>? Diodes > directly above it, inserted like a wedge between the hip bones? > 11. In which part of the body are the parietal and occipital bones? > Be sufficiently specific. Eye socket > represented settings in the United States. > 7. John Houseman won an Oscar for this 1973 drama about law school > students. It was filmed in part at the University of Toronto. Paper Chase > 15. This writer on political and military issues """has""" a PhD > in history and """has""" served in the navies of three countries. > He """writes""" a twice-weekly column on international affairs. Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 23 02:25PM -0700 On 10/20/20 9:29 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > exact length of his unit of measure, only that it was something > like five or six hundred feet. He calculated that the Earth's > circumference was 250,000 *what*? stadions > word that meant 1/12 of anything. The two corresponding units > of British measure both have names derived from this Latin word; > give the Latin word. uncia > 3. This largish unit of weight, which is mentioned in the Bible, > was used by the Greeks and the Hebrews and was equivalent to > about 25 or 30 kilograms. talent > * Electronics Components > No, we're not asking about the ruler. > 4. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro1.jpg>? capacitors > 5. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro2.jpg>? resistors > 7. He was born in 1845 in Prussia and lived until 1923, and is > most famous for discovering X-rays, which he gave that name > because their nature was unknown. Who was he? Roentgen > alpha and beta radiation. By studying the deflection of alpha > rays, he then discovered that the atom contains a nucleus. > Name him. Rutherford > chemistry. He also suggested that fission and similar events > could be modeled by considering the nucleus as a drop of liquid. > Name him. Bohr > 10. The spine or vertebral column terminates with the coccyx > ["KOK-six"] or tailbone; what is the large triangular bone > directly above it, inserted like a wedge between the hip bones? pelvis > 11. In which part of the body are the parietal and occipital bones? > Be sufficiently specific. back of the head > 12. Where are the atlas and axis bones? foot > 13. Mercury is one of two elements that are liquid at room > temperature. Name the other, a halogen element with a melting > point of -7°C and a boiling point of 59°C. bromine > 14. This element has the lowest boiling point of all and is the > only one that remains liquid, except under high pressure, > as the temperature approaches absolute zero. helium > 15. What element has the highest melting point of all metals, > liquefying only at a temperature of just over 3,400°C? titanium > We'll give you the names of two cities or towns; you tell us what > province """they're""" both in. > 1. Mt. Pearl; Grand Falls - Windsor. New Brunswick > 2. Weyburn; Estevan. Nova Scotia > 3. Quesnel; Smithers. Quebec > believe only a few remain and none on the road's present route. > What were these initials? > 5. Who is the QEW named after? Be sufficiently specific, of course. George VI's wife > 6. Where was the original southern terminus of the QEW? Hamilton > represented settings in the United States. > 7. John Houseman won an Oscar for this 1973 drama about law school > students. It was filmed in part at the University of Toronto. The Paper Chase > Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out > in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law > as can be demonstrably justified in a..." court of law. > belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press > and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful ____; > (d) freedom of ____." Fill in *either one* of the blanks. assembly > "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable > ____ or ____." Section 9: "Everyone has the right not to be > arbitrarily ____ or ____." search, seizure -- Dan Tilque |
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