| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 10 03:40PM > ** Game 6, Round 9 - Geography - Saintly Places > 1. The southernmost of the five inhabited Scilly Isles has the name > of a virgin martyr, but was not named for her. Name that island. Saint Kilda; Saint Catherine > 2. The patron saint of Ireland is also the patron saint of which > West African country? Gambia; Liberia > 3. Which London, England, railway station commemorates a boy martyr? Saint Pancras > 4. Which Canadian city name honors the wife of Robert Hamilton, > a member of the first legislative council of Upper Canada? Saint Catherine > 5. What do Saints Casimir, Florian, and Stanislaus have in common? > We mean the people, and be specific. they were all Polish > 6. This volcanic island was discovered by Jo?o de Nova on May 21, > the feast day of its namesake saint. It is probably best > remembered as the last residence of a famous Frenchman. Saint Helena > abbess, considered a great educator of women. Who? > 8. What city, which claims to have his remains, is St. Mark the > patron of? Venice > 9. Which US state capital was named by a Canadian missionary? Saint Paul > 10. What Cornish island was named after an archangel? Saint Michael > * A. http:// > A1. In the context of the World Wide Web, what does HTTP > stand for? hypertext transfer protocol > A2. This answer changed """some years ago"""; we need the > """current""" answer. In the context of the World Wide Web, > what """does""" URL """now""" stand for? universal resource locator > B1. What is the 6-letter word for a rapidly rotating neutron > star with a strong magnetic field? The first one was > discovered in 1967. pulsar > galaxies and star clusters that telescopes could not yet > resolve into stars. Today it refers only to actual clouds > of gas and dust, either dark or luminous. nebula > * C. Standard Sizes > C1. How long, tip to base, is a size AA battery, to the nearest > multiple of 1/4 inch or 5 mm? 2 inches > C2. How long, left to right, is a """current""" Canadian $5 bill, > to within 10% of the true number? 6.5 inches > * D. Fish Stories > D1. Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" appeared in > its entirety in which periodical in 1952? Saturday Evening Post > D2. Name the author of the 2002 book "Shark Trouble: True > Stories about Sharks and the Sea". Benchley > E1. In the last round we mentioned the first legislature of > Upper Canada, which met in 1792 in Newark. What do we call > Newark today? Toronto > 5 different capitals. Name *either* the first or the last > capital of the Province of Canada, giving the name that > was in use at the time. Both are now in Ontario. Bytown > * F. Talk TV > F2. Give the last name of "Dr. Phil", previously of the Oprah > Winfrey show and """now""" host of his own syndicated series. McGraw -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 10 06:49PM -0800 On 1/9/21 9:51 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. The patron saint of Ireland is also the patron saint of which > West African country? > 3. Which London, England, railway station commemorates a boy martyr? St Pancras > 4. Which Canadian city name honors the wife of Robert Hamilton, > a member of the first legislative council of Upper Canada? St Catharines ? > 6. This volcanic island was discovered by João de Nova on May 21, > the feast day of its namesake saint. It is probably best > remembered as the last residence of a famous Frenchman. St Helena > 8. What city, which claims to have his remains, is St. Mark the > patron of? > 9. Which US state capital was named by a Canadian missionary? St Paul > 10. What Cornish island was named after an archangel? St Michael > * A. http:// > A1. In the context of the World Wide Web, what does HTTP > stand for? hypertext transfer protocol > B1. What is the 6-letter word for a rapidly rotating neutron > star with a strong magnetic field? The first one was > discovered in 1967. pulsar (note: Neutron stars with extremely strong magnetic fields are called magnetars, but that word is longer than 6 letters, so you must want 'pulsar'. Also magnetars were discovered later than 1967.) > galaxies and star clusters that telescopes could not yet > resolve into stars. Today it refers only to actual clouds > of gas and dust, either dark or luminous. nebula > * C. Standard Sizes > C1. How long, tip to base, is a size AA battery, to the nearest > multiple of 1/4 inch or 5 mm? 45 mm > C2. How long, left to right, is a """current""" Canadian $5 bill, > to within 10% of the true number? 150 mm > * D. Fish Stories > D1. Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" appeared in > its entirety in which periodical in 1952? Life > naming its host: "Last Call With...". > F2. Give the last name of "Dr. Phil", previously of the Oprah > Winfrey show and """now""" host of his own syndicated series. Donahue -- Dan Tilque |
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