| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 09 08:49PM +0100 > We give you a list of four items in alphabetical order; you place > them correctly in the order specified in the question. > 1. Metric prefixes, smallest first: deca-, kilo-, micro-, nano-. nano, micro, deca, klio > 2. Minerals, softest first according to the Mohs hardness scale: > calcite, corundum, quartz, talc. talc, cacite, quartz, corundum > 3. Gestation periods, shortest first: black rhinoceros, lion, > rabbit, zebra. rabbit, zebra, lion, black rhinoceros > 4. Wind speeds, slowest first according to the Beaufort scale: > fresh breeze, light air, storm, strong gale. light air, fresh breeze, strong gale, strom > 5. Electromagnetic spectrum, lowest frequency first: AM radio, > microwaves, visible light, X-rays. AM, microwaves, light, X-rays > 6. Geologic time periods, earliest first: Cambrian, Cretaceous, > Devonian, Jurassic. Devonia, Cambrian, Creatceous, Jurassic > 7. Planets, smallest in diameter first: Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, > Venus. Mars, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter > 8. Human blood types (Rh positive and negative are combined), > least common first: A, AB, B, O. B, AB, A, 0 > 10. Computer programming languages, earliest created first: BASIC, > C, FORTRAN, Java. Fortran, Basic, C, Java. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 10 05:02AM > * Game 9, Round 4 - Science - All Mixed Up > 1. Metric prefixes, smallest first: deca-, kilo-, micro-, nano-. nano, micro, deca, kilo > 2. Minerals, softest first according to the Mohs hardness scale: > calcite, corundum, quartz, talc. talc, calcite, quartz, corundum > 3. Gestation periods, shortest first: black rhinoceros, lion, > rabbit, zebra. rabbit, zebra, lion, black rhinoceros > 4. Wind speeds, slowest first according to the Beaufort scale: > fresh breeze, light air, storm, strong gale. light air, fresh vreeze, storm, strong gale > 5. Electromagnetic spectrum, lowest frequency first: AM radio, > microwaves, visible light, X-rays. AM radio, visible light, microwaves, X-rays > 6. Geologic time periods, earliest first: Cambrian, Cretaceous, > Devonian, Jurassic. Cambrian, Devonian, Jurassic, Cretaceous > 7. Planets, smallest in diameter first: Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, > Venus. Mars, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter > 8. Human blood types (Rh positive and negative are combined), > least common first: A, AB, B, O. AB, B, A, O; AB, A, B, O > 9. Bones in the human body, upward from ground level, when standing > up straight with feet flat on the ground: femur, fibula, > metatarsal, scapula. metatarsal, femur, fibula, scapula > 10. Computer programming languages, earliest created first: BASIC, > C, FORTRAN, Java. BASIC, FORTRAN, C, Java; FORTRAN, BASIC, C, Java > I implore!" > The next line in the poem ends with the one-word answer to > the question. What is this word? Nevermore > 2. According to John Donne, for whom does the bell toll? thee > 3. Who killed Cock Robin? the sparrow > 4. Other than the narrator of the nursery rhyme, how many were > going to St. Ives? no one, they were all going the other way > thee thus! Why look'st thou so?" > (You may provide the exact line explaining the subject's > distress, or just paraphrase, but be sufficiently specific.) he killed an albatross and is serving a penance for it > 7. John Keats asked: "Oh what can ail thee, knight at arms, alone > and palely loitering?" Well, the real answer is that he's in > love, but the title of the poem says who with. Name it. La Belle Dame sans Merci > which happens to form most of the preceding line in the play. > Exact answer required for full points. > "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." What light through yonder window breaks? > "...purely, as they turn from praise"; > "...with the breath, > Smiles, tears, of all my life!" How do I love thee? -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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