| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Feb 28 11:10PM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > for the first time with a small fleet of steam warships, and > begin the negotiations that ended some 250 years of Japanese > isolationism? 1840; 1835 > 2. Alexander the Great died at age 33, ending the largest empire > the world had yet known. In what year? 55 BC > was held, in the original Crystal Palace, which had been erected > in its original Hyde Park location specifically for that purpose. > In what year? 1845; 1850 > Luther was called before the Diet ["DEE-et"] of Worms ["VORMSS", > with "orm" as in "form"] and found himself outlawed as well > as excommunicated. When did this punishment happen? 1521 > 5. What year did the Panama Canal open? 1911 > open completely? We want the year that the railway was opened > to the general public for travel over its full length, not the > Last Spike ceremony, which was the year before. 1880; 1885 > 7. When did King John of England sign the Magna Carta, thus > conceding that his royal power was not unlimited? 1261; 1251 > 8. When did the US hold its first elections under the new Constitution > rather than the original Articles of Confederation? 1796 > 9. Name the year when the Edict of Milan legalized Christianity > in the Roman Empire. It was sponsored by Constantine, who was > not yet the sole Emperor. 450; 400 > 10. And finally, to fit the title of the round... name the year > when the British Empire skipped 11 days in September, abandoning > the Julian calendar in favor of the Gregorian. 1820; 18325 > A1. Composer Delores Claman, of "Hockey Night in Canada" fame, > co-wrote the score and famous theme song of what film shown > at the Ontario Pavilion? Terres des Hommes > B2. Who won the 1978 race, the first one held at what was > then Circuit Île Notre-Dame in Montreal? Give the *first > and last name*. Gilles Villeneuve; Alain Prost > * C. Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" > C1. Who choreographed the original 1913 Paris production of > "The Rite of Spring"? Nijinsky; Fokine > C2. The music opens with a famous solo for what woodwind > instrument, playing in its extreme upper range? Bassoon > * E. Names of Canadian Capitals > E1. Iqaluit is Inuktitut for "place of..." what type of living > thing? Polar bear > E2. Charlottetown was named for the wife of what monarch? George III > * F. Weather Terminology > F1. State the name given to a line on a weather map or chart > connecting points of equal pressure. Isobar > F2. What is the Fujita scale, also called the Fujita-Pearson > scale, used to classify? Hurricanes Pete Gayde |
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