Sunday, May 09, 2021

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Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: May 08 08:02PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.
 
Proton and Electron
 
 
> 2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf
> cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur
> fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg.
 
Neutron
 
> ngbzf pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13,
> naq 14 erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur
> fnzr ryrzrag pnyyrq?
 
Ions
 
> cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf
> ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb
> vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr.
 
Fission
 
> tbbq cnegvpyr nppryrengbe jnf vairagrq ol Rearfg Ynjerapr naq
> anzrq -- vavgvnyyl va wrfg -- nsgre gur arneyl pvephyne zbgvba
> bs ryrpgebaf jvguva vg. Jung jnf vg pnyyrq?
 
Cyclotron
 
> naq cbffvoyl arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl
> Tryy-Znaa sbhaq va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr".
> Jung vf vg?
 
Quark
 
> Vgf zrnavat unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva
> cnegvpyrf gung rnpu pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex.
> Jung vf gur jbeq?
 
Meson
 
> fznyy gb zrnfher. Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl
> cnff guebhtu n jubyr cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg
> pbasvezrq hagvy 1956. Anzr vg.
 
Beson
 
> snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba.
> Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb
> xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr?
 
Anion
 
 
> These questions all concern people who are/were known by one-word
> names.
 
> 1. What """is""" Donovan's surname?
 
Leitch
 
 
> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?
 
> 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?
 
Pele
 
> known by what name?
 
> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?
 
Titian
 
 
> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?
 
> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?
 
Josip Broz
 
 
> 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?
 
Twiggy
 
 
Pete Gayde
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 08 09:51PM -0500

If Pete Gayde's answers had been posted on time, he would have scored
24 points on Round 4 and 20 on Round 6 for a total to date of 68.
--
Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as
msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past,
Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: May 08 08:11PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. What famous French explorer was the first European to stay
> over a winter on the site of Quebec City, during his second
> voyage to America?
 
Marquette; Cartier
 
 
> 2. Which explorer founded the city of Quebec?
 
Marquette; Cartier
 
> the old post office near Parc Montmorency in Quebec. Name him.
 
> 7. What hotel, with a commanding view of most of Quebec City,
> was built in 1892 on the former site of the Château St-Louis?
 
Frontenac
 
> different from the one he left behind...
 
> (For this one if you give the title we need all of it, including
> the subtitle.)
 
Arthur C. Clarke
 
> and Harry's determined to get to the bottom of things... And,
> as if he wasn't knee-deep in trouble already, he's about to
> make the biggest gamble of all -- on love.
 
Pete Gayde
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