| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 28 03:10PM > combustion was well known. However, in 1778, Antoine Lavoisier > corrected some important details and gave it the name we still > use today. What is it? oxygen > 2. In 1897, J.J. Thomson called them "corpuscles" -- negatively > charged particles emitted by cathode-ray tubes and smaller > than atoms. What do we call them? electrons > developed a material that they used to replace ivory in the > manufacture of billiard balls. A little later, it was used to > make photographic film. What do we call it today? celluloid > * Single-Malt Scotch > 4. In a single-malt scotch, what is the only grain used for > distilling? barley > 6. In most cases smoke is introduced to the kiln to add aroma > and flavor to the whisky. Generally the smoke is produced by > burning what? peat > * Ornithology > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr7/bird/7.jpg red cardinal > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr7/bird/8.jpg mourning dove > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr7/bird/9.jpg red-tailed hawk > 10. What is the name of the highest point in the orbit of an > Earth-orbiting satellite: that is, the point where it is farthest > from the Earth? apogee > orbit the Earth, and appears to never move as seen from the > Earth, is extremely useful for communications. What name is > given to this type of orbit? geosynchronous > for two groups linked in myth, and they make good hiding places > for spaceships in science fiction. What name refers to both > of these points? Trojan > When a new planet swims into his ken. > These lines from John Keats's 1816 poem "On First Looking into > Chapman's Homer" allude to which 18th-century astronomical find? Uranus > * Jean-Paul Sartre > 4. A character in Sartre's play "No Exit" ("Huis Clos") defines > hell. Complete the aphorism, "Hell is..." other people > 5. What honor did Sartre decline in 1964? Be specific for full > points. Nobel Prize in Literature > 6. The seminal work of existentialism is Sartre's 1943 philosophical > treatise. What is its title? Nausea > * Saints Alive > Given the image, name the Christian saint. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/st/10.jpg Thomas > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/st/11.jpg Christopher > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/st/12.jpg Jerome > include "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "When You Are Engulfed > in Flames". His """most recent""" book is "Squirrel Seeks > Chipmunk". David Sedaris > the Weekly Standard. His books include "Give War a Chance" > and "Eat the Rich". His """most recent""" work is "Don't Vote: > It Just Encourages the Bastards". P. J. O'Rourke > author and humorist. Her works include "Surrender the Pink", > "Postcards from the Edge", and her autobiography "Wishful > Drinking". Carrie Fisher -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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