| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 23 05:29AM -0800 On 1/21/22 8:20 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > Answers may repeat. > 1. Which planet takes the least time to complete one rotation on > its axis, just under 10 hours? Jupiter > 2. Provided that their eccentricity is greater than 0 and less > than 1, the orbits of heavenly bodies must have what specific > geometric shape? ellipse > 3. This moon of Jupiter is the largest moon in the solar system. > Name it. Ganymede > 4. Which planet shows the most flattening? That is, the highest > ratio of the equatorial to the polar diameter. Jupiter > 5. Mars has a thin atmosphere, 95% of which consists of what gas? carbon dioxide > and even had oceans. However, about 4,000,000,000 years ago > Mars lost something, and since then the solar wind has eroded > the oceans and much of the atmosphere. What did Mars lose? magnetic field > 7. Uranus """has 27 known""" natural satellites. The names for > these moons have been chosen from characters from the works of > two writers. Name *either*. Shakespeare > accorded 5 bodies in the solar system the status of dwarf planet. > Pluto is the largest and best-known. Name any of the other four. > *Note*: Only the 2012 answer will be accepted. Eris (As far as I know and I follow these things fairly closely, the 2012 answer is unchanged. There's still only 5 dwarf planets. The others are Haumea, Ceres, and Makemake. The last is pronounced with four syllables, by the way.) > 9. Name this largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, whose diameter > is over 50% of Pluto's. The name is from a character in Greek > mythology who has an association with Pluto. Charon > was composed of multiple smaller rings with gaps between them; > the largest of these gaps was later named after him. What was > his name? Cassini > mass murder of 7 mob associates as part of a Prohibition-era > conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago... > in what year, within 1? 1927 > C1. St. Valentine was a Roman who was martyred for refusing to > give up Christianity. He died on February 14 -- in *what > year*, within 50? 160 AD; 261 AD > C2. Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. > In ancient Rome, February 14 was a holiday to honor which > goddess? Venus > * D. It Happened on February 14 > D1. What US state became the 48th state of the union on > 1912-02-14? Arizona (That's not the only state to gain statehood on Feb 14. The 33rd state also did so in 1859. Hint: I live in it.) > pride of the British fleet, the HMS Hood, in the Battle of > the Denmark Strait in May 1941, but was itself sunk by the > British Royal Navy in September. Name the German battleship. Bismarck > and C. The folic acid is said to boost histamine production > necessary for the ability to reach orgasm in both sexes. > Name it. mushroom > sexual that they forbade it. On the other side, it is > rich with folic acid, vitamin B6, and potassium. It is > also said to boost the immune system. Name it. cherry -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 23 09:42AM -0600 Stephen Perry: > still alive despite the best efforts of all the known viruses on earth Keep doing that, then, eh? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "People think I'm crazy to worry all the time; msb@vex.net | if you paid attention, you'd be worried too." --Randy Newman, theme to "Monk" |
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