| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 07 09:15PM +0200 > gilgamesh [how many of you know this because of the star trek: the next > generation episode 'darmok'] I mainly know of Gilgamesh thanks to the book Noah's Flood, where two ocenaographs present a theory of how the Black Sea was turned from a sweetwater lake without an outlet, to what it is now when the Sea of Marmara - and with the rest of the oceanss behind it - created a dam burst and flooded the lake. The connection to Gilgamesh is that it includes a flooding story, which the authors want to connect to the Black Sea flooding, and they also speculate that the legend lived on and eventually formed the basis for the story about Noah in the bible. The oceanographic part of the book certinly feels more robust than the speculations about Noah. Star Trek, on the other hand, is something I know very little about. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 08 01:22AM > ** Final, Round 9 - Science > 1. The islets of Langerhans? pancreas > 2. The sacrum? pelvis > 3. The proximal phalanges? hands > * Name the SI Derived Unit > 4. What is the SI unit for illuminance, which measures luminous > flux per unit area? It is equal to one lumen per square meter. candela > that, linking a circuit of one turn, would produce in it an > electromotive force of 1 volt if reduced to zero at a uniform > rate in 1 second. gauss > 6. What is the SI unit for radioactivity, or more precisely > "activity referred to a radionuclide", corresponding to the > decay on average of one nucleus per second? becquerel; curie > * Molecular Monikers > 9. No hint. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/chem/9.png> benzene > he discovered a patch which would become one of the world's > most important and celebrated fossil fields. What is this > area called? Burgess Shale > 11. This <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/fossil/11.jpg> species > of tree is considered a living fossil: it has not changed > outwardly in 270,000,000 years. What species? gingko; mangrove > showing inches and centimeters) is arguably the most > famous fossil in the world. What was this species named? > <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/fossil/12.jpg> archaeopteryx > * Name the Element > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/elem/13.jpg curium > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/elem/14.jpg nobelium > 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-9/elem/15.jpg copernicum > Uruk in Mesopotamia, and his travels with his sidekick > Enkidu. Fragments of the story exist from 2150 BC. What > is this story? Tale of Gilgamesh > A3. Apollonius of Rhodes, of the 3rd century BC, is credited > with a popular epic of Greek mythology involving a journey > to Colchis. What story is this? Voyage of the Argo to steal the Golden Fleece > * B. Volcanic Activity > B1. Experts estimate that 85% of Earth's volcanic activity > occurs in a hard-to-observe area. What area? ocean floor > active body in our solar system, showing magma temperatures > of up to 1,700?C, with so many eruptions that they are > constantly resurfacing it. Name the moon. Io > * C. Sudden Impact > C1. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-10/impact/1.jpg> Barringer > Crater, 1.2 km wide, 175 m deep, 50,000 years old. USA > C2. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-10/impact/2.jpg> Wolfe > Creek Crater, 880 m wide, 60 m deep, 300,000 years old. Australia > C3. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-10/impact/3.jpg> Deep > Bay Crater, 13 km wide, 220 m deep, 99,000,000 years old. Canada > * D. Army Infantry Formations > D1. 3 squads form this type of unit, of which 3 or more together > form a company. platoon > D2. 3 or more companies form this type of unit, of which 2 or > more together form a regiment. group > D3. 3 or more regiments form this type of unit, of which 2 or > more together form a division. brigade -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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