| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 05 08:13PM +0200 > * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy > 1. What is the brightest star in the night sky? Sirius > 4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type > of particles are observed at SNOLAB? Small neutrinos > 5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in > space, in 1961? Gagarin > 6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth > in space? Laika > 7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the > nadir? Zenit > 9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as > the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent > galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years? Andromeda > 10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in > astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal > Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it? Brian May > * Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee > 2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo. Bee Gees |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 05 10:12PM > * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy > 1. What is the brightest star in the night sky? Sirius > of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to > pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930, > 14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he? Percival Lowell > 3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a > science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into > a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who? Carl Sagan > 4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type > of particles are observed at SNOLAB? neutrinos > 5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in > space, in 1961? Yuri Gagarin > 6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth > in space? Laika > 7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the > nadir? zenith > 8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads > and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific. the corona around a total solar eclipse > 9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as > the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent > galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years? Andromeda > 10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in > astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal > Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it? Brian May > * Game 6, Round 3 - Entertainment - Bee All That You Can Bee > See the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-3/bee.pdf > 2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo. Bee Gees > 5. Name the TV show, which was followed by two movies. The X-Files > 7. Name the movie, partly based on the book "Queen Bees and > Wannabes". Mean Girls > 8. Name the movie. Bee Movie > 9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title. The Secret Life of Bees > 12. Name the cereal. Honey Nut Cheerios > 13. Name the movie. Invasion of the Bee Women > 16. Name the movie. The Wicker Man -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "gerson" <gerson@bigpond.net.au>: Apr 06 11:48AM +1000 "Mark Brader" wrote in message news:kWednQCtQJDslLD5nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com... > notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09 > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because, he said, it wouldn't be fair to what businesses? 2. British researchers found that a saliva test measuring levels of the hormone cortisol in teenage boys could identify those at high risk of suffering from what condition? * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy 1. What is the brightest star in the night sky? Sirius 2. This American astronomer was a strong proponent of the idea of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930, 14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he? Schiaparelli 3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who? Carl Sagan 4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type of particles are observed at SNOLAB? Neutrons 5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in space, in 1961? John Glenn 6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth in space? Laika 7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the nadir? Zenith 8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific. Total eclipse of the sun by the moon 9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years? Andromeda 10. What famous British pop star completed his Ph.D. thesis in astrophysics -- "A survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" -- in October 2007, 30 years after he commenced it? Cliff Richard -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Dr. Slipher, I have found your Planet X." msb@vex.net -- Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97), 1930-02-18 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 05 09:47PM -0700 On 4/4/23 22:38, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Rob Ford voted against allowing restaurants to serve alcohol > during yesterday's gold-medal hockey game because, he said, it > wouldn't be fair to what businesses? sports bars > at high risk of suffering from what condition? > * Game 6, Round 2 - Science - Astronomy > 1. What is the brightest star in the night sky? Sirius > of the existence of canals on Mars and built an observatory to > pursue this. He also initiated the search that led in 1930, > 14 years after his death, to the discovery of Pluto. Who was he? Percival Lowell > 3. A professor of astronomy at Cornell University, he wrote a > science-fiction novel called "Contact" that was made into > a movie starring Jodie Foster. Who? Carl Sagan > 4. SNOLAB is an observatory located in Sudbury, Ontario. What type > of particles are observed at SNOLAB? neutrinos > 5. Who was the first man to complete an orbit of the Earth in > space, in 1961? Gagarin > 6. What was the name of the first mammal to orbit the Earth > in space? Laika > 7. What point on the celestial sphere is directly opposite the > nadir? zenith > 8. What phenomenon would you be observing if you saw Baily's Beads > and the Diamond Ring Effect? Be fully specific. annular eclipse of the sun > 9. Our Milky Way Galaxy has a number of satellite galaxies, such as > the Magellanic Clouds. What, however, is the closest independent > galaxy to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2,500,000 light years? Andromeda Galaxy > well if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. (decoy) Name the movie. > 2. Name the band. Hint: look at the man in the center of the photo. Bee Gees > 3. Name the character from "The Simpsons". Milhouse > 8. Name the movie. > 9. Name the movie, adapted from a book of the same title. > 10. (decoy) Name the mammal. honey badger > 11. (decoy) Name the man in the center. > 12. Name the cereal. Honey Nut Cheerios -- Dan Tilque |
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