- QFTCIMI520 Game 3, Rounds 4,6: important characters, nuclear - 4 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #594 - 1 Update
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 30 12:29PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > political movie, "Election". Played by Reese Witherspoon, > she is a tightly-wound and ruthlessly dedicated candidate for > student body president. Name her. Tracy Flick > is the archetypal (and glittery) romance novel hero: handsome, > brooding, utterly devoted, protective, a bit mysterious, > and rich. Name him. Edward > him received death threats and contemplated suicide. He remains > the standard by which other irritating characters are assessed. > Name him. Jar Jar Binks > 8. #23 is a romantic heroine from TV, an Indian-American woman, > bigger than a size 0, with a penchant for bright colors and a > thriving career as an Ob/Gyn. Name this character. Mindy Lahiri > by Phyllis Smith, who helped kids (and their parents) understand > the value of mourning and the cleansing power of a good cry. > Name the *Pixar movie* that featured the character Sadness. "Inside Out" > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Nuclear Reactions and Reactors > 1. It is well known that Canada has developed a type of reactor > called the CANDU. What does the letter D stand for in CANDU? deuterium > for the next two. Jung vf gur anzr pbzzbayl tvira gb jngre > gung pbagnvaf qrhgrevhz ngbzf vafgrnq bs nyy bs gur beqvanel > ulqebtra ngbzf? heavy water > in the Earth's crust than uranium, and its half-life is longer > than uranium's. It does not undergo fission itself in the > reactor, but is first transmuted into uranium-233. What is it? thorium > 7. In Einstein's equation now written "E = mc²", the C may be > understood as the initial of a Latin-derived word in English. > What word is that? celerity > Japan and one was exploded as a test near Alamagordo, New Mexico, > as part of the Manhattan Project. What was the code name for > this detonation? Trinity > 9. What is the name given to the combining of atomic nuclei, usually > in pairs, to create a heavier nucleus of a different element? fusion > 10. What is the familial name given to the large fragments left > after fission that can form the nuclei of new atoms? daughter elements -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 30 01:14PM > political movie, "Election". Played by Reese Witherspoon, > she is a tightly-wound and ruthlessly dedicated candidate for > student body president. Name her. Tracy Flick > is the archetypal (and glittery) romance novel hero: handsome, > brooding, utterly devoted, protective, a bit mysterious, > and rich. Name him. Edward Cullen > she is equally at home presenting a ricotta pie with pineapple > or scrabbling through a bag of birdseed in pursuit of $40,000 > in cash. Name her -- first and last names, please. Carlotta Soprano > him received death threats and contemplated suicide. He remains > the standard by which other irritating characters are assessed. > Name him. Jar-Jar Binks > Rylance played him in the 2015 BBC adaptation, as an archetype > of the exercise of power and an often unseen puppet-master. > Name him. Thomas Cromwell > 8. #23 is a romantic heroine from TV, an Indian-American woman, > bigger than a size 0, with a penchant for bright colors and a > thriving career as an Ob/Gyn. Name this character. Mindy Lahiri > by Phyllis Smith, who helped kids (and their parents) understand > the value of mourning and the cleansing power of a good cry. > Name the *Pixar movie* that featured the character Sadness. Inside Out > 10. #21 is Sarah Koenig, the amateur PI of a podcast which > scrutinized the murder of high-schooler Hae Min Lee, allegedly > by her boyfriend Adnan Syed. Name the *podcast*. Serial > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Nuclear Reactions and Reactors > 1. It is well known that Canada has developed a type of reactor > called the CANDU. What does the letter D stand for in CANDU? deuterium > for the next two. Jung vf gur anzr pbzzbayl tvira gb jngre > gung pbagnvaf qrhgrevhz ngbzf vafgrnq bs nyy bs gur beqvanel > ulqebtra ngbzf? heavy water > 3. Gb gur arnerfg jubyr creprag naq jvguva 2 crepragntr cbvagf, > ubj znal creprag urnivre vf <nafjre 3> guna abezny jngre? 6 percent > in the Earth's crust than uranium, and its half-life is longer > than uranium's. It does not undergo fission itself in the > reactor, but is first transmuted into uranium-233. What is it? thorium > that they did not understand. One of them wrote to a former > colleague, who did understand -- they had discovered nuclear > fission. In what country was experiment done? Germany; Italy > Japan and one was exploded as a test near Alamagordo, New Mexico, > as part of the Manhattan Project. What was the code name for > this detonation? Trinity > 9. What is the name given to the combining of atomic nuclei, usually > in pairs, to create a heavier nucleus of a different element? fusion > 10. What is the familial name given to the large fragments left > after fission that can form the nuclei of new atoms? children -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 30 05:36PM +0100 > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Nuclear Reactions and Reactors > 1. It is well known that Canada has developed a type of reactor > called the CANDU. What does the letter D stand for in CANDU? Deutrium? > for the next two. Jung vf gur anzr pbzzbayl tvira gb jngre > gung pbagnvaf qrhgrevhz ngbzf vafgrnq bs nyy bs gur beqvanel > ulqebtra ngbzf? Heavy water > 3. Gb gur arnerfg jubyr creprag naq jvguva 2 crepragntr cbvagf, > ubj znal creprag urnivre vf <nafjre 3> guna abezny jngre? 11 % > naq fhcrepevgvpny-jngre ernpgbef. Anzr gur *bgure* glcr bs > yvtug-jngre ernpgbe, juvpu vf sbhaq va gur ynetr znwbevgl bs > gur jbeyq'f ahpyrne cbjre cynagf. Pressurised water > in the Earth's crust than uranium, and its half-life is longer > than uranium's. It does not undergo fission itself in the > reactor, but is first transmuted into uranium-233. What is it? Torium (Really 4 times more than uranium? Or four times more than U-235?) > that they did not understand. One of them wrote to a former > colleague, who did understand -- they had discovered nuclear > fission. In what country was experiment done? USA > 7. In Einstein's equation now written "E = mc²", the C may be > understood as the initial of a Latin-derived word in English. > What word is that? Candlelight > 9. What is the name given to the combining of atomic nuclei, usually > in pairs, to create a heavier nucleus of a different element? fusion |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Mar 30 03:22PM -0700 On Monday, March 30, 2020 at 3:43:03 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-27, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > comics, songs, and musicals. The only rule was that the characters > must have originated in a work of culture sometime in the past > quarter-century. Here's a round about some of Slate's choices. their naked hatred of white males and conservatives is well known. > 10. #21 is Sarah Koenig, the amateur PI of a podcast which > scrutinized the murder of high-schooler Hae Min Lee, allegedly > by her boyfriend Adnan Syed. Name the *podcast*. #2 was donald trump as an orange genii, #20 was thomas jefferson potrayed as a black man > * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Nuclear Reactions and Reactors > 1. It is well known that Canada has developed a type of reactor > called the CANDU. What does the letter D stand for in CANDU? deuterium > for the next two. What is the name commonly given to water > that contains deuterium atoms instead of all of the ordinary > hydrogen atoms? heavy water > 3. To the nearest whole percent and within 2 percentage points, > how many percent heavier is <answer 3> than normal water? 10% > and supercritical-water reactors. Name the *other* type of > light-water reactor, which is found in the large majority of > the world's nuclear power plants. pressurized-water reactor > in the Earth's crust than uranium, and its half-life is longer > than uranium's. It does not undergo fission itself in the > reactor, but is first transmuted into uranium-233. What is it? thorium > that they did not understand. One of them wrote to a former > colleague, who did understand -- they had discovered nuclear > fission. In what country was experiment done? germany (berlin, german at the kaiser wilhelm institute) > 7. In Einstein's equation now written "E = mc²", the C may be > understood as the initial of a Latin-derived word in English. > What word is that? celeritas became celerity in english > Japan and one was exploded as a test near Alamagordo, New Mexico, > as part of the Manhattan Project. What was the code name for > this detonation? trinity > 9. What is the name given to the combining of atomic nuclei, usually > in pairs, to create a heavier nucleus of a different element? fusion > 10. What is the familial name given to the large fragments left > after fission that can form the nuclei of new atoms? (delayed neutron) precursors > Toronto sitting around refreshing web pages." > msb@vex.net --Harriet Boulding > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
| R. Ess <Chifan@yahoo.com>: Mar 30 08:56AM -0500 On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:29:17 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote: >1 In 2017 the Vegas Golden Knights became the 31st team to join which North American sports league? National Hockey League (NHL) >2 Which American composer and songwriter was the subject of the bio-pics Night and Day (1946) and De-Lovely (2004)? Cole Porter >3 Hepatitis mainly affects which human organ? Liver >4 How many letters are there in the Greek alphabet? 24? >5 What surname links father Andy who played 34 rugby league Tests for Great Britain, and son Owen who has represented England in rugby union since 2012? Farrell? >6 In which 1988 Oscar winning film do the characters Charlie and Raymond Babbitt appear? Rain Man >7 What is the world's most expensive spice? Saffron >8 Which Japanese artist is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji? >9 In October 1960, which statesman pounded his shoe on his desk in a protest during the United Nations General Assembly in New York? Khrushchev >10 The post boxes of both Germany's Deutsche Post and France's La Poste are predominantly what colour? Yellow? ArenEss |
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