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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 05 10:06PM

> > command these soldiers and also serve as the Dominion's diplomats.
> > Name *either* species.
 
> Jem-Hadar; Vorta. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
Should be 4, I think.
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 05 10:27PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > > ...Name *either* species.
> > Jem-Hadar; Vorta. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
Dan Blum:
> Should be 4, I think.
 
Just so.
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 05 10:11PM


> 1. Julius Caesar and his nephew Octavian each renamed a month in
> the calendar for himself. What do we call these months today?
> (Name both, in English.)
 
July and August
 
> 2. Which Roman emperor adopted the Christian religion, not only
> for himself but also effectively as the established religion
> of the Empire?
 
Constantine
 
> the 20th century, was the 4-letter abbreviation for the Latin
> phrase meaning "the Senate and the Roman People". What were
> the 4 letters? Exact answer required.
 
SPQR
 
> ruled from Rome (and later Ravenna) and an eastern section
> ruled from Constantinople. Name any year during this period
> of the two empires.
 
420 CE
 
> early form of checks and balances, executive power in the
> Republic was normally shared between two men, who held the
> same title. What title?
 
consul
 
> 6. In the Roman Republic, the Senate had the power, in case of
> crisis, to name a single individual to rule in place of the
> two <answer 5>s. What was his title?
 
dictator
 
> 7. And what was the title of the men who held supreme authority
> before the Republic was established?
 
king
 
> 8. The first <answer 7> was Romulus, said to have founded the city
> of Rome in what year (within 50 years)?
 
776 BCE
 
> 9. The most important Roman book on the subjects of architecture
> and civil engineering consisted of 10 volumes written in the
> 1st century BC by what man?
 
Vitruvius
 
> lived in the 1st century BC. In 63 BC he became <answer 5>,
> but he later found himself on the losing side of the power
> struggles of that turbulent era. What was his name?
 
Cicero
 
 
> * A. Numbers
 
> A1. 8 of the numbers between 60 and 100 are primes. Name any
> one.
 
73
 
> A2. 8 of the numbers between 200 and 500 are squares.
> Name any one.
 
225
 
 
> B1. Ben Jonson was jailed in 1598 and again for a different
> reason in 1604 or 1605. Give the reason for either of
> these imprisonments, but you must say which one.
 
killing a man in 1604/5; killing a man in 1598
 
> * C. Albert Einstein
 
> C1. Einstein was born in Germany, but became a citizen of what
> country in 1901?
 
Switzerland
 
> C2. Einstein is best known today for his work on relativity,
> but he did not win the Nobel Prize for it. What did he
> win it for, in 1921?
 
his work on Brownian motion
 
> * D. Classic Arcade Games
 
> D1. What are the names of the four greeblies who chase the
> Pac-Man in the original Pac-Man game?
 
Inky, Winky, Pinky, and Clyde
 
> D2. This vector-graphics tank war game, made by Atari, was one
> of the first 3-dimensional arcade games. Name it.
 
Battlezone
 
> mascarpone cheese, ladyfingers, cream, espresso, liquor,
> sugar, and cocoa or shaved chocolate -- means "pick me up".
> What is it?
 
tiramisu
 
> version; it is always served whole and round or cut into
> pieces. In Florence it is often made with spinach and used
> as a sandwich filling. Name it.
 
frittata
 
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