| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 30 12:20AM -0800 On 11/27/21 10:00 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > combustion was well known. However, in 1778, Antoine Lavoisier > corrected some important details and gave it the name we still > use today. What is it? oxygen > 2. In 1897, J.J. Thomson called them "corpuscles" -- negatively > charged particles emitted by cathode-ray tubes and smaller > than atoms. What do we call them? electrons > developed a material that they used to replace ivory in the > manufacture of billiard balls. A little later, it was used to > make photographic film. What do we call it today? celluloid > * Single-Malt Scotch > 4. In a single-malt scotch, what is the only grain used for > distilling? barley > and then allowed to germinate to produce the necessary enzymes > required to turn the starch into fermentable sugars. What is > this process called? malting > 6. In most cases smoke is introduced to the kiln to add aroma > and flavor to the whisky. Generally the smoke is produced by > burning what? oak > You name it, in English. *All answers are two words*, counting > hyphenated words as one. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr7/bird/7.jpg Baltimore oriole > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr7/bird/8.jpg mourning dove > 10. What is the name of the highest point in the orbit of an > Earth-orbiting satellite: that is, the point where it is farthest > from the Earth? apogee > orbit the Earth, and appears to never move as seen from the > Earth, is extremely useful for communications. What name is > given to this type of orbit? geostationary > for two groups linked in myth, and they make good hiding places > for spaceships in science fiction. What name refers to both > of these points? Trojan > When a new planet swims into his ken. > These lines from John Keats's 1816 poem "On First Looking into > Chapman's Homer" allude to which 18th-century astronomical find? discovery of Uranus > nitrous oxide. Later, this chemist would discover sodium, > and develop a celebrated safety helmet for miners. He was also > one of the first people to work on iodine. Name the chemist. Sir Humphry Davy (abominated gravy. He lived with the odium of having discovered sodium.) > In each case, identify the Margaret Atwood book whose title has > been removed. They are not necessarily Canadian editions. > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/atw/1.jpg The Handmaid's Tale > * Jean-Paul Sartre > 4. A character in Sartre's play "No Exit" ("Huis Clos") defines > hell. Complete the aphorism, "Hell is..." other people > points. > 6. The seminal work of existentialism is Sartre's 1943 philosophical > treatise. What is its title? Being and Nothingness > * Saints Alive > Given the image, name the Christian saint. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/st/10.jpg St Francis of Assisi > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/st/11.jpg St Patrick > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr8/st/12.jpg St Jerome -- Dan Tilque |
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