* Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One
We name one of a pair of people who are more famous as a pair than individually; you name the other. For example, we say Orville
Wright, and you say Wilbur Wright. None of the ones we'll ask
about will be brothers, though.
1. David Brinkley.
2. Oscar Hammerstein.
3. Francis Crick.
4. King William III.
5. Daryl Hall.
6. Tommy Chong.
7. Sergey Brin.
8. William Clark.
9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
10. Jayne Torvill.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions
1. Astronauts who just returned to Earth after some time in space
look visibly different than before. How?
2. What creature takes its name from the Afrikaans for "earth pig"?
3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly
changed the science of physics. How was he employed at the time?
4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy"?
5. What is the closest star to the Earth?
6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to
the Earth? Answer within 20% of the true number.
7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to
the stomach and air to the lungs?
8. On the pH scale, what number represents neutral, i.e. neither
acid nor alkaline?
9. At the current level of humidity, what do we call the temperature
at which water vapor would condense out of the air?
10. At what sustained wind speed is a tropical storm promoted to
the status of hurricane? Answer within 10% of the true number.
* Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One
4. King William III.
5. Daryl Hall.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions
1. Astronauts who just returned to Earth after some time in space
look visibly different than before. How?
3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly
changed the science of physics. How was he employed at the time?
4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy"?
5. What is the closest star to the Earth?
6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to
the Earth? Answer within 20% of the true number.
7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to
the stomach and air to the lungs?
8. On the pH scale, what number represents neutral, i.e. neither
acid nor alkaline?
9. At the current level of humidity, what do we call the temperature
at which water vapor would condense out of the air?
10. At what sustained wind speed is a tropical storm promoted to
the status of hurricane? Answer within 10% of the true number.
* Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One
1. David Brinkley.
2. Oscar Hammerstein.
3. Francis Crick.
4. King William III.
5. Daryl Hall.
6. Tommy Chong.
8. William Clark.
9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
10. Jayne Torvill.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions
1. Astronauts who just returned to Earth after some time in space
look visibly different than before. How?
2. What creature takes its name from the Afrikaans for "earth pig"?
3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly
changed the science of physics. How was he employed at the time?
4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy"?
5. What is the closest star to the Earth?
6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to
the Earth? Answer within 20% of the true number.
7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to
the stomach and air to the lungs?
8. On the pH scale, what number represents neutral, i.e. neither
acid nor alkaline?
9. At the current level of humidity, what do we call the temperature
at which water vapor would condense out of the air?
10. At what sustained wind speed is a tropical storm promoted to
the status of hurricane? Answer within 10% of the true number.
* Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One
We name one of a pair of people who are more famous as a pair than individually; you name the other. For example, we say Orville
Wright, and you say Wilbur Wright. None of the ones we'll ask
about will be brothers, though.
1. David Brinkley.
2. Oscar Hammerstein.
3. Francis Crick.
4. King William III.
5. Daryl Hall.
6. Tommy Chong.
8. William Clark.
9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
10. Jayne Torvill.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions
2. What creature takes its name from the Afrikaans for "earth pig"?
3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly
changed the science of physics. How was he employed at the time?
4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy"?
5. What is the closest star to the Earth?
6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to
the Earth? Answer within 20% of the true number.
7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to
the stomach and air to the lungs?
8. On the pH scale, what number represents neutral, i.e. neither
acid nor alkaline?
9. At the current level of humidity, what do we call the temperature
at which water vapor would condense out of the air?
10. At what sustained wind speed is a tropical storm promoted to
the status of hurricane? Answer within 10% of the true number.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One
We name one of a pair of people who are more famous as a pair than individually; you name the other. For example, we say Orville
Wright, and you say Wilbur Wright. None of the ones we'll ask
about will be brothers, though.
1. David Brinkley.
2. Oscar Hammerstein.
3. Francis Crick.
4. King William III.
5. Daryl Hall.
6. Tommy Chong.
7. Sergey Brin.
8. William Clark.
9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
10. Jayne Torvill.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions
1. Astronauts who just returned to Earth after some time in space
look visibly different than before. How?
2. What creature takes its name from the Afrikaans for "earth pig"?
3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly
changed the science of physics. How was he employed at the time?
4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy"?
5. What is the closest star to the Earth?
6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to
the Earth? Answer within 20% of the true number.
7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to
the stomach and air to the lungs?
8. On the pH scale, what number represents neutral, i.e. neither
acid nor alkaline?
9. At the current level of humidity, what do we call the temperature
at which water vapor would condense out of the air?
10. At what sustained wind speed is a tropical storm promoted to
the status of hurricane? Answer within 10% of the true number.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The time to make up your mind about people m...@vex.net | is never." --The Philadelphia Story
My text in this article is in the public domain.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - The Other One
We name one of a pair of people who are more famous as a pair than individually; you name the other. For example, we say Orville
Wright, and you say Wilbur Wright. None of the ones we'll ask
about will be brothers, though.
1. David Brinkley.
2. Oscar Hammerstein.
3. Francis Crick.
4. King William III.
5. Daryl Hall.
6. Tommy Chong.
7. Sergey Brin.
8. William Clark.
9. Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
10. Jayne Torvill.
* Game 5, Round 8 - Science - General Science Questions
1. Astronauts who just returned to Earth after some time in space
look visibly different than before. How?
2. What creature takes its name from the Afrikaans for "earth pig"?
3. In 1905 Albert Einstein published four papers that profoundly
changed the science of physics. How was he employed at the time?
4. Who wrote the 1687 book "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia
Mathematica" -- that's Latin for "The Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy"?
5. What is the closest star to the Earth?
6. How long does it take for light from the Sun to travel to
the Earth? Answer within 20% of the true number.
7. Which part of the human body acts as a valve to direct food to
the stomach and air to the lungs?
8. On the pH scale, what number represents neutral, i.e. neither
acid nor alkaline?
9. At the current level of humidity, what do we call the temperature
at which water vapor would condense out of the air?
10. At what sustained wind speed is a tropical storm promoted to
the status of hurricane? Answer within 10% of the true number.
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