Re: QFTCI 03-12 R8-10: languages, solar system, challenge round
- From: "Dan Tilque" <dtilque@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:41:49 GMT
"Mark Brader" <msb@xxxxxxx> wrote
1. "Tamago" ("tah-mah-guh", without emphasis on any syllable).
This word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a
restaurant. It is also related to "tamagotchi", the so-called
digital pet that was all the rage a few years ago.
tomato
2. "Cuore" ("KWOR-ay"). This is an Italian word, and we hope that if
you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving and
not because you're in hospital.
heart
3. "Arbeit" ("AR-bite"). We hope trivia is more enjoyable than what
this German word refers to.
work
4. "Hermano" ("air-MAHN-oh"). This Spanish word may refer to one
of your relatives.
uncle, cousin
5. "Vannaya" ("VAN-eye-uh"). In this case the word is Russian,
but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should
learn in any language.
thank you
6. "Zimmer" ("TSIM-mer"). You might use this word in a German hotel.
room
7. "Letto" (LET-to). Another Italian word, and, like "cuore",
it could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you end up
in hospital.
8. "Chyelovyek" ("chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as in
"yell"). This Russian word inspired a term in the slang that
Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange".
friend
9. "Mozo" ("MO-so"). To help you with this Spanish word, we'll
give you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero"
("may-SAIR-oh") and "camarero" ("cam-uh-RAIR-oh").
middle
10. "Kodomo" ("kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable). No,
this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have some
of these at home, you may think they are monsters.
child
Game 8, Round 9 (Science): The Solar System
Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions
without being edited out.
1. This planet is only a few percent smaller than the Earth in both
mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot.
Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon
dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet.
Venus
2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in a
small telescope. Name the planet.
Saturn
3. <answer 2> is one of four planets that are large in diameter but
almost all of their volume consists of gas, or to put it another
way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are also
now known to have ring systems. Name any two of the other three.
Jupiter, Uranus
4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its
day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere consisting
mostly of carbon dioxide.
Mars
5. This planet's year is 88 days long (that is 88 Earth days),
and it's in a tidal resonance so that it rotates exactly 1½ times
during that period. Because it was so hard to observe visually,
astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once
during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun.
Mercury
6. Name the man who was the first to discover that the Sun's face has
spots on it, and that Jupiter has moons. He was also the first
to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to day,
but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star whose
position he'd gotten wrong the first time.
Gallileo
7. Neptune was actually discovered over 230 years later, after
astronomers trying to work out the orbit of another planet
couldn't get it right. They finally figured out that an unknown
planet's gravity must be affecting it, and worked out where to
look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually tried
searching, they needed only half an hour to find it. What was
the other planet, the one whose orbit was problematic?
Uranus
8. In the early 20th century, Percival Lowell attempted a similar
computation based on the orbit of Neptune, and proposed an
outer planet that he called Planet X. Then he died. His facts
were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search
had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930
discovery of what?
Pluto
9. This body, discovered on January 1, 1801, was considered to be a
planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest
of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or
asteroid, and lately a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it.
Ceres
10. Name the largest moon of any other planet besides the Earth, and
you must also say which planet it belongs to. Pluto is a planet
for purposes of this question.
Ganymede, Jupiter
Game 8, Round 10: Challenge Round
A. Chinese Philosophers (Writing, not Eating)
For these you must give their full names.
A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius,
wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text.
Dao Tzu
A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent
decades become beloved of corporate executives and other
go-getters. Name the author.
B. European Union
B1. The European Union may be viewed as a successor or a renaming
of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the
Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded
or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case.
11 founding countries
B2. The EU added two new members this year, which are adjacent
countries. Name either one, or else say how many countries
are now members, within 2.
Ukraine
C. Iraqi Cities
C1. What is the largest city in the ethnic and cultural area
known as Kurdistan?
C2. What is the second-largest city in Iraq and the country's
main port?
Basra
D. Names of Chemical Elements
D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or
lanthanides, are named after the same village in Sweden.
Name any one of them.
Yttrium
D2. By a generous count five elements are named after the
present-day names of countries, and one present-day country
is named after an element. Give any one of these six names
(i.e. the one country or one of the five elements).
Americium
F. Peter Greenaway movies
F1. Peter Greenaway's most mainstream film starred Helen Mirren
and Michael Gambon in two of the four titular roles.
Give the title -- exactly. Be careful.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
--
Dan Tilque
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