Re: QFTCI 03-19 R4,6: ecodisasters, NHL records

On Jun 7, 4:47 am, m...@xxxxxxx (Mark Brader) wrote:
Game 9, Round 4: Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future

1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was
first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is
a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North
America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings.
What is it?

smog

2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming
will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe
in particular?

it will disappear under the water after the polar ice caps melt

3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge
of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were
criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous
until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with
E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to happen,
and how? Be sufficiently detailed.

water runoff from a nearby farm which contained animal feces (?)

4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a "disease"
that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury came from
a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were the victims
exposed to it?

eating shellfish; eating fish (both from the polluted water)

5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole
Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec
City a storm in June brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow.
In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated 200,000
people. What caused this weather?

an indoneasian volcano exploded causing millions of tons of dust and
ash to enter the atmosphere

6. What dramatic phrase has been used for a similar climatic disaster
that might be caused by the next world war?

nuclear winter

7. One day 65,000,000 years ago, the Cretaceous Period ended with
a bang as a comet or a small asteroid slammed into the Earth.
The resulting crater was over 100 miles (over 160 km) wide,
and so much dust was thrown into the air that a disaster like
<answer 6> not only killed off the dinosaurs, but a majority
of other animal species too. Or that's the prevailing theory,
anyway. In what country is that crater today?

mexico (its mostly underwater; I used the chicxulub crater in a rare
entries contest of yours some time ago)

8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang.
It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material
began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time
most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and was
consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago, it reached
toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's living things
died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms. But anyway,
what was this waste substance?

oxygen

9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to
be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say what
part of the Earth now typically has the least ozone above it,
or give one of the short names for the families of chemicals
that have caused this effect.

polar ice caps; hydroflorocarbons

10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt
sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it were
diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking ever since.
Now about 1/4 its original size, it has split into at least two
bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more concentrated,
shutting down fisheries; and an island that once housed a
biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland. What is
the name of this disappearing sea?

aral sea

Game 9, Round 6: Recent NHL Records and Milestones

All dates refer to the current season if no year is given. [That means
the 2006-2007 season, of course. I haven't checked whether any of
these records have been broken since the round was originally used.]

1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became the
youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever score a
hat trick in the NHL.

crosby

2. Name the Detroit Red Wings defenseman who on November 24 set the
record for most regular-season games by an American-born player,
at the age of 44.

sutter (there were a lot of brothers)

3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second
American-born player to score 500 goals?

4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with
425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting an
NHL rookie record.

5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger
on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition.
What was the speed, within 4 mph?

120; 113

6. Name the Colorado Avalanche center who on March 11 set an
NHL rookie record for the longest point streak, i.e. the most
consecutive games by a rookie in which he had a goal or an assist.

7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most
regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained
player. Who did Numminen surpass?

8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during
a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within
400 minutes?

4700; 4000

9. This goalie then playing for the Florida Panthers has twice set
a new record for facing the most shots in a season: 2,475 in
2003-04 and 2,488 in 2005-06. Name him.

10. Which Colorado Avalanche center this season scored his 600th
career goal and also reached 900 assists?

gotta take the wife to get her ankle xrayed, I wonder what the rule
about medical emergencies is? And hopefully its never come up before.

swp
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