Re: OQFTCI Game 3 R7-8: video games, the 9 planets

In article <_MadnRtJyo4h9zLVnZ2dnUVZ_rmdnZ2d@xxxxxxx>, msb@xxxxxxx says...
Game 3, Round 7: Leisure - Arcade Games

Given the name of a classic arcade video game, identify it by number
from whichever page of the handout it appears on. For my convenience
please write the number on a separate line below the quoted question.

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1. Space Invaders.
2

2. Missile Command.
4

3. Frogger.
7

4. Q*bert.
13

5. Galaga.
6. Zaxxon.
7. Berzerk.
8. Pole Position.
9. Joust.
10. Donkey Kong.
9

Game 3, Round 8 - Science: 9 Planets from Outer Space

We realize that there is some debate as to what exactly should be
called a planet, but for purposes of this round the usual list
of 9 planets in our Solar System will apply. As there will be
10 questions, you shouldn't be surprised to hear that some answers
will repeat.

1. On which planet is the length of a day most similar to ours?
Mars

2. Which planet's orbit takes it closest of all planets to the Earth?
Venus

3. Which was the first planet discovered using a telescope?
By "discovered" we mean that it was recognized to be a planet.
Uranus

4. Which planet was discovered by using a telescope to
photograph the same part of the sky on different nights,
then using a Blink-Comparator to look for differences
between the two photographic plates?
Pluto

5. The four largest planets in the Solar System are called the
gas giants. Name all four.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

6. There are also four planets in the Solar System now known to
have rings around them. Name any two.
Saturn, Uranus

7. Seven of the nine planets have at least one satellite, or moon.
Name the two that do not.
Mercury, Pluto

8. This was the first planet known to have more than one satellite
(or moon) orbiting it, and in 2001 it again became the planet
with the greatest number of known satellites. Name it.
Jupiter

9. Three planets exhibit retrograde rotation. This means that the
pole from which the planet would be seen to rotate anticlockwise,
like the North Pole on Earth, is on the south side of the planet's
orbital plane as seen from the sun. Name any one of the three.
Mercury

10. The orbits of the planets are ellipses, but they vary in what
is called eccentricity; that is, in how different their shape
is from an exact circle. Name any one of the three planets with
the most eccentric orbits (that is, the least circular).
Pluto

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