** Game 1, Round 9 - Science - Astronomical Terms
1. What type of object has gravity so strong that the escape
velocity exceeds the speed of light?
2. What do we call a celestial object that emits radio waves with
a high degree of regularity?
4. What term do we give to a sudden eruption of energy on the
solar disk from which radiation and particles are emitted?
5. What is a nebula made of?
6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached
the earth from outer space?
8. What is a parsec? Be specific.
** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge - Challenging Firsts
* C. Geography: 1st-Level National Divisions
C1. Japan does not have states or provinces; name the divisions
it has instead.
C2. Barbados does not have states or provinces; it has these
divisions instead, which were based on the locations of
churches. What are they called?
* D. History: First in Space
D1. The Soviet Union and the United States were the first
two countries to have citizens in space. In 1978 Vladimir
Remek became the first citizen of a third country into space.
What country?
D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
the previous question. Anzr gur lrne gung gur svefg Pnanqvna
jrag vagb fcnpr, jvguva 1.
* E. Entertainment: One-Named Female Singers
E1. Name the one-named Colombian singer whose song "Whenever,
Wherever" was the global #1 best-selling single in 2002.
She sang to open both the 2006 and 2010 World Cup Final
games.
E2. Name the one-named Irish singer who had a best-selling album
with "Watermark" in 1998, featuring the single "Orinoco
Flow".
** Game 1, Round 9 - Science - Astronomical Terms
1. What type of object has gravity so strong that the escape
velocity exceeds the speed of light?
2. What do we call a celestial object that emits radio waves with
a high degree of regularity?
4. What term do we give to a sudden eruption of energy on the
solar disk from which radiation and particles are emitted?
5. What is a nebula made of?
6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached
the earth from outer space?
7. What do we call the glow in a planet's ionosphere caused by
the interaction between the magnetic field and particles that
have been charged by the Sun?
8. What is a parsec? Be specific.
9. Hubble's Law states that the velocity of recession of distant
galaxies from our own is proportional to what?
10. What name do we give to celestial objects whose large red
shift and apparent brightness imply extreme distance and huge
energy output?
** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge - Challenging Firsts
* A. Literature: Debut Novels
A1. Give the name of the 2004 first novel of Mark Haddon,
the story of an autistic boy wrongfully accused of killing
a neighbor's pet.
A2. Give the name of Sue Monk Kidd's 2003 debut novel. Set in
South Carolina in 1964, it tells the story of Lily Owens
trying to discover the truth about her mother's death.
* B. Science: Pioneers of Archaeology
B1. Name the pioneering French archeologist who first deciphered
the Rosetta Stone and realized the importance of the King
List scroll to date early Egyptian times. His book "Pr?cis
du Syst?me Hi?roglyphique" gave birth to the entire field
of modern Egyptian study, and so he is referred to as the
"Father of Egyptology".
B2. Two men are often referred to as the "Father of Modern
Archaeology". One is the German who discovered and excavated
the remains of Troy, thus showing that ancient epics could
reflect actual events. The other is the Englishman who
developed many processes now in common use: painstaking
recording of facts; non-destructive, non-intrusive gentle
excavation techniques; etc. He developed pottery seriation
to date civilizations, and discovered the important
Merneptah stele. Name *either* man.
* C. Geography: 1st-Level National Divisions
C1. Japan does not have states or provinces; name the divisions
it has instead.
C2. Barbados does not have states or provinces; it has these
divisions instead, which were based on the locations of
churches. What are they called?
* D. History: First in Space
D1. The Soviet Union and the United States were the first
two countries to have citizens in space. In 1978 Vladimir
Remek became the first citizen of a third country into space.
What country?
D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
the previous question. Anzr gur lrne gung gur svefg Pnanqvna
jrag vagb fcnpr, jvguva 1.
* E. Entertainment: One-Named Female Singers
E2. Name the one-named Irish singer who had a best-selling album
with "Watermark" in 1998, featuring the single "Orinoco
Flow".
* F. Sports: NCAA Division 1 Football Team Names
F1. The most common name among Division 1 football teams is
used by such teams as Yale, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi
State, and South Carolina State. What is it?
F2. The next most popular name among Division 1 football teams
is used by 11 of them, including Memphis, Clemson, and
Princeton. What is it?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-04-30,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', but have
been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
** Game 1, Round 9 - Science - Astronomical Terms
1. What type of object has gravity so strong that the escape
velocity exceeds the speed of light?
2. What do we call a celestial object that emits radio waves with
a high degree of regularity?
3. What is a bolide?
4. What term do we give to a sudden eruption of energy on the
solar disk from which radiation and particles are emitted?
5. What is a nebula made of?
6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached
the earth from outer space?
7. What do we call the glow in a planet's ionosphere caused by
the interaction between the magnetic field and particles that
have been charged by the Sun?
8. What is a parsec? Be specific.
9. Hubble's Law states that the velocity of recession of distant
galaxies from our own is proportional to what?
10. What name do we give to celestial objects whose large red
shift and apparent brightness imply extreme distance and huge
energy output?
** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge - Challenging Firsts
* A. Literature: Debut Novels
A1. Give the name of the 2004 first novel of Mark Haddon,
the story of an autistic boy wrongfully accused of killing
a neighbor's pet.
A2. Give the name of Sue Monk Kidd's 2003 debut novel. Set in
South Carolina in 1964, it tells the story of Lily Owens
trying to discover the truth about her mother's death.
* B. Science: Pioneers of Archaeology
B1. Name the pioneering French archeologist who first deciphered
the Rosetta Stone and realized the importance of the King
List scroll to date early Egyptian times. His book "Précis
du Système Hiéroglyphique" gave birth to the entire field
of modern Egyptian study, and so he is referred to as the
"Father of Egyptology".
B2. Two men are often referred to as the "Father of Modern
Archaeology". One is the German who discovered and excavated
the remains of Troy, thus showing that ancient epics could
reflect actual events. The other is the Englishman who
developed many processes now in common use: painstaking
recording of facts; non-destructive, non-intrusive gentle
excavation techniques; etc. He developed pottery seriation
to date civilizations, and discovered the important
Merneptah stele. Name *either* man.
* C. Geography: 1st-Level National Divisions
C1. Japan does not have states or provinces; name the divisions
it has instead.
C2. Barbados does not have states or provinces; it has these
divisions instead, which were based on the locations of
churches. What are they called?
* D. History: First in Space
D1. The Soviet Union and the United States were the first
two countries to have citizens in space. In 1978 Vladimir
Remek became the first citizen of a third country into space.
What country?
D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
the previous question. Anzr gur lrne gung gur svefg Pnanqvna
jrag vagb fcnpr, jvguva 1.
* E. Entertainment: One-Named Female Singers
E1. Name the one-named Colombian singer whose song "Whenever,
Wherever" was the global #1 best-selling single in 2002.
She sang to open both the 2006 and 2010 World Cup Final
games.
E2. Name the one-named Irish singer who had a best-selling album
with "Watermark" in 1998, featuring the single "Orinoco
Flow".
* F. Sports: NCAA Division 1 Football Team Names
*Note*: Since NCAA's own web site doesn't list team names,
this question has been updated with information from Wikipedia.
The answers now are the same as in 2012 anyway.
F1. The most common name among Division 1 football teams is
used by such teams as Yale, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi
State, and South Carolina State. What is it?
F2. The next most popular name among Division 1 football teams
is used by 11 of them, including Memphis, Clemson, and
Princeton. What is it?
** Game 1, Round 9 - Science - Astronomical Terms
1. What type of object has gravity so strong that the escape
velocity exceeds the speed of light?
2. What do we call a celestial object that emits radio waves with
a high degree of regularity?
4. What term do we give to a sudden eruption of energy on the
solar disk from which radiation and particles are emitted?
5. What is a nebula made of?
6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached
the earth from outer space?
8. What is a parsec? Be specific.
** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge - Challenging Firsts
* A. Literature: Debut Novels
A1. Give the name of the 2004 first novel of Mark Haddon,
the story of an autistic boy wrongfully accused of killing
a neighbor's pet.
A2. Give the name of Sue Monk Kidd's 2003 debut novel. Set in
South Carolina in 1964, it tells the story of Lily Owens
trying to discover the truth about her mother's death.
* B. Science: Pioneers of Archaeology
B1. Name the pioneering French archeologist who first deciphered
the Rosetta Stone and realized the importance of the King
List scroll to date early Egyptian times. His book "Précis
du Système Hiéroglyphique" gave birth to the entire field
of modern Egyptian study, and so he is referred to as the
"Father of Egyptology".
B2. Two men are often referred to as the "Father of Modern
Archaeology". One is the German who discovered and excavated
the remains of Troy, thus showing that ancient epics could
reflect actual events. The other is the Englishman who
developed many processes now in common use: painstaking
recording of facts; non-destructive, non-intrusive gentle
excavation techniques; etc. He developed pottery seriation
to date civilizations, and discovered the important
Merneptah stele. Name *either* man.
* C. Geography: 1st-Level National Divisions
C1. Japan does not have states or provinces; name the divisions
it has instead.
C2. Barbados does not have states or provinces; it has these
divisions instead, which were based on the locations of
churches. What are they called?
* D. History: First in Space
D1. The Soviet Union and the United States were the first
two countries to have citizens in space. In 1978 Vladimir
Remek became the first citizen of a third country into space.
What country?
D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
the previous question. Anzr gur lrne gung gur svefg Pnanqvna
jrag vagb fcnpr, jvguva 1.
* E. Entertainment: One-Named Female Singers
E1. Name the one-named Colombian singer whose song "Whenever,
Wherever" was the global #1 best-selling single in 2002.
She sang to open both the 2006 and 2010 World Cup Final
games.
E2. Name the one-named Irish singer who had a best-selling album
with "Watermark" in 1998, featuring the single "Orinoco
Flow".
* F. Sports: NCAA Division 1 Football Team Names
*Note*: Since NCAA's own web site doesn't list team names,
this question has been updated with information from Wikipedia.
The answers now are the same as in 2012 anyway.
F1. The most common name among Division 1 football teams is
used by such teams as Yale, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi
State, and South Carolina State. What is it?
F2. The next most popular name among Division 1 football teams
is used by 11 of them, including Memphis, Clemson, and
Princeton. What is it?
** Game 1, Round 9 - Science - Astronomical Terms
1. What type of object has gravity so strong that the escape
velocity exceeds the speed of light?
2. What do we call a celestial object that emits radio waves with
a high degree of regularity?
3. What is a bolide?
4. What term do we give to a sudden eruption of energy on the
solar disk from which radiation and particles are emitted?
5. What is a nebula made of?
6. What term do we give a mass of stone or metal that has reached
the earth from outer space?
7. What do we call the glow in a planet's ionosphere caused by
the interaction between the magnetic field and particles that
have been charged by the Sun?
8. What is a parsec? Be specific.
9. Hubble's Law states that the velocity of recession of distant
galaxies from our own is proportional to what?
10. What name do we give to celestial objects whose large red
shift and apparent brightness imply extreme distance and huge
energy output?
** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge - Challenging Firsts
* A. Literature: Debut Novels
A1. Give the name of the 2004 first novel of Mark Haddon,
the story of an autistic boy wrongfully accused of killing
a neighbor's pet.
A2. Give the name of Sue Monk Kidd's 2003 debut novel. Set in
South Carolina in 1964, it tells the story of Lily Owens
trying to discover the truth about her mother's death.
* B. Science: Pioneers of Archaeology
B1. Name the pioneering French archeologist who first deciphered
the Rosetta Stone and realized the importance of the King
List scroll to date early Egyptian times. His book "Précis
du Système Hiéroglyphique" gave birth to the entire field
of modern Egyptian study, and so he is referred to as the
"Father of Egyptology".
B2. Two men are often referred to as the "Father of Modern
Archaeology". One is the German who discovered and excavated
the remains of Troy, thus showing that ancient epics could
reflect actual events. The other is the Englishman who
developed many processes now in common use: painstaking
recording of facts; non-destructive, non-intrusive gentle
excavation techniques; etc. He developed pottery seriation
to date civilizations, and discovered the important
Merneptah stele. Name *either* man.
* C. Geography: 1st-Level National Divisions
C1. Japan does not have states or provinces; name the divisions
it has instead.
C2. Barbados does not have states or provinces; it has these
divisions instead, which were based on the locations of
churches. What are they called?
* D. History: First in Space
D1. The Soviet Union and the United States were the first
two countries to have citizens in space. In 1978 Vladimir
Remek became the first citizen of a third country into space.
What country?
D2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
the previous question. Anzr gur lrne gung gur svefg Pnanqvna
jrag vagb fcnpr, jvguva 1.
* E. Entertainment: One-Named Female Singers
E1. Name the one-named Colombian singer whose song "Whenever,
Wherever" was the global #1 best-selling single in 2002.
She sang to open both the 2006 and 2010 World Cup Final
games.
E2. Name the one-named Irish singer who had a best-selling album
with "Watermark" in 1998, featuring the single "Orinoco
Flow".
* F. Sports: NCAA Division 1 Football Team Names
*Note*: Since NCAA's own web site doesn't list team names,
this question has been updated with information from Wikipedia.
The answers now are the same as in 2012 anyway.
F1. The most common name among Division 1 football teams is
used by such teams as Yale, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi
State, and South Carolina State. What is it?
F2. The next most popular name among Division 1 football teams
is used by 11 of them, including Memphis, Clemson, and
Princeton. What is it?
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