** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Geologic Time Scale
Please see <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-9/geol.pdf>, and
answer these questions about facts from the geologic time scale.
1. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#1"
on the handout?
2. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#2"?
4. The epoch we are currently living in, the Holocene, has another
accepted name. This name is based on the supposition that
mankind is the primary force affecting the current and future
cycles of life of earth. What is this alternative name?
Please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after
you have finished with #1-4.
5. Jung *ren* ner jr pheeragyl yvivat va? Vg'f fubja ol #3 ba gur
puneg, jvgu n fgnegvat cbvag 65,000,000 lrnef ntb. Vgf anzr
vf qrevirq sebz gur Terrx jbeqf sbe "arj" naq "yvsr", naq vg'f
nyfb ersreerq gb nf gur Ntr bs Znzznyf.
7. Gur nafjref gb dhrfgvbaf #7-10 ner crevbqf anzrq ba gur puneg.
Nsgre gur oernxhc bs gur fhcrepbagvarag Ebqvavn, gur qvfehcgvba
bs gur bprna pheeragf yrq gb gur cbyne ertvbaf fcernqvat gb
pbire gur ragver Rnegu, pnhfvat gur "Fabjonyy Rnegu" rirag.
Qhevat juvpu crevbq ner gurfr riragf ulcbgurfvmrq gb unir ynfg
unccrarq, naq gur rnegu sebmra bire?
8. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Znwbe
vapernfr va inevrgvrf bs cynagf naq navznyf. Svefg pubeqngr
navznyf nccrne, svefg cerqngbef nccrne, cerphefbef sbe nyy
bs zbqrea culyn bs navznyf cerfrag. Fhcrepbagvarag Tbaqjnan
rzretrf. Shatv nccrne.
9. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Gur svefg
sreaf, frrq-ornevat cynagf, naq gerrf nccrne ba ynaq. Wnjrq svfu
ehyr gur frn. Nccnynpuvna Zbhagnvaf orvat sbezvat.
10. Qhevat jung crevbq qvq gur Grgulf Bprna qvfnccrne nf gur
Vaqb-Nhfgenyvna cyngr pbyyvqrq jvgu gur Rhenfvna cyngr,
riraghnyyl chfuvat hc gur Uvznynlna Zbhagnvaf nf Vaqvn pbagvahrq
vgf znepu abegu?
** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge
* A. Literature: Super-lative Heroes
We all know that Spider-Man is "Amazing" and the Hulk is
"Incredible". But what are the usual adjectives associated
with these other superpersons?
A1. The first group of X-Men, published continually since 1963.
(For the first 19 years it was it was the only group
of X-Men).
* B. Science: Lines on a Graph
Give the correct name for the type of line found in a graphed
equation that satisfies the given condition.
B1. A straight line that a given curve approaches but does
not meet, as one of the variables in the equation approaches
infinity.
B2. A line that touches a curve at only one point, at which
the slopes of the line and curve are equal.
* C. Geography: World Flags
C1. This Asian nation is the only country whose flag is
not a rectangle or square; it is a 5-sided figure.
What country is this?
C2. This African nation is the only country to have used a
flag in recent history that was a single solid color,
without any design. What country is this?
* D. History: English Peerage Titles
D1. Born Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Battenberg in 1900,
he is more commonly known by the peerage title he held
at his death, or the title of his political position.
Give *either*.
D2. This person, born 1925, """has""" the peerage title Baroness
of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. What """is"""
her real name?
* E. Entertainment: Wham!
Answer these 2 questions about entertaining products from Wham-O.
E1. US soldiers in Iraq """have""" used this Wham-O product
to detect tripwires. Not military issue, soldiers """have
been having""" their families send it to them by the case.
Name the Wham-O product.
E2. The Coen brothers' 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" tells
a fictionalized story about the invention of this Wham-O
product. In the movie it's referred to, among other things,
as an "Extruded Plastic Dingus". Give the actual name of
the Wham-O product.
* F. Sports: FIFA Tourneys
*Note*: In each case either give the original answer or else
give the year and country for a future occurrence of the
respective tournament.
F1. What country """will host""" FIFA's 2018 World Cup?
** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Geologic Time Scale
1. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#1"
on the handout?
2. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#2"?
4. The epoch we are currently living in, the Holocene, has another
accepted name. This name is based on the supposition that
mankind is the primary force affecting the current and future
cycles of life of earth. What is this alternative name?
5. Jung *ren* ner jr pheeragyl yvivat va? Vg'f fubja ol #3 ba gur
puneg, jvgu n fgnegvat cbvag 65,000,000 lrnef ntb. Vgf anzr
vf qrevirq sebz gur Terrx jbeqf sbe "arj" naq "yvsr", naq vg'f
nyfb ersreerq gb nf gur Ntr bs Znzznyf.
7. Gur nafjref gb dhrfgvbaf #7-10 ner crevbqf anzrq ba gur puneg.
Nsgre gur oernxhc bs gur fhcrepbagvarag Ebqvavn, gur qvfehcgvba
bs gur bprna pheeragf yrq gb gur cbyne ertvbaf fcernqvat gb
pbire gur ragver Rnegu, pnhfvat gur "Fabjonyy Rnegu" rirag.
Qhevat juvpu crevbq ner gurfr riragf ulcbgurfvmrq gb unir ynfg
unccrarq, naq gur rnegu sebmra bire?
8. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Znwbe
vapernfr va inevrgvrf bs cynagf naq navznyf. Svefg pubeqngr
navznyf nccrne, svefg cerqngbef nccrne, cerphefbef sbe nyy
bs zbqrea culyn bs navznyf cerfrag. Fhcrepbagvarag Tbaqjnan
rzretrf. Shatv nccrne.
9. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Gur svefg
sreaf, frrq-ornevat cynagf, naq gerrf nccrne ba ynaq. Wnjrq svfu
ehyr gur frn. Nccnynpuvna Zbhagnvaf orvat sbezvat.
10. Qhevat jung crevbq qvq gur Grgulf Bprna qvfnccrne nf gur
Vaqb-Nhfgenyvna cyngr pbyyvqrq jvgu gur Rhenfvna cyngr,
riraghnyyl chfuvat hc gur Uvznynlna Zbhagnvaf nf Vaqvn pbagvahrq
vgf znepu abegu?
** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge
* A. Literature: Super-lative Heroes
A1. The first group of X-Men, published continually since 1963.
(For the first 19 years it was it was the only group
of X-Men).
* B. Science: Lines on a Graph
B1. A straight line that a given curve approaches but does
not meet, as one of the variables in the equation approaches
infinity.
B2. A line that touches a curve at only one point, at which
the slopes of the line and curve are equal.
* C. Geography: World Flags
C1. This Asian nation is the only country whose flag is
not a rectangle or square; it is a 5-sided figure.
What country is this?
C2. This African nation is the only country to have used a
flag in recent history that was a single solid color,
without any design. What country is this?
* D. History: English Peerage Titles
D1. Born Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Battenberg in 1900,
he is more commonly known by the peerage title he held
at his death, or the title of his political position.
Give *either*.
D2. This person, born 1925, """has""" the peerage title Baroness
of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. What """is"""
her real name?
* E. Entertainment: Wham!
E1. US soldiers in Iraq """have""" used this Wham-O product
to detect tripwires. Not military issue, soldiers """have
been having""" their families send it to them by the case.
Name the Wham-O product.
E2. The Coen brothers' 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" tells
a fictionalized story about the invention of this Wham-O
product. In the movie it's referred to, among other things,
as an "Extruded Plastic Dingus". Give the actual name of
the Wham-O product.
** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Geologic Time Scale
Please see <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-9/geol.pdf>, and
answer these questions about facts from the geologic time scale.
1. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#1"
on the handout?
2. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#2"?
3. The lowest subdivisions shown in the handout are epochs; but
epochs are further divided into another level, which includes
such spans as the Ionian, the Calabrian, and the Aquitanian.
What are those next-level subdivisions called?
4. The epoch we are currently living in, the Holocene, has another
accepted name. This name is based on the supposition that
mankind is the primary force affecting the current and future
cycles of life of earth. What is this alternative name?
Please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after
you have finished with #1-4.
5. Jung *ren* ner jr pheeragyl yvivat va? Vg'f fubja ol #3 ba gur
puneg, jvgu n fgnegvat cbvag 65,000,000 lrnef ntb. Vgf anzr
vf qrevirq sebz gur Terrx jbeqf sbe "arj" naq "yvsr", naq vg'f
nyfb ersreerq gb nf gur Ntr bs Znzznyf.
6. Dhrfgvbaf #6-10 rnpu nfx lbh gb anzr n *crevbq*, v.r. n ebj
haqre gur urnqvat "(#2)". Tvir gur anzr bs gur crevbq fubja
ol "#5" ba gur unaqbhg. Vgf raqcbvag jnf gur znff rkgvapgvba
qhevat juvpu gur qvabfnhef qvfnccrnerq.
7. Gur nafjref gb dhrfgvbaf #7-10 ner crevbqf anzrq ba gur puneg.
Nsgre gur oernxhc bs gur fhcrepbagvarag Ebqvavn, gur qvfehcgvba
bs gur bprna pheeragf yrq gb gur cbyne ertvbaf fcernqvat gb
pbire gur ragver Rnegu, pnhfvat gur "Fabjonyy Rnegu" rirag.
Qhevat juvpu crevbq ner gurfr riragf ulcbgurfvmrq gb unir ynfg
unccrarq, naq gur rnegu sebmra bire?
8. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Znwbe
vapernfr va inevrgvrf bs cynagf naq navznyf. Svefg pubeqngr
navznyf nccrne, svefg cerqngbef nccrne, cerphefbef sbe nyy
bs zbqrea culyn bs navznyf cerfrag. Fhcrepbagvarag Tbaqjnan
rzretrf. Shatv nccrne.
9. Tvir gur crevbq jura gur sbyybjvat riragf bppheerq. Gur svefg
sreaf, frrq-ornevat cynagf, naq gerrf nccrne ba ynaq. Wnjrq svfu
ehyr gur frn. Nccnynpuvna Zbhagnvaf orvat sbezvat.
10. Qhevat jung crevbq qvq gur Grgulf Bprna qvfnccrne nf gur
Vaqb-Nhfgenyvna cyngr pbyyvqrq jvgu gur Rhenfvna cyngr,
riraghnyyl chfuvat hc gur Uvznynlna Zbhagnvaf nf Vaqvn pbagvahrq
vgf znepu abegu?
This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
for fun, but for no points.
11. Give the *eon* during which there is the first evidence
of possible life, as silicon fragments from this time contain
compounds of photosynthetic kerogen.
** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge
* A. Literature: Super-lative Heroes
We all know that Spider-Man is "Amazing" and the Hulk is
"Incredible". But what are the usual adjectives associated
with these other superpersons?
A1. The first group of X-Men, published continually since 1963.
(For the first 19 years it was it was the only group
of X-Men).
A2. Iron Man.
* B. Science: Lines on a Graph
Give the correct name for the type of line found in a graphed
equation that satisfies the given condition.
B1. A straight line that a given curve approaches but does
not meet, as one of the variables in the equation approaches
infinity.
B2. A line that touches a curve at only one point, at which
the slopes of the line and curve are equal.
* C. Geography: World Flags
C1. This Asian nation is the only country whose flag is
not a rectangle or square; it is a 5-sided figure.
What country is this?
C2. This African nation is the only country to have used a
flag in recent history that was a single solid color,
without any design. What country is this?
* D. History: English Peerage Titles
D1. Born Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Battenberg in 1900,
he is more commonly known by the peerage title he held
at his death, or the title of his political position.
Give *either*.
D2. This person, born 1925, """has""" the peerage title Baroness
of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. What """is"""
her real name?
* E. Entertainment: Wham!
Answer these 2 questions about entertaining products from Wham-O.
E1. US soldiers in Iraq """have""" used this Wham-O product
to detect tripwires. Not military issue, soldiers """have
been having""" their families send it to them by the case.
Name the Wham-O product.
E2. The Coen brothers' 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" tells
a fictionalized story about the invention of this Wham-O
product. In the movie it's referred to, among other things,
as an "Extruded Plastic Dingus". Give the actual name of
the Wham-O product.
* F. Sports: FIFA Tourneys
*Note*: In each case either give the original answer or else
give the year and country for a future occurrence of the
respective tournament.
F1. What country """will host""" FIFA's 2018 World Cup?
F2. What nation """will host""" FIFA's 2015 Women's World Cup?
** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Geologic Time Scale
10. Qhevat jung crevbq qvq gur Grgulf Bprna qvfnccrne nf gur
Vaqb-Nhfgenyvna cyngr pbyyvqrq jvgu gur Rhenfvna cyngr,
riraghnyyl chfuvat hc gur Uvznynlna Zbhagnvaf nf Vaqvn pbagvahrq
vgf znepu abegu?
** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge
* A. Literature: Super-lative Heroes
* B. Science: Lines on a Graph
Give the correct name for the type of line found in a graphed
equation that satisfies the given condition.
B1. A straight line that a given curve approaches but does
not meet, as one of the variables in the equation approaches
infinity.
B2. A line that touches a curve at only one point, at which
the slopes of the line and curve are equal.
* C. Geography: World Flags
C1. This Asian nation is the only country whose flag is
not a rectangle or square; it is a 5-sided figure.
What country is this?
C2. This African nation is the only country to have used a
flag in recent history that was a single solid color,
without any design. What country is this?
* F. Sports: FIFA Tourneys
*Note*: In each case either give the original answer or else
give the year and country for a future occurrence of the
respective tournament.
F1. What country """will host""" FIFA's 2018 World Cup?
F2. What nation """will host""" FIFA's 2015 Women's World Cup?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-07,
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 2, Round 9 - Science - Geologic Time Scale
Please see <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-9/geol.pdf>, and
answer these questions about facts from the geologic time scale.
1. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#1"
on the handout?
2. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#2"?
3. The lowest subdivisions shown in the handout are epochs; but
epochs are further divided into another level, which includes
such spans as the Ionian, the Calabrian, and the Aquitanian.
What are those next-level subdivisions called?
4. The epoch we are currently living in, the Holocene, has another
accepted name. This name is based on the supposition that
mankind is the primary force affecting the current and future
cycles of life of earth. What is this alternative name?
Please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after
you have finished with #1-4.
5. What *era* are we currently living in? It's shown by #3 on the
chart, with a starting point 65,000,000 years ago. Its name
is derived from the Greek words for "new" and "life", and it's
also referred to as the Age of Mammals.
6. Questions #6-10 each ask you to name a *period*, i.e. a row
under the heading "(#2)". Give the name of the period shown
by "#5" on the handout. Its endpoint was the mass extinction
during which the dinosaurs disappeared.
7. The answers to questions #7-10 are periods named on the chart.
After the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia, the disruption
of the ocean currents led to the polar regions spreading to
cover the entire Earth, causing the "Snowball Earth" event.
During which period are these events hypothesized to have last
happened, and the earth frozen over?
8. Give the period when the following events occurred. Major
increase in varieties of plants and animals. First chordate
animals appear, first predators appear, precursors for all
of modern phyla of animals present. Supercontinent Gondwana
emerges. Fungi appear.
9. Give the period when the following events occurred. The first
ferns, seed-bearing plants, and trees appear on land. Jawed fish
rule the sea. Appalachian Mountains being forming.
10. During what period did the Tethys Ocean disappear as the
Indo-Australian plate collided with the Eurasian plate,
eventually pushing up the Himalayan Mountains as India continued
its march north?
This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
for fun, but for no points.
11. Give the *eon* during which there is the first evidence
of possible life, as silicon fragments from this time contain
compounds of photosynthetic kerogen.
** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge
* A. Literature: Super-lative Heroes
We all know that Spider-Man is "Amazing" and the Hulk is
"Incredible". But what are the usual adjectives associated
with these other superpersons?
A1. The first group of X-Men, published continually since 1963.
(For the first 19 years it was it was the only group
of X-Men).
A2. Iron Man.
* B. Science: Lines on a Graph
Give the correct name for the type of line found in a graphed
equation that satisfies the given condition.
B1. A straight line that a given curve approaches but does
not meet, as one of the variables in the equation approaches
infinity.
B2. A line that touches a curve at only one point, at which
the slopes of the line and curve are equal.
* C. Geography: World Flags
C1. This Asian nation is the only country whose flag is
not a rectangle or square; it is a 5-sided figure.
What country is this?
C2. This African nation is the only country to have used a
flag in recent history that was a single solid color,
without any design. What country is this?
* D. History: English Peerage Titles
D1. Born Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Battenberg in 1900,
he is more commonly known by the peerage title he held
at his death, or the title of his political position.
Give *either*.
D2. This person, born 1925, """has""" the peerage title Baroness
of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. What """is"""
her real name?
* E. Entertainment: Wham!
Answer these 2 questions about entertaining products from Wham-O.
E1. US soldiers in Iraq """have""" used this Wham-O product
to detect tripwires. Not military issue, soldiers """have
been having""" their families send it to them by the case.
Name the Wham-O product.
E2. The Coen brothers' 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" tells
a fictionalized story about the invention of this Wham-O
product. In the movie it's referred to, among other things,
as an "Extruded Plastic Dingus". Give the actual name of
the Wham-O product.
* F. Sports: FIFA Tourneys
*Note*: In each case either give the original answer or else
give the year and country for a future occurrence of the
respective tournament.
F1. What country """will host""" FIFA's 2018 World Cup?
F2. What nation """will host""" FIFA's 2015 Women's World Cup?
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-07,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Geologic Time Scale
Please see <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-9/geol.pdf>, and
answer these questions about facts from the geologic time scale.
1. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#1"
on the handout?
2. What is the term for the level of divisions represented by "#2"?
3. The lowest subdivisions shown in the handout are epochs; but
epochs are further divided into another level, which includes
such spans as the Ionian, the Calabrian, and the Aquitanian.
What are those next-level subdivisions called?
4. The epoch we are currently living in, the Holocene, has another
accepted name. This name is based on the supposition that
mankind is the primary force affecting the current and future
cycles of life of earth. What is this alternative name?
Please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after
you have finished with #1-4.
5. What *era* are we currently living in? It's shown by #3 on the
chart, with a starting point 65,000,000 years ago. Its name
is derived from the Greek words for "new" and "life", and it's
also referred to as the Age of Mammals.
6. Questions #6-10 each ask you to name a *period*, i.e. a row
under the heading "(#2)". Give the name of the period shown
by "#5" on the handout. Its endpoint was the mass extinction
during which the dinosaurs disappeared.
7. The answers to questions #7-10 are periods named on the chart.
After the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia, the disruption
of the ocean currents led to the polar regions spreading to
cover the entire Earth, causing the "Snowball Earth" event.
During which period are these events hypothesized to have last
happened, and the earth frozen over?
8. Give the period when the following events occurred. Major
increase in varieties of plants and animals. First chordate
animals appear, first predators appear, precursors for all
of modern phyla of animals present. Supercontinent Gondwana
emerges. Fungi appear.
9. Give the period when the following events occurred. The first
ferns, seed-bearing plants, and trees appear on land. Jawed fish
rule the sea. Appalachian Mountains being forming.
10. During what period did the Tethys Ocean disappear as the
Indo-Australian plate collided with the Eurasian plate,
eventually pushing up the Himalayan Mountains as India continued
its march north?
This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
for fun, but for no points.
11. Give the *eon* during which there is the first evidence
of possible life, as silicon fragments from this time contain
compounds of photosynthetic kerogen.
** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge
* A. Literature: Super-lative Heroes
We all know that Spider-Man is "Amazing" and the Hulk is
"Incredible". But what are the usual adjectives associated
with these other superpersons?
A1. The first group of X-Men, published continually since 1963.
(For the first 19 years it was it was the only group
of X-Men).
A2. Iron Man.
* B. Science: Lines on a Graph
Give the correct name for the type of line found in a graphed
equation that satisfies the given condition.
B1. A straight line that a given curve approaches but does
not meet, as one of the variables in the equation approaches
infinity.
B2. A line that touches a curve at only one point, at which
the slopes of the line and curve are equal.
* C. Geography: World Flags
C1. This Asian nation is the only country whose flag is
not a rectangle or square; it is a 5-sided figure.
What country is this?
C2. This African nation is the only country to have used a
flag in recent history that was a single solid color,
without any design. What country is this?
* D. History: English Peerage Titles
D1. Born Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Battenberg in 1900,
he is more commonly known by the peerage title he held
at his death, or the title of his political position.
Give *either*.
D2. This person, born 1925, """has""" the peerage title Baroness
of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. What """is"""
her real name?
* E. Entertainment: Wham!
Answer these 2 questions about entertaining products from Wham-O.
E1. US soldiers in Iraq """have""" used this Wham-O product
to detect tripwires. Not military issue, soldiers """have
been having""" their families send it to them by the case.
Name the Wham-O product.
E2. The Coen brothers' 1994 film "The Hudsucker Proxy" tells
a fictionalized story about the invention of this Wham-O
product. In the movie it's referred to, among other things,
as an "Extruded Plastic Dingus". Give the actual name of
the Wham-O product.
* F. Sports: FIFA Tourneys
*Note*: In each case either give the original answer or else
give the year and country for a future occurrence of the
respective tournament.
F1. What country """will host""" FIFA's 2018 World Cup?
F2. What nation """will host""" FIFA's 2015 Women's World Cup?
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