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RQFTCI07 Game 5 Rounds 4,6: eponymous laws, black places
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Mark Brader
Aug 14, 2020, 1:09:56 AM8/14/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I originally wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
such a phrase occurs in the question.
1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
Name the law.
4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
as this law.
8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
Name either of their laws.
10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
* Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
This round is about places with "black" in their name.
1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
or any state adjacent to it.
4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
in -- again, answering "within one state"?
5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
includes other streams.)
6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
intersection of two other streets; name either one.
7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
along the waterfront.
8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
-- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
in this round?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Some people open all the windows:
m...@vex.net | wise wives welcome spring by moving the UNIX."
-- ad, Housewife magazine, April 1941
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I originally wrote both of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
such a phrase occurs in the question.
1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
Name the law.
4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
as this law.
8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
Name either of their laws.
10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
* Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
This round is about places with "black" in their name.
1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
or any state adjacent to it.
4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
in -- again, answering "within one state"?
5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
includes other streams.)
6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
intersection of two other streets; name either one.
7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
along the waterfront.
8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
-- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
in this round?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Some people open all the windows:
m...@vex.net | wise wives welcome spring by moving the UNIX."
-- ad, Housewife magazine, April 1941
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Aug 14, 2020, 1:29:00 AM8/14/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:PeadnQ_-x_gCgavCnZ2dnUU7-
YvN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
prism
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
Ohm's Law; Volta's Law
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
Gresham's Law
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
Duverger's Laws
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
Newton's Laws
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
Kepler's Laws
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
Hubble's Law
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
a spring
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
Avogadro's Law
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
>
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
>
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
Turkey, Bulgaria
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
Alberta; Saskatchewan
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
Nevada
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
South Dakota
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
Blackpool
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
Germany
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
YvN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
>
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
>
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Bruce Bowler
Aug 14, 2020, 8:23:19 AM8/14/20
to
On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:09:51 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19, and
> should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived from
> theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named after a
> person who either developed or published them. Thus all answers will be
> in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless such a phrase occurs
> in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig function
> sine). What optical situation is the law about?
The interface between 2 substances that have different indicies of
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19, and
> should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived from
> theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named after a
> person who either developed or published them. Thus all answers will be
> in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless such a phrase occurs
> in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig function
> sine). What optical situation is the law about?
refraction
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century. Name
> the law.
>
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT tall,
> then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples of what laws
> relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that an
> object with no force acting on it will continue in a state of rest or
> uniform motion. Name them.
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were developed
> empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of Mars, but <answer
> 5 person> proved that they all are implied by <answer 5> together
> with another law he had stated.
>
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance, thus
> implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least one
> important telescope has been named after the same astronomer as this
> law.
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
>
> 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure. Name
> either of their laws.
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal volumes
> of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is named
> after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
>
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
>
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within one
> state" -- which means you can name either the correct state or any
> state adjacent to it.
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and a
> famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located in --
> again, answering "within one state"?
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however, we do
> have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of water these
> two streams flow directly into. (You need not say which stream you
> are answering for. "Body of water", of course, includes other
> streams.)
>
> 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
> intersection of two other streets; name either one.
>
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose name
> fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run""" along the
> waterfront.
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
>
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer in this
> round?
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 14, 2020, 9:43:27 AM8/14/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
Refraction when a ray of light crosses a boundary.
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
> 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
>
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
>
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
> we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
Dan Blum
Aug 14, 2020, 10:04:56 AM8/14/20
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> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
when the light is changing from one medium to another (e.g. air to
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
water)
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
(assuming that 5 here means 6)
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
Ukraine and Turkey
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
> we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Aug 14, 2020, 3:53:48 PM8/14/20
to
Dan Blum:
--
Mark Brader "The routes 'London' and 'not London' are
Toronto not necessarily mutually exclusive."
m...@vex.net --Tim Stevens for ATOC, UK
> (assuming that 5 here means 6)
No, 5 there meant 5.
--
Mark Brader "The routes 'London' and 'not London' are
Toronto not necessarily mutually exclusive."
m...@vex.net --Tim Stevens for ATOC, UK
Pete Gayde
Aug 14, 2020, 8:46:48 PM8/14/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
Light shining through a prism
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
>
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
>
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
>
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
>
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
>
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
>
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
>
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
>
> 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
>
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
>
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
>
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
>
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
>
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
>
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
>
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
> we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
>
> 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
> intersection of two other streets; name either one.
>
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
>
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
>
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
>
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
>
Pete Gayde
swp
Aug 15, 2020, 12:59:05 PM8/15/20
to
On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 1:09:56 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
noted
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, 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 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote both of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
> 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
>
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
>
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
> we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
> 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
> intersection of two other streets; name either one.
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "Some people open all the windows:
> m...@vex.net | wise wives welcome spring by moving the UNIX."
> -- ad, Housewife magazine, April 1941
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Aug 16, 2020, 11:38:02 PM8/16/20
to
On 8/13/20 10:09 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
refraction when the light passes a boundary between two different materials.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
>
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
>
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
>
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
>
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
>
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
>
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
Newton's Laws of Motion
>
>
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
Kepler's Laws
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
>
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
>
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
>
> 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
>
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
>
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
>
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
>
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
>
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
>
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
>
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
> we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
>
> 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
> intersection of two other streets; name either one.
>
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
>
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
>
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
>
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Aug 17, 2020, 1:31:10 AM8/17/20
to
Mark Brader:
> information... see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted
I accepted one here also. But references to a prism without
indicating the specific interaction of the light with it were too
non-specific. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
Ohm's Law. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joshua.
Here and below, it was not necessary to actually say "law".
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
Gresham's Law. (Also accepting Oresme and Copernicus; they stated it
before Gresham did.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
De Morgan's Laws. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
Newton's Laws. The question paraphrases the third and first laws
in that order. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum,
Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
Kepler's Laws. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
Hubble's Law. 4 for everyone.
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
A spring, or any elastic material. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque.
> 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
Boyle's Law (also called Mariotte's Law or a combination), Charles's
Law. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
3 for Pete.
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
Avogadro's Law. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine. (Still true.)
4 for everyone. I'm tempted to penalize Erland for not being able
to count to two, though.
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
Alberta, Montana. (Still true.) 4 for Bruce, Erland, Pete, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
Nevada (within one: Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah).
4 for everyone.
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
South Dakota (within one: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Wyoming; the memorial is Mt. Rushmore). 4 for everyone.
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
> we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
Lake Simcoe, Humber River. 4 for Stephen.
> 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
> intersection of two other streets; name either one.
Humber Blvd., Weston Rd. (Still true.)
The intersection is about 2 miles from the mouth of Black Creek.
You really had to know the city to get either of these two questions.
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
Blackpool. (Still true, but the streetcar line has been modernized
and the historic cars no longer run every day.) 4 for everyone.
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
Germany. (Still true.) 4 for everyone.
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
Lake Superior. 4 for Stephen.
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
Blackpool. (It's up to about 115,000 people now.) 4 for Bruce,
Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Lit Sci Geo
Stephen Perry 40 40 40 36 156
Dan Tilque 28 40 40 28 136
Dan Blum 32 40 36 24 132
Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 27 23 118
Pete Gayde 36 12 15 28 91
Erland Sommarskog 28 7 27 28 90
Bruce Bowler 24 8 24 28 84
--
Mark Brader | "I don't want to say they're unsafe,
Toronto | but they're dangerous."
m...@vex.net | --former US transportation sec'y Ray Lahood
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on
> 2007-02-19, and should be interpreted accordingly... For further
> information... see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted
> Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I originally wrote both of these rounds.
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
Refraction. A description was ruled acceptable on protest, and
> I originally wrote both of these rounds.
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws
> All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived
> from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named
> after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all
> answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless
> such a phrase occurs in the question.
> 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light
> in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing
> light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig
> function sine). What optical situation is the law about?
I accepted one here also. But references to a prism without
indicating the specific interaction of the light with it were too
non-specific. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a
> basic electrical circuit. We need the name.
3 for Joshua.
Here and below, it was not necessary to actually say "law".
> 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you
> never find one in your change any more because, as an economist
> famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the
> modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century.
> Name the law.
before Gresham did.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT
> EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT
> tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples
> of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"?
> 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action
> there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that
> an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state
> of rest or uniform motion. Name them.
in that order. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Dan Blum,
Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets
> move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were
> developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of
> Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied
> by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated.
and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be
> receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance,
> thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least
> one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer
> as this law.
> 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law
> describes the deformation of *what* under stress?
and Dan Tilque.
> 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the
> density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its
> absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure.
> Name either of their laws.
Law. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
3 for Pete.
> 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of
> pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is
> proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal
> volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
> In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is
> named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law.
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black
> This round is about places with "black" in their name.
> 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*.
4 for everyone. I'm tempted to penalize Erland for not being able
to count to two, though.
> 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in
> a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*.
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited
> northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within
> one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state
> or any state adjacent to it.
4 for everyone.
> 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably
> the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and
> a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located
> in -- again, answering "within one state"?
Dakota, Wyoming; the memorial is Mt. Rushmore). 4 for everyone.
> 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one
> of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however,
> we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of
> water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say
> which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course,
> includes other streams.)
> 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the
> intersection of two other streets; name either one.
The intersection is about 2 miles from the mouth of Black Creek.
You really had to know the city to get either of these two questions.
> 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the
> seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose
> name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run"""
> along the waterfront.
and the historic cars no longer run every day.) 4 for everyone.
> 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English
> -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country?
> 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black
> Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water.
> 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far
> from which other "black" place named in a question or answer
> in this round?
Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Lit Sci Geo
Stephen Perry 40 40 40 36 156
Dan Tilque 28 40 40 28 136
Dan Blum 32 40 36 24 132
Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 27 23 118
Pete Gayde 36 12 15 28 91
Erland Sommarskog 28 7 27 28 90
Bruce Bowler 24 8 24 28 84
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