ROUND 10: Challenge Round
A. http://
B. Six Letters in Astronomy
C. Standard Sizes
D. Fish Stories
E. Capitals of Ontario
F. Talk TV
http://
A1. In the context of the World Wide Web, what does HTTP stand for?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
A2. This answer changed some years ago; we need the current answer.
In the context of the World Wide Web, what does URL stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator
(the old name was Universal Resource Locator)
Six Letters in Astronomy
B1. What is the 6-letter word for a rapidly rotating neutron star with a
strong magnetic field? The first of these was discovered in 1967.
pulsar
B2. In early astronomy this 6-letter word was originally used for
anything in the sky with a hazy appearance, including star clusters
that telescopes could not yet resolve into stars. Today it refers
only to actual clouds of gas and dust, either dark or luminous.
nebula
Standard Sizes
C1. How long, tip to base, is a size AA battery, to the nearest multiple
of 1/4 inch or 5 mm?
2 inches
5 cm (50 mm)
C2. How long, left to right, is a current Canadian $5 bill, to within
10% of the true number?
6 inches (accept 5.4 - 6.6 inches)
15.24 cm (accept 13.7 - 16.8 cm)
152.4 mm (accept 137 - 168 mm)
Fish Stories
D1. Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea appeared in its entirety
in which periodical in 1952?
Life
D2. Name the author of the 2002 book Shark Trouble: True Stories About Sharks and the Sea.
Peter Benchley
Capitals of Ontario
E1. In the last round we mentioned the first legislature of Upper Canada,
which met in 1792 in Newark. What do we call Newark today?
Niagara-on-the-Lake
E2. During the 26 years that Upper and Lower Canada were united as the
Province of Canada, its legislature moved between 5 different capitals,
of which first and last are now both in Ontario. Name either the
first or the last capital of the Province of Canada, giving the name
that was in use at the time.
Kingston
Ottawa (not Bytown; it changed before it became the capital)
[Montreal was the second, and then Quebec alternated with Toronto]
Talk TV
F1. Complete the title of this NBC series by naming its host: Last Call With.........?
Carson Daly
F2. Give the last name of "Dr. Phil", previously of The Oprah Winfrey Show
and now host of his own syndicated series.
McGraw