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