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BRAINFREEZERS Genius level FReepers only

Posted on 12/09/2002 5:33:05 PM PST by Liz

1. Identify the following miscellaneous astronomical items.
a This first known asteroid was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801.
b. Discovered by William Balle in 1665, it is known by the name of the Italian astronomer who observed it ten years later.
c. This is the term for the reservoir of cometary nuclei located 50,000 Astronomical Units from the Sun.

2. Identify the artists from their works.
a. Red Disk in Pursuit of the Lark and Ski Lesson, Dog Barking at the Moon
b. The Hunt in the Forest, St. George and the Dragon, Battle of San Romano
c. The Boy with a Squirrel, The Death of Major Peirson, Watson and the Shark

3. Identify the following people and events associated with the Peloponnesian War.
a. Name either city-state, one an ally of Athens, the other of Sparta, whose 435 BC dispute drew both powers into war.
b. In 421 BC, this man succeeded Cleon as the Athenian leader and brought the war's initial phase to a close with a "Peace" which bears his name.
c. Sparta's destruction of the Athenian navy in this 405 BC battle marked the last naval engagement of the conflict.

4. Name the following characters from Ernest Hemingway works.
a. This victim of a rape by Fascists has a short, passionate affair with Robert Jordan in For Whom The Bell Tolls.
b. In The Sun Also Rises, she has an affair with the Spanish bullfighter Romero.
c. In "The Killers," this is the intended victim of the two title thugs.

5. Identify the following geology terms from a definition.
a. An inclined zone of earthquake activity that traces the upper portion of a subducting plane in a subduction zone.
b. This value describes the proportion of the volume of a material that consists of open spaces.

6. Identify the following composers from works.
a. A Life for the Tsar, Ruslan and Ludmilla.
b. Leningrad Symphony, Lady MacBeth of Mtensk.
c. Poem of Ecstasy and "The Black Mass" piano sonata

7. Answer the following questions about the American Civil War.
a. Term applied to the overall Union strategy, which included a blockade on the high seas, and severing the eastern and western Confederacy by controlling the whole of the Mississippi River.
b. On April 28, 1862, a primary aim of the Anaconda Plan was achieved when the city of New Orleans fell to this Union admiral.
c. This Confederate general used delaying tactics as best he could in opposition to William Tecumseh Sherman during the 1864 March to the Sea.

8. Answer these questions about the Presidential election of 1884.
a. He claimed that his failure to disavow a remark made by Samuel Burchard about "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion" had cost him the election, though he had already been weakened by the Mulligan letters.
b. This former Union general finished third in the popular vote as a candidate of the Greenback party.
c. This party nominated John P. St. John, who finished fourth to Cleveland, Blaine, and Butler, as its Presidential candidate.

9. The territory of this state includes Lord Howe Island, and rivers running through it include the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan, Murray and Darling. Its highest point is the 7,330 foot peak Mt. Kosciusko, and it is bounded by the Pacific Ocean, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Name this state whose capital is Sydney.

10. The largest feature on the surface of this celestial body is a vast, dark, circular island of ancient ice called Galileo Regio, which measures 4000 kilometers in diameter and covers one- third of the hemisphere that faces away from Jupiter. FTP, identify this Galilean satellite located between Europa and Callisto, slightly larger than the planet Mercury, the largest moon in the solar system which is named for an Olympic cupbearer.


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10-8 correct - Just your average genius FReeper
7-5 correct - Not bad - keep trying
4-1 correct - You must be a Dumbocrat posing as a FReeper.
1 posted on 12/09/2002 5:33:05 PM PST by Liz
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To: Liz
a. Dog Barking at the Moon

Janet Reno?

2 posted on 12/09/2002 5:36:39 PM PST by Drango
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To: Liz
1. Identify the following miscellaneous astronomical items.
a This first known asteroid was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801.
Ceres Ferdinandea
b. Discovered by William Balle in 1665, it is known by the name of the Italian astronomer who observed it ten years later.
ring of Saturn. Cassini discovered it
c. This is the term for the reservoir of cometary nuclei located 50,000 Astronomical Units from the Sun.
Oort cloud
3 posted on 12/09/2002 5:44:58 PM PST by arielb
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To: Liz
I got most, errrr........ I got 'em all right.

My wife, Morgan Fairchild, got all but one right. Trust me.

That's the ticket....yeah......

4 posted on 12/09/2002 5:47:21 PM PST by Skooz
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To: Liz
Okay. I'll play along J

Check This Out J
(Btw, I got 100%)

5 posted on 12/09/2002 5:47:58 PM PST by Fiddlstix
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To: Liz
Liz, this isn't a measure of genius, but of memorization. Sorry to be picky.
6 posted on 12/09/2002 5:48:04 PM PST by Petronski
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To: Liz
I'm afraid most FReepers are limited to:

"What is the flying velocity of an African swallow"

7 posted on 12/09/2002 5:50:17 PM PST by JZoback
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To: Liz
2. Identify the artists from their works.
a. Red Disk in Pursuit of the Lark and Ski Lesson, Dog Barking at the Moon
Joan Miro
b. The Hunt in the Forest, St. George and the Dragon, Battle of San Romano
Paolo Uccello
c. The Boy with a Squirrel, The Death of Major Peirson, Watson and the Shark
John Copley
8 posted on 12/09/2002 5:50:48 PM PST by arielb
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To: Liz
yeah, but who is the PM of Canada?
9 posted on 12/09/2002 5:50:57 PM PST by Always Right
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"What is the flying velocity of an African swallow"

It all depends on the coefficient of drag on the coconut.

10 posted on 12/09/2002 5:53:26 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: Liz
Isn't this stuff all in books somewhere? Why would one bother remembering known trivia?
11 posted on 12/09/2002 5:55:24 PM PST by Leisler
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To: Liz
Lost me with Penelope's war.
12 posted on 12/09/2002 5:55:26 PM PST by tet68
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To: EternalVigilance
Genius level FReepers only Whew, don't have to read this one!
13 posted on 12/09/2002 5:55:40 PM PST by MHGinTN
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To: Liz
Uh....FALSE ?!!!
14 posted on 12/09/2002 5:57:28 PM PST by PoorMuttly
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To: EternalVigilance
"What is the flying velocity of an African swallow"

Bill Clinton had black interns?
15 posted on 12/09/2002 5:57:35 PM PST by tet68
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To: JZoback
Laden or unladen?
16 posted on 12/09/2002 5:58:01 PM PST by ShadowAce
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To: Always Right
PM of Canada?

I know, I know...Chelsea Clinton.

17 posted on 12/09/2002 5:58:13 PM PST by Drango
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To: Liz
Well, I read them all and I don't know any of them.
Your scoring scale has no provision for "zero".
So I guess you think I am an idiot.
18 posted on 12/09/2002 5:59:34 PM PST by error99
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To: Liz
Sorry, viewed by accident

I wont get banned for clicking on this thread by accident will I?

19 posted on 12/09/2002 6:01:04 PM PST by sarasmom
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To: tet68
Bill Clinton had black interns?

ROTFL..

20 posted on 12/09/2002 6:01:25 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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