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Gallimaufry IX — Answers

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Jupiter in true colour, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in January 2024.
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Today is obviously is a disconnected collection of questions but don’t count on it.

One

In 2026, the EU, the European Union, has 27 members, butt is the successor organisation to what was originally the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). The ECSC was founded in 1952 by the six signatories of the Treaty of Paris: what were these six nations?

Answers

  • Belgium
  • France
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • the Netherlands
  • West Germany

Two

What are the first names of the von Trapp Children from the 1965 film The Sound of Music? (Including von Trapp is not necessary.)

Answers

  • Liesl
  • Friedrich
  • Louisa
  • Kurt
  • Brigitta
  • Marta
  • Gretl

Three

What are the names of the US states which begin with ‘M’?

Answers

  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana

Four

List the Star Wars films in release order with episode number, whether or not it was shown as part of the title; and subtitle, including the later added subtitle for the original film. (Including Star Wars is not necessary.)

Answers

  • *Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
  • Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
  • Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
  • Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
  • Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
  • †(E(EpisodeII) The Force Awakens (2015)
  • †(Episode VIII) The Last Jedi (2017)
  • †(Episode IX) The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Note

  • Subtitle was added at a later date.
    † The sequel trilogy used the subtitle without the episode numbers.

Five

Starting with the largest, list in order of size (based on the equatorial diameter) each planet plus the two largest dwarf planets in the Solar System.

Answers

According to NASA
Planets (1 to 8) and Dwarf Planets (9 & 10)

  1. Jupiter
  2. Saturn
  3. Uranus
  4. Neptune
  5. Earth
  6. Venus
  7. Mars
  8. Mercury
  9. Pluto
  10. Eris

Gallimaufry IX

The ninth edition of Gallimaufry — a confused jumble, a hodgepodge, or a heterogeneous mixture of things — so, simply an unconnected assortment of questions

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