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TOPIC: rotating quiz #33 - the revenge of the fallen
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 1:02 am
From: Dan Tilque
swp wrote:
> good day, and welcome to rotating quiz number thirty three.
>
> each question is worth 1 point. there is an overall theme, and figuring it out is worth 4 points.
Is it that you were too lazy to think of new questions so you recycled
questions from previous rotating quizzes?
>
> use only your own knowledge/memory; remember, we work on the honor system here.
>
>
> 1. what year did Connie Willis win her first hugo award, or name the year she won 2 hugo awards.
1981
>
> 2. in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", we learn that hagrid has a half-brother with an even shorter name; tony maudsley played him in the movie, to the extent that any human did. What is that half-brother's name?
>
> 3. What writing system in use today can be seen as having been the first to use a binary encoding scheme for its characters?
Braille
>
> 4. what is the name of europe's oldest insane asylum? you may give either the short name or its much longer full name.
Bedlam
>
> 5. why was Harlan Ellison fired as a writer for disney studios on his first day at work?
suggesting inappropriate stories for Disney characters
>
> 6. what movie was the next best picture oscar winner after "titanic"?
>
> 7. name the welsh poet after whom frank lloyd wright named his wisconsin summer home.
Talesin
>
> 8. what was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Hey that was one of mine... Battle of the Coral Sea
>
> 9. what organization was established on april 4th, 1949?
NATO
>
> 10. who quit _the tonight show_ on april 4th 1967?
Steve Allen
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 8 Rounds 2-3: commanders, angles
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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 6:06 am
From: bcb
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the Second
> Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the Roman armies,
> although he was unable to conquer Rome itself. After about 16 years
> he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o") Africanus at Zama (near
> Carthage). He later committed suicide rather than be turned over to
> Rome.
Hannibal
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks later
> at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Harold
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction it points
> is not true north. What's the term for the angle by which it differs
> from true north?
Variation (Ten Vodkas Make Drunk Captains At Weddings)
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various devices
> such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that aren't
> oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course compasses. What
> is the term for that angular measurement?
Bearing
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
Elevation
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or reflected?
Angle of Incidence
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance there is a
> maximum angle that the sides of that pile can rise at. If the pile
> is made any steeper, it will collapse. What's the term for this
> maximum angle?
Slide Angle
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising the nose.
> What is it called?
Angle of Attack
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above the place
> where the wings meet the body. In math, the same term is used for
> the angle formed between two intersecting geometrical planes. Name
> it.
Dihedral
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
Complementary angles
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
Pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in the eye is
> too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage channel is
> *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint: remember what the
> round is about.
No Eye-dea
Bruce
== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 11:11 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hannibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Oliver Cromwell
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
Marlborough
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
Zhukov
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
Alexander Nevksy
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Harold
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
Rommel
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
Pershing
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
Shaka
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
Foch
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
angle of deviation
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
azimuth
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
elevation
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
angle of incidence
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
critical angle
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
angle of attack
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90? are called what?
complementary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90? angle in radians?
pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
channel angle glaucoma
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 1:31 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hanibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Oliver Cromwell
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
Declination
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90� angle in radians?
pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
Angle glaucoma
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 2:00 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 9/22/2011 11:49 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hannibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Cromwell
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
>
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
Molotov
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
>
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Henry
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
Rommel
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
Pershing
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
>
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
Petain
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
Next round: Saxons
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
>
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
Azimuth
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
Elevation
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
Angle of incidence
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
>
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
Angle of attack
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
Complementary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
Angular glaucoma
--Jeff
== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 2:13 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> > * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
Jeff Turner:
> Next round: Saxons
Arrrrgh! Oh, the pain of the missed opportunity!
--
Mark Brader | "This was followed by a vocal response which
Toronto | would now be reserved for kicking a ball in a net."
msb@vex.net | --Derrick Beckett
== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 4:45 pm
From: Stan Brown
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:49:28 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
Hannibal the elephant man :-)
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Cromwell
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
Marlborough
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
Suvorov?
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
I should know this, but I had to look it up.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Harold
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
Rommel and Montgomery
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
Pershing
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
Shaka? (It's the only Zulu name I know)
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
Pétain
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
Deviation
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
Heading
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
Elevation
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
Angle of incidence
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
Angle of repose (a term I've always gotten a kick out of)
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
??
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
Dihedral angle
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
Complements (or complementary angles)
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
Half of pi
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
??
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 6:16 pm
From: swp
On Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:49:28 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
hannibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
cromwell
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
marlborough?
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
zhukov?
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
ivan the terrible
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
harold ii
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
montgomery ; rommel
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
pershing
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
shaka zulu
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
foch
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
grid magnetic angle
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
azimuth
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
declination
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
angle of reflection
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
angle of repose
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
pitch
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
yaw
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90� are called what?
complimentary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90� angle in radians?
pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
closed angle ; open angle
swp
== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 7:50 pm
From: Calvin <334152@gmail.com>
On Sep 23, 1:49 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hannibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Cromwell
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
Marlborough
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
Zuckov
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
Sounds like one for Erland.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Harold
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
Rommel
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
Pershing?
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
Dunno
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
Dunno
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
Deviation, error
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
>
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
Elevation
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
Angle of incidence
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
Terminal angle?
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
Pitch?
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90� are called what?
Complementary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90� angle in radians?
1
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
Angular?
cheers,
calvin
== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 8:46 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <lsGdnUj7x-1VnOHTnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hannibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
>
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
>
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
>
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
>
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Egbert
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
Rommel
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
Pershing
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
Shaka Zulu
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
magnetic declination
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
azimuth
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
attitude
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
angle of incidence
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
>
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
yaw
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
complementary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
angular glaucoma
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #165
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c8b50cf9149fe26f?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Sep 23 2011 2:05 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 9/17/2011 8:29 PM, Jeffrey Turner wrote:
> On 9/14/2011 7:31 PM, Calvin wrote:
>>
>> Name the TV show. See file cq165.pdf at
>>
>> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6d668959616f7cb49a
>>
>> 1. TheRockford Files
>> 2. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
>> 3. Dynasty
>> 4. Quantum Leap
The Greatest American Hero
>> 5.
>> 6. Dragnet
>> 7. Moonlighting
>> 8. CHiPs
>> 9.
>> 10.
>
> --Jeff
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