- QFTCIMI515 Game 8, Rounds 2-3: King Arthur and physicists - 2 Updates
- Rotating Quiz 182 reminder - 1 Update
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 22 01:40PM -0500 In article <DvmdnWNFNfUjksDInZ2dnUU7-N-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > available for the picture letter. > 1. Lived 1642-1727. Physicist and mathematician. Famous for > explaining the theories of gravity and mechanics. Q Isaac Newton > 2. Lived 1564-1642. Physicist, mathematician, engineer, and > astronomer. Famous for experiments on gravity and for > astronomical discoveries using telescopes. R Galileo > 3. Lived 1874-1937. Inventor and electrical engineer. Famous for > work on wireless telegraphy. ? Marconi > 4. Lived 1858-1947. Theoretical physicist. Famous for formulation > of quantum theory. ? Max Planck > 5. Lived 1901-76. Theoretical physicist. Famous for work on > quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. ? Heisenberg > 6. Lived 1745-1827. Physicist and chemist. Famous for inventing > the first electrical battery. M Volta > scientific research. Famous for foundational contributions > to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, nuclear > reactions, and nuclear fission. ? Neils Bohr > 10. Lived 1856-1943. Inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical > engineer, and futurist. Famous for contributions to design of > modern alternating-current electricity supply system. ? Tesla -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 22 10:29PM +0200 > 1. Lived 1642-1727. Physicist and mathematician. Famous for > explaining the theories of gravity and mechanics. Isaac Newton, Q > 2. Lived 1564-1642. Physicist, mathematician, engineer, and > astronomer. Famous for experiments on gravity and for > astronomical discoveries using telescopes. Gallilei, R > 3. Lived 1874-1937. Inventor and electrical engineer. Famous for > work on wireless telegraphy. Morse > 5. Lived 1901-76. Theoretical physicist. Famous for work on > quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle. Heisenberg > 6. Lived 1745-1827. Physicist and chemist. Famous for inventing > the first electrical battery. Alessandro Volta > scientific research. Famous for foundational contributions > to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, nuclear > reactions, and nuclear fission. Niels Bohr -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 22 12:57PM -0500 Not many entries to Rotating Quiz #182 so far. Come one, come all. You have until noon Toronto time (zone -4) on Saturday, 2015-05-23, or 34 hours remaining from the time of posting. Everything below this point is the same as in the original posting, except that some details have been elided from the introduction. Please answer based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. There is an overall theme to the contest, which is supposed to help you with some of the tougher questions. However, in some cases the relevant thematic element does not form part of the answer. What that happens, *please identify the thematic element* if you can (in addition to giving the answer). Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/182/rq.jpg * Literature 1. This is part of the title page of the first book edition of what novel? 2. This 1951 bestseller revolves around a crime alleged to have taken place in the 1480s. The lead character, a convalescing detective, researches the history and comes to believe that the person then widely believed to be guilty was not. Since the novel appeared, there have been efforts to restore his historical reputation. Give the title (which has been deleted from the illustration). * Arts 3. A well-known TV series of the 1960s had its ultimate origin in this cartoon that appeared in the "New Yorker" in 1938. Name the cartoonist. 4. Name the artist whose signature has been deleted from this 1917 poster. * History 5. Soon after this picture was taken, this admiral suffered a career-ending debacle when over 2,000 men under his command were killed in a surprise attack. Name him. 6. Soon after *this* picture was taken, which was about 60 miles away and 60 years earlier, this man died of the same disease that the people he had devoted the last years of his life to had been suffering from. In 2009 the Roman Catholic church declared him a saint. Who was he? * Games 7. This man is trying to knock the target off its mounting spike. At one time this was a common game at British fairgrounds and the like; the target would then have been decorated as an old black woman's head. And from this comes the name of the game, which in British English has also become a phrase for something or someone set up as a target for criticism. In its modern form seen here, the game still enjoys some popularity in one part of England. Name the game. 8. This is a marriage -- maybe a royal marriage, depending on what's trump. Name the game. * Geography 9. This waterfall is on the coast (or, depending on how you look at it, it's about 40 miles from the coast) of what country? 10. Give the relevant *nickname* of the country that this map shows part of. * Entertainment 11. Name the TV series. 12. Name the movie. -- Mark Brader | "Of course, the most important part of making the Toronto | proposal something special for both of you is msb@vex.net | addressing it to the right person." --Mara Chibnik My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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