msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 28 01:43AM -0500
Mark Brader:
> communications company was replaced by Apple. It had joined
> the index in March 1939 under a longer official name, which
> was shortened in 2005. Name it.
AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph). 4 for Dan Tilque, Don,
Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
> different publicly traded companies, one concentrating on their
> PC and printer business, the other on software and services.
> Name the original company or either of the ones formed from it.
Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP. 4 for Dan Tilque,
Don, Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, and Pete.
> 3. In June 2009, which car company was dropped from the list for
> the second time in its history?
General Motors (GM). 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum.
2 for Peter.
> in that year's financial crisis, received a $180,000,000,000
> bailout from the US government and was dropped from the list.
> Name it.
American International Group (AIG). 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum,
Marc, Bruce, and Joshua.
> 5. In April 2008, which imaging manufacturing company was dropped
> from the list?
Eastman Kodak. (Accepting Kodak.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter,
Marc, Bruce, Erland, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 6. Which retail giant, founded in 1886, dropped off the list in
> November 1999?
Sears Roebuck. (Accepting Sears.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter,
Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Joshua, and Pete.
> word "Minnesota", joined the list. It remains there today.
> Either give the name it now goes by, or show off by giving its
> full original name.
3M, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing. 4 for Dan Tilque*, Don*,
Dan Blum, Marc*, Bruce, Jason, Joshua, and Erland. The *'s indicate
those who successfully showed off.
> the list in September 2013. In 2007 it had failed in a hostile
> takeover bid for its chief rival, which instead joined Rio Tinto.
> Name the company that was on the index.
Alcoa. (The rival was Alcan.) 2 for Dan Blum.
> 9. United Aircraft & Transport joined the index in June 1930.
> It remains on the index today after numerous acquisitions
> and splits. What's its official company name now?
United Technologies.
> 2012 after splitting into two companies. One was called Mondelez
> ["-LEEZ"] International; the other kept the original name.
> What was that?
Kraft Foods. (Accepting Kraft. Following a merger it's now Kraft
Heinz.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Peter, and Joshua.
> A round inspired by the current history we are living through!
> 1. Aldous Huxley's title "Brave New World" derives from a speech
> by Miranda in which William Shakespeare play?
"The Tempest". 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 2. This Kurt Vonnegut book published in 1952 depicts a dystopia
> existing 10 years after a fictional World War III, where most
> factory workers have been replaced by machines. Name the novel.
"Player Piano". 4 for Don.
One entrant's guess of "Fahrenheit 421" was particularly interesting
in view of question #7.
> 3. The film "Blade Runner" is a loose adaptation of which 1968
> novel by Philip K. Dick?
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". 4 for Dan Tilque, Don,
Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Joshua.
> primarily used a form of Russian-influenced English for the
> language, along with Cockney rhyming slang. What does the
> Russian word "nadsat" translate into in English?
Teen. 4 for Dan Tilque and Don.
> 5. Name *any one* of the four government ministries in George
> Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Answer in Oldspeak or Newspeak.
The Ministries of Truth, Love, Peace, and Plenty -- or Minitrue,
Miniluv, Minipax, and Miniplenty. 4 for Dan Tilque*, Don, Peter,
Dan Blum, Marc, Jason, and Joshua.
The * indicates who answered in Newspeak. This wasn't an option in
the original game, but I figured "Why not?"
> 6. Back to "Brave New World" now. Name the drug administered
> by the government in order to prevent people from speaking and
> thinking freely.
Soma. 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Jason, and Joshua.
> 7. What is the significance of the title of Ray Bradbury's novel
> "Fahrenheit 451"?
It is (supposed to be) the temperature at which paper ignites.
4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Jason, Joshua, Erland,
and Pete.
> To identify them with the commander who owns them, they must
> adopt the commander's first name prefixed by which two-letter
> word?
"Of". (For example, "Offred".) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
> the overpopulation of the Earth in 1999. Soylent is a food;
> the name refers to soy and lentils. In the movie, what was
> Soylent Green made from?
People. 4 for Dan Tilque, Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Jason,
Joshua, and Pete.
Yes, I know, this was supposed to be a literature round. I didn't
write it!
> Australians as they await the arrival of deadly radiation from
> a fictional World War III fought in the Northern Hemisphere.
> The title is a Royal Navy expression meaning what?
Retired from service. 4 for Don and Bruce.
Did you notice that the odd-numbered questions in this round were
generally a great deal easier than the even-numbered ones? At the
original game, our opponents who got the even-numbered questions
certainly did!
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Lit
Dan Tilque 28 32 60
Don Piven 28 32 60
Joshua Kreitzer 28 28 56
Dan Blum 28 28 56
Marc Dashevsky 24 20 44
Bruce Bowler 24 16 40
Peter Smyth 18 12 30
Pete Gayde 16 12 28
Jason Kreitzer 4 20 24
Erland Sommarskog 16 4 20
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