| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 22 01:56PM > * Game 1, Round 4 - Science - Geometry > 1. Surface area of a sphere. H > 2. Area of a circle. I > 3. Volume of a sphere. K > 4. Volume of a cylinder. E > 5. Area of a triangle. D > 6. Surface area of a cylinder. J > 7. Volume of a cone. F > 8. Euler's identity. L > 9. Which line on the diagram (as usual, name it by its two > endpoints) represents the sine of angle theta? PQ > 10. What trig function of angle theta does line PR represent? arctangent > * Game 1, Round 6 - Sports - Ping-Pong > 1. What year was the game first played at the Olympics? 1968; 1972 > 2. The balls are usually one of two colors, in order to contrast > with the table. White is one. What is the other? orange > 3. Which well-known US board-games manufacturer purchased the > rights to the name "Ping-Pong", and enforced the trademark on > it during the 1920s? Milton Bradley; Parker Brothers > 4. Within 5 years, when was the International Table Tennis > Federation (ITTF) founded? 1910; 1930 > 5. Table tennis rackets are usually called paddles in North America. > What are they usually called in Britain? bats This was on Jeopardy the other day. > 6. There are two general styles of grip in table tennis. > Both of their names refer to things commonly done with the hands. > Name either grip. handshake So was this. > championships at the Olympic Games, World Championships, and > World Cup. Jan-Ove Waldner was the first player to complete > the Grand Slam. What country is he from? Norway; Sweden > 9. In the January 2018 ITTF men's world ranking list, the top 5 > ranked players are all from either China or -- what European > nation? Sweden; Norway > two ranked players are from China and the third is from > Singapore. What other Asian country are the next three ranked > players from? Taiwan; South Korea -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Feb 22 03:28PM On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:53:39 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > In each case please read the numerical fraction as being multiplied by > what follows; for example, D is 1/2 times bh.) > 1. Surface area of a sphere. K > 2. Area of a circle. B > 3. Volume of a sphere. H > 4. Volume of a cylinder. E > 5. Area of a triangle. D > 6. Surface area of a cylinder. J > 7. Volume of a cone. F > 8. Euler's identity. L > For questions #9-10, see the diagram at the bottom of the handout. > 9. Which line on the diagram (as usual, name it by its two > endpoints) represents the sine of angle theta? PQ > 1. What year was the game first played at the Olympics? > 2. The balls are usually one of two colors, in order to contrast > with the table. White is one. What is the other? Yellow > 3. Which well-known US board-games manufacturer purchased the > rights to the name "Ping-Pong", and enforced the trademark on it > during the 1920s? Voit > Federation (ITTF) founded? > 5. Table tennis rackets are usually called paddles in North America. > What are they usually called in Britain? Bats > 6. There are two general styles of grip in table tennis. > Both of their names refer to things commonly done with the hands. > Name either grip. Pencil > championships at the Olympic Games, World Championships, and World > Cup. Jan-Ove Waldner was the first player to complete the Grand > Slam. What country is he from? Netherlands > 10. In the January 2018 ITTF women's world ranking list, the first > two ranked players are from China and the third is from Singapore. > What other Asian country are the next three ranked players from? Taiwan; Japan |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Feb 22 12:21PM -0800 On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 11:53:44 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > In each case please read the numerical fraction as being multiplied > by what follows; for example, D is 1/2 times bh.) > 1. Surface area of a sphere. A > 2. Area of a circle. B > 3. Volume of a sphere. C > 4. Volume of a cylinder. D > 5. Area of a triangle. e > 6. Surface area of a cylinder. F > 7. Volume of a cone. G > 8. Euler's identity. H > For questions #9-10, see the diagram at the bottom of the handout. > 9. Which line on the diagram (as usual, name it by its two > endpoints) represents the sine of angle theta? -I and Y |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 22 07:03PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > In each case please read the numerical fraction as being multiplied > by what follows; for example, D is 1/2 times bh.) > 1. Surface area of a sphere. H > 2. Area of a circle. I > 3. Volume of a sphere. K > 4. Volume of a cylinder. E > 5. Area of a triangle. D > 6. Surface area of a cylinder. J > 7. Volume of a cone. F > 8. Euler's identity. L > For questions #9-10, see the diagram at the bottom of the handout. > 9. Which line on the diagram (as usual, name it by its two > endpoints) represents the sine of angle theta? PQ > 10. What trig function of angle theta does line PR represent? tangent > combines precision skills and blinding speeds when played at the > highest levels. > 1. What year was the game first played at the Olympics? 1948 > 2. The balls are usually one of two colors, in order to contrast > with the table. White is one. What is the other? yellow > 3. Which well-known US board-games manufacturer purchased the > rights to the name "Ping-Pong", and enforced the trademark on > it during the 1920s? Parker > 4. Within 5 years, when was the International Table Tennis > Federation (ITTF) founded? 1950 > 5. Table tennis rackets are usually called paddles in North America. > What are they usually called in Britain? mallets > championships at the Olympic Games, World Championships, and > World Cup. Jan-Ove Waldner was the first player to complete > the Grand Slam. What country is he from? Norway > 8. Ping-pong players would sometimes add a substance to their > rackets to increase the speed and spin of the ball, but it was > banned by the ITTF in 2009. Name the substance. resin > 9. In the January 2018 ITTF men's world ranking list, the top 5 > ranked players are all from either China or -- what European > nation? Denmark > two ranked players are from China and the third is from > Singapore. What other Asian country are the next three ranked > players from? South Korea -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 21 10:30AM -0800 One day left. Dan Tilque wrote: -- Dan Tilque |
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