Wednesday, January 23, 2019

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 22 03:18PM

> in 1956.
 
> You ain't no real cool cat
> And you ain't no friend of mine.
 
Hound Dog
 
> 7. "Cat", 1974, Harry Chapin.
 
> Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon.
 
Cat's in the Cradle
 
> 10. "Cat", 1979, Squeeze.
 
> The Indians send signals from
> The roads above the pass.
 
Cool For Cats
 
 
> (With apologies to those who think it never happened.)
 
> 1. Three astronauts died tragically aboard "Apollo 1" as a result
> of a fire on a pre-flight test. Name any one of them.
 
Grissom
 
> 2. What was the name of the principal rocket used for the Apollo
> program?
 
Saturn V
 
> 3. Name the astronaut who commanded Apollo 13 and was also a member
> of the Apollo 8 mission, the first to send men to the vicinity
> of the Moon?
 
Lovell
 
> 4. How many Apollo missions actually landed men on the moon?
 
7
 
> 5. The last three Apollo missions -- Apollo 15 through 17 --
> carried *what* to make the exploration of the Moon easier for
> the astronauts?
 
moon buggies
 
> Moon in Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission. Which area of
> science, relevant to the exploration of the Moon, was he
> trained in?
 
geology
 
> 7. In what year, exactly, was Apollo 17 launched?
 
1972; 1973
 
> in November 1969. It visited a previous unmanned space probe.
> The probe was number 3 in *which series* launched by the US to
> the Moon?
 
Ranger
 
> 10. Two Apollo manned missions took place entirely in Earth orbit
> and did not go near the Moon. Name either one.
 
Apollo 2
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 22 11:04PM +0100

> * Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - Cats and Dogs
 
> 1. "Dog", 1974, David Bowie.
 
Diamond Dogs
 
> 2. "Cat", 1972, Elton John.
 
Honky Cat
 
> 6. "Cat", 1982 and 1983, David Bowie.
 
Cat People
 
> 8. "Dog", 1969, the Stooges.
 
I Wanna Be Your Dog
 
> 9. "Cat", 1976, Al Stewart.
 
In the Year of the Cat
 
> 10. "Cat", 1979, Squeeze.
 
Cool for Cats
 
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Science - The Apollo Space Program
 
> 4. How many Apollo missions actually landed men on the moon?
 
(After having read #5): 6
 
> 7. In what year, exactly, was Apollo 17 launched?
 
1972
 
> 10. Two Apollo manned missions took place entirely in Earth orbit
> and did not go near the Moon. Name either one.
 
Apollo 3
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 22 03:46PM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> I've been putting out fire with gasoline.
 
> 7. "Cat", 1974, Harry Chapin.
 
> Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon.
 
The Cat's in the Cradlle
 
> The roads above the pass.
 
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Science - The Apollo Space Program
 
> (With apologies to those who think it never happened.)
 
(Please don't apologize to those idiots.)
 
 
> 1. Three astronauts died tragically aboard "Apollo 1" as a result
> of a fire on a pre-flight test. Name any one of them.
 
Gus Grissom
 
 
> 2. What was the name of the principal rocket used for the Apollo
> program?
 
Saturn 5
 
 
> 3. Name the astronaut who commanded Apollo 13 and was also a member
> of the Apollo 8 mission, the first to send men to the vicinity
> of the Moon?
 
James Lovell
 
 
> 4. How many Apollo missions actually landed men on the moon?
 
6
 
 
> 5. The last three Apollo missions -- Apollo 15 through 17 --
> carried *what* to make the exploration of the Moon easier for
> the astronauts?
 
lunar rover
 
> Moon in Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission. Which area of
> science, relevant to the exploration of the Moon, was he
> trained in?
 
geology
 
 
> 7. In what year, exactly, was Apollo 17 launched?
 
1972
 
> in November 1969. It visited a previous unmanned space probe.
> The probe was number 3 in *which series* launched by the US to
> the Moon?
 
Surveyor
 
> At the same time the Soviet Union launched an unmanned space
> probe, Lunik 15, which was unsuccessful. Other than propaganda,
> what was its intended purpose?
 
sample return
 
 
> 10. Two Apollo manned missions took place entirely in Earth orbit
> and did not go near the Moon. Name either one.
 
Skylab
 
 
 
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Dan Tilque
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