| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jan 23 08:21PM On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:32:48 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > and/or edited by me. For further information see my recent companion > posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - Cats and Dogs nope > (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. Gus Grisom > 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? Jim Lovell > 4. How many Apollo missions actually landed men on the moon? 5 > 5. The last three Apollo missions -- Apollo 15 through 17 -- > carried *what* to make the exploration of the Moon easier for the > astronauts? The Lunar Rover > 6. Harrison Schmidt was one of the astronauts who landed on the > 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 > what was its intended purpose? > 10. Two Apollo manned missions took place entirely in Earth orbit > and did not go near the Moon. Name either one. 7&8 |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Jan 23 03:40PM -0600 On 1/22/19 00:32, Mark Brader wrote: > This is genocide. > 2. "Cat", 1972, Elton John. > Better get back to the woods. Honky Cat. > 3. "Cat", 1977, Ted Nugent. > When they need their lovin' man, > They know I do it for free. Cat Scratch Fever. > And you ain't no friend of mine. > 5. "Dog", 1971, Led Zeppelin. > Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah ah ah ah. Black Dog. > I've been putting out fire with gasoline. > 7. "Cat", 1974, Harry Chapin. > Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon. Cat's in the Cradle. > I'll lay right down in my favorite place. > 9. "Cat", 1976, Al Stewart. > On a morning from a Bogart movie. Year of the Cat. > (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. Roger Chaffee. > 2. What was the name of the principal rocket used for the Apollo > program? Saturn. > 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? Six. > 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? Land, grab a soil sample, and return (before Apollo 11 did). > 10. Two Apollo manned missions took place entirely in Earth orbit > and did not go near the Moon. Name either one. Nine. |
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