| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Aug 12 04:19PM -0700 On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 1:30:49 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and > may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the > correct answers in about 3 days. noted > * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era > You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR > OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round. well, it is *now* > 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what > former world leader? churchill > 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting > anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short > form of the name is okay.) salt - strategic arms limitation treaty > 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was > formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.) commonwealth of independent states > 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of > Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968? alex dubcek > but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's > capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when > these events occurred. 1972 > It took place in a model American home built for the American > National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this > exchange of views? kitchen table debate > occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events > as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis, > and the election of Ronald Reagan? detente > 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and > Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*. yuri andropov ; konstantin chernenko > 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after > a coup by a Cuban-linked group? grenada > 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform > program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian. > (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!) glasnost y perestroika > each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels > for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we > mention are the year of first publication in book form. noted. Harlan Ellison's wife Susan joined him in the great hereafter last weekend. please go read some of his short stories, or if you have the time any of the below works. > a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between > geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named > Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book. rendezvous with rama > through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion > inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it. > The title refers to its shape. ringworld > between third-world countries and powerful nations capable > of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name > either one. the forever war > with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of > the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with > three sexes. the gods themselves > novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student > from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and > finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death. doomsday book > alien artifact. This one is an abandoned base full of > automatically guided starships that can be flown to any location > pre-set by their builders, who humans call the Heechee. gateway > particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit. > Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called > sandworms. dune > proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986 > sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won > back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book. ender's game > direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech > implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences, > and powerful global corporations. neuromancer > conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional > universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded > on an anarchistic basis. Name either book. the left hand of darkness .... american gods by neil gaiman is always worth re-reading. or watching if you can catch it. > Toronto | the universe doesn't provide an appeals process > msb@vex.net | when you make a mistake. --Paul Robinson > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 13 02:55AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:l-CdnbLjJemZsK_CnZ2dnUU7- > OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round. > 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what > former world leader? Churchill > 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting > anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short > form of the name is okay.) SALT treaty > 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was > formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.) Confederation of Independent States > 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of > Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968? Dubcek > but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's > capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when > these events occurred. 1972 > It took place in a model American home built for the American > National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this > exchange of views? Kitchen table summit > occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events > as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis, > and the election of Ronald Reagan? Detente > 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and > Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*. Chernenko > 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after > a coup by a Cuban-linked group? Grenada > 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform > program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian. > (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!) Glasnost and Perestroika > a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between > geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named > Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book. Childhood's End > through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion > inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it. > The title refers to its shape. Ringworld > particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit. > Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called > sandworms. Dune > conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional > universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded > on an anarchistic basis. Name either book. The Left Hand of Darkness Pete Gayde |
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