| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 14 12:09AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written 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. For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I originally wrote both of these rounds. * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Eponymous Laws All questions in this round relate to scientific laws, some derived from theory and some based on empirical observation, but all named after a person who either developed or published them. Thus all answers will be in the form "Smith's Law" or "Smith's Laws", unless such a phrase occurs in the question. 1. Snell's Law describes the change in direction of a ray of light in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig function sine). What optical situation is the law about? 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a basic electrical circuit. We need the name. 3. Old Canadian coins made of silver are still valid, but you never find one in your change any more because, as an economist famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century. Name the law. 4. If something is BOTH NOT good AND NOT expensive, then it is NOT EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"? 5. These laws of motion include the fact that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state of rest or uniform motion. Name them. 6. These laws of planetary motion -- for example, that the planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -- were developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated. 7. Which law states that distant galaxies will be found to be receding from ours at a speed proportional to their distance, thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer as this law. 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law describes the deformation of *what* under stress? 9. In the 17th and 18th centuries two scientists showed that the density of a particular gas varies in direct proportion to its absolute temperature and in inverse proportion to the pressure. Name either of their laws. 10. Another law of gases states that under identical conditions of pressure and temperature, the density of different gases is proportional to their molecular weight, and therefore equal volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules. In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law. * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black This round is about places with "black" in their name. 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*. 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*. 3. The Black Rock Desert is in the practically uninhabited northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state or any state adjacent to it. 4. In the US, there's more than one set of Black Hills, but probably the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located in -- again, answering "within one state"? 5. Ontario has several rivers called the Black River, but only one of them comes within 50 miles of Toronto. In Toronto, however, we do have a Black Creek. Name *either one* of the bodies of water these two streams flow directly into. (You need not say which stream you are answering for. "Body of water", of course, includes other streams.) 6. In Toronto, the south end of Black Creek Dr. """is""" at the intersection of two other streets; name either one. 7. If you live in Manchester, England, and want a day at the seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run""" along the waterfront. 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country? 9. Where in Ontario would you find Black Bay and the adjacent Black Bay Peninsula? Name the body of water. 10. Blackburn """is""" a town of about 100,000 people not far from which other "black" place named in a question or answer in this round? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Some people open all the windows: msb@vex.net | wise wives welcome spring by moving the UNIX." -- ad, Housewife magazine, April 1941 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 14 05:28AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:PeadnQ_-x_gCgavCnZ2dnUU7- > in a certain situation. The angles of the incoming and outgoing > light have their sines in a certain ratio (that's the trig > function sine). What optical situation is the law about? prism > 2. This simple law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a > basic electrical circuit. We need the name. Ohm's Law; Volta's Law > famously said, "bad money drives out good". At least, that's the > modern expression of this law stated back in the 16th century. > Name the law. Gresham's Law > EITHER good OR expensive. If a man is EITHER NOT young OR NOT > tall, then he is NOT BOTH young AND tall. These are examples > of what laws relating the logical terms "and", "or", and "not"? Duverger's Laws > there is an equal and opposite reaction; and also the fact that > an object with no force acting on it will continue in a state > of rest or uniform motion. Name them. Newton's Laws > developed empirically based on Tycho Brahe's observations of > Mars, but <answer 5 person> proved that they all are implied > by <answer 5> together with another law he had stated. Kepler's Laws > thus implying that the universe is expanding uniformly? At least > one important telescope has been named after the same astronomer > as this law. Hubble's Law > 8. Robert Hooke was a rival of <answer 5 person>. Hooke's Law > describes the deformation of *what* under stress? a spring > volumes of any two gases contain equal numbers of molecules. > In commemoration, a certain specific number of molecules is > named after the same Italian scientist as this law. Name the law. Avogadro's Law > * Game 5, Round 6 - Geography - Black > This round is about places with "black" in their name. > 1. Six countries """surround""" the Black Sea. Name *any two*. Turkey, Bulgaria > 2. The Blackfoot or Blackfeet Indians """have""" reservations in > a Canadian province and an adjacent US state. Name *either*. Alberta; Saskatchewan > northwestern part of which US state? You may answer "within > one state" -- which means you can name either the correct state > or any state adjacent to it. Nevada > the best-known Black Hills contain Wind Cave National Park and > a famous national memorial. What state are they mainly located > in -- again, answering "within one state"? South Dakota > seaside, you might visit this town on the Irish Sea coast whose > name fits this round, and where historic streetcars """run""" > along the waterfront. Blackpool > 8. In Europe, the Black Forest -- that's what we call it in English > -- """is""" in the southwest part of what country? Germany -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 14 12:08AM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set. That was the literature round. > 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? Former *and future* world leader Winston Churchill. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > 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 or SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; some references show Treaty for the last word, so I'm accepting that also). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was > formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.) Commonwealth (not Confederation or Community) of Independent States. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Stephen. > 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of > Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968? Alexander Dubcek. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Stephen, and Pete. > 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. 1971, 1972. 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > 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 Debate. The key word was "kitchen", so I accepted variations like "kitchen table summit". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > 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? Détente. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and > Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*. Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland (the hard way), Dan Tilque, Stephen (the hard way), and Pete. > 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after > a coup by a Cuban-linked group? Grenada. 4 for everyone. > 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 [openness], perestroika [restructuring]. I did not penalize people who joined the two words with "and" instead of "y" or punctuation. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Stephen, and Pete. > * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula In the original game, this was the hardest round in the game and the second-hardest in the entire season. > 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. It's now been done 25 times by 20 different authors. > 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", "The Fountains of Paradise." 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. Incidentally, the latter novel was just one of two in 1979 about a space elevator; the other was "The Web Between the Worlds", by Charles Sheffield. Interesting timing considering that 84 years had passed since Konstantin Tsiolkovsky invented the concept and no one had written SF about it before. > 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". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > between third-world countries and powerful nations capable > of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name > either one. "The Forever War", "Forever Peace". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 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". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 3 for Erland. > 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". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. Connie Willis became the 5th author to achieve a *second* double win with "Blackout" / "All Clear", which was published in two separately titled volumes in 2010 but was considered to be one novel in both award selections. It is another in the same series and takes place primarily during World War II. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit. > Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called > sandworms. "Dune". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. > 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", "Speaker for the Dead". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech > implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences, > and powerful global corporations. "Neuromancer". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen. > 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", "The Dispossessed". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete. The other four Hugo/Nebula double winners for Best Novel up to the time of the original game were: Vonda McIntyre, "Dreamsnake" (1978) David Brin, "Startide Rising" (1983) Neil Gaiman, "American Gods" (2001) Lois McMaster Bujold, "Paladin of Souls" (2003) And the 7 since then: Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" (2008) Paolo Bacigalupi, "The Windup Girl" (2010) Connie Willis, see above Jo Walton, "Among Others" (2012) Ann Leckie, "Ancillary Justice" (2014) N.K. Jemisin, "The Stone Sky" (2018) Mary Robinette Kowal, "The Calculating Stars" (2019) After the original posting of this round, Stephen Perry commented that I had "somehow left out Harlan Ellison from this list". In fact Harlan Ellison had never won, and never did win, either a Hugo or a Nebula *for a novel*. He did have multiple wins in other categories, including two works that won both awards. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Lit Stephen Perry 40 40 80 Dan Blum 32 40 72 Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 68 Dan Tilque 28 40 68 Pete Gayde 36 12 48 Erland Sommarskog 28 7 35 Bruce Bowler 24 8 32 -- Mark Brader | "I'd spell creat with an e." Toronto | --Ken Thompson, when asked what he'd msb@vex.net | change if he was redesigning UNIX My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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