| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 30 11:33PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-03, 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 wrote one of these rounds. * Game 3, Round 7 - Leisure - Arcade Games Given the name of a classic arcade video game, identify it by number from whichever page of the 2-page handout it appears on. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o3/7/games.pdf 1. Space Invaders. 2. Missile Command. 3. Frogger. 4. Q*bert. 5. Galaga. 6. Zaxxon. 7. Berzerk. 8. Pole Position. 9. Joust. 10. Donkey Kong. So there were 5 decoys. If you like, decode the rot13 and pick out those games for fun, but for no points: 11. Fcevag 1. 12. Zf. Cnp-Zna. 13. Qvt Qht. 14. Chapu-Bhg!!. 15. Pneaviny. * Game 3, Round 8 - Science - 9 Planets from Outer Space We realize that there """is""" some debate as to what exactly should be called a planet, but for purposes of this round the """usual""" list of 9 planets in our Solar System will apply. As there will be 10 questions, you shouldn't be surprised to hear that some answers will repeat. 1. On which """planet""" is the length of a day most similar to ours? 2. Which """planet"""'s orbit takes it closest of all """planets""" to the Earth? 3. Which was the first """planet""" discovered using a telescope? By "discovered" we mean that it was recognized to be a """planet""". 4. Which """planet""" was discovered by using a telescope to photograph the same part of the sky on different nights, then using a Blink-Comparator to look for differences between the two photographic plates? 5. The four largest """planets""" in the Solar System are called the gas giants. Name *all four*. 6. There are also four """planets""" in the Solar System now known to have rings around them. Name *any two*. 7. Seven of the nine """planets""" have at least one """known""" satellite, or moon. Name the two that do not. 8. This was the first """planet""" known to have more than one satellite (or moon) orbiting it, and in 2001 it again became the """planet""" with the greatest number of """known""" satellites. Name it. *Note*: This is a historical question, so you must give the answer that was correct in 2003. 9. Three """planets""" exhibit retrograde rotation. This means that the pole from which the """planet""" would be seen to rotate anticlockwise, like the North Pole on Earth, is on the south side of the """planet"""'s orbital plane as seen from the Sun. Name any one of the three. 10. The orbits of the """planets""" are ellipses, but they vary in what is called eccentricity; that is, in how different their shape is from an exact circle. Name any one of the three """planets""" with the most eccentric orbits (that is, the least circular). -- Mark Brader Twas unix and the C++ Toronto Did compile and load upon the vax: msb@vex.net All Ritchie was the Kernighan, And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS. --Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 30 10:40PM -0800 On 11/30/20 9:33 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > from whichever page of the 2-page handout it appears on. > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o3/7/games.pdf > 1. Space Invaders. 12 > 2. Missile Command. 4 > 3. Frogger. 7 > 4. Q*bert. > 5. Galaga. > 6. Zaxxon. 13 > 7. Berzerk. > 8. Pole Position. 11 > 9. Joust. 10 > 10. Donkey Kong. 9 > that some answers will repeat. > 1. On which """planet""" is the length of a day most similar > to ours? Mars > 2. Which """planet"""'s orbit takes it closest of all """planets""" > to the Earth? Venus > 3. Which was the first """planet""" discovered using a telescope? > By "discovered" we mean that it was recognized to be a > """planet""". Uranus > photograph the same part of the sky on different nights, then > using a Blink-Comparator to look for differences between the > two photographic plates? """Pluto""" > 5. The four largest """planets""" in the Solar System are called > the gas giants. Name *all four*. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune > 6. There are also four """planets""" in the Solar System now known > to have rings around them. Name *any two*. Jupiter, Saturn > 7. Seven of the nine """planets""" have at least one """known""" > satellite, or moon. Name the two that do not. Mercury, Venus > """planet""" with the greatest number of """known""" satellites. > Name it. *Note*: This is a historical question, so you must > give the answer that was correct in 2003. Jupiter > anticlockwise, like the North Pole on Earth, is on the south > side of the """planet"""'s orbital plane as seen from the Sun. > Name any one of the three. Venus > shape is from an exact circle. Name any one of the three > """planets""" with the most eccentric orbits (that is, the > least circular). Mars -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 01 07:11AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:0PadndWDIMs5SFjCnZ2dnUU7- > from whichever page of the 2-page handout it appears on. > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o3/7/games.pdf > 1. Space Invaders. 12 > 2. Missile Command. 4 > 3. Frogger. 7 > 4. Q*bert. 13 > 5. Galaga. 2 > 6. Zaxxon. 1 > 7. Berzerk. 5 > 8. Pole Position. 11 > 9. Joust. 10 > 10. Donkey Kong. 9 > So there were 5 decoys. If you like, decode the rot13 and pick out > those games for fun, but for no points: > 11. Fcevag 1. 8 > 12. Zf. Cnp-Zna. 14 > 13. Qvt Qht. 15 > 14. Chapu-Bhg!!. 3 > 15. Pneaviny. 1 > """usual""" list of 9 planets in our Solar System will apply. > 1. On which """planet""" is the length of a day most similar > to ours? Venus > 2. Which """planet"""'s orbit takes it closest of all """planets""" > to the Earth? Venue > 3. Which was the first """planet""" discovered using a telescope? > By "discovered" we mean that it was recognized to be a > """planet""". Uranus > photograph the same part of the sky on different nights, then > using a Blink-Comparator to look for differences between the > two photographic plates? """Pluto""" > 5. The four largest """planets""" in the Solar System are called > the gas giants. Name *all four*. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune > 6. There are also four """planets""" in the Solar System now known > to have rings around them. Name *any two*. Jupiter, Saturn > 7. Seven of the nine """planets""" have at least one """known""" > satellite, or moon. Name the two that do not. Mercury, Venus > """planet""" with the greatest number of """known""" satellites. > Name it. *Note*: This is a historical question, so you must > give the answer that was correct in 2003. Saturn; Jupiter > anticlockwise, like the North Pole on Earth, is on the south > side of the """planet"""'s orbital plane as seen from the Sun. > Name any one of the three. Venus > shape is from an exact circle. Name any one of the three > """planets""" with the most eccentric orbits (that is, the > least circular). """Pluto""" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 01 05:08AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:V4qdna7NhO1RIFzCnZ2dnUU7- > Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State > Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit > them in that order. Fifth Avenue > Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north > from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of > the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza. Piazza del Popolo > the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of > the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its > specific function or its nickname. Smithsonian Castle > and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west > almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall. > Name the park. St James > the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex > itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische > Hofreitschule). Name the complex. Hofburg > But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim, > which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed > as fraudulent. Peary; Byrd > to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the > flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but > is disputed by some. Peary; Byrd > most of them returning no information whatever about the fate > of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge > of the Arctic islands and passages. Frobisher > route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster > Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait > named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him. Frobisher > reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect. > Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the > same museum as the <answer 1 ship>. Frobisher > 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception > that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first. > What was it? Said he was going to the North Pole > by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat > of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in > this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what? Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 30 11:31PM -0600 Mark Brader: > Read these carefully: where compass directions are used, sometimes > they """are""" the direction *from* the landmark *to* adjacent > places, and sometimes the other way, whichever was more convenient. Despite the use of """ marks, nothing in this round has changed -- except the name of GM Place in Vancouver, mentioned in question #9. It's now the Rogers Arena. > Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State > Building. """It's""" one-way southbound, so you have to visit > them in that order. 5th Av. 4_for Dan_Blum, Joshua, Dan_Tilque, and_Pete. > eastbound Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec > campus it """takes""" you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre > (or Centre Eaton), and Westmount Square. Name the road. Boulevard de Maisonneuve. "Westbound" there is in terms of Montreal street grid directions. Grid west is physically southwest. > Emmanuel II monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north > from it. On the west side of the plaza """are""" a palace of > the same name and the church of San Marco. Name the plaza. Piazza Venezia. ("Venice" was acceptable.) > the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of > the Mall. Please identify the building we want by either its > specific function or its nickname. Smithsonian Institution headquarters/administration/visitor information office; Smithsonian "Castle". ("Smithsonian" was insufficiently specific; *all* of the buildings mentioned in the question are parts of the Smithsonian Institution.) 4_for Dan_Blum, Joshua, and_Pete. > and on its south by Birdcage Walk. It """extends""" west > almost to Buckingham Palace, and east almost to Whitehall. > Name the park. St. James's Park. 4_for Pete. > Cathedral on the north. A street with the same name as the > plaza """starts""" at its west side and """extends""" to the > Plaza del Congreso. Plaza de Mayo. 3_for Erland. Erland guessed "Plaza de 25 Mayo" and then posted a followup attempting to disqualify it from "almost correct" points on the grounds that it had proved to be the actual name of a different place. Thanks, but Google Maps does not know of any plaza of that name in Buenos Aires -- other cities, yes -- so I'm giving the points. > train station) on the city side of the harbor. """It's""" > a short walk southwest from the Opera House, or southeast from > the Rocks and the south end of the Harbour Bridge. Circular Quay. > the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex > itself """includes""" the Spanish Riding School (Spanische > Hofreitschule). Name the complex. Hofburg (or Imperial Palace). 4_for Pete. > Vancouver, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville > Island, you """will""" reach different parts of the same body > of water. Name that body of water. False Creek. (It's a bay.) 4_for Erland. > the Seine, you """will""" pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter > this park, which extends almost to the École Militaire. > Name the park. Champ-de-Mars. 4_for Erland. > three years until the ice released the ship. Name *either* > the explorer or the ship, which was later used on the first > expedition to reach the South Pole. Fridtjof Nansen, the "Fram" ("Forward"). 4_for Erland. > But what you have to tell us is who made the *first* claim, > which enjoyed only brief acceptance before it was dismissed > as fraudulent. Frederick Cook. (The other, of course, was Robert Peary.). 4_for Joshua. > 3. According to those who reject *both* of the claims from 1909, > the North Pole was not reached by travel over the ice until 1968. > Name *either* the man who did it then, or his mode of travel. Ralph Plaisted, snowmobile (Ski-Doo). His expedition team included the nephew of the inventor of the snowmobile. > to fly over the North Pole? (He was the navigator on the > flight.) Again, this claim has been generally accepted, but > is disputed by some. (The aptly named) Richard Byrd. 4_for Dan_Blum. 2_for Pete. > most of them returning no information whatever about the fate > of this man or his party, but contributing greatly to knowledge > of the Arctic islands and passages. John Franklin. 4_for Dan_Blum and_Dan_Tilque. The remains of his ships were found in 2014 and 2016. > route of the Northwest Passage: from Baffin Bay via Lancaster > Sound, Barrow Strait, Viscount Melville Sound -- and a strait > named for him, passing north of Banks Island. Name him. Robert McClure. > reach a telegraph office and send word of his success -- collect. > Name *either* this explorer or his ship, which is now in the > same museum as the <answer 1 ship>. Roald Amundsen, the "Gjöa" ("Gull"). It's "Gjöa" and not the Norwegian spelling "Gjøa" because Norway was still part of Sweden when they left. See question #A2 of Game 2, Round 10. > completed the journey in 1942, and followed this with a return > trip westward. Name *either* the captain, or the ship, or the > organization that owned it. Henry Larsen, "St. Roch", Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 4_for Dan_Tilque. > 9. In 1910 Roald Amundsen committed a significant act of deception > that made it possible for him to reach the South Pole first. > What was it? He let it be believed that he was going to the Arctic. 4_for Joshua and_Pete. 3_for Dan_Blum. "Some other location" was too non-specific for full points, I decided. Amundsen had intended exploring the Arctic Ocean and perhaps trying for the North Pole, and he'd obtained all his funding and equipment -- and the use of the "Fram" -- on that basis. After Peary allegedly reached the North Pole, Amundsen decided to try for the South Pole instead. But he chose to ask for forgiveness rather than permission, keeping the change of plans a secret even from most of his crew. > by ice; his rescue of the entire crew was a truly heroic feat > of skill, strength, and leadership. But his original goal in > this ambitious expedition was to be the first to do what? Cross Antarctica. They were rescued by whalers based 800 miles away on South Georgia I. But first they had to contact the whalers, without radios -- so it was necessary to *go* to the island. Which meant *rowing* the whole distance in one of the ship's lifeboats, a 20-foot open boat, across the stormy Antarctic waters. So Shackleton and 5 other men did that, but they reached the opposite side of the island from the whaling station. Rather than go back to sea, three of them then *walked* 30 miles through mountainous, snow-covered wilderness to reach the whaling station. ObMovie: "Shackleton" (2002) starring Kenneth Branagh. In the movie, there is this exchange when they arrive at the whaling station: "I am afraid that we smell a little." "This is a whaling station. We all smell a little." Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Art Ent Geo His Dan Blum 20 32 8 11 71 Pete Gayde 36 8 16 6 66 Joshua Kreitzer 7 40 8 8 63 Erland Sommarskog 28 0 11 4 43 Dan Tilque 4 4 4 8 20 -- Mark Brader | "He's suffering from Politician's Logic." Toronto | "Something must be done, this is something, therefore msb@vex.net | we must do it." -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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