| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 22 07:18AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove This is actually a round on the history associated with the development of nuclear weapons. 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II to develop a nuclear weapon? 2. There were many facilities involved with <answer 1> at various locations in the US, UK, and Canada. But in what city or town was the bomb designed? 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised the bomb-design part of the project? 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed. What was the code name of this test? 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The next one was dropped three days later... where? 6. Two bomb designs were used at Hiroshima and <answer 5>, and each had its own code name. Name either one. You don't need to say which it was. 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb? 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear weapons. What was the third? 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested? 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"? * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout list the word for what this person would be called. Remember, these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies. Aerophilatelist Errinophilist Lepidopterist Telegerist Arctophile Ex-librist Numismatist Tephrodiscophile Bovephile Fusilatelist Philatelist Vecturist Cerophilist Helixophile Phillumenist Vexillologist Conchologist Heortologist Plastokinesophile Xylographer Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer Someone who collects... 1. Telephone calling cards. 2. Prints, engravings, etc. 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money. 4. Postage stamps. 5. Candles or wax objects. 6. Transportation tokens. 7. Ash trays 8. Butterflies (mounted). 9. Action figures. 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "As always, breakfast recapitulated msb@vex.net phylogeny." -- Spider Robinson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 22 11:50AM +0200 > development of nuclear weapons. > 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II > to develop a nuclear weapon? Manhattan > 2. There were many facilities involved with <answer 1> at various > locations in the US, UK, and Canada. But in what city or town > was the bomb designed? Los Alamos > 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. > The next one was dropped three days later... where? Nagasaki > 6. Two bomb designs were used at Hiroshima and <answer 5>, and > each had its own code name. Name either one. You don't need > to say which it was. Little Boy > 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb? 1949 > 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear > weapons. What was the third? UK > 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested? 1957 > Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer > Someone who collects... > 1. Telephone calling cards. Telegerist > 2. Prints, engravings, etc. Xylographer > 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money. Numismatist > 4. Postage stamps. Philatelist > 5. Candles or wax objects. Vecturist > 6. Transportation tokens. Plastokinesophile > 7. Ash trays Tephrodiscophile > 8. Butterflies (mounted). Heortologist > 9. Action figures. Conchologist > 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif. Bovephile |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 22 07:17AM Mark Brader: > 1. Who was the country music star who committed suicide last week, > at the age of 37? She hit #1 on the country charts in 1996 with > "Guys Do It All the Time". Mindy McCready. Joshua got this. > 2. What malfunction occurred for 3 hours on Tuesday on the > International Space Station, when the astronauts tried to > upgrade their computer software? Loss of communication with the Earth. > 1. 1995; loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets a taste for > Tinseltown when he pitches a movie to Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), > the producer whose debt Chili has to collect. "Get Shorty". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. 1963; director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) suffers creative > block while embarking on his latest movie and drifts into dreams > and memories. "8½". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 3. 1950; murdered screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates > the story of his meeting with washed-up silent icon Norma Desmond > (Gloria Swanson). "Sunset Blvd." 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 4. 2011; when sound arrives in Hollywood, George Valentin (Jean > Dujardin) bucks the trend by filming another silent movie, > the jungle adventure "Tears of Love". "The Artist". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 5. 1994; studio whipping boy Guy (Frank Whaley) bites back after > too much abuse from bullying exec Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey). "Swimming with Sharks". 4 for Joshua. > 6. 1998; the elderly director James Whale (Ian McKellen) recounts > his glory days as a horror director to gardener Clayton Boone > (Brendan Fraser). "Gods and Monsters". 4 for Joshua. > 7. 2004; Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) spares no expense trying > to make his World War I flying drama "Hell's Angels" as realistic > as possible. "The Aviator". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 8. 1980; Sandy Bates (Woody Allen) reminisces as he attends a > retrospective of his work. "Stardust Memories". 4 for Joshua. > 9. 2008; actors Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert > Downey Jr.) are dropped in the jungle to shoot a Vietnam epic. "Tropic Thunder". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 10. 2011; an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) realizes that the grumpy > toyshop owner (Ben Kingsley) in the railway station where he > lives is none other than the forgotten director Georges Méliès. "Hugo". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > Note: The results for the 2020 census are not yet available -- > they're expected in December -- so I will only accept answers > based on the 2010 census. This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. New Hampshire. Manchester - Nashua. (#129 nationally by population at 400,721.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum. > 2. Vermont. Burlington - South Burlington. (#199 at 211,261.) 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 3. Maine. Portland - South Portland - Biddeford. (#101 at 514,098.) 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 4. Tennessee. Nashville-Davidson - Murfreesboro - Franklin. (#38 at 1,589,934.) "Nashville" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua. > 5. Texas. Dallas - Ft. Worth - Arlington. (#4 at 6,371,773.) 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. South Dakota. Sioux Falls. (#193 at 228,261.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum. > 7. North Dakota. Fargo. (#204 at 208,777. This is the "primarily" one; it extends into Minnesota.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 8. Montana. Billings. (#250 at 158,050.) 2 for Joshua. > 9. Alabama. Birmingham - Hoover. (#49 at 1,128,047.) 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > 10. West Virginia. Charleston. (#154 at 304,284.) 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Geo Joshua Kreitzer 40 27 67 Dan Blum 28 22 50 Dan Tilque 0 28 28 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 12 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net C unions never strike! My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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