| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 22 02:05PM > * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove > 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II > to develop a nuclear weapon? Manhattan Project > 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 > 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised > the bomb-design part of the project? Oppenheimer > 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed. > What was the code name of this test? Trinity > 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. Fat Man > 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb? 1948 > 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear > weapons. What was the third? United Kingdom > 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested? 1952 > 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely > known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"? Teller > * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors > 1. Telephone calling cards. telegerist > 2. Prints, engravings, etc. fusilatelist; iconophile > 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money. numismatist > 4. Postage stamps. philatelist > 5. Candles or wax objects. cerophilist > 6. Transportation tokens. vecturist > 7. Ash trays pyrographer; fusilatelist > 8. Butterflies (mounted). lepidopterist > 9. Action figures. plastokinesophile > 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif. bovephile -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 22 09:39AM -0700 On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 2:18:39 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 Project > 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 (I would also have guessed somewhere in Tennessee, but I can't think of the town in Tennessee where the project was based) > 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised > the bomb-design part of the project? Oppenheimer > 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed. > What was the code name of this test? Trinity > 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. Fat Man; Little Boy > 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb? 1947 > 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; 1960 > 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely > known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"? Teller > list the word for what this person would be called. > Someone who collects... > 1. Telephone calling cards. Telegerist; Heortologist > 2. Prints, engravings, etc. Iconophile > 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money. Numismatist > 4. Postage stamps. Philatelist > 5. Candles or wax objects. Cerophilist > 6. Transportation tokens. Tephrodiscophile; Heortologist > 7. Ash trays Phillumenist; Pyrographer > 8. Butterflies (mounted). Lepidopterist > 9. Action figures. Plastokinesophile > 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif. Bovephile -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 22 05:36PM -0700 On 10/22/22 00:18, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 Project > 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 NM > 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised > the bomb-design part of the project? Oppenheimer > 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed. > What was the code name of this test? Trinity > 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. Fat Man > 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? 1953 > 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely > known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"? Teller > Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer > Someone who collects... > 1. Telephone calling cards. telegerist > 2. Prints, engravings, etc. iconophile > 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money. numismatist > 4. Postage stamps. philatelist > 5. Candles or wax objects. cerophilist > 6. Transportation tokens. vecturist > 7. Ash trays fusilatelist > 8. Butterflies (mounted). lepidopterist > 9. Action figures. Plastokinesophile > 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif. bovephile -- Dan Tilque |
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