| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Sep 22 02:30PM -0700 On Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 3:21:08 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction", > this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which > pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974? tommy john > 2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said > to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are > too mediocre to play in the major leagues? mendoza > 3. Showcased in his gold-medal win at the 1968 Olympics, which man's > revolutionary backward high-jump style has effectively replaced > the previous straddle and scissors jumps. fosbury [flop] > 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the > only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff. > Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen? axel > the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back > outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from > which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics? salchow? [1908?] > player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game. > It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat" > only twice in his long career? gordie howe > 7. The swimmer performs an underwater butterfly kick off the wall > after the turn, to maximize speed and distance underwater, before > starting the regular stroke, in a turn named after which swimmer? a flip turn is named after someone? > Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man > in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in > Deadwood, SD, in 1876? bill hockock > 3. Bb5 > -- takes its name from which Spanish priest who described it > in 1561? ruy lopez > 10. In soccer, the turn named after which legendary Dutch player > consists of feigning a pass before dragging the ball behind > his standing leg, turning 180°, and accelerating away? cruyff? > To repeat, all answers are in the form "<singer> and the <band>". > 1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional > one that performed it in a 1983 movie. john cafferty > 2. "Kiss". prince and the revolution > 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You". joan jett and the blackhearts > 4. "Peek-a-Boo". siouxsie and the banshees > 5. "Wooly Bully". sam the sham and the pharaohs > 6. "96 Tears". question mark and the mysterians > 7. "The Valley Road". bruce hornsby and the range > 8. "Good Vibrations". marky mark and the funky bunch > 9. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World". nick cave and the bad seeds > 10. "Echo Beach". martha and the muffins > with either B, S, or I*. > 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard > temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen? bromine > 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into > a gas? It is the reverse of deposition. sublimation > 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and > "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom, > often caused by viral or bacterial infection? inflamation > of species described by what adjective, indicating that their > overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced > to new environments? invasive > have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their > half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of > these particles that imparts mass to all other particles. boson > 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi > is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names > a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition. Schrodinger > 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case > n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a > proof by what method, contrasted with deduction? induction > 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is > the part described by what other adjective? imaginary > 9. Push and pop are operations central to what data structure that, > unlike a queue, operates on a last-in-first-out basis? stack > binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true > and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is > performed on this type of data. boolean > Toronto "Why not? It's usually best." > m...@vex.net -- Lawrence of Arabia > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 22 04:41PM -0700 On Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 2:21:08 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Technically known as "ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction", > this procedure is usually referred to by the name of which > pitcher who underwent the surgery in 1974? Tommy John > 2. Baseball players whose batting average is under .200 are said > to fall below *which eponymous line*, indicating that they are > too mediocre to play in the major leagues? Mendoza line > 4. Figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump, it is the > only basic jump in competition that requires a forward takeoff. > Which jump is named after a Norwegian skater named Paulsen? Axel > the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back > outside edge of the opposite foot. It takes its name from > which Swedish gold medalist at the 1908 Olympics? Lutz > player collects a goal, an assist, and a fight in the same game. > It is named after which player, who actually achieved the "feat" > only twice in his long career? Gordie Howe > Man's Hand (probably black aces and 8's), but the Dead Man > in question was which gunslinger, shot at a poker table in > Deadwood, SD, in 1876? Hickok > recording group -- all named in the style "<singer> and the <band>". > 1. "On the Dark Side". Name either the real band or the fictional > one that performed it in a 1983 movie. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band; Eddie and the Cruisers > 2. "Kiss". Prince and the Revolution > 3. "I Hate Myself for Loving You". Joan Jett and the Blackhearts > 4. "Peek-a-Boo". Siouxsie and the Banshees > 5. "Wooly Bully". Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs > 6. "96 Tears". ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians > 7. "The Valley Road". Bruce Hornsby and the Range > 8. "Good Vibrations". Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch > 10. "Echo Beach". Martha and the Muffins > with either B, S, or I*. > 1. The only two chemical elements that are liquid at standard > temperature and pressure are mercury and what brownish halogen? bromine > 2. In what phase transition does a solid transition directly into > a gas? It is the reverse of deposition. sublimation > 3. The suffix "-itis", as found in words like "bronchitis" and > "laryngitis", refers to the presentation of what symptom, > often caused by viral or bacterial infection? inflammation > of species described by what adjective, indicating that their > overpopulation has caused significant damage when introduced > to new environments? invasive > have integer spin, as distinct from fermions with their > half-integer spin? The so-called "God particle" is one of > these particles that imparts mass to all other particles. bosons > 6. The quantum-mechanical equation often represented H psi = E psi > is named after what Austrian physicist? He also partially names > a thought-experiment used to illustrate quantum superposition. Schrodinger > 7. Show that a base case (n = 1) is true. Then show that if case > n is true, then so is case n+1. You have just completed a > proof by what method, contrasted with deduction? induction > 8. For a complex number x + yi, x is the real part, while yi is > the part described by what other adjective? imaginary > binary data that take on one of two values, usually denoted true > and false? This adjective also describes the algebra that is > performed on this type of data. Boolean -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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