| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 07:26PM -0500 Mark Brader: > single system, are the closest stars to our solar system at > a little more than 4 light-years. Name the next closest at > 6 light-years. Barnard's Star. Or if you prefer, Barnard's Runaway Star. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Calvin. The star was named after Edward Barnard, who discovered in 1916 that its proper motion is faster than that of any other star known -- over 10 seconds of arc per year. At that rate, it will move an entire degree across the sky in only about 350 years. > 2. What are the most common type of star in the Milky Way galaxy, > making up 3/4 of all stars? Red dwarfs, or specifically type M dwarfs. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. > nuclei emit radiation thought to originate from supermassive > black holes. Happily, the nearest one is nearly 13,000,000,000 > light-years away. What are they called? Quasars. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 4. These are the smallest stars known to exist in the universe, > varying in diameter from 10 to 30 km, typically the leftovers > of a supernova explosion. What are they? Neutron stars or pulsars. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. White dwarfs may also be be formed as supernova remnents, but they're planet-sized. They are made of degenerate matter, in which (loosely speaking) the atoms are crushed together. But neutron stars are made of neutronium, where the atomic *nuclei* are crushed together -- *way* denser. Brown dwarfs are not supernova remnants at all; they are bodies are formed like stars but too small for nuclear reactions to occur. They are also planet-sized. > 5. As seen from Earth, what is the brightest star in the night sky? Yes, Sirius this time. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum, and Calvin. > as big as our Sun and puts out 4,000,000 times as much energy. > It is considered the most likely star in the galaxy to imminently > do what? Explode as a supernova. 4 for everyone. > 7. Hercules, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, Sextans, Segue > are all nearby galaxies. Beyond closeness, what other status > in relation to our own Milky Way Galaxy do they have? They are satellite galaxies that orbit it. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. > Hollywood (not to mention "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"), > we all know how to pronounce it. It's the 9th-brightest star > in the night sky, but what kind of star is Betelgeuse? A red giant (or supergiant). And yes, it's expected to go supernova too -- sometime. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum, and Calvin. > 9. Edwin Hubble created the Hubble Sequence to classify galaxies. > The three main types are ellipticals, lenticulars, and which > most common type, of which our Milky Way is one? Spiral galaxies. 4 for everyone. > the Chinese recorded a celestial event that is now recognized > as a supernova. Name the nebula that is the remains of that > explosion. Crab Nebula. 4 for everyone. > You're no one in major-league sports without a nickname. Well, > sometimes you're no one even *with* one, but a cool nickname goes > a long way to making sure you're remembered. This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. One of the best power forwards in NBA history, who was "The > Mailman"? Karl Malone. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 2. At the turn of the century, this one-time NBA franchise player > was nicknamed "The Answer". Unfortunately, we've forgotten > the question. Oh yeah, name that guy! Allen Iverson. 4 for Joshua. > "Johnny Football" before you've even played a down in the NFL. > Name this QB who's played for the Cleveland Browns, the Ti-Cats, > and the Alouettes in his brief, disappointing career. Johnny Manziel. > Assassin". In 1978, he hit Patriots wide receiver Darryl > Stingley so hard, he left him a quadriplegic. Who was "The > Assassin"? Jack Tatum. 4 for Joshua. > 5. This Leaf coach of the late '70s was nicknamed "Captain Video" > for being one of the first coaches to use video replays to > analyze his teams' performances. Name him. Roger Nielsen. > 6. In his 20 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, who was "Le > Gros Bill"? Jean Béliveau. > 7. Ranked #1 in the tennis world in 1973-74, he was a line judge's > nightmare, and his nickname was "Nasty". Name him. Ilie Nastase. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Calvin. > 8. The Brits simply call this homegrown tennis player "Muzza". > Who is he? Andy Murray. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Calvin. > 9. This shortstop of the 1940s and '50s later became a broadcaster, > and his nickname was "Scooter". Name him. Phil Rizzuto. 4 for Joshua. > 10. He played 18 major-league baseball seasons, all but three with > the Chicago White Sox (although he had a brief stint with the > Jays), and his nickname was "The Big Hurt". Who he? Frank Thomas. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Spo Dan Blum 30 29 40 0 99 Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 20 28 68 Dan Tilque 4 16 36 8 64 Erland Sommarskog 0 24 20 8 52 "Calvin" -- -- 24 12 36 -- Mark Brader "Metal urgy. The urge to use metals. Toronto That was humans, all right." msb@vex.net -- Terry Pratchett: Truckers My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 05 03:55AM -0700 On 6/4/19 5:26 PM, Mark Brader wrote: >> black holes. Happily, the nearest one is nearly 13,000,000,000 >> light-years away. What are they called? > Quasars. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. I want to protest that my answer "blazar" is equally or even more correct. A blazar is a supermassive BH one of whose jets are pointed more or less directly at Earth, so they appear to be intrinsically the brightest objects in the Universe. BTW, 3C 273, the brightest and first discovered blazar/quasar is one of the nearest, only 2.44 billion ly away, much closer than the 13 billion the question says. There's lots of others that are also closer than that distance. > speaking) the atoms are crushed together. But neutron stars are > made of neutronium, where the atomic *nuclei* are crushed together -- > *way* denser. I've never heard of white dwarfs being a supernova remnant. They're generally thought to be the end stage of main sequence stars that are not massive enough to supernova. The Sun is eventually going to become a white dwarf. You may be mixing it up with Type Ia supernovas, which occur in binary systems where at least one of the members is a white dwarf. However, in that case, the WD is usually destroyed during the supernova. > Brown dwarfs are not supernova remnants at all; they are bodies > are formed like stars but too small for nuclear reactions to occur. > They are also planet-sized. Technically, they will "burn" their deuterium (into helium) if they're at least .13 solar masses. That mass is often given as the low end of brown dwarfs. Anything smaller is considered a planet. However, that's not the only way to distinguish planets from brown dwarfs. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 07:28PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late, great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!" Do your moms proud on this round, eh? 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she? 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur, would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz. Name that loving mom. 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating? 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I? 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All Cities". What do we call it? 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs. She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name. 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan, and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or the character. 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization. 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the other? First and last name, please. 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*. * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some of them. 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it. 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's novels? 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"? 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"? 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with their hero Natty Bumppo? 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"? 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost Generation"? 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon" unfinished? 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux associated with? 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors", and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915. Name him. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 04 06:39PM -0700 On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 7:28:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day > 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was > arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she? Gloria Vanderbilt > house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur, > would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz. > Name that loving mom. Ma Barker > 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover > that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating? "Titus Andronicus" > 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I? Anne Boleyn > 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All > Cities". What do we call it? Mecca > 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs. > She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name. Lillian > and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of > this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or > the character. "Psycho" > 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this > organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and > one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization. Mothers Against Drunk Drivers > 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was > also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the > other? First and last name, please. Abigail Adams > 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one > day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*. Debbie Reynolds; Carrie Fisher > * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature > 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the > same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it. "Billy Budd" > 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's > novels? Sam Spade; Philip Marlowe > 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"? Albee > 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"? Irving > 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with > their hero Natty Bumppo? Cooper > 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"? Robbins > 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost > Generation"? Stein > 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon" > unfinished? Fitzgerald > 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux > associated with? travel writing > and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in > France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915. > Name him. James -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 04 07:33PM -0700 On Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 10:28:27 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > Name that loving mom. > 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover > that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating? Titus Andronicus > 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I? Anne Boleyn > 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All > Cities". What do we call it? Mecca > and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of > this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or > the character. Psycho > other? First and last name, please. > 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one > day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*. Reynolds > of them. > 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the > same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it. Moby Dick > 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's > novels? Sam Spade > 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"? > 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with > their hero Natty Bumppo? Cooper > 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"? > 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost > Generation"? Kerouac > unfinished? > 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux > associated with? Philosophy > and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in > France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915. > Name him. James cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 05 03:49AM > * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day > 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was > arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she? Gloria Vanderbilt > house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur, > would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz. > Name that loving mom. Ma Barker > 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover > that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating? Titus Andronicus > 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I? Catherine Howard > 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All > Cities". What do we call it? Baghdad > 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs. > She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name. Eunice > and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of > this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or > the character. Psycho > 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this > organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and > one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization. Mothers Against Drunk Driving > 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was > also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the > other? First and last name, please. Abigail Adams > 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one > day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*. Carrie Fisher > * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature > 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the > same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it. Omoo; Typee > 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's > novels? Philip Marlowe > 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"? Washington Irving > 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with > their hero Natty Bumppo? James Fenimore Cooper > 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost > Generation"? Gertrude Stein > 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon" > unfinished? F. Scott Fitzgerald > 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux > associated with? travel writing > and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in > France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915. > Name him. Henry James -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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