| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 28 04:04PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-03-10, 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 think I wrote at least part of one of these rounds. * Game 8, Round 4 - History - Terms of Ancient Warfare All questions refer to words used either in ancient Greece or in ancient Rome. In some cases the words have acquired in English usage a somewhat different spelling or pronunciation from their ancient form. 1. What sort of Roman weapon was called an "onager", or jackass? 2. The Greeks had a weapon called a "gastraphetes" ["GAS-tra-FEE-teez"], and yes, that prefix does mean "stomach". What sort of weapon? 3. What was the Latin word for a sword, specifically the short sword used for most of Roman history? (Give the normal word, not the diminutive used for a smaller version.) 4. What sort of weapon did the Romans call a "pilum"? 5. An important class of Greek soldiers are known in English as "hoplites" ["HOP-lights"], from the "hoplon" that they carried. Although its usage in actual ancient Greek was apparently somewhat different, what would we mean by "hoplon" today? 6. In Roman warfare, what was a "scutum" ["SCOOT-um"]? 7. For centuries the most important class of Greek battleship was the trireme. The prefix "tri-" indicates that there were three... what? 8. When a Roman ship went up against an enemy ship, they might use the "corvus", which means crow. What was that? 9. What was the name for a close formation of men in Greek warfare, where one man would advance between the spears of the men behind him, so that an enemy would face a mass of spear points before coming within sword range? 10. In Roman warfare, what was a "testudo"? * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - The Middle East Answer the following questions, based on the handout provided: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o8/6/mideast.jpg 1. Name the Israeli desert at E. 2. Name the Turkish lake at K. 3. Name the Egyptian gulf at D. For the next 5 questions give the number corresponding to the indicated place. 4. Bahrain. 5. Basra. 6. Sanaa. 7. Luxor. 8. Tehran. After you've finished with the other questions, please decipher the rot13 to see the last two: 9. Anzr gur pvgl ng ahzore bar. 10. Anzr gur Crefvna Thys pvgl ng ahzore fvkgrra. And if you want more fun, but no more points, decode the rot13 to see 10 more cities and 6 more bodies of water, and give the number for each city and the letter for each body of water. 11. Zrppn. 12. Qhonv. 13. Nyrknaqevn. 14. Zhfpng. 15. Nyrccb. 16. Pnveb. 17. Nzzna. 18. Ontuqnq. 19. Qbun, Dngne. 20. Zrqvan. 21. Ono ry Znaqno. 22. Thys bs Nqra. 23. Thys bs Bzna. 24. Nenovna Frn. 25. Thys bs Ndnon. 26. Fgenvg bs Ubezhm. -- Mark Brader | "We didn't just track down that bug, Toronto | we left evidence of its extermination msb@vex.net | as a warning to other bugs" --Dan Lyke My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 28 11:35PM > * Game 8, Round 4 - History - Terms of Ancient Warfare > 1. What sort of Roman weapon was called an "onager", or jackass? catapult > 2. The Greeks had a weapon called a "gastraphetes" > ["GAS-tra-FEE-teez"], and yes, that prefix does mean > "stomach". What sort of weapon? polearm > 3. What was the Latin word for a sword, specifically the short > sword used for most of Roman history? (Give the normal word, > not the diminutive used for a smaller version.) sax > 4. What sort of weapon did the Romans call a "pilum"? spear > "hoplites" ["HOP-lights"], from the "hoplon" that they carried. > Although its usage in actual ancient Greek was apparently > somewhat different, what would we mean by "hoplon" today? shields; pikes > 6. In Roman warfare, what was a "scutum" ["SCOOT-um"]? shield > 7. For centuries the most important class of Greek battleship > was the trireme. The prefix "tri-" indicates that there were > three... what? banks of oars > 8. When a Roman ship went up against an enemy ship, they might > use the "corvus", which means crow. What was that? a pointed "beak" on the prow used for ramming > where one man would advance between the spears of the men behind > him, so that an enemy would face a mass of spear points before > coming within sword range? phalanx > 10. In Roman warfare, what was a "testudo"? a formation of men holding their shields over their heads > * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - The Middle East > 1. Name the Israeli desert at E. Negev > 2. Name the Turkish lake at K. Van > 3. Name the Egyptian gulf at D. Suez > 4. Bahrain. 18 > 5. Basra. 19 > 6. Sanaa. 10 > 7. Luxor. 33; 32 > 8. Tehran. 27 > 9. Anzr gur pvgl ng ahzore bar. Riyadh > 10. Anzr gur Crefvna Thys pvgl ng ahzore fvkgrra. Dubai -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Jan 29 04:35AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-MydnTFkZ8duqY79nZ2dnUU7- > 3. What was the Latin word for a sword, specifically the short > sword used for most of Roman history? (Give the normal word, > not the diminutive used for a smaller version.) gladius > where one man would advance between the spears of the men behind > him, so that an enemy would face a mass of spear points before > coming within sword range? phalanx > Answer the following questions, based on the handout provided: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o8/6/mideast.jpg > 1. Name the Israeli desert at E. Negev > 3. Name the Egyptian gulf at D. Gulf of Aqaba; Red Sea > For the next 5 questions give the number corresponding to the > indicated place. > 4. Bahrain. 18 > 5. Basra. 19 > 6. Sanaa. 10; 11 > 7. Luxor. 33; 32 > 8. Tehran. 25; 27 > After you've finished with the other questions, please decipher the > rot13 to see the last two: > 9. Anzr gur pvgl ng ahzore bar. Riyadh > 10. Anzr gur Crefvna Thys pvgl ng ahzore fvkgrra. Abu Dhabi; Dubai -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 29 01:51AM -0800 On 1/28/21 2:04 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > usage a somewhat different spelling or pronunciation from their > ancient form. > 1. What sort of Roman weapon was called an "onager", or jackass? catapult > 3. What was the Latin word for a sword, specifically the short > sword used for most of Roman history? (Give the normal word, > not the diminutive used for a smaller version.) gladius > 4. What sort of weapon did the Romans call a "pilum"? spear > "hoplites" ["HOP-lights"], from the "hoplon" that they carried. > Although its usage in actual ancient Greek was apparently > somewhat different, what would we mean by "hoplon" today? heavy shield > 6. In Roman warfare, what was a "scutum" ["SCOOT-um"]? small shield > 7. For centuries the most important class of Greek battleship > was the trireme. The prefix "tri-" indicates that there were > three... what? levels of oars > 8. When a Roman ship went up against an enemy ship, they might > use the "corvus", which means crow. What was that? plank with a spike on the end used for boarding other ships > where one man would advance between the spears of the men behind > him, so that an enemy would face a mass of spear points before > coming within sword range? phalanx > 10. In Roman warfare, what was a "testudo"? square infantry formation with internal shields raised to protect from projectiles > Answer the following questions, based on the handout provided: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o8/6/mideast.jpg > 1. Name the Israeli desert at E. Negev > 2. Name the Turkish lake at K. Van > 3. Name the Egyptian gulf at D. Suez > For the next 5 questions give the number corresponding to the > indicated place. > 4. Bahrain. 17 > 5. Basra. 19 > 6. Sanaa. 11 > 7. Luxor. 33 > 8. Tehran. 25 > After you've finished with the other questions, please decipher the > rot13 to see the last two: > 9. Anzr gur pvgl ng ahzore bar. Riyadh > 10. Anzr gur Crefvna Thys pvgl ng ahzore fvkgrra. Abu Dhabi -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 28 04:01PM -0600 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the science round. > imaginary place name in their title. We'll name the book or series, > and tell you a little more about it; you name the *author*. > 1. "The Cairo Trilogy" (novels). Naguib Mahfouz. (Looks almost like rot13, doesn't it?) 4 for Joshua. > 2. "The Pisan Cantos" (poems). Ezra Pound. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. "Goodbye to Berlin" (novel). Christopher Isherwood. 4 for Joshua. > 4. "Swimming to Cambodia" (memoir). Spalding Gray. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 5. "Cabbagetown" (novel). Hugh Garner. > 6. "The Alexandria Quartet" (novels). Lawrence Durrell. 3 for Dan Blum. > 7. "Utopia" (novel). Thomas More. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 8. "Europe on $5 a Day" (guidebook). Arthur Frommer. 4 for Pete. > 9. "Democracy in America" (book-length essay). Alexis de Tocqueville. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 10. "The Old Patagonian Express" (travel memoir). Paul Theroux. 4 for Dan Blum. > 1. Convicted of heresy in 1633 for his astronomical theories, > this scientist spent the rest of his life under house arrest. > Who was he? Galileo. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Joshua. > among other things he advanced the theory that fire is a reaction > combining other substances with "oxygen", a name that he invented > along with "hydrogen". Then he was executed. Why? He was on the wrong side in the French Revolution (anything along these lines was okay, so I accepted "the French Revolution" as a complete answer too). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Joshua. This was during the Reign of Terror. The specific complaint was his connection with a company that had collected taxes for the crown. > 3. This German-born British physicist served 9 years in prison, > just for telling the Soviets how to make an atom bomb! After his > release for good behavior, he moved to East Germany. Who was he? Klaus Fuchs. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > until he started expressing the wrong political views. Then he > was sentenced to internal exile, and from 1979 to 1986 lived > in Gorky with severe limits on his communications. Name him. Andrei Sakharov. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Pete. The analogous figure on the US side was Robert Oppenheimer, who led the scientific side of the atom bomb project to its success in 1945, but in 1953 was branded as a security risk, likewise mostly for political reasons. He wasn't convicted of anything, so he doesn't qualify for this round himself, but he did suffer a severe loss of status. > in 1952, and apparently committed suicide 2 years later. > What alternative sentence to incarceration had he undergone in > the meantime? So-called "chemical castration": injections of estrogen, supposed to reduce the libido. Anything along these lines was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. ObPlay: "Breaking the Code", also a British TV-movie. The later movie "The Imitation Game" is okay, but I thought it took far too many liberties regarding Turing's WW2 decryption work at Bletchley Park. I previously wrote up a long list of them and will repost it here on request. > She was murdered in 415, some say by a mob, or it might have > been a fanatical sect of monks, but by Christians in any case. > Name her. Hypatia. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 7. Name the Canadian ballistic expert who was working on a > so-called "supergun" for Iraq when he was assassinated, > allegedly by the Israelis. Gerard Bull. 4 for Dan Blum. In Game 5 and its answer posting, it was noted that the Nazis' weapons called the V-1 and V-2 corresponded respectively to today's cruise and ballistic missiles. The "supergun" was similarly analogous to the Nazis' similarly unrealized V-3. > 8. This biologist was murdered in 1985, presumably because she > spoke out against the poaching of gorillas. Name her. Dian Fossey. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > in 212 BC. Allegedly he was working on a diagram drawn on the > ground, and told the soldier to stop messing it up. Name the > scientist. Archimedes. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 10. Although the story is disputed in some quarters, two Chinese > astronomers named Hsi and Ho were allegedly executed in or > around 2,134 BC. Why? Failure to predict an eclipse. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Sci Joshua Kreitzer 24 32 56 Dan Blum 23 32 55 Dan Tilque 4 24 28 Pete Gayde 4 12 16 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 12 -- Mark Brader | "'Settlor', (i) in relation to a testamentary trust, Toronto | means the individual referred to in paragraph (i)." msb@vex.net | -- Income Tax Act of Canada (1972-94), 108(1)(h) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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