| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 11 04:17AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09, 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 the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I wrote one of these rounds. * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture In each case give the architect's name or widely used nickname/soubriquet. 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York. 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and Place Ville Marie in Montreal. 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy, France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the main government buildings in Chandigarh, India. 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the Guggenheim Museum in New York. 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician, designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London. 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University, """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal. 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles, designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao, Spain, widely called by architects the most important building of """this""" century. 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome. 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who? * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet engine? Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you have finished with question #1. 2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel gurl jrer vairagrq va. 3. Zbfg ynetr ebpxrgf gbqnl hfr yvdhvq bkltra nf na bkvqvmre, ohg nal bs frireny yvdhvqf nf shry. Gur I-2 ebpxrg bs Jbeyq Jne VV, gur Fnghea I ebpxrg bs Cebwrpg Ncbyyb, naq """gbqnl'f""" Fcnpr Fuhggyr unir pbagnvarq orgjrra gurz sbhe zbqryf bs yvdhvq-shryrq znva ratvarf naq hfrq guerr qvssrerag yvdhvq shryf. Anzr *nal bar* bs gurfr guerr shryf. 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of what man, who together with his key team members defected to the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position on Project Apollo? 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name? 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000). 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult? 8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor. Why is this step necessary? 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape must its orbit have? 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words. -- Mark Brader | "After that, he spent a long time just reading netnews. msb@vex.net | Sorry, I mean of course that he was debugging his Toronto | terminal emulation code..." --Lars Wirzenius My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 11 04:15AM -0500 Mark Brader: > Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. Which best-selling author is heading a group that has agreed > to buy the Minnesota Vikings football team? Tom Clancy. I picked this one for posting in 2009 because I expected some people would be NFL fans and would remember it, but nobody did. If Wikipedia is correct, the sale was never completed because Clancy got divorced and could no longer afford the cost. > 2. In which city did Bill Gates receive a pie in the face this week? Brussels. > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the history round. > All questions pertain to the year 1976. > 1. In January, what new and controversial model of airliner finally > entered passenger service with British Airways and Air France? Concorde. 4 for everyone -- Bruce, Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Dan. > 2. In February, what country broke diplomatic relations with the > UK over fishing rights? Iceland. (The so-called Cod War.) 4 for Bruce, Erland, Joshua, and Dan. > 3. In March, what married couple in the British royal family > separated? We need both names. Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon (or the Earl of Snowdon, or Antony Armstrong-Jones). 4 for Joshua and Pete. > out of six bankrupt ones, under what name? The six constituents > were the Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Reading, Lehigh Valley, > Lehigh & Hudson River, and Central of New Jersey. ConRail (Consolidated Rail). 4 for Bruce and Joshua. 2 for Dan. > 5. In May, Canada terminated a pact of cooperation with what > country on the subject of nuclear reactors? India. What we were told (I assume it was true, but I've never checked) was that Canadian technology supplied for peaceful uses had been used in nuclear weapons development. > 6. In June, Canadian airline pilots went on strike over what > safety issue? Be sufficiently specific. The use of French in air traffic control. ("French" was required.) 4 for Bruce. > 7. In July, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history struck > what country? China (in Tangshan). 4 for Erland and Joshua. 2 for Dan. > 8. In August, the Centers for Disease Control were studying the > outbreak of what sometimes fatal disease among attendees of a > convention the previous month? Legionnaires' disease (or legionella). 4 for everyone. > 9. In September, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt renounced a > longstanding friendship treaty with what country? USSR (we accepted Russia). 4 for Joshua. > 10. In October, who succeeded Mao Tse-Tung as leader of China's > Communist Party, and ordered the arrest of the so-called Gang > of Four? Hua Geofeng. ("Hua" was sufficient, or anything close to the full name.) Both in 2009 and this time, everyone who answered gave one or another spelling of Deng Xiaoping. Deng became the country's de facto leader about this time, but it was a gradual process and he never held the particular title in question. > *Note*: On this round you must give the answers that were correct > in 1998. > 1. Manon Rhéaume. Hockey. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Bruce. > 2. Catriona Le May Doan. Speed skating. 4 for Pete. > 3. Lori Glazier. Snowboarding. > 4. Kristy Sargeant. Figure skating. 2 for Pete. > 5. Adam Foote. Hockey. 4 for Pete. 3 for Bruce. > 6. Chris Lori. Bobsledding. > 7. Stéphane Rochon. Freestyle skiing (or moguls). > 8. Paul Savage. Curling. 2 for Bruce. > 9. Isabelle Charest. Speed skating. 2 for Pete. > 10. Cary Mullen. Alpine (or downhill) skiing. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Can Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 32 Pete Gayde 12 16 28 Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 Dan Blum 16 0 16 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 16 -- Mark Brader | "There is a pervasive illusion in certain quarters Toronto | that Mother Nature is our friend. Wrong; dead wrong. msb@vex.net | She doesn't care whether we live or die, | and she loves surprises." -- Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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