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RQFTCINO13 Game 4, Rounds 4,6: Dr. Strangelove, collectors
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Mark Brader
Oct 22, 2022, 3:18:39 AM10/22/22
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
This is actually a round on the history associated with the
development of nuclear weapons.
1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II
to develop a nuclear weapon?
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?
3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised
the bomb-design part of the project?
4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.
What was the code name of this test?
5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
The next one was dropped three days later... where?
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.
7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
weapons. What was the third?
9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely
known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?
* Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description
of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout
list the word for what this person would be called. Remember,
these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies.
Aerophilatelist Errinophilist Lepidopterist Telegerist
Arctophile Ex-librist Numismatist Tephrodiscophile
Bovephile Fusilatelist Philatelist Vecturist
Cerophilist Helixophile Phillumenist Vexillologist
Conchologist Heortologist Plastokinesophile Xylographer
Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer
Someone who collects...
1. Telephone calling cards.
2. Prints, engravings, etc.
3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
4. Postage stamps.
5. Candles or wax objects.
6. Transportation tokens.
7. Ash trays
8. Butterflies (mounted).
9. Action figures.
10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As always, breakfast recapitulated
m...@vex.net phylogeny." -- Spider Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
This is actually a round on the history associated with the
development of nuclear weapons.
1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II
to develop a nuclear weapon?
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?
3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised
the bomb-design part of the project?
4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.
What was the code name of this test?
5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
The next one was dropped three days later... where?
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.
7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
weapons. What was the third?
9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely
known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?
* Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description
of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout
list the word for what this person would be called. Remember,
these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies.
Aerophilatelist Errinophilist Lepidopterist Telegerist
Arctophile Ex-librist Numismatist Tephrodiscophile
Bovephile Fusilatelist Philatelist Vecturist
Cerophilist Helixophile Phillumenist Vexillologist
Conchologist Heortologist Plastokinesophile Xylographer
Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer
Someone who collects...
1. Telephone calling cards.
2. Prints, engravings, etc.
3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
4. Postage stamps.
5. Candles or wax objects.
6. Transportation tokens.
7. Ash trays
8. Butterflies (mounted).
9. Action figures.
10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "As always, breakfast recapitulated
m...@vex.net phylogeny." -- Spider Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 22, 2022, 5:50:59 AM10/22/22
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
>
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> 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
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
>
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> development of nuclear weapons.
>
> 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II
> to develop a nuclear weapon?
> 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?
> 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
> The next one was dropped three days later... where?
> 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.
> 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
> 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
> weapons. What was the third?
> 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
> * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
>
> This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description
> of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout
> list the word for what this person would be called. Remember,
> these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies.
>
> Aerophilatelist Errinophilist Lepidopterist Telegerist
> Arctophile Ex-librist Numismatist Tephrodiscophile
> Bovephile Fusilatelist Philatelist Vecturist
> Cerophilist Helixophile Phillumenist Vexillologist
> Conchologist Heortologist Plastokinesophile Xylographer
> Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer
>
> Someone who collects...
>
> 1. Telephone calling cards.
> 2. Prints, engravings, etc.
Xylographer
> 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
> 4. Postage stamps.
Philatelist
> 5. Candles or wax objects.
> 6. Transportation tokens.
Plastokinesophile
> 7. Ash trays
Tephrodiscophile
> 8. Butterflies (mounted).
Heortologist
> 9. Action figures.
Conchologist
> 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.
Dan Blum
Oct 22, 2022, 10:05:39 AM10/22/22
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> 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II
> to develop a nuclear weapon?
Manhattan Project
> to develop a nuclear weapon?
> 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?
> 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised
> the bomb-design part of the project?
> 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.
> What was the code name of this test?
> 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
> The next one was dropped three days later... where?
> 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.
> 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
> 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
> weapons. What was the third?
> 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
> 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely
> known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?
> * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
telegerist
> 2. Prints, engravings, etc.
fusilatelist; iconophile
> 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
> 4. Postage stamps.
philatelist
> 5. Candles or wax objects.
> 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.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 22, 2022, 12:39:15 PM10/22/22
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On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 2:18:39 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
>
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> 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
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
>
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> development of nuclear weapons.
>
> 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II
> to develop a nuclear weapon?
> 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?
(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?
> 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.
> What was the code name of this test?
> 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
> The next one was dropped three days later... where?
> 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.
> 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
> 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
> weapons. What was the third?
> 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
> 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely
> known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?
> * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
>
> This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description
> of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout
> list the word for what this person would be called.
>
> Someone who collects...
>
> 1. Telephone calling cards.
Telegerist; Heortologist
>
> 1. Telephone calling cards.
> 2. Prints, engravings, etc.
Iconophile
> 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
Numismatist
> 4. Postage stamps.
Philatelist
> 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.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Oct 22, 2022, 8:36:29 PM10/22/22
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On 10/22/22 00:18, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
>
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> 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
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
>
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> development of nuclear weapons.
>
> 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II
> to develop a nuclear weapon?
>
> 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?
>
> 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised
> the bomb-design part of the project?
>
> 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.
> What was the code name of this test?
>
> 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
> The next one was dropped three days later... where?
>
> 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.
>
> 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
>
> 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
> weapons. What was the third?
>
> 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
>
> 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely
> known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
>
> This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description
> of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout
> list the word for what this person would be called. Remember,
> these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies.
>
> Aerophilatelist Errinophilist Lepidopterist Telegerist
> Arctophile Ex-librist Numismatist Tephrodiscophile
> Bovephile Fusilatelist Philatelist Vecturist
> Cerophilist Helixophile Phillumenist Vexillologist
> Conchologist Heortologist Plastokinesophile Xylographer
> Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer
>
> Someone who collects...
>
> 1. Telephone calling cards.
telegerist
> 2. Prints, engravings, etc.
iconophile
> 2. Prints, engravings, etc.
> 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
numismatist
> 4. Postage stamps.
philatelist
> 4. Postage stamps.
philatelist
> 5. Candles or wax objects.
cerophilist
> 6. Transportation tokens.
vecturist
> 7. Ash trays
> 6. Transportation tokens.
vecturist
> 7. Ash trays
fusilatelist
> 8. Butterflies (mounted).
lepidopterist
> 9. Action figures.
Plastokinesophile
> 8. Butterflies (mounted).
lepidopterist
> 9. Action figures.
> 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 25, 2022, 1:39:16 AM10/25/22
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Mark Brader:
and Dan Tilque.
> 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. 4 for everyone.
The secret city of Oak Ridge, "somewhere in Tennessee", was devoted
to the extraction of uranium 235, not to bomb design.
> 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised
> the bomb-design part of the project?
J. Robert Oppenheimer. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.
> What was the code name of this test?
Trinity. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
> The next one was dropped three days later... where?
Nagasaki, duh. 4 for everyone.
> 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.
Little Boy, Fat Man (respectively). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua
(the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
The Trinity test was a Fat Man bomb, by the way. That one used
plutonium whereas Little Boy used uranium 235, and they only had
enough U-235 for one bomb. But Little Boy was also the simpler
design, so they were confident it didn't need testing anyway.
> 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
1949 (accepting 1948-50). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
> weapons. What was the third?
The UK. They had contributed to the Manhattan Project. 4 for
everyone.
> 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
1952 (accepting 1951-53). 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely
> known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?
Edward Teller. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
> This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description
> of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout
> list the word for what this person would be called. Remember,
> these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies.
> Aerophilatelist Errinophilist Lepidopterist Telegerist
> Arctophile Ex-librist Numismatist Tephrodiscophile
> Bovephile Fusilatelist Philatelist Vecturist
> Cerophilist Helixophile Phillumenist Vexillologist
> Conchologist Heortologist Plastokinesophile Xylographer
> Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer
> Someone who collects...
> 1. Telephone calling cards.
Fusilatelist or telegerist. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joshua.
> 2. Prints, engravings, etc.
Iconophile. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
Numismatist. 4 for everyone.
> 4. Postage stamps.
Philatelist. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Candles or wax objects.
Cerophilist. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Transportation tokens.
Vecturist. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Ash trays
Tephrodiscophile. 4 for Erland.
> 8. Butterflies (mounted).
Lepidopterist. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. Action figures.
Plastokinesophile. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.
Bovephile. 4 for everyone.
Again, I don't have definitions for the others, but presumably you
can easily find them on the Internet.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Geo His Lei
Joshua Kreitzer 40 27 32 31 130
Dan Blum 28 22 40 34 124
Dan Tilque 0 28 40 36 104
Erland Sommarskog 0 12 24 20 56
--
Mark Brader | (Hatpin's Razor:) "Never attribute to stupidity
Toronto | that which can be adequately explained
m...@vex.net | by marketing" --John Hopkin
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> 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. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua,
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 4 - History: Dr. Strangelove
> This is actually a round on the history associated with the
> development of nuclear weapons.
> 1. What was the code name of the US-led project in World War II
> to develop a nuclear weapon?
and Dan Tilque.
> 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?
The secret city of Oak Ridge, "somewhere in Tennessee", was devoted
to the extraction of uranium 235, not to bomb design.
> 3. Who was the theoretical physicist from Berkeley who supervised
> the bomb-design part of the project?
> 4. On 1945-07-16, the first test of a nuclear device was performed.
> What was the code name of this test?
> 5. On 1945-08-06, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
> The next one was dropped three days later... where?
> 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.
(the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
The Trinity test was a Fat Man bomb, by the way. That one used
plutonium whereas Little Boy used uranium 235, and they only had
enough U-235 for one bomb. But Little Boy was also the simpler
design, so they were confident it didn't need testing anyway.
> 7. Within one year, when did the USSR test their first nuclear bomb?
> 8. The US and USSR were the first two countries to possess nuclear
> weapons. What was the third?
everyone.
> 9. Within one year, when was the first hydrogen bomb tested?
> 10. Who participated in the hydrogen bomb design and is widely
> known as the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"?
> * Game 4, Round 6 - Leisure - Collectors
> This is a round on collecting hobbies. We give you the description
> of the object a person is collecting and you choose from the handout
> list the word for what this person would be called. Remember,
> these are not obsessive-compulsive behaviors... but hobbies.
> Aerophilatelist Errinophilist Lepidopterist Telegerist
> Arctophile Ex-librist Numismatist Tephrodiscophile
> Bovephile Fusilatelist Philatelist Vecturist
> Cerophilist Helixophile Phillumenist Vexillologist
> Conchologist Heortologist Plastokinesophile Xylographer
> Deltiologist Iconophile Pyrographer
> Someone who collects...
> 1. Telephone calling cards.
3 for Joshua.
> 2. Prints, engravings, etc.
Iconophile. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Coins, tokens, medals, and paper money.
> 4. Postage stamps.
Philatelist. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Candles or wax objects.
> 6. Transportation tokens.
Vecturist. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Ash trays
Tephrodiscophile. 4 for Erland.
> 8. Butterflies (mounted).
Lepidopterist. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. Action figures.
Plastokinesophile. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Cow figures or items with a cow motif.
Again, I don't have definitions for the others, but presumably you
can easily find them on the Internet.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Geo His Lei
Joshua Kreitzer 40 27 32 31 130
Dan Blum 28 22 40 34 124
Dan Tilque 0 28 40 36 104
Erland Sommarskog 0 12 24 20 56
--
Mark Brader | (Hatpin's Razor:) "Never attribute to stupidity
Toronto | that which can be adequately explained
m...@vex.net | by marketing" --John Hopkin
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