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QFTCIMM16 Game 5, Rounds 4,6: Nukes? Epic, dude!
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Mark Brader
Jan 19, 2017, 12:41:49 AM1/19/17
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24,
> 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
> 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
the project. Name either.
4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
where it was located.
5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
"Sng Zna" qrivpr?
7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
or else just the state, where the test took place.
9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
Name the specific location where those tests took place.
10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
atomic-weapon detonation test?
* Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
them were not, of course, actually in English.
1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
of being is Polyphemus?
3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
eternal life. Name the epic.
4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
epic?
5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
these guides.
7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
country of Castile.
10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
--
Mark Brader | The only trouble was, no despot had the resources to plan
m...@vex.net | every detail in his society's behavior. Not even planet-
Toronto | wrecker bombs had as dire a reputation for eliminating
| civilizations. --Vernor Vinge, "A Deepness in the Sky"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
> 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
the project. Name either.
4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
where it was located.
5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
"Sng Zna" qrivpr?
7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
or else just the state, where the test took place.
9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
Name the specific location where those tests took place.
10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
atomic-weapon detonation test?
* Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
them were not, of course, actually in English.
1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
of being is Polyphemus?
3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
eternal life. Name the epic.
4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
epic?
5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
these guides.
7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
country of Castile.
10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
--
Mark Brader | The only trouble was, no despot had the resources to plan
m...@vex.net | every detail in his society's behavior. Not even planet-
Toronto | wrecker bombs had as dire a reputation for eliminating
| civilizations. --Vernor Vinge, "A Deepness in the Sky"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Peter Smyth
Jan 19, 2017, 6:24:52 AM1/19/17
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24,
> > 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
> > 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> > Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
> > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24,
> > 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
> > 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> > Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
UK
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific location of the detonation,
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
>
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
Fat Boy
> where it was located.
>
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
>
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
>
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
New Mexico, Nevada
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
Johnston Atoll
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
1949
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
>
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
>
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
Gilgamesh
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
>
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
>
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
Ireland
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
>
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
Homer, virgil
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
>
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem or its hero.
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
>
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
Don Quixote
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem or the knight.
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
Peter Smyth
Dan Blum
Jan 19, 2017, 8:22:44 AM1/19/17
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
Hector
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Don Piven
Jan 19, 2017, 8:36:54 AM1/19/17
to
On 1/18/17 23:41, Mark Brader wrote:
>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24,
>> 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
>> 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24,
>> 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
>> 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
>
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
>
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
>
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
>
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
bbowler
Jan 19, 2017, 8:43:40 AM1/19/17
to
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:41:43 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24, 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 the Misplaced Modifiers 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
>> 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb and
> subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the name
> of the project to create an atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24, 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 the Misplaced Modifiers 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
>> 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb and
> subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the name
> of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of the
> project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada del
> Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the name that
> was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area* where
> it was located.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands to
> determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
Joshua Kreitzer
Jan 19, 2017, 9:07:57 AM1/19/17
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:E_6dnfs1M5oKzB3FnZ2dnUU7-
SHN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
Groves
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
UK
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
White Sands Missile Range
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
Fat Man
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
plutonium
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
Nevada
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
Bikini Atoll
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
1948; 1949
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
Hector
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
cyclops
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
Gilgamesh
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
Ireland
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
Paradise Lost
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
Beatrice
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
Aeneid
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
The Faerie Queene
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
El Cid
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
Roland
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
SHN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Marc Dashevsky
Jan 19, 2017, 10:39:56 AM1/19/17
to
In article <E_6dnfs1M5oKzB3F...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
UK
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
Alamagordo
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
Fat Man
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
plutonium
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
Bikini Atoll
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
1948
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
>
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
cyclops
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
Gilgamesh
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
Ireland
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
>
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
>
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
Aeneid
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
Don Quixote
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
>
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
>
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
>
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
--
Pete
Jan 19, 2017, 4:57:43 PM1/19/17
to
>> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24,
>> 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
>> 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
>> 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 the Misplaced Modifiers
>> 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
>
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
>
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
>
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
>
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
>
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
>
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
>
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
>
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
>
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
>
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
>
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
>
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
>
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
>
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
>
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
>
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
>
Gareth Owen
Jan 19, 2017, 5:24:26 PM1/19/17
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
Calvin
Jan 19, 2017, 6:08:05 PM1/19/17
to
On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 3:41:49 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
>
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
>
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 20, 2017, 10:18:25 AM1/20/17
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
Don Quijote
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
Dan Tilque
Jan 21, 2017, 5:10:41 AM1/21/17
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
>
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
>
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
>
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
>
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
>
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
>
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
>
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. Gur obzo pbqranzrq "Yvggyr Obl" hfrq
> henavhz sbe vgf qrgbangvba. Jung zngrevny jnf hfrq sbe gur
> "Sng Zna" qrivpr?
>
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
>
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
>
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
>
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
>
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
>
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
>
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
>
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
>
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
>
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
>
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
>
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
>
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
>
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
>
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Jan 22, 2017, 12:17:17 AM1/22/17
to
Mark Brader:
Development of Substitute Materials; and I accepted plain "Manhattan"
since "project" was in the question.) 4 for everyone -- Peter,
Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth, Calvin, Erland,
and Dan Tilque.
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
Maj.Gen. Leslie R. Groves. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for
Dan Tilque.
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
UK, Canada. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Don, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth,
Calvin (the hard way), Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
Ground Zero, Alamogordo Bombing Range. 3 for Bruce and Joshua.
In the original game the expected answer was just Alamogordo. This is
actually the name of a town about 60 miles from Ground Zero, which
still exists and has not been blown up, and I'm not accepting it.
Today the military area -- I don't know if it has the same boundaries
as before -- is the White Sands Missile Range; you were asked for the
name at the time, but I'll accept that as almost correct. See also
the signature quote, which was *not*, as they usually are in QFTCI,
chosen randomly from my collection.
Los Alamos is where the bomb was *developed*.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
Little Boy, Fat Man. 4 for Dan Blum, Don, Bruce (the hard way),
Joshua, Marc, Gareth, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> previous question. The bomb codenamed "Little Boy" used
> uranium for its detonation. What material was used for the
> "Fat Man" device?
Plutonium. 4 for Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth,
Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay. (The pilot's mother's first and middle name.) 4 for
Peter, Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
Rainier (Mesa), Nevada. 4 for Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Calvin,
Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete and Gareth. 2 for Peter.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
Bikini Atoll. 4 for Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Pete,
Gareth, Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
1949. 4 for Peter, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
Hector. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
Cyclops. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Gareth, and Calvin.
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
"The Epic of Gilgamesh". The last word was sufficient. 4 for Peter,
Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Gareth, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
Ireland. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Don, Joshua, Marc, Gareth, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
"Paradise Lost" (by John Milton). 4 for Dan Blum, Don, Joshua,
Gareth, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
Virgil, Beatrice (Beatrix). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Gareth (the
hard way), and Calvin. 2 for Peter.
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
"Aeneid", Aeneas. 4 for Dan Blum, Don, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth,
and Dan Tilque.
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
"The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
"El cantar de mio Cid". The last word was sufficient. 4 for
Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Gareth.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
"La Chanson de Roland" ("The Song of Roland"), and yes, his name's
Roland. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Gareth, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Geo His Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 20 40 38 40 138
Dan Tilque 32 40 35 20 127
Don Piven 32 40 28 12 112
Dan Blum 8 28 32 40 108
Bruce Bowler 36 28 34 0 98
Marc Dashevsky 16 36 24 16 92
Peter Smyth 20 40 18 10 88
"Calvin" 0 39 28 12 79
Pete Gayde 8 32 23 8 71
Erland Sommarskog 8 36 20 4 68
Gareth Owen -- -- 27 32 59
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "No weapons of any kind are allowed on
m...@vex.net | White Sands Missile Range" -- U.S. Army
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-24,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project. (Also accepting Manhattan District or
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 5, Round 4 - History - Atomic Weapons Development & Testing
> These questions relate to the initial development of the atomic bomb
> and subsequent post-WW2 testing.
> 1. Franklin Roosevelt authorized funding of $2,000,000,000 in
> December 1941 to build the first nuclear weapon. What was the
> name of the project to create an atomic bomb?
Development of Substitute Materials; and I accepted plain "Manhattan"
since "project" was in the question.) 4 for everyone -- Peter,
Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth, Calvin, Erland,
and Dan Tilque.
> 2. September 1942 saw the commencement of <answer 1>. Which
> military officer was given the job of heading up the project?
Dan Tilque.
> 3. Although <answer 1> was led by the US, two other countries
> also contributed to the development the atomic bomb as part of
> the project. Name either.
Calvin (the hard way), Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce.
> 4. The first successful atomic explosion test was conducted on
> 1945-07-16, codenamed "Trinity". It took place in the Jornada
> del Muerto desert ["Hor-NA-da del M'WAIR-to"]. Either give the
> name that was used for the specific *location* of the detonation,
> or else give the name used at that time for the *military area*
> where it was located.
In the original game the expected answer was just Alamogordo. This is
actually the name of a town about 60 miles from Ground Zero, which
still exists and has not been blown up, and I'm not accepting it.
Today the military area -- I don't know if it has the same boundaries
as before -- is the White Sands Missile Range; you were asked for the
name at the time, but I'll accept that as almost correct. See also
the signature quote, which was *not*, as they usually are in QFTCI,
chosen randomly from my collection.
Los Alamos is where the bomb was *developed*.
> 5. Provide either of the names given to the two designs of nuclear
> devices that were used in the bomb-drops on Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki.
Joshua, Marc, Gareth, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the
> uranium for its detonation. What material was used for the
> "Fat Man" device?
Plutonium. 4 for Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth,
Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. What name was given to the B-29 Superfortress airplane that
> dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Peter, Dan Blum, Don, Bruce, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Gareth, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 8. In September 1957, the first underground nuclear weapon test
> was conducted in the US. Either name the specific location,
> or else just the state, where the test took place.
Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete and Gareth. 2 for Peter.
> 9. A set of nuclear weapons test explosions codenamed Operation
> Crossroads took place in July 1946 in the Marshall Islands
> to determine the effect of nuclear explosions on warships.
> Name the specific location where those tests took place.
Gareth, Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. In what year did the Soviet Union conduct its first successful
> atomic-weapon detonation test?
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Epic, Dude!
> All questions in this round deal with literary epics. Most of
> them were not, of course, actually in English.
> 1. Name the hero who was slain by Achilles, then dragged by his
> ankles around the walls of Troy, in Homer's "Iliad".
> 2. In the 9th book of Homer's "Odyssey", the hero Odysseus has a
> close encounter with Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. What type
> of being is Polyphemus?
> 3. Considered the first literary epic, this Mesopotamian work,
> composed circa 2100 BC, tells the story of the hero's friendship
> with the wild man Enkidu, and his quest for knowledge of
> eternal life. Name the epic.
Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Gareth, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. The "Tain bo Cualinge" ["Toin bo Coo-ling-ga"] tells the tale
> of the cattle raids of Queen Maeve against the warrior Cuchulainn
> ["Coo-hull-in"}. Of which country is the "Tain" the national
> epic?
and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Which epic poem introduced the word "Pandemonium" to the English
> language? In the poem, it designates the capital of all demons.
Gareth, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. In Dante's "The Divine Comedy", the author is led through the
> Inferno and Purgatory by the poet he most admired, then
> through Paradise by the woman he adored. Name either one of
> these guides.
hard way), and Calvin. 2 for Peter.
> 7. Virgil's great epic begins with the words: "Arms and the man
> I sing, who first made way, predestined exile, from the Trojan
> shore to Italy..." Name the poem *or* its hero.
and Dan Tilque.
> 8. This Renaissance English epic is a thinly veiled tribute to
> Elizabeth I, and won the author a princely pension-for-life
> from the appreciative monarch. Name the poem or the poet.
> 9. This national epic relates the triumphs of real-life mercenary
> warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and his exile from his home
> country of Castile.
Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Gareth.
> 10. In this French epic poem, Charlemagne's worthiest knight
> is perfidiously cut down in the Pyrenean pass of Roncesvaux
> ["Ron-se-voe"] -- or Roncesvalles ["RON-s'z-vails"], as we
> call it hereabouts. Name the poem *or* the knight.
Roland. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Gareth, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Geo His Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 20 40 38 40 138
Dan Tilque 32 40 35 20 127
Don Piven 32 40 28 12 112
Dan Blum 8 28 32 40 108
Bruce Bowler 36 28 34 0 98
Marc Dashevsky 16 36 24 16 92
Peter Smyth 20 40 18 10 88
"Calvin" 0 39 28 12 79
Pete Gayde 8 32 23 8 71
Erland Sommarskog 8 36 20 4 68
Gareth Owen -- -- 27 32 59
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