QFTCI11 Game 8 Rounds 2-3: commanders, angles
Mark Brader
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* Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
See how helpful we are with the hints?)
1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
Name either man.
8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
and is the only living person to have held it, although George
Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
rank created during World War II. Who was he?
9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
in 1918. Name any one.
* Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
by which it differs from true north?
2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
reflected?
5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
What's the term for this maximum angle?
6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
the nose. What is it called?
7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
geometrical planes. Name it.
8. Also in math, two angles that total 90� are called what?
9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
radians. How large is that 90� angle in radians?
10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
remember what the round is about.
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Joshua Kreitzer
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him.
>
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hannibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Cromwell
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
Duke of Marlborough
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
Andrei Rublev
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Harold
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
Rommel
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
Pershing
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
Shaka
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
bearing
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90� are called what?
supplementary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90� angle in radians?
(1/4)*pi; (1/2)*pi
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
acute glaucoma
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
bcb
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the Second
> Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the Roman armies,
> although he was unable to conquer Rome itself. After about 16 years
> he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o") Africanus at Zama (near
> Carthage). He later committed suicide rather than be turned over to
> Rome.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks later
> at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction it points
> is not true north. What's the term for the angle by which it differs
> from true north?
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various devices
> such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that aren't
> oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course compasses. What
> is the term for that angular measurement?
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance there is a
> maximum angle that the sides of that pile can rise at. If the pile
> is made any steeper, it will collapse. What's the term for this
> maximum angle?
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising the nose.
> What is it called?
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above the place
> where the wings meet the body. In math, the same term is used for
> the angle formed between two intersecting geometrical planes. Name
> it.
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in the eye is
> too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage channel is
> *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint: remember what the
> round is about.
Bruce
Dan Blum
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90? are called what?
complementary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hanibal
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Oliver Cromwell
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
Declination
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90� angle in radians?
pi/2
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
Angle glaucoma
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
>
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
>
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
>
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
>
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
>
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
--Jeff
Mark Brader
> Next round: Saxons
Arrrrgh! Oh, the pain of the missed opportunity!
--
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Toronto | would now be reserved for kicking a ball in a net."
m...@vex.net | --Derrick Beckett
Stan Brown
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
swp
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90� are called what?
complimentary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
pi/2
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
swp
Calvin
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
>
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
Complementary
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
1
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
>
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
>
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
>
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
>
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
>
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
Peter Smyth
news:lsGdnUj7x-1VnOHT...@vex.net...
>* Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
>For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
>you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
>See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
>1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
>
>5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
>
>6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
>
>10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
>* Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
>1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
>
>5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
>
>6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
>8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
Peter Smyth
Stan Brown
>
> Mark Brader:
> > > * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> Jeff Turner:
> > Next round: Saxons
>
> Arrrrgh! Oh, the pain of the missed opportunity!
Pete
1VnOHTnZ2dn...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-14,
> 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> 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. For further information see
> my companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
>
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
>
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
>
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
>
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
>
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
>
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
>
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
>
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
>
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
>
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
>
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
>
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
>
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
>
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
>
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
>
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
>
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
>
Dan Tilque
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
>
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
>
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
>
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
>
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
>
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
>
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
>
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
>
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
>
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
>
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
>
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
>
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
>
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
>
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
>
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
>
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
>
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
>
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
>
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
>
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
Rob Parker
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
>
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
('Arold, with an arrow, in 'is eye)
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
>
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90° are called what?
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90° angle in radians?
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
Rob
Mark Brader
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-14,
> see my companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the angles round.
> * Game 8, Round 2 - Military Commanders
> For each question, we will describe a military commander in history;
> you name him. (Yes, "him" is the correct pronoun in every case.
> See how helpful we are with the hints?)
> 1. Considered ancient Rome's greatest opponent, he led the
> Carthaginian forces across the Alps into Italy during the
> Second Punic War and inflicted devastating defeats on the
> Roman armies, although he was unable to conquer Rome itself.
> After about 16 years he was defeated by Scipio ("Skippy-o")
> Africanus at Zama (near Carthage). He later committed
> suicide rather than be turned over to Rome.
Hannibal (Barca). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland,
Jeff, Stan, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, Peter, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 2. Second in command of the Parliamentary forces during the First
> English Civil War, he was later appointed Commander-in-Chief
> and Captain General when the wars resumed. His organization
> of the "New Model Army" was superb and they won many battles.
> He eventually ruled England as Lord Protector.
Oliver Cromwell. We did not require the first name. 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, Erland, Jeff, Stan, Stephen, Calvin, Peter, Pete,
Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 3. This English victor of the Battle of Blenheim ("Blen'm")
> was the most successful of the allied commanders during the
> War of the Spanish Succession. He lived 1650-1722.
John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. Sir Winston Churchill was,
if I count correctly, his great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson
(incidentally, another Sir Winston Churchill was John's father), but
we only required the surname or the title. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Stan, Stephen, Calvin, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. During the latter half of the Second World War, this Soviet
> marshal was the Russian commander-in-chief on the Eastern
> Front. His armies defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and
> Leningrad. He personally commanded the final assault on
> Berlin in 1945. He was the most decorated general in the
> history of Russia and the Soviet Union. He was later made
> Minister of Defense, and an asteroid has been named after him.
Georgi Zhukov. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Calvin, and Pete.
> 5. This Grand Prince of Vladimir and Kiev, and ruler of
> Novgorod, lived 1220-65. He defeated the invading Swedes;
> he defeated the Teutonic knights on the frozen Lake Peipus.
> He was immortalized in a movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein,
> whose score by Sergei Prokofiev was also performed in concert.
Alexander Nevski. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
> 6. This last Anglo-Saxon king of England, who lived 1022-66,
> won the Battle of Stamford Bridge but was killed about 3 weeks
> later at the Battle of Hastings. One name is sufficient.
Harold II (or Harold Godwinson). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum,
Stan, Stephen, Calvin, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 7. These two World War II commanders faced off in North Africa.
> At El Alamein, the British commander of the Eighth Army
> defeated the German commander of the Afrika Corps by dint
> of overwhelming superiority in manpower and equipment.
> Name either man.
Bernard Montgomery, Erwin Rommel. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jeff,
Stan, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, Peter, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 8. In the American army, in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt
> promoted this man from captain directly to brigadier general,
> over the heads of 862 senior officers. In May 1917 he was
> appointed commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary
> forces going to France, and kept the US troops as a distinct
> national army. He was eventually promoted to the newly
> created rank of "general of the armies of the United States",
> and is the only living person to have held it, although George
> Washington later received it retroactively. It is considered
> to outrank even the 5-star general or "general of the army"
> rank created during World War II. Who was he?
John "Blackjack" Pershing. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jeff, Stan,
Stephen, Calvin, Marc, Peter, and Pete.
> 9. Born about 1787, this man founded the Zulu nation and
> turned them into a formidable fighting force, conquering most
> of the tribes of Southern Africa. He invented the assegai,
> or short-handled stabbing spear. He was assassinated by
> his brothers in 1827 to end his reign of terror.
Shaka. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stan, Stephen, Marc, Dan Tilque,
and Rob.
> 10. World War I produced three marshals of France. One was
> commander-in-chief of the French army for the first 2 years.
> Another was commander-in-chief in 1917 (and made marshal
> two weeks after the Armistice). The third was appointed
> generalissimo (or supreme general) of the Allied armies
> in 1918. Name any one.
Joseph Joffre, Henri P�tain, Ferdinand Foch. 4 for Dan Blum, Jeff,
Stan, Stephen, Peter, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Angles
This, in the original game, was the hardest round in the entire season.
> 1. The needle of a standard compass aligns with the Earth's
> magnetic field and therefore, in most places, the direction
> it points is not true north. What's the term for the angle
> by which it differs from true north?
Angle of declination, deviation, or variation. I also accepted "grid
magnetic angle", although strictly speaking this is the difference
between magnetic north and the north of a mapping grid, which might
not be exactly true north. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Stan,
Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Rob. 3 for Calvin and Marc.
> 2. The practice of measuring the direction that something is
> pointing in degrees clockwise from north applies to various
> devices such as airplanes, big guns, telescopes (the kind that
> aren't oriented to the celestial north pole), and of course
> compasses. What is the term for that angular measurement?
Bearing or azimuth. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Jeff, Stephen,
Marc, Peter, and Rob.
> 3. That telescope or big gun in the last question also needs
> to be raised to point at a certain angle above the horizontal.
> What is the term for *that* angular measurement?
Angle of elevation or of inclination. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Jeff,
Stan, Calvin, and Peter.
> 4. In optics, what term refers to the angle at which light
> falls on a lens or mirror, before being refracted or
> reflected?
Angle of incidence. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Jeff, Stan, Calvin,
Marc, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 5. When a soft or powdery substance such as earth, sand, or
> snow is formed into a pile, for any particular substance
> there is a maximum angle that the sides of that pile can
> rise at. If the pile is made any steeper, it will collapse.
> What's the term for this maximum angle?
Angle of repose or critical angle. 4 for Dan Blum, Stan, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, and Rob.
By the way, this round was invented while I was shoveling snow
and thought of asking this question.
> 6. In aviation, this angle describes the orientation of the wings
> with respect to the airplane's motion (or more precisely,
> to the relative wind). The angle is increased by raising
> the nose. What is it called?
Angle of attack. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Jeff, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 7. In aviation, and specifically in airplane design, this term
> refers to the angle by which the wingtips are raised above
> the place where the wings meet the body. In math, the same
> term is used for the angle formed between two intersecting
> geometrical planes. Name it.
Dihedral. 4 for Bruce and Stan.
> 8. Also in math, two angles that total 90� are called what?
Complementary. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Jeff, Stan, Stephen,
Calvin, Marc, Peter, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 9. Angles in math are often measured not in degrees but in
> radians. How large is that 90� angle in radians?
pi/2 radians. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Jeff, Stan, Stephen,
Marc, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Rob. 2 for Joshua.
> 10. In medicine, this is the most common type of glaucoma.
> The name refers to the fact that although the pressure in
> the eye is too high, this is *not* because the eye's drainage
> channel is *blocked*. What type of glaucoma is this? Hint:
> remember what the round is about.
Open-angle, the "angle" being that channel. 2 for Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Sci
Dan Blum 40 32 72
Stan Brown 32 28 60
Stephen Perry 36 22 58
Dan Tilque 28 24 52
Rob Parker 20 28 48
Jeff Turner 20 24 44
Peter Smyth 28 16 44
"Calvin" 28 15 43
Bruce Bowler 8 32 40
Joshua Kreitzer 28 10 38
Marc Dashevsky 16 19 35
Pete Gayde 28 4 32
Erland Sommarskog 8 8 16
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