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QFTCISG Game 7, Rounds 9-10: physics equations, Holly challenge
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Mark Brader
Dec 16, 2017, 12:51:30 AM12/16/17
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-11-06,
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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
The following is a round on some of the most important equations
in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
equation on the handout:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
constant. Which particle?
2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
equation commonly known as?
3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
but what is it called?
5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
rotational force commonly known as?
7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
created until several years later.)
8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
is describing?
9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
the letter n. What does n represent?
11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur frpbaq
dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
them for fun, but for no points.
13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
gur yrggre p?
14. Rdhngvba #11 erfrzoyrf Arjgba'f Ynj bs Tenivgngvba, ohg eryngrf
gb n qvssrerag sbepr. Juvpu bar?
15. Rdhngvba #13 vf hfrq gb pnyphyngr gur qent sbepr -- be zber
cerpvfryl, bar pbzcbarag bs gur qent sbepr -- ba na bowrpg zbivat
guebhtu n syhvq. Gur Terrx yrggre eub ercerfragf gur syhvq'f
qrafvgl, N vf vgf pebff-frpgvbany nern, naq i vf vgf fcrrq.
Svanyyl, P ercerfragf gur pbagevohgvba bs gur bowrpg'f *funcr*
gb vgf erfvfgnapr -- sbe rknzcyr, n fgernzyvarq bowrpg jvyy
unir n ybj P. Ol jung anzr, n guerr-jbeq cuenfr, vf P xabja?
** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
* A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
* B. Literature: Crickets
B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
guardian angel to a family.
B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
"The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
of that novel.
* C. Sports: True Love Ways
C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
four different decades.
C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
which iconic music group?
* D. History: Maybe Baby
D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
in 1978?
D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
expecting their third child. Who were the last members
of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
Name *either* member of the couple.
* E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
hotel on 1964-03-15.
E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
* F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
Less Conversation."
F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
(by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
Pelley. Name that university.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur tbys
dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir n
fheanzr, tb onpx naq cebivqr gur svefg anzr.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | This process can check if this value is zero, and if
m...@vex.net | it is, it does something child-like. --F. Burkowski
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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
The following is a round on some of the most important equations
in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
equation on the handout:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
constant. Which particle?
2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
equation commonly known as?
3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
but what is it called?
5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
rotational force commonly known as?
7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
created until several years later.)
8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
is describing?
9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
the letter n. What does n represent?
11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur frpbaq
dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
them for fun, but for no points.
13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
gur yrggre p?
14. Rdhngvba #11 erfrzoyrf Arjgba'f Ynj bs Tenivgngvba, ohg eryngrf
gb n qvssrerag sbepr. Juvpu bar?
15. Rdhngvba #13 vf hfrq gb pnyphyngr gur qent sbepr -- be zber
cerpvfryl, bar pbzcbarag bs gur qent sbepr -- ba na bowrpg zbivat
guebhtu n syhvq. Gur Terrx yrggre eub ercerfragf gur syhvq'f
qrafvgl, N vf vgf pebff-frpgvbany nern, naq i vf vgf fcrrq.
Svanyyl, P ercerfragf gur pbagevohgvba bs gur bowrpg'f *funcr*
gb vgf erfvfgnapr -- sbe rknzcyr, n fgernzyvarq bowrpg jvyy
unir n ybj P. Ol jung anzr, n guerr-jbeq cuenfr, vf P xabja?
** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
* A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
* B. Literature: Crickets
B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
guardian angel to a family.
B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
"The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
of that novel.
* C. Sports: True Love Ways
C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
four different decades.
C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
which iconic music group?
* D. History: Maybe Baby
D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
in 1978?
D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
expecting their third child. Who were the last members
of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
Name *either* member of the couple.
* E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
hotel on 1964-03-15.
E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
* F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
Less Conversation."
F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
(by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
Pelley. Name that university.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur tbys
dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir n
fheanzr, tb onpx naq cebivqr gur svefg anzr.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | This process can check if this value is zero, and if
m...@vex.net | it is, it does something child-like. --F. Burkowski
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Dec 16, 2017, 5:54:51 AM12/16/17
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
electron
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
(In Swedish we only use "effekt", as "power" would translat to
"kraft", but that is used for "force".)
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
be "less"?)
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
> 13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
> gur yrggre p?
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur tbys
> dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir n
> fheanzr, tb onpx naq cebivqr gur svefg anzr.
>
it is a strong indication that my wild guess is wrong.
Joshua Kreitzer
Dec 16, 2017, 9:27:17 AM12/16/17
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:t_udnct6TaDBKanHnZ2dnUU7-
eHN...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
power
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
Schrodinger
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
torque
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
Heisinger
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
Doppler effect
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
entropy
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
> gur yrggre p?
speed of light
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
Iowa
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
That'll be the day
> * B. Literature: Crickets
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
Davis Love III
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
she was the world's first "test tube baby"
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
Queen Elizabeth II
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
Mac Davis
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
Texas Tech University
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
eHN...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
photon
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
> gur yrggre p?
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
Collodi
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Blum
Dec 16, 2017, 9:33:46 AM12/16/17
to
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
photon
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
Nebraska; South Dakota
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
> * B. Literature: Crickets
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Dec 16, 2017, 1:04:18 PM12/16/17
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
photon
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
>
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
>
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
>
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
>
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
>
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
>
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
>
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
>
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
>
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
>
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
>
>
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
>
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
>
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
>
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
>
>
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
>
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
>
>
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
>
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
> Ba gur frpbaq
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
> rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
> Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
> dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
> tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
>
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
> rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
> Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
> dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
> tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
>
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
>
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
Texas Tech
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
>
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur tbys
> dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir n
> fheanzr, tb onpx naq cebivqr gur svefg anzr.
>
--
Peter Smyth
Dec 16, 2017, 4:14:02 PM12/16/17
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
Photon
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
Newton's Second Law of Motion
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
Power
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
Pauli
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
Angular momentum
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
Heisenberg
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
Doppler effect
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
Change in entropy
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
The number of atoms in a molecule of the gas
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
Magnetic flux
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: On the second
> question, the answer mentions Newton, and what sort of thing the
> equation applies to, and there's another part -- 5 words altogether.
> If you mentioned Newton, go back and supply the rest. And on
> question #10, if you referred to the quantity of the gas,
> go back and be more specific than "quantity".
>
>
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 13. In Einstein's equation #3, what constant is represented by
>
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> the letter c?
Speed of light
> 14. Equation #11 resembles Newton's Law of Gravitation, but relates
> to a different force. Which one?
Electromagnetic
> 15. Equation #13 is used to calculate the drag force -- or more
> precisely, one component of the drag force -- on an object moving
> through a fluid. The Greek letter rho represents the fluid's
> density, A is its cross-sectional area, and v is its speed.
> Finally, C represents the contribution of the object's shape
> to its resistance -- for example, a streamlined object will
> have a low C. By what name, a three-word phrase, is C known?
Coefficient of drag
>
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
Iowa, Wisconsin
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
>
>
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
A Christmas Cricket
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
>
>
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian author
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> of that novel.
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
Davis Love III
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
Hole
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
>
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
First baby born using IVF
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name either member of the couple.
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Kent
>
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
>
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
>
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: On the golf
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
>
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
>
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
>
> question, we need the first and last name. If you only gave a
> surname, go back and provide the first name.
Peter Smyth
Pete Gayde
Dec 18, 2017, 1:05:59 AM12/18/17
to
>
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
>
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
>
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
>
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
>
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
>
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
That'll be the day
>
>
>
>
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
>
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
>
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
Jack Nicklaus; Gary Player
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
>
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
>
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
>
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
>
>
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
>
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
>
>
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
>
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
>
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur tbys
> dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir n
> fheanzr, tb onpx naq cebivqr gur svefg anzr.
>
Gareth Owen
Dec 18, 2017, 1:12:31 AM12/18/17
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
Newton's Second Law
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
Power
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
Erwin Schrödinger
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
Torque
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
Heisenberg
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
Doppler Effect
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
Change in entropy
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
Number of gas molecules
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
Magnetic field strength
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur frpbaq
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
> rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
> Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
> dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
> tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
>
>
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
> gur yrggre p?
Fcrrq bs yvtug (va inphb)
> 14. Rdhngvba #11 erfrzoyrf Arjgba'f Ynj bs Tenivgngvba, ohg eryngrf
> gb n qvssrerag sbepr. Juvpu bar?
Ryrpgevp svryq sbepr orgjrra gjb punetrq cnegvpyrf
> 15. Rdhngvba #13 vf hfrq gb pnyphyngr gur qent sbepr -- be zber
> cerpvfryl, bar pbzcbarag bs gur qent sbepr -- ba na bowrpg zbivat
> guebhtu n syhvq. Gur Terrx yrggre eub ercerfragf gur syhvq'f
> qrafvgl, N vf vgf pebff-frpgvbany nern, naq i vf vgf fcrrq.
> Svanyyl, P ercerfragf gur pbagevohgvba bs gur bowrpg'f *funcr*
> gb vgf erfvfgnapr -- sbe rknzcyr, n fgernzyvarq bowrpg jvyy
> unir n ybj P. Ol jung anzr, n guerr-jbeq cuenfr, vf P xabja?
Pbrssvpvrag bs qent
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
Wisconsin. Illinois.
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
That'll Be The Day
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
The Cricket On The Hearth
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
Pirandello?
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
Davis Love III
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
The Beach Boys, I presume (Mike Love).
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
First test-tube baby (IVF)
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
Anne, the Princess Royal
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
Bob Dylan and Sara Lowndes?
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
Pass
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
Mac Davis
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
Texas Tech
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
Photon
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur frpbaq
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
> rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
> Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
> dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
> tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
>
>
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
> gur yrggre p?
> 14. Rdhngvba #11 erfrzoyrf Arjgba'f Ynj bs Tenivgngvba, ohg eryngrf
> gb n qvssrerag sbepr. Juvpu bar?
> 15. Rdhngvba #13 vf hfrq gb pnyphyngr gur qent sbepr -- be zber
> cerpvfryl, bar pbzcbarag bs gur qent sbepr -- ba na bowrpg zbivat
> guebhtu n syhvq. Gur Terrx yrggre eub ercerfragf gur syhvq'f
> qrafvgl, N vf vgf pebff-frpgvbany nern, naq i vf vgf fcrrq.
> Svanyyl, P ercerfragf gur pbagevohgvba bs gur bowrpg'f *funcr*
> gb vgf erfvfgnapr -- sbe rknzcyr, n fgernzyvarq bowrpg jvyy
> unir n ybj P. Ol jung anzr, n guerr-jbeq cuenfr, vf P xabja?
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
Marc Dashevsky
Dec 18, 2017, 1:53:34 AM12/18/17
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In article <t_udnct6TaDBKanH...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
>
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
torque
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
Heisenberg
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
Doppler effect
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
entropy
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
moles
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur frpbaq
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
> rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
> Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
> dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
> tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
>
>
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
> gur yrggre p?
velocity of light
> 14. Rdhngvba #11 erfrzoyrf Arjgba'f Ynj bs Tenivgngvba, ohg eryngrf
> gb n qvssrerag sbepr. Juvpu bar?
>
> 15. Rdhngvba #13 vf hfrq gb pnyphyngr gur qent sbepr -- be zber
> cerpvfryl, bar pbzcbarag bs gur qent sbepr -- ba na bowrpg zbivat
> guebhtu n syhvq. Gur Terrx yrggre eub ercerfragf gur syhvq'f
> qrafvgl, N vf vgf pebff-frpgvbany nern, naq i vf vgf fcrrq.
> Svanyyl, P ercerfragf gur pbagevohgvba bs gur bowrpg'f *funcr*
> gb vgf erfvfgnapr -- sbe rknzcyr, n fgernzyvarq bowrpg jvyy
> unir n ybj P. Ol jung anzr, n guerr-jbeq cuenfr, vf P xabja?
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
Iowa
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
Beach Boys
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
first human born after in vitro fertilization
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
>
>
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
Mac Davis
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur tbys
> dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir n
> fheanzr, tb onpx naq cebivqr gur svefg anzr.
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
electron
>
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
>
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
Newton's Second Law of Motion
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
power
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
>
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur frpbaq
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre zragvbaf Arjgba, naq jung fbeg bs guvat gur
> rdhngvba nccyvrf gb, naq gurer'f nabgure cneg -- 5 jbeqf nygbtrgure.
> Vs lbh zragvbarq Arjgba, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg. Naq ba
> dhrfgvba #10, vs lbh ersreerq gb gur dhnagvgl bs gur tnf,
> tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp guna "dhnagvgl".
>
>
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 13. Va Rvafgrva'f rdhngvba #3, jung pbafgnag vf ercerfragrq ol
> gur yrggre p?
> 14. Rdhngvba #11 erfrzoyrf Arjgba'f Ynj bs Tenivgngvba, ohg eryngrf
> gb n qvssrerag sbepr. Juvpu bar?
>
> 15. Rdhngvba #13 vf hfrq gb pnyphyngr gur qent sbepr -- be zber
> cerpvfryl, bar pbzcbarag bs gur qent sbepr -- ba na bowrpg zbivat
> guebhtu n syhvq. Gur Terrx yrggre eub ercerfragf gur syhvq'f
> qrafvgl, N vf vgf pebff-frpgvbany nern, naq i vf vgf fcrrq.
> Svanyyl, P ercerfragf gur pbagevohgvba bs gur bowrpg'f *funcr*
> gb vgf erfvfgnapr -- sbe rknzcyr, n fgernzyvarq bowrpg jvyy
> unir n ybj P. Ol jung anzr, n guerr-jbeq cuenfr, vf P xabja?
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
That'll be the day
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
>
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
>
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
Eymon Love
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
>
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
>
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
>
>
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur tbys
> dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir n
> fheanzr, tb onpx naq cebivqr gur svefg anzr.
--
Calvin
Dec 18, 2017, 8:29:57 PM12/18/17
to
On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 3:51:30 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
>
>
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
Electron
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
>
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
>
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
>
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
>
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
>
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
>
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
>
>
> * B. Literature: Crickets
>
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
>
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
>
>
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
>
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
>
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
>
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
>
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
>
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Dec 19, 2017, 12:50:44 AM12/19/17
to
Mark Brader:
margin. Hearty congratulations, sir!
(But where the hell has Stephen Perry gone, HMMMM??)
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
Photon. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Gareth.
Several people tried the electron. In view of wave-particle duality
an electron can be said to have a frequency, but because electrons
have a rest mass, the formula for their energy requires taking their
speed into account.
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
Newton's Second Law of Motion (full answer required). 4 for
Dan Tilque, Peter, Gareth, and Marc.
The first law of motion is just the special case of the second law
where a = 0. The third law is the one about actions and reactions.
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
Power. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, Gareth,
Marc, and Calvin.
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
Erwin Schrödinger. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Gareth, and Calvin.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
Torque. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Marc, and Calvin.
3 for Dan Blug.
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
Werner Heisenberg. No, not Heisinger or Heidegger! 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, Gareth, and Marc. 2 for Pete.
As Erland noticed, "greater" in the question should have been
"less". At least the inequality sign on the handout was right.
Sorry about that.
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
Doppler effect. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter,
Gareth, Marc, and Calvin.
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
Sorry, I missed the defect in this one: *entropy* is what never
decreases, but it's represented by the S alone; "Delta S" represents
the *change* in entropy. So I'm accepting either answer, so: 4 for
Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, Gareth, Marc, and Calvin.
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
Number of moles of the gas. 4 for Marc.
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
Magnetic flux density (not magnetic flux), or magnetic field.
4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Gareth.
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
got this.
> 14. Equation #11 resembles Newton's Law of Gravitation, but relates
> to a different force. Which one?
Electrical attraction. Peter and Gareth got this.
> 15. Equation #13 is used to calculate the drag force -- or more
> precisely, one component of the drag force -- on an object moving
> through a fluid. The Greek letter rho represents the fluid's
> density, A is its cross-sectional area, and v is its speed.
> Finally, C represents the contribution of the object's *shape*
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
Iowa. (The place was Clear Lake.) 4 for Joshua, Peter, and Marc.
2 for Pete.
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
"That'll be the day." 4 for Joshua, Pete, Gareth, and Marc.
> * B. Literature: Crickets
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
"The Cricket on the Hearth". 4 for Gareth.
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
Carlo Collodi. (Also accepting his real name, Carlo Lorenzini.)
4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
Davis Love III. (First and last names required, but not the serial
number.) 4 for Joshua, Peter, Gareth, and Calvin.
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
The Beach Boys. (His uncle is Mike Love.) 4 for Gareth, Marc,
and Calvin.
As far as I know he is not related to Courtney Love of the group Hole.
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
She was the world's first test-tube baby (human birth following
in-vitro fertilization). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter,
Pete, Gareth, Marc, and Calvin.
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
The Queen herself, Prince Philip. (Prince Andrew, 1960.)
4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Pete,
and Calvin (all the hard way!).
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
Peggy Nash.
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
Mac Davis. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, and Marc.
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
Texas Tech. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Gareth.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Lit Spo Ent Mis Sci Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 0 39 40 16 40 27 24 36 206
Marc Dashevsky 0 36 28 4 36 24 28 20 172
Dan Tilque 4 40 32 20 28 20 32 12 172
Dan Blum 8 28 40 0 36 24 31 8 167
Pete Gayde 3 19 32 28 28 20 2 18 145
Peter Smyth 0 32 28 18 12 20 24 12 134
"Calvin" 0 25 24 14 31 18 20 16 134
Jason Kreitzer 0 20 28 0 36 16 -- -- 100
Erland Sommarskog 4 36 8 7 8 16 20 4 95
Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 0 36 28 -- -- 84
Gareth Owen -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 28 64
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
Western Electric distributes UNIX software without warranty or any
after-sales support. There is no publicity and new releases outside
the Bell System are made only very irregularly. (More than 3 years
after the release of the sixth edition of the UNIX system, the
seventh edition had still not appeared.) -- John Lions
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-11-06,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Well, Game 7 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER is the winner by a goodish
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
margin. Hearty congratulations, sir!
(But where the hell has Stephen Perry gone, HMMMM??)
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Science - Physics Equations
> The following is a round on some of the most important equations
> in history and their meaning. Each question will refer to one
> equation on the handout:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g7r9/eq.pdf
> I've rearranged the questions in order of the equations, except
> for the three decoys on the handout. I've made up questions for
> those three, but I think I'd better rot13 them, so see below the
> rest of the round if you're interested in the decoys.
> 1. This equation is used to calculate the energy of a certain
> elementary particle, equal to its frequency times Planck's
> constant. Which particle?
Several people tried the electron. In view of wave-particle duality
an electron can be said to have a frequency, but because electrons
have a rest mass, the formula for their energy requires taking their
speed into account.
> 2. This is one of the most fundamental physics equations.
> Postulated in 1687, it states that a force is equal to the mass
> of an object times the resulting acceleration. What is this
> equation commonly known as?
Dan Tilque, Peter, Gareth, and Marc.
The first law of motion is just the special case of the second law
where a = 0. The third law is the one about actions and reactions.
> 3. Equation #3 is a decoy. If interested see question #13.
> 4. This equation is written wrongly on the handout; please
> ignore the arrows, as these are scalar quantities. Anyway,
> it's the formula to determine the rate at which work is done,
> calculated as the amount of work done divided by the amount of
> time taken to do it. This rate, represented by the letter P,
> is measured in joules per second, otherwise known as watts --
> but what is it called?
Marc, and Calvin.
> 5. This is essentially the equivalent of equation #2, only in
> quantum mechanics instead of classical mechanics. The
> calculation is a linear partial differential equation used to
> describe a system's wave function. Name the Austrian physicist
> who derived this equation, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1933.
> 6. This one is used to calculate a rotational force, represented
> by the Greek letter tau and calculated by multiplying the
> distance from the axis of rotation times the strength of
> force times the sine of the angle of the force. What is this
> rotational force commonly known as?
3 for Dan Blug.
> 7. This equation is also written wrongly on the handout; there
> should be a horizontal bar through the letter h. Anyway, it
> states that the standard deviation of a particle's displacement,
> times that of its momentum, cannot be calculated to be greater
> than 1/2 of the reduced Planck constant. Essentially, the more
> you know about either a particle's position or speed, the less
> you can know about the other one. Which German physicist laid
> the groundwork for this principle? (The equation itself wasn't
> created until several years later.)
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, Gareth, and Marc. 2 for Pete.
As Erland noticed, "greater" in the question should have been
"less". At least the inequality sign on the handout was right.
Sorry about that.
> 8. This one is used to calculate the observed frequency of a sound
> wave, based on the velocity of the listener, the velocity
> of the source of the object creating the noise, and the
> original frequency. What's the name for the common effect it
> is describing?
Gareth, Marc, and Calvin.
> 9. This is a representation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
> which states that <answer 9>, represented by the "delta S", can
> never decrease over time in a closed system. Since our universe
> is technically a closed system, it says that this is always
> increasing in the universe. What is represented by "delta S"?
decreases, but it's represented by the S alone; "Delta S" represents
the *change* in entropy. So I'm accepting either answer, so: 4 for
Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter, Gareth, Marc, and Calvin.
> 10. This is known as the ideal gas law, and describes the
> characteristics of an ideal gas based on certain characteristics.
> The equation is read as pressure times volume equals the gas
> constant r times temperature times -- <answer 10>, denoted by
> the letter n. What does n represent?
> 11. Equation #11 is a decoy. If interested see question #14.
> 12. This equation was created in the 1830s when Michael Faraday
> discovered that an electromotive force could be induced across
> an electrical conductor by changing the <answer 12>, letter B.
> What does B stand for or represent in this equation?
4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Gareth.
> Now, as I said, there were 3 decoy equations, which I've made up
> questions for. Decode the following rot13 if you'd like to answer
> them for fun, but for no points.
> 13. In Einstein's equation #3, what constant is represented by
> the letter c?
Speed of light (in vacuum). Erland, Joshua, Peter, Gareth, and Marc
> the letter c?
got this.
> 14. Equation #11 resembles Newton's Law of Gravitation, but relates
> to a different force. Which one?
> 15. Equation #13 is used to calculate the drag force -- or more
> precisely, one component of the drag force -- on an object moving
> through a fluid. The Greek letter rho represents the fluid's
> density, A is its cross-sectional area, and v is its speed.
> to its resistance -- for example, a streamlined object will
> have a low C. By what name, a three-word phrase, is C known?
Coefficient of drag. Peter and Gareth got this.
> have a low C. By what name, a three-word phrase, is C known?
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Buddy Holly Challenge Round
> The category titles in tonight's Challenge Round pay tribute to
> the late, great singer-songwriter Buddy Holly.
> * A. Entertainment: Buddy Holly
> A1. In which Midwestern American state did Buddy Holly play
> his *last show* before the 1959 plane crash that killed him,
> Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper?
2 for Pete.
> A2. The title of one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits comes from a
> John Wayne movie. What phrase is repeatedly uttered by
> Wayne's character in "The Searchers"?
> * B. Literature: Crickets
> B1. Name the third of Charles Dickens's five Christmas books.
> It was an 1845 novella about a cricket that acts as a
> guardian angel to a family.
> B2. Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking
> Cricket, a minor character in the original fairy-tale novel
> "The Adventures of Pinocchio". Name the Italian *author*
> of that novel.
4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> * C. Sports: True Love Ways
> C1. Name the pro golfer who won the 1997 PGA Championship,
> and is one of only three players to win PGA Tour events in
> four different decades.
number.) 4 for Joshua, Peter, Gareth, and Calvin.
> C2. Turning to the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers centre Kevin Love
> is the nephew of a founding member and the lead singer of
> which iconic music group?
and Calvin.
As far as I know he is not related to Courtney Love of the group Hole.
> * D. History: Maybe Baby
> D1. Why was Louise Brown so famous after she was born in Britain
> in 1978?
in-vitro fertilization). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Peter,
Pete, Gareth, Marc, and Calvin.
> D2. William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are
> expecting their third child. Who were the last members
> of the Queen's immediate family to have a third child?
> Name *either* member of the couple.
4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> * E. Canadiana: Peggy Sue Got Married
> E1. Name the celebrity couple who got married at a Montreal
> hotel on 1964-03-15.
and Calvin (all the hard way!).
> E2. Name the former union official who has served two terms as
> the New Democrat MP for the riding of Parkdale - High Park.
> * F. Miscellaneous - Lubbock, Texas
> F1. Lubbock was the birthplace of both Buddy Holly and -- in
> 1942 -- a country-music singer-songwriter who's also had
> acting success. Name this writer of "Baby, Don't Get
> Hooked on Me" and of Elvis's "In the Ghetto" and "A Little
> Less Conversation."
> F2. Lubbock is the home of the 6th-largest university in Texas
> (by student enrollment). The school's football team, the
> Red Raiders, plays in the Big 12 Conference. Alumni include
> Dr. Phil, singer John Denver, and CBS News reporter Scott
> Pelley. Name that university.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Lit Spo Ent Mis Sci Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 0 39 40 16 40 27 24 36 206
Marc Dashevsky 0 36 28 4 36 24 28 20 172
Dan Tilque 4 40 32 20 28 20 32 12 172
Dan Blum 8 28 40 0 36 24 31 8 167
Pete Gayde 3 19 32 28 28 20 2 18 145
Peter Smyth 0 32 28 18 12 20 24 12 134
"Calvin" 0 25 24 14 31 18 20 16 134
Jason Kreitzer 0 20 28 0 36 16 -- -- 100
Erland Sommarskog 4 36 8 7 8 16 20 4 95
Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 0 36 28 -- -- 84
Gareth Owen -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 28 64
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