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Mark Brader
Feb 13, 2020, 3:11:01 AM2/13/20
to
(As I post this, the previous set -- Rounds 4 and 6 -- is still
open and will remain open for a few more hours.)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
citations.
1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
subsequently named after him".
2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
from them".
5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
about by slow neutrons".
9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the
production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".
10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
acids and its significance for information transfer in living
material": name *any one* of the three winners.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
"Phevr" sbe gur purzvfgel dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb tb onpx naq or
zber fcrpvsvp.
* Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
(Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
the second-highest trump.
5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
goes first. The goal of the game is avoid collecting any cards
of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
and duplicate. Name the game.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg
fnvq "ehzzl" sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | It's never too late to learn what "opsimath" means.
m...@vex.net | --James Hogg
My text in this article is in the public domain.
open and will remain open for a few more hours.)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
citations.
1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
subsequently named after him".
2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
from them".
5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
about by slow neutrons".
9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the
production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".
10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
acids and its significance for information transfer in living
material": name *any one* of the three winners.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
"Phevr" sbe gur purzvfgel dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb tb onpx naq or
zber fcrpvsvp.
* Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
(Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
the second-highest trump.
5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
goes first. The goal of the game is avoid collecting any cards
of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
and duplicate. Name the game.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg
fnvq "ehzzl" sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | It's never too late to learn what "opsimath" means.
m...@vex.net | --James Hogg
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Feb 13, 2020, 10:08:16 AM2/13/20
to
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Roentgen
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
> 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
> advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
Crazy Eights
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
> 4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
> deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
> play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
> with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
> The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
> turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
> the second-highest trump.
> 5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
> the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
> 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
> Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
> 7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
> players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
> the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
> show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
> to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
> 9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
> 4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
> to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
> goes first. The goal of the game is avoid collecting any cards
> of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
> or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joe Masters
Feb 13, 2020, 1:51:47 PM2/13/20
to
On 2020-02-13 08:10:56 +0000, Mark Brader said:
> (As I post this, the previous set -- Rounds 4 and 6 -- is still
> open and will remain open for a few more hours.)
>
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Roentgen
> (As I post this, the previous set -- Rounds 4 and 6 -- is still
> open and will remain open for a few more hours.)
>
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: If you said
> "Curie" for the chemistry question, you need to go back and be
> more specific.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
>
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
Gin Rummy
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
>
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
>
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
>
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
>
> 4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
> deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
> play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
> with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
> The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
> turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
> the second-highest trump.
>
> 5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
> the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
> 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
> Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
>
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
>
> 7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
> players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
> the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
> show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
> to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
>
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
>
> 9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
> 4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
> to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
> goes first. The goal of the game is avoid collecting any cards
> of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
> or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
>
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: If you just
> said "rummy" for any answer, please go back and be more specific.
--
“To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.” ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 13, 2020, 2:31:06 PM2/13/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Röntgen
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
> 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
> advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
Blackjack
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
Calvin
Feb 13, 2020, 6:13:40 PM2/13/20
to
On Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 6:11:01 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Rontgen
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
> 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
> physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
> aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
>
> 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
> advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
It's probably the daughter going by the year but I can't recall her name!
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
> 9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the
> production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".
>
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
>
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
> 4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
> deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
> play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
> with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
> The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
> turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
> the second-highest trump.
> 5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
> the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
> 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
> Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
> 7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
> players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
> the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
> show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
> to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
> 9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
> 4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
> to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
> goes first. The goal of the game is avoid collecting any cards
> of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
> or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
cheers,
calvin
Joshua Kreitzer
Feb 13, 2020, 8:57:46 PM2/13/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:lv2dnaL6VYsNmdjDnZ2dnUU7-
T3N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Roentgen
> 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
> physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
> aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
Pavlov
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
Bohr
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
Bose
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
Heisenberg
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
Marie Curie
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
Fermi
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
Watson
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
>
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
poker
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
blackjack
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
gin rummy
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
bridge
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
T3N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
> 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
> physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
> aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
>
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
go fish
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Feb 14, 2020, 1:25:26 AM2/14/20
to
On 2/13/20 12:10 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Roentgen
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
>
> 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
> physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
> aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
>
> 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
> advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
>
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
>
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
>
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
>
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
>
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
>
> 9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the
> production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".
>
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
> "Phevr" sbe gur purzvfgel dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb tb onpx naq or
> zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
>
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
>
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
>
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
>
> 4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
> deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
> play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
> with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
> The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
> turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
> the second-highest trump.
>
> 5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
> the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
> 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
> Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
>
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
>
> 7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
> players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
> the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
> show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
> to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
>
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
>
> 9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
> 4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
> to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
> goes first. The goal of the game is avoid collecting any cards
> of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
> or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
>
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg
> fnvq "ehzzl" sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.
>
--
Pete Gayde
Feb 14, 2020, 4:56:56 PM2/14/20
to
> (As I post this, the previous set -- Rounds 4 and 6 -- is still
> open and will remain open for a few more hours.)
>
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Roentgen
> open and will remain open for a few more hours.)
>
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
>
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
>
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
>
> 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
> physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
> aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
>
> 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
> advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
>
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
>
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
>
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
>
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
>
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
>
> 9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the
> production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".
>
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq
> "Phevr" sbe gur purzvfgel dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb tb onpx naq or
> zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
>
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
>
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
>
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
>
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
>
> 4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
> deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
> play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
> with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
> The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
> turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
> the second-highest trump.
>
> 5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
> the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
> 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
> Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
>
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
>
> 7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
> players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
> the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
> show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
> to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
>
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
>
> 9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
> 4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
> to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
> goes first. The goal of the game is avoid collecting any cards
> of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
> or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
>
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg
> fnvq "ehzzl" sbe nal nafjre, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.
>
Mark Brader
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everyone -- Dan Blum, Joe, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
> physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
> aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
Ivan Pavlov. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete.
> 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
> advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
Max Planck. 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
Niels Bohr. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
Werner Heisenberg. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Dan Blum.
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
Frédéric Joliot, Irène Joliot-Curie (accepting Irène Curie if first
and last name were both given).
It was 1903 when Pierre and Marie Curie shared the physics prize
(along with Henri Becquerel), and 1911 when Marie Curie won her second
(this time for chemistry and not shared).
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
Enrico Fermi. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the
> production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".
Hermann Muller.
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
Francis Crick, James Watson, Maurice Wilkins. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe,
Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
Enough hints in these questions? Sheesh. In the original game,
this was the second-easiest round in the game and also in the
entire season, right behind the tea-towel round.
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
Crazy eights. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
Go fish (or fish). 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
Poker, duh. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
> deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
> play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
> with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
> The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
> turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
> the second-highest trump.
Euchre. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, and Pete.
> 5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
> the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
> 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
> Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
Pinochle ["PEE-nuck'll"]. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
Blackjack (accepting 21 or vingt-et-un). 4 for everyone.
> 7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
> players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
> the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
> show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
> to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
Cribbage (or crib). 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
Gin rummy (or gin). 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
> 4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
> to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
> goes first. The goal of the game is [to] avoid collecting any
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
Bridge, duh. 4 for everyone.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Ent Mis Lit Sci Lei FOUR
Pete Gayde 40 32 12 0 15 40 127
Dan Blum 39 20 20 24 23 40 126
Joshua Kreitzer 40 28 20 28 24 20 120
"Calvin" 25 35 7 4 20 32 112
Dan Tilque 40 8 15 0 20 36 111
Joe Masters -- -- 24 12 8 28 72
Erland Sommarskog 16 16 -- -- 16 8 56
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
Wilhelm Röntgen. (Röntgen rays are now called X-rays.) 4 for
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - Nobel Laureates
> In each case name them. Quotations are from their Nobel Prize
> citations.
> 1. 1901, Physics, Germany, for "the extraordinary services
> he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays
> subsequently named after him".
everyone -- Dan Blum, Joe, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 2. 1904, Physiology or Medicine, Russia, for "his work on the
> physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital
> aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged".
> 3. 1918, Physics, Germany, for "the services he rendered to the
> advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
> 4. 1922, Physics, Denmark, for "his services in the investigation
> of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating
> from them".
and Pete.
> 5. 1930, Physics, India, for "his work on the scattering of light
> and for the discovery of the effect named after him".
> 6. 1932, Physics, Germany, for "the creation of quantum mechanics,
> the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery
> of the allotropic forms of hydrogen".
3 for Dan Blum.
> 7. 1935, Chemistry, France, for "their synthesis of new radioactive
> elements". Name *either one* of the two winners.
and last name were both given).
It was 1903 when Pierre and Marie Curie shared the physics prize
(along with Henri Becquerel), and 1911 when Marie Curie won her second
(this time for chemistry and not shared).
> 8. 1938, Physics, Italy, for "his demonstrations of the existence
> of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation,
> and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
> about by slow neutrons".
and Pete.
> 9. 1946, Physiology or Medicine, US, for "the discovery of the
> production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation".
> 10. 1962, Physiology or Medicine, UK / US / New Zealand, for "their
> discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
> acids and its significance for information transfer in living
> material": name *any one* of the three winners.
Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * Game 10, Round 8 - Leisure - Card Games
> In all cases, name the card game. Except as otherwise noted in
> the question, the game is played with a standard 52-card deck.
> (Note: Many games have enough variations that the rules described
> here may not all apply to the game as you may know it.)
this was the second-easiest round in the game and also in the
entire season, right behind the tea-towel round.
> 1. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 3 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are only 2. The goal of the game is to
> be the first player to get rid of all of one's cards to the
> discard pile. The game first appeared with a one-word name in
> the 1930s, but added a word in front to produce its current name
> in the 1940s, allegedly derived from the US military designation
> for discharge of mentally unstable soldiers.
> 2. Players are dealt 5 cards if there are 4 or more players,
> 7 cards if there are 2 or 3. All remaining cards are spread in
> a pool between the players. The player whose turn it is asks
> another player for all of his cards with a particular value,
> and the player must hand them over, or if he has none, tells
> the requester to take a card from the pool of cards.
and Pete.
> 3. Generically this is a family of gambling games in which all
> players ante into a pot, the value of which changes as the
> game progresses. Depending on the specific variant, players
> may be dealt 5 or 7 cards. In some variants, players are able
> to replace cards in their hands, and in some, wild cards can be
> designated. Bluffing is allowed, so a player with a poor hand
> can beat someone with a better ranked hand. Specific variations
> include 5 card stud, 5 card draw, and Texas hold 'em.
and Pete.
> 4. The conventional version of this game is played with a 24-card
> deck, A-K-Q-J-10-9 in each of the four suits; the 4 players
> play in teams of two. Players are dealt 5 cards, optionally
> with 2 or 3 cards going to each player on the same round.
> The remaining cards go into the kitty, and the top card is
> turned up. The jack of the other suit of the same color becomes
> the second-highest trump.
> 5. Played with a deck of 48 cards, equivalent to two copies of
> the same deck described in #4. It is typically played by
> 2 to 4 players, with three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
> Scoring is possible in the both the meld and trick phases.
> 6. A casino game, played with one or more decks of 52 cards,
> between one or more players and a dealer. Each player in turn
> competes against the dealer. Each player and the dealer are
> dealt 2 cards initially. The objective of the game is to win
> by scoring a specific number of points, or by reaching a score
> higher than the dealer's score without exceeding that specific
> number, or by forcing the dealer to draw additional cards until
> his hand does exceed that specific number. In casino play,
> house rules dictate when the dealer must stand or draw.
> 7. Traditionally for 2 players but can be played with 3 or 4
> players. There are two distinct scoring phases: the play and
> the show. The dealer gets a second "hand" to count during the
> show, based on cards contributed by each player. A board is used
> to keep score, with players pegging their way around the board.
and Pete.
> 8. Conventionally played with 2 players. Aces rank low. The
> objective is to score points, reaching an agreed number of points
> or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. Players are
> dealt a hand of 10 cards, and then try to create runs of 3 or
> more cards, or matches of single face values. The hand is over
> when a player knocks or lays his final discard face down in the
> discard pile. The opposing player may lay off any unmatched
> cards on the declaring player's melds or runs.
and Pete.
> 9. Players are dealt 13 cards when played with the standard
> 4 players. Common variants of the game allow passing cards
> to another player. The player holding the 2 of clubs always
> cards of a specific suit and the queen of another specific suit,
> or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
Hearts. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> or to boldly take all 14 of those cards.
> 10. 4 players playing in two teams of two. Players are dealt
> 13 cards, and each player in turn may bid or pass. Through
> bidding, partnerships are attempting to communicate to each
> other the strength of their respective hands, to come to the
> best possible contract. Two primary variations are contract
> and duplicate. Name the game.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Ent Mis Lit Sci Lei FOUR
Pete Gayde 40 32 12 0 15 40 127
Dan Blum 39 20 20 24 23 40 126
Joshua Kreitzer 40 28 20 28 24 20 120
"Calvin" 25 35 7 4 20 32 112
Dan Tilque 40 8 15 0 20 36 111
Joe Masters -- -- 24 12 8 28 72
Erland Sommarskog 16 16 -- -- 16 8 56
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In English. In Swedish, we still use Röntgen all over the place.
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