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Mark Brader
Aug 11, 2020, 1:30:49 AM8/11/20
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Mark Brader:
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
* Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
former world leader?
2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
form of the name is okay.)
3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
these events occurred.
6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
It took place in a model American home built for the American
National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
exchange of views?
7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events
as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
and the election of Ronald Reagan?
8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
(Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
* Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
mention are the year of first publication in book form.
1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
The title refers to its shape.
3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
either one.
4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
three sexes.
5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
6. Frederik Pohl, 1977. Once again it's humans and an uninhabited
alien artifact. This one is an abandoned base full of
automatically guided starships that can be flown to any location
pre-set by their builders, who humans call the Heechee.
7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
sandworms.
8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
and powerful global corporations.
10. Two books by Ursula K. Le Guin. 1969: This novel is set on a
world whose people are neuter most of the time and become male
or female temporarily. Both interpersonal and international
conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional
universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded
on an anarchistic basis. Name either book.
--
Mark Brader | But it doesn't matter what I plead;
Toronto | the universe doesn't provide an appeals process
m...@vex.net | when you make a mistake. --Paul Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
* Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
former world leader?
2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
form of the name is okay.)
3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
these events occurred.
6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
It took place in a model American home built for the American
National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
exchange of views?
7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events
as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
and the election of Ronald Reagan?
8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
(Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
* Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
mention are the year of first publication in book form.
1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
The title refers to its shape.
3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
either one.
4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
three sexes.
5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
6. Frederik Pohl, 1977. Once again it's humans and an uninhabited
alien artifact. This one is an abandoned base full of
automatically guided starships that can be flown to any location
pre-set by their builders, who humans call the Heechee.
7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
sandworms.
8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
and powerful global corporations.
10. Two books by Ursula K. Le Guin. 1969: This novel is set on a
world whose people are neuter most of the time and become male
or female temporarily. Both interpersonal and international
conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional
universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded
on an anarchistic basis. Name either book.
--
Mark Brader | But it doesn't matter what I plead;
Toronto | the universe doesn't provide an appeals process
m...@vex.net | when you make a mistake. --Paul Robinson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Aug 11, 2020, 1:39:50 AM8/11/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:l-CdnbLjJemZsK_CnZ2dnUU7-
a_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
Winston Churchill
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
SALT
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
Commonwealth of Independent States
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
Dubcek
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
1971; 1972
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
> the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
> exchange of views?
kitchen debate
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
Yuri Andropov
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
Grenada
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
glasnost, perestroika
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
>
> As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
> the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
> In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
> the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
> 10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
> each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
> for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
> mention are the year of first publication in book form.
>
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
"Rendezvous with Rama"
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
"Ringworld"
> 3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
> interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
> each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
> When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
> recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
> between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
> of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
> either one.
"The Forever War"
> 4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
> of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
> with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
> the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
> three sexes.
"The Gods Themselves"
> 5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
> novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
> from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
> finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
"Domesday Book"
> 7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
> on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
> called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
> particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
> Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
> sandworms.
"Dune"
> 8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
> he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
> interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
> proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
> sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
> back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
"Ender's Game"
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
"Neuromancer"
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
a_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
> the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
> exchange of views?
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
>
> As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
> the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
> In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
> the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
> 10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
> each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
> for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
> mention are the year of first publication in book form.
>
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
> 3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
> interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
> each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
> When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
> recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
> between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
> of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
> either one.
> 4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
> of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
> with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
> the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
> three sexes.
> 5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
> novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
> from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
> finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
> 7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
> on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
> called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
> particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
> Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
> sandworms.
> 8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
> he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
> interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
> proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
> sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
> back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Bruce Bowler
Aug 11, 2020, 10:32:01 AM8/11/20
to
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:30:44 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19, and
> should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
> that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
Churchill
> Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19, and
> should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
> members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in
> about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
> that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short form
> of the name is okay.)
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
>
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
>
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country, but
> Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when these
> events occurred.
>
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on the
> merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this exchange
> of views?
> 7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
> occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events as
> the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
> and the election of Ronald Reagan?
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
>
> As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are the Hugo
> and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
> In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by the same
> book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name 10 of these
> authors and describe their double-winning works; for each question you
> must name the novel, or one of the two novels for authors who have
> managed the feat twice. All dates that we mention are the year of first
> publication in book form.
>
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore its
> interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
>
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
Dan Blum
Aug 11, 2020, 12:51:22 PM8/11/20
to
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
Winston Churchill
> former world leader?
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
> the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
> exchange of views?
> 7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
> occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events
> as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
> and the election of Ronald Reagan?
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
Rendezvous With Rama
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
> 3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
> interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
> each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
> When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
> recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
> between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
> of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
> either one.
> 4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
> of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
> with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
> the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
> three sexes.
> 5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
> novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
> from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
> finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
> 6. Frederik Pohl, 1977. Once again it's humans and an uninhabited
> alien artifact. This one is an abandoned base full of
> automatically guided starships that can be flown to any location
> pre-set by their builders, who humans call the Heechee.
> 7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
> on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
> called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
> particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
> Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
> sandworms.
> 8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
> he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
> interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
> proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
> sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
> back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
> 10. Two books by Ursula K. Le Guin. 1969: This novel is set on a
> world whose people are neuter most of the time and become male
> or female temporarily. Both interpersonal and international
> conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional
> universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded
> on an anarchistic basis. Name either book.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 11, 2020, 3:02:27 PM8/11/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
Churchill
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
>
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
Rendez-Vous with Rama
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
> 4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
> of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
> with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
> the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
> three sexes.
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
Dan Tilque
Aug 11, 2020, 8:28:49 PM8/11/20
to
On 8/10/20 10:30 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
Churchill
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
>
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
>
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
>
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
>
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
>
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
> the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
> exchange of views?
>
> 7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
> occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events
> as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
> and the election of Ronald Reagan?
>
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
>
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
>
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
>
> As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
> the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
> In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
> the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
> 10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
> each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
> for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
> mention are the year of first publication in book form.
>
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
>
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
>
> 3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
> interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
> each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
> When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
> recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
> between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
> of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
> either one.
>
> 4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
> of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
> with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
> the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
> three sexes.
>
> 5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
> novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
> from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
> finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
>
> 6. Frederik Pohl, 1977. Once again it's humans and an uninhabited
> alien artifact. This one is an abandoned base full of
> automatically guided starships that can be flown to any location
> pre-set by their builders, who humans call the Heechee.
>
> 7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
> on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
> called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
> particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
> Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
> sandworms.
>
> 8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
> he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
> interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
> proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
> sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
> back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
>
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
>
> 10. Two books by Ursula K. Le Guin. 1969: This novel is set on a
> world whose people are neuter most of the time and become male
> or female temporarily. Both interpersonal and international
> conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional
> universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded
> on an anarchistic basis. Name either book.
The Left Hand of Darkness
--
Dan Tilque
--
swp
Aug 12, 2020, 7:19:11 PM8/12/20
to
On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 1:30:49 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
noted
> Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
> the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
> exchange of views?
> 7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
> occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events
> as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
> and the election of Ronald Reagan?
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
>
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
>
> As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
> the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
> In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
> the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
> 10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
> each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
> for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
> mention are the year of first publication in book form.
Harlan Ellison's wife Susan joined him in the great hereafter last weekend. please go read some of his short stories, or if you have the time any of the below works.
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
> 3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
> interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
> each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
> When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
> recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
> between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
> of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
> either one.
> 4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
> of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
> with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
> the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
> three sexes.
> 5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
> novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
> from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
> finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
> 6. Frederik Pohl, 1977. Once again it's humans and an uninhabited
> alien artifact. This one is an abandoned base full of
> automatically guided starships that can be flown to any location
> pre-set by their builders, who humans call the Heechee.
> 7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
> on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
> called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
> particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
> Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
> sandworms.
> 8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
> he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
> interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
> proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
> sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
> back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
> 10. Two books by Ursula K. Le Guin. 1969: This novel is set on a
> world whose people are neuter most of the time and become male
> or female temporarily. Both interpersonal and international
> conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional
> universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded
> on an anarchistic basis. Name either book.
....
american gods by neil gaiman is always worth re-reading. or watching if you can catch it.
> --
> Mark Brader | But it doesn't matter what I plead;
> Toronto | the universe doesn't provide an appeals process
> m...@vex.net | when you make a mistake. --Paul Robinson
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
Pete Gayde
Aug 12, 2020, 10:55:09 PM8/12/20
to
> Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
Churchill
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
>
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
>
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
>
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
>
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
>
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
>
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
>
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
> the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
> exchange of views?
>
> 7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
> occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events
> as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
> and the election of Ronald Reagan?
>
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
>
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
>
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
>
> As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
> the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
> In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
> the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
> 10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
> each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
> for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
> mention are the year of first publication in book form.
>
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
>
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
>
> 8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
> he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
> interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
> proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
> sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
> back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
>
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
>
> 10. Two books by Ursula K. Le Guin. 1969: This novel is set on a
> world whose people are neuter most of the time and become male
> or female temporarily. Both interpersonal and international
> conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional
> universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded
> on an anarchistic basis. Name either book.
The Left Hand of Darkness
>
Pete Gayde
>
Mark Brader
Aug 14, 2020, 1:08:48 AM8/14/20
to
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. For further information...
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-19,
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
That was the literature round.
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I originally wrote one of the rounds in this set.
> * Game 5, Round 2 - History - The Cold War Era
> You may have seen the newspaper headline """last week""": "COLD WAR
> OVER, U.S. TELLS PUTIN". *Therefore*, this is the history round.
> 1. The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized in a 1946 speech by what
> former world leader?
Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete.
> 2. What agreement did the US and the USSR sign in 1972, limiting
> anti-ballistic missile systems and ICBM launchers? (The short
> form of the name is okay.)
Treaty for the last word, so I'm accepting that also). 4 for Joshua,
Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete.
> 3. What is the loose grouping of former Soviet republics that was
> formed after the breakup of the USSR? (Full name required.)
4 for Joshua, Erland, and Stephen.
> 4. Who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of
> Czechoslovakia during the so-called "Prague Spring" of 1968?
> 5. President Richard Nixon is remembered for his historic visit to
> Communist China to begin normalizing relations with that country,
> but Canada and China had already opened embassies in each other's
> capitals the year before. Name *either* of the two years when
> these events occurred.
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete.
> 6. Vice-President Richard Nixon, on a 1959 visit to the Soviet Union,
> engaged in a widely publicized debate with Nikita Khrushchev on
> the merits of the capitalist and communist economic systems.
> It took place in a model American home built for the American
> National Exhibition in Moscow. What name was given to this
> exchange of views?
like "kitchen table summit". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete.
> 7. What term was applied to the thawing of US-Soviet relations that
> occurred during the 1970s but was brought to an end by such events
> as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian hostage crisis,
> and the election of Ronald Reagan?
> 8. The Soviet Union had two other leaders between Leonid Brezhnev and
> Mikhail Gorbachev. Name *either one*.
Erland (the hard way), Dan Tilque, Stephen (the hard way), and Pete.
> 9. Which country did the US invade in October 1983, shortly after
> a coup by a Cuban-linked group?
> 10. What were the two key principles of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform
> program for the Soviet Union? Please answer in Russian.
> (Transliterated into the English alphabet, that is; no Cyrillic!)
penalize people who joined the two words with "and" instead of "y"
or punctuation. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Stephen, and Pete.
> * Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Hugo and Nebula
the second-hardest in the entire season.
> As you know, the highest awards in science fiction writing are
> the Hugo and the Nebula, given by fans and writers respectively.
> In the Best Novel category, both awards """have been""" won by
> the same book 18 times, representing 14 authors. We will name
> 10 of these authors and describe their double-winning works; for
> each question you must name the novel, or one of the two novels
> for authors who have managed the feat twice. All dates that we
> mention are the year of first publication in book form.
> 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke did it twice. 1973: an asteroid-sized
> body enters our solar system and proves to be a starship, but
> apparently uninhabited. Humankind has only weeks to explore
> its interior before it returns to interstellar space. 1979:
> a space elevator is constructed, providing a fixed link between
> geostationary orbit and the Earth's surface at an island named
> Taprobane ["ta-PRO-ban-ee"]. Name either book.
Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
Incidentally, the latter novel was just one of two in 1979 about
a space elevator; the other was "The Web Between the Worlds", by
Charles Sheffield. Interesting timing considering that 84 years had
passed since Konstantin Tsiolkovsky invented the concept and no one
had written SF about it before.
> 2. Larry Niven, 1970. This novel in the Known Space series also
> features the exploration of an artificial construction traveling
> through space, but this one is so large, it has over a trillion
> inhabitants and surrounds a star that is traveling with it.
> The title refers to its shape.
and Pete.
> 3. Joe Haldeman did it twice. 1974: Soldiers go to fight in an
> interstellar war, but relativistic time dilation means that
> each time they return, many, many years have passed at home.
> When the war is over, human society has changed beyond their
> recognition. 1997: Guerrilla warfare on a near-future Earth
> between third-world countries and powerful nations capable
> of weaponized nanotechnology. The titles are similar; name
> either one.
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 4. Isaac Asimov, 1972. A scientist stumbles on a new source
> of energy, which turns out to be a gateway to a parallel universe
> with physical laws very different from those we know. Part of
> the novel is set in that universe, and involves a species with
> three sexes.
and Stephen. 3 for Erland.
> 5. Connie Willis, 1992. One of a series of time-travel stories, this
> novel is set mainly in 14th-century England. A history student
> from our future accidentally travels to the wrong decade and
> finds herself confronted by the horrors of the Black Death.
Connie Willis became the 5th author to achieve a *second* double win
with "Blackout" / "All Clear", which was published in two separately
titled volumes in 2010 but was considered to be one novel in both
award selections. It is another in the same series and takes place
primarily during World War II.
> 6. Frederik Pohl, 1977. Once again it's humans and an uninhabited
> alien artifact. This one is an abandoned base full of
> automatically guided starships that can be flown to any location
> pre-set by their builders, who humans call the Heechee.
> 7. Frank Herbert, 1965. This complex story of intrigues is set
> on the planet Arrakis, which is the only source of a substance
> called spice (or melange) that gives long life and other powers,
> particularly to a mystical group called the Bene Gesserit.
> Arrakis is also home to a species of giant animals called
> sandworms.
> 8. Two novels by Orson Scott Card. 1985: A talented youth thinks
> he's doing simulation exercises preparing him to fight an
> interstellar war, but actually they aren't simulations. The war
> proves to have been based on a misunderstanding, and in the 1986
> sequel, he tries to atone for the harm he did. The novels won
> back-to-back Hugos and Nebulas; name either book.
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> 9. William Gibson, 1984. This seminal cyberpunk novel features
> direct brain-computer interfaces and other sorts of high-tech
> implant as well as computer networks, artificial intelligences,
> and powerful global corporations.
> 10. Two books by Ursula K. Le Guin. 1969: This novel is set on a
> world whose people are neuter most of the time and become male
> or female temporarily. Both interpersonal and international
> conflicts are involved. 1974: This novel, in the same fictional
> universe, is set on a double planet whose society was founded
> on an anarchistic basis. Name either book.
Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Pete.
The other four Hugo/Nebula double winners for Best Novel up to the
time of the original game were:
Vonda McIntyre, "Dreamsnake" (1978)
David Brin, "Startide Rising" (1983)
Neil Gaiman, "American Gods" (2001)
Lois McMaster Bujold, "Paladin of Souls" (2003)
And the 7 since then:
Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" (2008)
Paolo Bacigalupi, "The Windup Girl" (2010)
Connie Willis, see above
Jo Walton, "Among Others" (2012)
Ann Leckie, "Ancillary Justice" (2014)
N.K. Jemisin, "The Stone Sky" (2018)
Mary Robinette Kowal, "The Calculating Stars" (2019)
After the original posting of this round, Stephen Perry commented
that I had "somehow left out Harlan Ellison from this list". In fact
Harlan Ellison had never won, and never did win, either a Hugo or a
Nebula *for a novel*. He did have multiple wins in other categories,
including two works that won both awards.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Lit
Stephen Perry 40 40 80
Dan Blum 32 40 72
Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 68
Dan Tilque 28 40 68
Pete Gayde 36 12 48
Erland Sommarskog 28 7 35
Bruce Bowler 24 8 32
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