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RQFTCI98 Game 3 Rounds 4,6: architecture and rocket science
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Mark Brader
Apr 11, 2021, 5:17:36 AM4/11/21
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
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
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
In each case give the architect's name or widely used
nickname/soubriquet.
1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
Guggenheim Museum in New York.
6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
"""is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
of """this""" century.
9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
* Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
engine?
Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you
have finished with question #1.
2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre
naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
gurl jrer vairagrq va.
3. Zbfg ynetr ebpxrgf gbqnl hfr yvdhvq bkltra nf na bkvqvmre, ohg
nal bs frireny yvdhvqf nf shry. Gur I-2 ebpxrg bs Jbeyq Jne VV,
gur Fnghea I ebpxrg bs Cebwrpg Ncbyyb, naq """gbqnl'f""" Fcnpr
Fuhggyr unir pbagnvarq orgjrra gurz sbhe zbqryf bs yvdhvq-shryrq
znva ratvarf naq hfrq guerr qvssrerag yvdhvq shryf. Anzr *nal
bar* bs gurfr guerr shryf.
4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
what man, who together with his key team members defected to
the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
on Project Apollo?
5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by
what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the
case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you
must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor.
Why is this step necessary?
9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
*orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
must its orbit have?
10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
--
Mark Brader | "After that, he spent a long time just reading netnews.
m...@vex.net | Sorry, I mean of course that he was debugging his
Toronto | terminal emulation code..." --Lars Wirzenius
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds.
* Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
In each case give the architect's name or widely used
nickname/soubriquet.
1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
Guggenheim Museum in New York.
6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
"""is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
of """this""" century.
9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
* Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
engine?
Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you
have finished with question #1.
2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre
naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
gurl jrer vairagrq va.
3. Zbfg ynetr ebpxrgf gbqnl hfr yvdhvq bkltra nf na bkvqvmre, ohg
nal bs frireny yvdhvqf nf shry. Gur I-2 ebpxrg bs Jbeyq Jne VV,
gur Fnghea I ebpxrg bs Cebwrpg Ncbyyb, naq """gbqnl'f""" Fcnpr
Fuhggyr unir pbagnvarq orgjrra gurz sbhe zbqryf bs yvdhvq-shryrq
znva ratvarf naq hfrq guerr qvssrerag yvdhvq shryf. Anzr *nal
bar* bs gurfr guerr shryf.
4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
what man, who together with his key team members defected to
the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
on Project Apollo?
5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by
what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the
case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you
must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor.
Why is this step necessary?
9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
*orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
must its orbit have?
10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
--
Mark Brader | "After that, he spent a long time just reading netnews.
m...@vex.net | Sorry, I mean of course that he was debugging his
Toronto | terminal emulation code..." --Lars Wirzenius
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Apr 11, 2021, 9:57:30 AM4/11/21
to
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
I. M. Pei
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
> of """this""" century.
> 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
> Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
> 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
> engine?
expels the energy directly
> 2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre
> naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
> bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
> gurl jrer vairagrq va.
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to
> the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
> on Project Apollo?
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
> his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
> funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
> 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
> must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
> velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
> multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
> 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
> trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by
> what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
> 8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
> condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the
> case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you
> must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor.
> Why is this step necessary?
properly
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Apr 11, 2021, 2:13:11 PM4/11/21
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:3YCdneaGhuA0I-_9nZ2dnUU7-
UnN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
Mies van der Rohe
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
Pei
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Saarinen
> 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
> France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
> main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
Le Corbusier
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Frank Lloyd Wright
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Wren
> 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
> """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
> Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
Safdie
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
> of """this""" century.
Gehry
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
Jefferson
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
>
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to
> the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
> on Project Apollo?
von Braun
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
> his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
> funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
Goddard
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
ellipse
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
perihelion; apogee
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
UnN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
> 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
> France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
> main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
> 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
> """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
> Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
> of """this""" century.
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
>
> 2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre
> naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
> bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
> gurl jrer vairagrq va.
China
> naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
> bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
> gurl jrer vairagrq va.
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to
> the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
> on Project Apollo?
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
> his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
> funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 11, 2021, 2:23:15 PM4/11/21
to
> 2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre
> naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
> bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
> gurl jrer vairagrq va.
China
> naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
> bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
> gurl jrer vairagrq va.
> 3. Zbfg ynetr ebpxrgf gbqnl hfr yvdhvq bkltra nf na bkvqvmre, ohg
> nal bs frireny yvdhvqf nf shry. Gur I-2 ebpxrg bs Jbeyq Jne VV,
> gur Fnghea I ebpxrg bs Cebwrpg Ncbyyb, naq """gbqnl'f""" Fcnpr
> Fuhggyr unir pbagnvarq orgjrra gurz sbhe zbqryf bs yvdhvq-shryrq
> znva ratvarf naq hfrq guerr qvssrerag yvdhvq shryf. Anzr *nal
> bar* bs gurfr guerr shryf.
> 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
> must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
> velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
> multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
Dan Tilque
Apr 12, 2021, 2:22:30 AM4/12/21
to
On 4/11/21 2:17 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
>
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
I. M. Pei
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
>
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
>
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
>
> 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
> France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
> main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
>
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
>
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
>
> 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
> """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
> Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
>
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
> of """this""" century.
>
> 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
> Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
>
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
>
> 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
> engine?
>
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you
> have finished with question #1.
>
> 2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre
> naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
> bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
> gurl jrer vairagrq va.
>
> 3. Zbfg ynetr ebpxrgf gbqnl hfr yvdhvq bkltra nf na bkvqvmre, ohg
> nal bs frireny yvdhvqf nf shry. Gur I-2 ebpxrg bs Jbeyq Jne VV,
> gur Fnghea I ebpxrg bs Cebwrpg Ncbyyb, naq """gbqnl'f""" Fcnpr
> Fuhggyr unir pbagnvarq orgjrra gurz sbhe zbqryf bs yvdhvq-shryrq
> znva ratvarf naq hfrq guerr qvssrerag yvdhvq shryf. Anzr *nal
> bar* bs gurfr guerr shryf.
>
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to
> the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
> on Project Apollo?
>
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
> his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
> funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
>
> 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
> must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
> velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
> multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
>
> 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
> trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by
> what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
>
> 8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
> condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the
> case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you
> must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor.
> Why is this step necessary?
the combustion chamber
>
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
>
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
--
Dan Tilque
Pete Gayde
Apr 13, 2021, 1:13:44 AM4/13/21
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
> 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
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
Gropius
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
> 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
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
>
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
>
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
>
> 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
> France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
> main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
>
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
>
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
>
> 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
> """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
> Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
>
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
> of """this""" century.
>
> 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
> Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
>
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
>
> 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
> engine?
>
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you
> have finished with question #1.
>
> 2. Gur rneyvrfg ebpxrgf jrer fbyvq barf, va juvpu gur bkvqvmre
> naq shry ner zvkrq gbtrgure va cbjqre be fvzvyne sbez. Gur anzr
> bs gurve vairagbe vf haxabja gbqnl, fb whfg gryy hf jung pbhagel
> gurl jrer vairagrq va.
>
> 3. Zbfg ynetr ebpxrgf gbqnl hfr yvdhvq bkltra nf na bkvqvmre, ohg
> nal bs frireny yvdhvqf nf shry. Gur I-2 ebpxrg bs Jbeyq Jne VV,
> gur Fnghea I ebpxrg bs Cebwrpg Ncbyyb, naq """gbqnl'f""" Fcnpr
> Fuhggyr unir pbagnvarq orgjrra gurz sbhe zbqryf bs yvdhvq-shryrq
> znva ratvarf naq hfrq guerr qvssrerag yvdhvq shryf. Anzr *nal
> bar* bs gurfr guerr shryf.
>
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to
> the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
> on Project Apollo?
>
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
> his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
> funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
>
> 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
> must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
> velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
> multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
>
> 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
> trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by
> what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
>
> 8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
> condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the
> case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you
> must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor.
> Why is this step necessary?
>
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
>
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
>
Pete Gayde
Bruce Bowler
Apr 13, 2021, 10:21:57 AM4/13/21
to
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 04:17:29 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09, 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 the Canadian Inquisition
> (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
>
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and Place
> Ville Marie in Montreal.
I.M. Pei
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09, 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 the Canadian Inquisition
> (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
>
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
>
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
>
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and Place
> Ville Marie in Montreal.
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
> 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
> France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the main
> government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
> 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
> """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and Habitat
> (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
>
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building of
> """this""" century.
> 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
> Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
>
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
>
> 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
> engine?
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you have
> finished with question #1.
>
> and fuel are mixed together in powder or similar form. The name of
> their inventor is unknown today, so just tell us what country they
> were invented in.
China
> 3. Most large rockets today use liquid oxygen as an oxidizer, but
> any of several liquids as fuel. The V-2 rocket of World War II, the
> Saturn V rocket of Project Apollo, and """today's""" Space Shuttle
> have contained between them four models of liquid-fueled main engines
> and used three different liquid fuels. Name *any one* of these three
> fuels.
Kerosene
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to the
> Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position on
> Project Apollo?
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that his
> work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military funding
> that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
> 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
> must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
> velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
> multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
> 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
> trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by what
> adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
> 8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
> condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the case, if
> you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you must begin by using
> a small thruster called an ullage motor.
> Why is this step necessary?
>
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other than
> gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else *orbiting
> around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape must its orbit
> have?
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of specific
> terms for the high and low points of an orbit around the Sun. Name
> *any one* of the four words.
Mark Brader
Apr 14, 2021, 3:10:34 AM4/14/21
to
Mark Brader:
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. ("Mies" or "van der Rohe" was sufficient.)
4 for Joshua.
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
I.M. Pei. (He died in 2019.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Pete, and Bruce.
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Eero Saarinen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
As usual, the first name was not required -- this was a bit generous,
as his father Eliel was also a well-known architect -- but you had
to get it right if you gave it.
> 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
> France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
> main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
Le Corbusier. (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris.) 4 for Joshua
and Bruce.
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Frank Lloyd Wright. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Sir Christopher Wren. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
> """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
> Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
Moshe Safdie. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua.
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
> of """this""" century.
Frank Gehry. (Still alive and still in Los Angeles.) 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
The museum in Bilbao opened in 1997. It's where the first scene of
the 1999 James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough" takes place.
> 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
> Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
Michelangelo. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete.
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
Thomas Jefferson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Bruce.
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
> 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
> engine?
This was suposed to be one of the easy ones. A rocket carries a
supply of oxidizer, such as liquid oxygen; a jet consumes oxygen
from the surrounding air. 4 for Dan Tilque and Bruce.
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you
> have finished with question #1.
Pete, and Bruce.
They were used as weapons against the Mongols in 1232.
> 3. Most large rockets today use liquid oxygen as an oxidizer, but
> any of several liquids as fuel. The V-2 rocket of World War II,
> the Saturn V rocket of Project Apollo, and """today's""" Space
> Shuttle have contained between them four models of liquid-fueled
> main engines and used three different liquid fuels. Name *any
> one* of these three fuels.
Alcohol (ethanol), kerosene (RP-1), liquid hydrogen. 4 for Dan Tilque
and Bruce.
Alcohol on the V-2; kerosene on the Saturn V's first stage; hydrogen
on the Saturn V's other two stages and on the Shuttle (which last
operated in 2011).
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to
> the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
> on Project Apollo?
Wernher von Braun. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Bruce.
They picked the Americans on the grounds that "we despise the French;
we are mortally afraid of the Russians; and we do not believe the
British can afford us". When they decided to go, they were much
nearer to the Russian lines than the American, but a trip across
Germany to transport their research to a safer place where work
would continue was approved. Accordingly they were able to take
with them hundreds of personnel and also large amounts of equipment
and rocket parts.
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
> his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
> funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
Robert Goddard. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
Goddard had already written about the possibilities of rockets
in space exploration, but in 1920 the "New York Times" ridiculed
his elementary error of assuming that a rocket could actually work
in space. It was all right, through -- when Apollo 11 was en route
to the Moon in 1969, they apologized for the error.
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-the-facts-that-got-away.html
> 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
> must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
> velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
> multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
25,000 mph (accepting 22,500-27,500); 40,200 km/h (accepting
32,200-44,200). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
> trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by
> what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
Ballistic. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
> condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the
> case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you
> must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor.
> Why is this step necessary?
In zero gravity the propellants (fuel and oxidizer) just float
around in the tanks and won't go where they're needed. The ullage
motor creates enough acceleration that they settle at the bottom
of the tanks to be pumped to the (main) motor. 4 for Dan Blum
and Dan Tilque.
As one entrant in 2009 noted, the term "ullage" comes from the wine
and spirits business, where it means the unfilled space at the top
of a barrel or bottle.
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
An ellipse. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce.
3 for Erland.
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
Apogee, perigee, aphelion, perihelion (respectively). 4 for Dan Blum,
Elrand, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci
Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 88
Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 18 86
Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 72
Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 72
Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 56
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 27
--
Mark Brader "Oh, I'm a programmer and I'm O.K....
Toronto I work all night and I sleep all day"
m...@vex.net -- Trygve Lode (after Monty Python)
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the science round.
> the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Arts - Architecture
> In each case give the architect's name or widely used
> nickname/soubriquet.
> 1. This German-American and former director of the Bauhaus designed
> the T-D Centre in Toronto, and the Seagram Building in New York.
4 for Joshua.
> 2. A Chinese-American, born in 1917, """is""" the architect of
> Toronto's Commerce Court, the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, and
> Place Ville Marie in Montreal.
Pete, and Bruce.
> 3. A Finnish-born architect was responsible for the TWA terminal
> at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
As usual, the first name was not required -- this was a bit generous,
as his father Eliel was also a well-known architect -- but you had
to get it right if you gave it.
> 4. This Swiss-born French architect designed Ville Savoye in Poissy,
> France; Notre Dame du Haut in Franche-Comté, France; and the
> main government buildings in Chandigarh, India.
and Bruce.
> 5. This exponent of the "prairie style" was the architect for the
> Guggenheim Museum in New York.
> 6. This architect, who was also an astronomer and mathematician,
> designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
> 7. An Israeli-born architect, educated at McGill University,
> """is""" responsible for the National Gallery in Ottawa and
> Habitat (part of Expo 67) in Montreal.
> 8. A Canadian-born architect, """now""" living in Los Angeles,
> designed another Guggenheim Museum -- a """new""" one in Bilbao,
> Spain, widely called by architects the most important building
> of """this""" century.
Joshua, Pete, and Bruce.
The museum in Bilbao opened in 1997. It's where the first scene of
the 1999 James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough" takes place.
> 9. This artist and architect could take credit for Florence's
> Medici Chapel, and St. Peter's in Rome.
> 10. A writer, politician, and diplomat designed Monticello, in
> Virginia, and also the University of Virginia. Who?
and Bruce.
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Science - Rocket Science
> 1. What is the essential difference between a rocket and a jet
> engine?
supply of oxidizer, such as liquid oxygen; a jet consumes oxygen
from the surrounding air. 4 for Dan Tilque and Bruce.
> Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you
> have finished with question #1.
> 2. The earliest rockets were solid ones, in which the oxidizer
> and fuel are mixed together in powder or similar form. The name
> of their inventor is unknown today, so just tell us what country
> they were invented in.
China. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque,
> and fuel are mixed together in powder or similar form. The name
> of their inventor is unknown today, so just tell us what country
> they were invented in.
Pete, and Bruce.
They were used as weapons against the Mongols in 1232.
> 3. Most large rockets today use liquid oxygen as an oxidizer, but
> any of several liquids as fuel. The V-2 rocket of World War II,
> the Saturn V rocket of Project Apollo, and """today's""" Space
> Shuttle have contained between them four models of liquid-fueled
> main engines and used three different liquid fuels. Name *any
> one* of these three fuels.
and Bruce.
Alcohol on the V-2; kerosene on the Saturn V's first stage; hydrogen
on the Saturn V's other two stages and on the Shuttle (which last
operated in 2011).
> 4. The V-2 rocket was developed under the technical leadership of
> what man, who together with his key team members defected to
> the Americans late in the war and ended up in a leading position
> on Project Apollo?
and Bruce.
They picked the Americans on the grounds that "we despise the French;
we are mortally afraid of the Russians; and we do not believe the
British can afford us". When they decided to go, they were much
nearer to the Russian lines than the American, but a trip across
Germany to transport their research to a safer place where work
would continue was approved. Accordingly they were able to take
with them hundreds of personnel and also large amounts of equipment
and rocket parts.
> 5. The first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in 1926 by an
> American, who was well aware of the theoretical possibility that
> his work could lead to space exploration but lacked the military
> funding that <answer 4> had. What was this American's name?
Goddard had already written about the possibilities of rockets
in space exploration, but in 1920 the "New York Times" ridiculed
his elementary error of assuming that a rocket could actually work
in space. It was all right, through -- when Apollo 11 was en route
to the Moon in 1969, they apologized for the error.
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-the-facts-that-got-away.html
> 6. For a rocket to efficiently escape the Earth's gravity, it
> must rapidly accelerate to at least the speed known as escape
> velocity. What is this speed? Please answer with the nearest
> multiple of 100 mph (within 2,500) or of 100 km/h (within 4,000).
32,200-44,200). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 7. When a rocket finishes burning and goes into free fall, its
> trajectory (whether orbital or otherwise) is referred to by
> what adjective, derived from a Latin word for catapult?
> 8. When your spacecraft is in free fall, you will experience the
> condition familiarly called zero gravity. When this is the
> case, if you wish to fire your liquid-fueled rockets, you
> must begin by using a small thruster called an ullage motor.
> Why is this step necessary?
around in the tanks and won't go where they're needed. The ullage
motor creates enough acceleration that they settle at the bottom
of the tanks to be pumped to the (main) motor. 4 for Dan Blum
and Dan Tilque.
As one entrant in 2009 noted, the term "ullage" comes from the wine
and spirits business, where it means the unfilled space at the top
of a barrel or bottle.
> 9. Note for the picky: in this question we treat objects as
> point masses and ignore all perturbations and all forces other
> than gravity. Now: when a burned-out rocket or anything else
> *orbiting around* a planet or star, what mathematical shape
> must its orbit have?
3 for Erland.
> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
Elrand, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci
Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 88
Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 18 86
Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 72
Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 72
Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 56
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 27
--
Mark Brader "Oh, I'm a programmer and I'm O.K....
Toronto I work all night and I sleep all day"
m...@vex.net -- Trygve Lode (after Monty Python)
Joshua Kreitzer
Apr 14, 2021, 6:07:55 PM4/14/21
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:O7adnXlNQdD5COv9...@giganews.com:
>> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
>> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
>> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
>> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
>
> Apogee, perigee, aphelion, perihelion (respectively). 4 for Dan Blum,
> Elrand, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua.
hard way).
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Apr 14, 2021, 7:00:23 PM4/14/21
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Mark Brader:
the answer! Sorry, Joshua.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci
Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 88
Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 20 88
Toronto | my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county
m...@vex.net | and it comes every two and a half minutes" -- John Rowland
> >> 10. There are specific technical terms for the high and low points
> >> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> >> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> >> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
> >
> > Apogee, perigee, aphelion, perihelion (respectively). 4 for Dan Blum,
> > Elrand, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua.
Joshua Kreitzer:
> >> of an object's orbit around the Earth, and another pair of
> >> specific terms for the high and low points of an orbit around
> >> the Sun. Name *any one* of the four words.
> >
> > Apogee, perigee, aphelion, perihelion (respectively). 4 for Dan Blum,
> > Elrand, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 2 for Joshua.
> My answer was "perihelion; apogee", so I thin that should be 4 points (the
> hard way).
Of course. Sheesh. I got fooled by the way everyone else agreed on
> hard way).
the answer! Sorry, Joshua.
Scores, if there are now no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci
Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 88
Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 72
Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 72
Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 56
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 27
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Mark Brader | "A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why
Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 72
Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 56
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 27
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Toronto | my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county
m...@vex.net | and it comes every two and a half minutes" -- John Rowland
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