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Mark Brader
Dec 13, 2020, 11:21:08 PM12/13/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-10,
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*)".
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
(And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
*byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
4. Name the Russian writer who was the first to seriously
investigate "The Exploration of Space with Rocket Devices".
That phrase is the English translation of the title of his
first article, published in 1903.
5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
or answers.)
6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
Moon without landing on it on that trip.
7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
not be reboosted. Name it.
10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
later additions.
* Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
3-page handout it appears:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
1. Bajoran.
2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
5. Denobulan. First seen on the show "Enterprise".
6. Cardassian.
7. Trill.
8. Ferengi.
9. Bolian. Mot, the ship's barber on "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
was a Bolian.
10. Andorian. First seen on the same episode of the original series
where we met Mr. Spock's father.
So there were 12 decoys, some of them species that only appeared
in one episode. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see the picture
numbers and identify them for fun, but for no points.
11. Frira.
12. Rvtug.
13. Gjryir. (Anzr obgu.)
14. Gjb.
15. Guerr.
16. Gjragl-gjb.
17. Gjragl-sbhe.
18. Sbhegrra.
19. Rvtugrra.
20. Gjragl-bar.
21. Svsgrra.
22. Gra.
--
Mark Brader | "Perl is a minimalist language at heart.
Toronto | It's just minimalistic about weird things
m...@vex.net | compared to your average language." -- Larry Wall
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
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
(And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
*byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
4. Name the Russian writer who was the first to seriously
investigate "The Exploration of Space with Rocket Devices".
That phrase is the English translation of the title of his
first article, published in 1903.
5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
or answers.)
6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
Moon without landing on it on that trip.
7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
not be reboosted. Name it.
10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
later additions.
* Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
3-page handout it appears:
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
1. Bajoran.
2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
5. Denobulan. First seen on the show "Enterprise".
6. Cardassian.
7. Trill.
8. Ferengi.
9. Bolian. Mot, the ship's barber on "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
was a Bolian.
10. Andorian. First seen on the same episode of the original series
where we met Mr. Spock's father.
So there were 12 decoys, some of them species that only appeared
in one episode. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see the picture
numbers and identify them for fun, but for no points.
11. Frira.
12. Rvtug.
13. Gjryir. (Anzr obgu.)
14. Gjb.
15. Guerr.
16. Gjragl-gjb.
17. Gjragl-sbhe.
18. Sbhegrra.
19. Rvtugrra.
20. Gjragl-bar.
21. Svsgrra.
22. Gra.
--
Mark Brader | "Perl is a minimalist language at heart.
Toronto | It's just minimalistic about weird things
m...@vex.net | compared to your average language." -- Larry Wall
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Dec 14, 2020, 12:12:41 AM12/14/20
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> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
> jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
> *byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
> ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
> 4. Name the Russian writer who was the first to seriously
> investigate "The Exploration of Space with Rocket Devices".
> That phrase is the English translation of the title of his
> first article, published in 1903.
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
> 7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
> Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
> 8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
> launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
> the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
6
> 2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
> 3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
> 4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
> 5. Denobulan. First seen on the show "Enterprise".
> 6. Cardassian.
19
> 7. Trill.
13
> 8. Ferengi.
1
> 9. Bolian. Mot, the ship's barber on "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
> was a Bolian.
> 10. Andorian. First seen on the same episode of the original series
> where we met Mr. Spock's father.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Dec 14, 2020, 4:43:10 AM12/14/20
to
On 12/13/20 8:21 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
>
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
>
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
Gagarin
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
>
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
>
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
>
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
> jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
> *byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
> ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
>
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
>
> 4. Name the Russian writer who was the first to seriously
> investigate "The Exploration of Space with Rocket Devices".
> That phrase is the English translation of the title of his
> first article, published in 1903.
>
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
>
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
>
> 7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
> Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
>
> 8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
> launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
> the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
>
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
>
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
>
> And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
> a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
> 3-page handout it appears:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
>
> Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
> in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
> ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
> in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
>
> 1. Bajoran.
> 2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
> 3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
> 4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
> 5. Denobulan. First seen on the show "Enterprise".
> 6. Cardassian.
> 7. Trill.
> 8. Ferengi.
>
> 9. Bolian. Mot, the ship's barber on "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
> was a Bolian.
>
> 10. Andorian. First seen on the same episode of the original series
> where we met Mr. Spock's father.
>
>
> So there were 12 decoys, some of them species that only appeared
> in one episode. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see the picture
> numbers and identify them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Frira.
> 12. Rvtug.
> 13. Gjryir. (Anzr obgu.)
> 14. Gjb.
> 15. Guerr.
> 16. Gjragl-gjb.
> 17. Gjragl-sbhe.
> 18. Sbhegrra.
> 19. Rvtugrra.
> 20. Gjragl-bar.
> 21. Svsgrra.
> 22. Gra.
>
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Dec 14, 2020, 2:21:35 PM12/14/20
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> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
> jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
> *byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
> ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
Joshua Kreitzer
Dec 14, 2020, 10:18:20 PM12/14/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:i9-dnRzeNoKzdUvCnZ2dnUU7-
enN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
>
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
>
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
> jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
> *byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
> ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
first American to orbit the Earth
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
1927
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
Eugene Cernan
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
Michael Collins and Jim Lovell
> 7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
> Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
Buran -- the Soviet equivalent of the Americna space shuttle
> 8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
> launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
> the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
Saturn V
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
Skylab
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
1988
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
>
> And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
> a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
> 3-page handout it appears:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
>
> Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
> in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
> ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
> in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
>
> 1. Bajoran.
6
> 2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
2
> 3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
9 and 11
> 4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
21
> 7. Trill.
13
> 8. Ferengi.
1
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
enN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
>
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
>
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
> jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
> *byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
> ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
> 7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
> Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
> 8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
> launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
> the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
>
> And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
> a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
> 3-page handout it appears:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
>
> Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
> in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
> ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
> in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
>
> 1. Bajoran.
> 2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
> 3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
> 4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
> 7. Trill.
13
> 8. Ferengi.
1
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
Dec 16, 2020, 10:29:47 AM12/16/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-10,
> 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*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
>
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
>
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
Gagarin
> 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*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
>
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
>
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
>
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> Lhev Tntneva jnf gur svefg crefba va fcnpr, naq Nyna Furcneq
> jnf gur svefg Nzrevpna va fcnpr. Wbua Tyraa yngre orpnzr gur
> *byqrfg* crefba va fcnpr, ohg jung "svefg" qvq Tyraa npuvrir
> ba uvf *svefg* fcnprsyvtug, va Sroehnel 1962?
>
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
>
> 4. Name the Russian writer who was the first to seriously
> investigate "The Exploration of Space with Rocket Devices".
> That phrase is the English translation of the title of his
> first article, published in 1903.
>
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
>
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
>
> 7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
> Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
>
> 8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
> launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
> the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
>
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
>
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
>
> And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
> a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
> 3-page handout it appears:
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
>
> Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
> in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
> ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
> in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
>
> 1. Bajoran.
> 2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
> 3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
> 4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
> 5. Denobulan. First seen on the show "Enterprise".
> 6. Cardassian.
24; 7
> 7. Trill.
24; 5
> 8. Ferengi.
1
>
> 9. Bolian. Mot, the ship's barber on "Star Trek: The Next
Generation",
> was a Bolian.
>
> 10. Andorian. First seen on the same episode of the original series
> where we met Mr. Spock's father.
>
>
> So there were 12 decoys, some of them species that only appeared
> in one episode. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see the picture
> numbers and identify them for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Frira.
> 12. Rvtug.
> 13. Gjryir. (Anzr obgu.)
> 14. Gjb.
> 15. Guerr.
> 16. Gjragl-gjb.
> 17. Gjragl-sbhe.
> 18. Sbhegrra.
> 19. Rvtugrra.
> 20. Gjragl-bar.
> 21. Svsgrra.
> 22. Gra.
>
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Joshua, and Pete.
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space, and Alan Shepard
> was the first American in space. John Glenn later became the
> *oldest* person in space, but what "first" did Glenn achieve
> on his *first* spaceflight, in February 1962?
First American in orbit. (Gagarin orbited the Earth once, but
Shepard's flight was suborbital.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
1926 (accepting 1919-33). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
and Pete.
> 4. Name the Russian writer who was the first to seriously
> investigate "The Exploration of Space with Rocket Devices".
> That phrase is the English translation of the title of his
> first article, published in 1903.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
There have been 10 (still true, but only 3 are still alive).
Alan Bean (Apollo 12; died 2018) Edgar Mitchell (14; 2016)
Gene Cernan (17; 2017) Harrison Schmitt (17; alive)
Pete Conrad (12; 1999) Dave Scott (15; alive)
Charlie Duke (16; alive) Alan Shepard (14; 1988)
Jim Irwin (15; 1991) John Young (16; 2018)
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
By the way, Aldrin is also still alive; Armstrong died in 2012.
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
There have been 14 (still true, and 7 still alive):
Bill Anders (Apollo 8; alive) Jim Lovell (8 and 13; alive)
Frank Borman (8; alive) Ken Mattingly (16; alive)
Gene Cernan (10; died 2017) Stuart Roosa (14; 1994)
Michael Collins (11; alive) Tom Stafford (10; alive)
Ron Evans (17; 1990) Jack Swigert (13; 1982)
Richard Gordon (12; 2017) Al Worden (15; 2020)
Fred Haise (13; alive) John Young (10; 2018)
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
Cernan and Young are correct answers for both questions #5 and #6.
> 7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
> Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
Buran - a space shuttle (it made only one orbital flight, unmanned).
Salyut - a space station (there was a series of them before Mir).
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
> launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
> the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
Saturn V. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
By the way, the individual stages were called the Saturn I-C,
Saturn II, and Saturn IV-B!
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
Skylab. 4 for everyone.
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
1986 (accepting 1983-89). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 2 for Pete.
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
> And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
> a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
> 3-page handout it appears:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
> Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
> in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
> ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
> in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
The five abbreviations TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT respectively
indicate the original "Star Trek", "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Star Trek: Voyager", and "Enterprise"
(which was retitled "Star Trek: Enterprise"). Fortunately, this
round was written before the appearance of "Star Trek: Discovery",
"Star Trek: Picard", let alone "Star Trek: Short Treks" and "Star
Trek: Lower Decks".
> 1. Bajoran.
#6. Introduced on TNG, seen primarily on DS9. 4 for Dan Blum
and Joshua.
> 2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
#17. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
#9 (as seen on TOS), #11 (as seen primarily on TNG and DS9).
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
When asked about the difference in appearance, Worf [#11] said,
very gruffly, "We do NOT talk about it." And there the issue sat
for years. I always thought that was the right way to leave it,
but, disappointingly, since this round was written an explanation
was given on ENT.
> 4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
#4 (drone), #5 (queen). 4 for Dan Blum.
Borg drones were introduced on TNG and later seen primarily on VOY.
Borg queens were introduced in the movie "Star Trek: First Contact"
and later seen on VOY.
> 5. Denobulan. First seen on the show "Enterprise".
#20. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 6. Cardassian.
#19. Introduced on TNG, seen primarily on DS9. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 7. Trill.
#13. (The line of spots, she once said, goes "all the way down".)
4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
Introduced on TNG, seen primarily on DS9.
When I posted this round in 2008, One entrant commented:
| (To be accurate, Jadzia was the host -- the actual trill looks
| like a slug.)
That may have been correct in the TNG episode that first introduced
the species, where a host on its own was depicted as sort of
zombie-like; but on DS9, where Jadzia Dax (pictured) was a regular
character, the slug was called the "symbiont", and it was clear that
the host (Jadzia) and symbiont (Dax) were both intelligent beings,
and the name Trill did include the host. A host carrying a symbiont
was called a "joined Trill".
> 8. Ferengi.
#1. Introduced on TNG, later seen primarily on DS9. 4 for Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
> 9. Bolian. Mot, the ship's barber on "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
> was a Bolian.
#23. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 10. Andorian. First seen on the same episode of the original series
> where we met Mr. Spock's father.
#16. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> So there were 12 decoys, some of them species that only appeared
> in one episode. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see the picture
> numbers and identify them for fun, but for no points.
> 11. Seven.
Talosian. (Seen once on TOS.)
> 12. Eight.
Jem-Hadar. (Seen on DS9.)
> 13. Twelve. (Name both.)
Human (first seen on TOS), Gorn (seen once on TOS).
> 14. Two.
Vulcan. (Introduced on TOS, where in a number of early episodes
they were called Vulcanians.)
> 15. Three.
Pakled. (Seen once on TNG.)
> 16. Twenty-two.
Founder (a.k.a. changeling or shapeshifter). (Seen on DS9.)
> 17. Twenty-four.
Cheronian. (Seen once on TOS.)
> 18. Fourteen.
Android. (Seen primarily on TNG.)
> 19. Eighteen.
Barkonian. (Seen once on TNG.)
> 20. Twenty-one.
Bynar. (Seen once on TNG.)
> 21. Fifteen.
Cat. (Seen primarily on TNG.) Dan Tilque got this.
This is one of the actual cats that were seen. As Dan commented,
"the only truly superior alien species". For further information
google on the "Ode to Spot".
> 22. Ten.
Botha. (Seen once on VOY.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Mis Sci Spo His Ent FOUR
Dan Blum 4 28 30 12 36 39 133
Joshua Kreitzer 4 36 12 24 36 16 112
Pete Gayde 6 20 27 32 22 4 101
Dan Tilque 24 20 6 12 36 12 92
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 8 8 8 0 24
--
Mark Brader | "I've just checked my dictionary, though, and it does
m...@vex.net | not agree with me, which just goes to show how wrong
Toronto | dictionaries can be." --Gary Williams
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-10,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland,
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 8 - History - Space Travel
> To commemorate in a small way the loss of the Columbia and its crew,
> for this game I wrote two rounds on the subject of space travel.
> (And for this newsgroup posting, I'm keeping them together; Round 7
> will be in the next set.) Here is the history round.
> 1. Who, in April of 1961, became the first person in space?
Joshua, and Pete.
> 2. Please decipher the rot13 only after you are finished with #1.
> was the first American in space. John Glenn later became the
> *oldest* person in space, but what "first" did Glenn achieve
> on his *first* spaceflight, in February 1962?
First American in orbit. (Gagarin orbited the Earth once, but
Shepard's flight was suborbital.) 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
> 3. As you will recall from our round on rocket science 5 years
> ago, the solid-fueled rocket was invented long ago in China,
> while the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched in the US by
> Robert Goddard. We also told you what year Goddard launched
> that rocket. Within 7 years, when was it?
and Pete.
> 4. Name the Russian writer who was the first to seriously
> investigate "The Exploration of Space with Rocket Devices".
> That phrase is the English translation of the title of his
> first article, published in 1903.
> 5. Name anyone who """has""" walked on the Moon after Armstrong
> and Aldrin. (On #5 and #6, if you want to show off, for no
> points, see how many more of the correct answers you can list.
> Please keep them clearly separate from your actual answer
> or answers.)
Alan Bean (Apollo 12; died 2018) Edgar Mitchell (14; 2016)
Gene Cernan (17; 2017) Harrison Schmitt (17; alive)
Pete Conrad (12; 1999) Dave Scott (15; alive)
Charlie Duke (16; alive) Alan Shepard (14; 1988)
Jim Irwin (15; 1991) John Young (16; 2018)
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
By the way, Aldrin is also still alive; Armstrong died in 2012.
> 6. Name any *two* people who """have""" traveled as far as the
> Moon without landing on it on that trip.
Bill Anders (Apollo 8; alive) Jim Lovell (8 and 13; alive)
Frank Borman (8; alive) Ken Mattingly (16; alive)
Gene Cernan (10; died 2017) Stuart Roosa (14; 1994)
Michael Collins (11; alive) Tom Stafford (10; alive)
Ron Evans (17; 1990) Jack Swigert (13; 1982)
Richard Gordon (12; 2017) Al Worden (15; 2020)
Fred Haise (13; alive) John Young (10; 2018)
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
Cernan and Young are correct answers for both questions #5 and #6.
> 7. Briefly describe either one of these Soviet-built spacecraft:
> Buran or Salyut. You must say which one you are describing.
Salyut - a space station (there was a series of them before Mir).
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 8. Give the name and number of the American model of rocket that
> launched the Apollo flights to the Moon. We are talking about
> the entire 3-stage "stack", not the individual stages.
By the way, the individual stages were called the Saturn I-C,
Saturn II, and Saturn IV-B!
> 9. The <answer 8> was also used to launch an American space station
> in 1973. Last used in 1974, the station fell from orbit 5 years
> later when delays in the space shuttle program meant it could
> not be reboosted. Name it.
> 10. Within 3, in what year did the Soviets launch the space
> station Mir? This means the original core section, not any
> later additions.
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - "Star Trek" Species
> And now the entertainment round. This one is simple -- we name
> a species and you give us the number, on whichever page of the
> 3-page handout it appears:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o4/9/trek.pdf
> Each species that we'll ask you about has made multiple appearances
> in episodes of the various "Star Trek" TV shows. All of the other
> ones pictured, by the way, have also appeared at least once each
> in some incarnation of "Star Trek".
indicate the original "Star Trek", "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Star Trek: Voyager", and "Enterprise"
(which was retitled "Star Trek: Enterprise"). Fortunately, this
round was written before the appearance of "Star Trek: Discovery",
"Star Trek: Picard", let alone "Star Trek: Short Treks" and "Star
Trek: Lower Decks".
> 1. Bajoran.
#6. Introduced on TNG, seen primarily on DS9. 4 for Dan Blum
and Joshua.
> 2. Talaxian. They were seen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
> 3. There are two Klingons, both on the same page. Identify *both*.
4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
When asked about the difference in appearance, Worf [#11] said,
very gruffly, "We do NOT talk about it." And there the issue sat
for years. I always thought that was the right way to leave it,
but, disappointingly, since this round was written an explanation
was given on ENT.
> 4. There are two Borg, both on the same page. Identify *either*.
Borg drones were introduced on TNG and later seen primarily on VOY.
Borg queens were introduced in the movie "Star Trek: First Contact"
and later seen on VOY.
> 5. Denobulan. First seen on the show "Enterprise".
> 6. Cardassian.
#19. Introduced on TNG, seen primarily on DS9. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 7. Trill.
#13. (The line of spots, she once said, goes "all the way down".)
4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
Introduced on TNG, seen primarily on DS9.
When I posted this round in 2008, One entrant commented:
| (To be accurate, Jadzia was the host -- the actual trill looks
| like a slug.)
That may have been correct in the TNG episode that first introduced
the species, where a host on its own was depicted as sort of
zombie-like; but on DS9, where Jadzia Dax (pictured) was a regular
character, the slug was called the "symbiont", and it was clear that
the host (Jadzia) and symbiont (Dax) were both intelligent beings,
and the name Trill did include the host. A host carrying a symbiont
was called a "joined Trill".
> 8. Ferengi.
#1. Introduced on TNG, later seen primarily on DS9. 4 for Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
> 9. Bolian. Mot, the ship's barber on "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
> was a Bolian.
> 10. Andorian. First seen on the same episode of the original series
> where we met Mr. Spock's father.
> So there were 12 decoys, some of them species that only appeared
> in one episode. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see the picture
> numbers and identify them for fun, but for no points.
Talosian. (Seen once on TOS.)
> 12. Eight.
Jem-Hadar. (Seen on DS9.)
> 13. Twelve. (Name both.)
Human (first seen on TOS), Gorn (seen once on TOS).
> 14. Two.
Vulcan. (Introduced on TOS, where in a number of early episodes
they were called Vulcanians.)
> 15. Three.
Pakled. (Seen once on TNG.)
> 16. Twenty-two.
Founder (a.k.a. changeling or shapeshifter). (Seen on DS9.)
> 17. Twenty-four.
Cheronian. (Seen once on TOS.)
> 18. Fourteen.
Android. (Seen primarily on TNG.)
> 19. Eighteen.
Barkonian. (Seen once on TNG.)
> 20. Twenty-one.
Bynar. (Seen once on TNG.)
> 21. Fifteen.
Cat. (Seen primarily on TNG.) Dan Tilque got this.
This is one of the actual cats that were seen. As Dan commented,
"the only truly superior alien species". For further information
google on the "Ode to Spot".
> 22. Ten.
Botha. (Seen once on VOY.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Mis Sci Spo His Ent FOUR
Dan Blum 4 28 30 12 36 39 133
Joshua Kreitzer 4 36 12 24 36 16 112
Pete Gayde 6 20 27 32 22 4 101
Dan Tilque 24 20 6 12 36 12 92
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 8 8 8 0 24
--
Mark Brader | "I've just checked my dictionary, though, and it does
m...@vex.net | not agree with me, which just goes to show how wrong
Toronto | dictionaries can be." --Gary Williams
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