Re: OQFTCI98 Game 5 Rounds 4-6: nuclear physics, one-word names


"Mark Brader" <msb@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:14mdnW8NTeNbOj3UnZ2dnUVZ_qrinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-23,
and should be interpreted accordingly. As to answers, I will accept
the ones that were correct then and there. But if you know that
a question is out of date and a different answer is now correct,
please say so (either along with your answers, or in a separate
posting afterwards) and I will also accept that answer.

On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. I will reveal the correct answers
in about 3 days. For further information see my January 1 companion
posting on "Old Questions from 1998 from the Canadian Inquisition
(OQFTCI98)".


I wrote one of these rounds and may have contributed to the other.


Game 5, Round 4: Science - Nuclear Physics

Hey, it isn't rocket science. (We already had that in Game 3.)

This round contains several questions that refer to words that
appeared in answers to earlier questions, although not always the
immediately preceding questions. I'm going to take the simplest
route to spoiler protection and post the entire round in rot13 except
for the first question. Please decode questions 2-10 *one at a time*
in turn as you have finished with the respective preceding ones.
My apologies for any inconvenience.

Oh yes. I think there are one or more questions where it might
actually be possible to get the answer *before* decoding them.
If you know the subject and want to show off, feel free to try it and
tell us that you did. You will not be given extra points, though.

And if, after decoding the question, you realized that you guessed
wrong as to what it was asking, then just say so ("Without decoding
-- Julia Roberts! Oops, not the question I was anticipating."); in
that case your first answer will be ignored, and you still get the
usual one or two guesses after that, for the usual 4, 3, or 2 points.

1. The first two subatomic particles known were discovered by
J.J. Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. They are present in all
atoms and carry equal and opposite charges, but one of the two
is much more massive. Name both particles.
Proton, Electron
2. Va 1932, Wnzrf Punqjvpx qvfpbirerq n guveq cnegvpyr gung vf
cerfrag va zbfg ohg abg nyy xvaqf bs ngbzf naq unf nobhg gur
fnzr znff nf n cebgba. Anzr vg.
Neutron
3. Gur ahzore bs cebgbaf va na ngbz qrgrezvarf jung ryrzrag vg'f na
ngbz bs: sbe rknzcyr, 6 cebgbaf zrnaf pneoba. Ohg pneoba ngbzf
pna unir 6, 7, be 8 arhgebaf, sbezvat pneoba 12, 13, naq 14
erfcrpgviryl. Jung ner gurfr qvssrerag irefvbaf bs gur fnzr
ryrzrag pnyyrq?
Isotopes
4. Jung grez vf hfrq sbe gur qvivfvba bs na ngbzvp ahpyrhf vagb
gjb fznyyre ahpyrv bs fvzvyne fvmr, naq creuncf nyfb n srj bgure
cnegvpyrf fhpu nf vaqvivqhny arhgebaf? Ahpyrv bs fbzr vfbgbcrf
ner hafgnoyr naq jvyy qb vg fcbagnarbhfyl, juvyr bguref znl qb
vg vs fgehpx ol n fhvgnoyr cnegvpyr.
Fission
5. Cnegvpyr culfvpf rkcrevzragf bsgra vaibyir nppryrengvat inevbhf
cnegvpyrf gb sbez n ornz gung vf nvzrq ng fbzr gnetrg. Gur svefg
tbbq cnegvpyr nppryrengbe jnf vairagrq ol Rearfg Ynjerapr naq
anzrq -- vavgvnyyl va wrfg -- nsgre gur arneyl pvephyne zbgvba
bs ryrpgebaf jvguva vg. Jung jnf vg pnyyrq?
Cyclotron
6. Vg unf orra rfgnoyvfurq gbqnl gung obgu cebgbaf naq arhgebaf npg
yvxr nffrzoyvrf bs guerr cnegvpyrf rnpu, nygubhtu gurfr vaqvivqhny
pbafgvghrag cnegvpyrf unir abg orra qrgrpgrq qverpgyl naq cbffvoyl
arire pna or. Gurve anzr vf n jbeq gung Zheenl Tryy-Znaa sbhaq
va gur Wnzrf Wblpr abiry "Svaartna'f Jnxr". Jung vf vg?
Quark
7. Guvf jbeq, pbvarq va nobhg 1936, ersreerq ng gung gvzr gb
cnegvpyrf urnivre guna ryrpgebaf ohg yvtugre guna cebgbaf, naq jnf
pbafrdhragyl qrevirq sebz n ebbg zrnavat "zvqqyr". Vgf zrnavat
unf fuvsgrq gbqnl gb ersre gb nal bs pregnva cnegvpyrf gung rnpu
pbafvfg bs bar dhnex naq bar nagv-dhnex. Jung vf gur jbeq?
Meson
8. Gur arhgeba jnf gur svefg arhgeny fhongbzvp cnegvpyr qvfpbirerq,
ohg abg gur svefg cerqvpgrq. Va 1931 Jbystnat Cnhyv cerqvpgrq n
yvggyr arhgeny cnegvpyr, gb juvpu Raevpb Srezv tnir n anzr jvgu
gung zrnavat. Vgf znff vf rvgure mreb be gbb fznyy gb zrnfher.
Vg vf fb haernpgvir gung vg pbhyq rnfvyl cnff guebhtu n jubyr
cynarg, naq urapr vgf rkvfgrapr jnf abg pbasvezrq hagvy 1956.
Anzr vg.
Neutrino
9. Nyzbfg rirel fhongbzvp cnegvpyr unf vgf pbeerfcbaqvat
nagv-cnegvpyr. Hfhnyyl gurfr ner anzrq va rkgerzryl cebfnvp
snfuvba: dhnex naq nagv-dhnex, cbfvgvir cvba naq artngvir cvba.
Ohg gur svefg bar gb or qvfpbirerq, gur nagv-ryrpgeba, vf nyfb
xabja ol n fcrpvny anzr bs vgf bja. Jung vf guvf anzr?
Positron
10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
jung cebqhpg?
Energy
*Note*: Please decode this final bit of rot13 only after you are
finished answering the round.

Ba gur ynfg dhrfgvba, vs lbh fnvq nalguvat gb gur rssrpg bs
"gurl qrfgebl rnpu bgure" be "zhghny naavuvyngvba", guvf vf
pbeerpg ohg vg qbrf abg fnl jung vf cebqhprq. Cyrnfr tb onpx
naq fnl jung vf cebqhprq.


Game 5, Round 6: Miscellaneous - One-Word Names

These questions all concern people who are/were known by one-word
names.

1. What is Donovan's surname?
Donovan
2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known?

3. What is British 1960s singer/actress Marie Lawrie's one-word name?
Lulu
4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
name do we know him?
Nostradamus
5. By what name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?
Pele
6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, is better
known by what name?

7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
in 1576?
Botticelli
8. What was Cher's surname at birth?

9. What was the former Yugoslav leader Tito's real name?
Josep Tito
10. By what name do we known Leslie Hornby?
Twiggy


Peter Smyth

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