These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-23,
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 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,
remember?)

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."):
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 of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
particles.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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?

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?

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.

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?

10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
jung cebqhpg?

*Note*:
ONLY AFTER you are finished answering the round, please decode
this final bit of rot13:

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 punatr lbhe nafjre gb 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?

2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known?

3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
Marie Lawrie known?

4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
name do we know him?

5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?

6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better
known by what name?

7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
in 1576?

8. What was Cher's surname at birth?

9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
additional surname, but what was his original name?

10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?

--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Just to be clear, pythons
msb@vex.net do not have feet." --Tony Cooper

My text in this article is in the public domain.

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-MednabmOODIuQ_9nZ2dnUU7-
V_NnZ2d@giganews.com:

> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Nuclear Physics
>
> 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.
>
> 1. The first two subatomic particles known were discovered by
> J.J. Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. They are present in all
> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.

proton and 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?

quarks

> 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?

mesons

> 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?

lepton

> 10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
> jung cebqhpg?

energy

> * 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?

Leitch

> 2. By what name is Fran�ois Marie Arouet better known?

Voltaire
> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?

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, was better
> known by what name?

Boz
> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?

Titian

> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?

Sarkisian
> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?

Josip Broz

> 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?

Twiggy

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Nuclear Physics
>
> 1. The first two subatomic particles known were discovered by
> J.J. Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. They are present in all
> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.

Proton and 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
> 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?

Quarks
> 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

> * Game 5, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - One-Word Names
>
> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?

Lulu
> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?

Michelangelo
> 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?

Pelé
> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?

Michelangelo
> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?

Broz

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Nuclear Physics

> 1. The first two subatomic particles known were discovered by
> J.J. Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. They are present in all
> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.

electron and proton

> 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?

photons

> * Game 5, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - One-Word Names

> 2. By what name is Fran?ois Marie Arouet better known?

Voltaire

> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?

Twiggy

> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?

Nostradamus

> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?

Titian

> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?

Sarkisian

> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?

Josip Broz

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

On 5/4/21 9:51 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Nuclear Physics
>
> Hey, it isn't rocket science. (We already had that in Game 3,
> remember?)
>
> 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."):
> 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 of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.

electron, proton

>
> 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.

without decoding -- neutron (the 1932 gave it away)

>
> 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?

gamma rays

>
> *Note*:
> ONLY AFTER you are finished answering the round, please decode
> this final bit of rot13:
>
> 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 punatr lbhe nafjre gb 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?
>
> 2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known?

Voltaire

>
> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?

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?
>
> 6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better
> known by what name?
>
> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?

Titian

>
> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?
>
> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?
>
> 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?
>

--
Dan Tilque

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from...
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

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

I wrote the science round.

> * Game 5, Round 4 - Science - Nuclear Physics

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

This was the 7th-easiest round of the season.

> 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.

Dan Tilque did this on question #2.

> And if, after decoding the question, you realized that you guessed
> wrong as to what it was asking, then just say so...

> 1. The first two subatomic particles known were discovered by
> J.J. Thompson and Ernest Rutherford. They are present in all
> atoms of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.

Electron, proton (not positron; see #9). 4 for everyone -- Joshua,
Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> 2. In 1932, James Chadwick discovered a third particle that is
> present in most but not all kinds of atoms and has about the
> same mass as a proton. Name it.

Neutron (not neutrino; see #8). 4 for everyone.

> 3. The number of protons in an atom determines what element it's
> an atom of: for example, 6 protons means carbon. But carbon
> atoms can have 6, 7, or 8 neutrons, forming carbon 12, 13,
> and 14 respectively. What are these different versions of the
> same element called?

Isotopes (or nuclides, a slightly less specific word). 4 for
everyone.

> 4. What term is used for the division of an atomic nucleus into
> two smaller nuclei of similar size, and perhaps also a few other
> particles such as individual neutrons? Nuclei of some isotopes
> are unstable and will do it spontaneously, while others may do
> it if struck by a suitable particle.

Fission (not fusion, which is the opposite). 4 for everyone.

> 5. Particle physics experiments often involve accelerating various
> particles to form a beam that is aimed at some target. The first
> good particle accelerator was invented by Ernest Lawrence and
> named -- initially in jest -- after the nearly circular motion
> of electrons within it. What was it called?

Cyclotron. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> 6. It has been established today that both protons and neutrons
> act like assemblies of three particles each, although these
> individual constituent particles have not been detected directly
> and possibly never can be. Their name is a word that Murray
> Gell-Mann found in the James Joyce novel "Finnegan's Wake".
> What is it?

Quark. 4 for everyone.

> 7. This word, coined in about 1936, referred at that time to
> particles heavier than electrons but lighter than protons,
> and was consequently derived from a root meaning "middle".
> Its meaning has shifted today to refer to any of certain
> particles that each consist of one quark and one anti-quark.
> What is the word?

Meson. (The obsolete form "mesotron" was acceptable.) 4 for
everyone.

> 8. The neutron was the first neutral subatomic particle discovered,
> but not the first predicted. In 1931 Wolfgang Pauli predicted
> a little neutral particle, to which Enrico Fermi gave a name
> with that meaning. Its mass """is""" either zero or too
> small to measure. It is so unreactive that it could easily
> pass through a whole planet, and hence its existence was not
> confirmed until 1956. Name it.

Neutrino. 4 for everyone.

In 2021 it is now clear that neutrinos do have nonzero mass, and in
fact several different masses, but after that it gets complicated.
See: http://neutrinos.fnal.gov/types/masses/

> 9. Almost every subatomic particle has its corresponding
> anti-particle. Usually these are named in extremely prosaic
> fashion: quark and anti-quark, positive pion and negative pion.
> But the first one to be discovered, the anti-electron, is also
> known by a special name of its own. What is this name?

Positron. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

There was attempt to rename the electron as the negatron, restoring
a prosaic pattern to the naming, but it failed.

> 10. The reaction of any particle and its anti-particle creates
> what product?

Energy. (Specific forms, such as photons, light, or gamma radiation,
were acceptable answers.) 4 for everyone.

> * 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?

Leitch. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua.

> 2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known?

Voltaire. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?

Lulu. (Still alive. Not "Little Lulu", the two-word name
of a 1930s/40s comic strip character.) 4 for Joshua, Erland,
and Dan Tilque.

> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?

Nostradamus. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?

Pelé. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua and Erland.

> 6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better
> known by what name?

Phiz. (Not "Boz", a pseudonym used at one time by Dickens himself.)

> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?

Titian. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?

We originally expected the answer Sarkisian, but sources disagree
and we allowed La Pierre on a protest. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?

Josip Broz. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.

> 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?

Twiggy. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Lit Sci Mis
Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 36 36 124
Dan Blum 12 31 40 20 103
Dan Tilque 8 4 40 16 68
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 36 12 48
Pete Gayde 20 4 -- -- 24

--
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msb@vex.net | than the Mail." -- Peter Neumann

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-23,
> 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 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,
> remember?)
>
> 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."):
> 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 of normal matter and carry equal and opposite electric
> charges, but one of the two is much more massive. Name *both*
> particles.

Proton and 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?

Ions

>
> 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.

Beson

>
> 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?

Anion

>
> 10. Gur ernpgvba bs nal cnegvpyr naq vgf nagv-cnegvpyr perngrf
> jung cebqhpg?
>
> *Note*:
> ONLY AFTER you are finished answering the round, please decode
> this final bit of rot13:
>
> 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 punatr lbhe nafjre gb 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?

Leitch

>
> 2. By what name is François Marie Arouet better known?
>
> 3. By what one-word name """is""" British 1960s singer/actress
> Marie Lawrie known?
>
> 4. Michel de Notre Dame lived in France from 1503 to 1566. By what
> name do we know him?
>
> 5. By what name """is""" Edson Arantes do Nascimento famous?

Pele

>
> 6. Charles Dickens's illustrator, Hablot Knight Browne, was better
> known by what name?
>
> 7. By what name do we call Tiziano Vecelli, who died in Venice
> in 1576?

Titian

>
> 8. What was Cher's surname at birth?
>
> 9. The former Yugoslav leader Tito sometimes used Tito as an
> additional surname, but what was his original name?

Josip Broz

>
> 10. By what name """do""" we know Leslie Hornby?

Twiggy

>

Pete Gayde

If Pete Gayde's answers had been posted on time, he would have scored
24 points on Round 4 and 20 on Round 6 for a total to date of 68.
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